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2015 New Japan Show Summary

"Wrestle Kingdom" Tokyo Dome Show
January 4, 2015


- Top Story: Tanahashi retained the IWGP World Title over Okada in an epic 31-minute main event.

- Title Changes: Kenny Omega captured the IWGP Jr. Hvt. Title from Ryusuke Taguchi, Goto & Shibata captured the IWGP World Tag Titles from Bullet Club, and Togi Makabe captured the NEVER Openweight Title from Tomohiro Ishii.

- Match Times: 133:38 total bell-to-bell, 13:21 average per match.

- Key Star Ratings:

Tanahashi vs. Okada IWGP World Title main event (Caldwell: *****, Keller: *****, Radican: *****)

Nakamura vs. Ibushi IWGP IC Title semi-main event (Caldwell: ****1/2, Keller: ****1/2, Radican: *****)

Makabe vs. Ishii NEVER Openweight Title match (Caldwell: ****, Keller: ***1/2, Radican: ****1/4).

- PWTorch Poll Results: Best Match vote was Nakamura vs. Ibushi (50%) and Tanahashi vs. Okada (33%)

78% - "Excellent" 8-10 Score
11% - "Above Average 6-7 Score

Prior contact with New Japan was...

39% - Seen a few shows, but not familiar w/everything
36% - Only heard/read about New Japan
15% - Watch New Japan regularly
10% - No prior contact with New Japan

- Match Results: (1) ROH tag champions ReDragon (Bobby Fish & Kyle O'Reilly) beat Time Splitters (Alex Shelley & KUSHIDA), Forever Hooligans (Alex Kozlov & Rocky Romero), and Young Bucks (Nick & Matt Jackson) to retain the IWGP Jr. Hvt. Tag Titles. ... (2) Team New Japan (Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima & Honma) beat Bullet Club (Jeff Jarrett w/Karen Jarrett and Scott D'Amore & Yujiro Takahashi & Bad Luck Fale) in a six-man tag match. ... (3) Toru Yano & Team NOAH (Naomichi Marufuji & Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste) beat Suzuki-Gun (Shelton Benjamin & Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith, Jr. & Takashi Iizuka) in an eight-man tag match. ... (4) Minoru Suzuki beat Sakuraba in a TKO match. ...

(5) Togi Makabe beat NEVER champion Tomohiro Ishii to capture the NEVER Openweight Title. ... (6) Kenny Omega beat IWGP Jr. Hvt. champion Rysuke Taguchi to capture the IWGP Jr. Hvt. Title. ... (7) Goto & Shibata beat IWGP World tag champs Bullet Club (Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows w/Amber O'Neil) to capture the IWGP Tag Titles. ... (8) A.J. Styles beat Naito. ... (9) IWGP IC champion Shinsuke Nakamura beat Kota Ibushi to retain the IWGP Intercontinental Title. ... (10) IWGP World Hvt. champion Tanahashi beat 2014 G1 Climax winner Okada to retain the IWGP World Hvt. Title.

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