NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9 Results

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15-man New Japan Rumble
Yuji Nagata defeated 14 other man to win

Four-way tag team match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
reDRagon (c) def Forever Hooligans, Time Splitters, and The Young Bucks TO RETAIN THE TITLES

Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima and Tomoaki Honma def Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Jeff Jarrett and Yujiro Takahashi)

Mikey Nicholls, Naomichi Marufuji, Shane Haste and Toru Yano def Suzukigun (Davey Boy Smith, Jr., Lance Archer, Shelton X Benjamin and Takashi Iizuka)

UWFI Rules (Only KO or Submission)
Minoru Suzuki def Kazushi Sakuraba

NEVER Openweight Championship
Togi Makabe def Tomohiro Ishii (c) TO BECOME NEW NEVER OPENWEIGHT CHAMPION

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
Kenny Omega def Ryusuke Taguchi (c) TO BECOME NEW JR HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION!

IWGP Tag Team Championship
Meiyu Tag (Hirooki Goto and Katsuyori Shibata) def Bullet Club (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson) (c) TO BECOME NEW TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS!

A.J. Styles def Tetsuya Naito

IWGP Intercontinental Championship
Shinsuke Nakamura (c) def Kota Ibushi

IWGP Heavyweight Championship
Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) def Kazuchika Okada

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15 Man BattleRoyale

Oder of entry:
Tiger Mask
Yugi Nagata
Taichi w/Desperado and TAKA
Jushi Liger
Sho Tanaka
Hiro Saito
Yohei Komatsu
Captain New Japan
Tama Tonga
Yoshi-Hashi
Manabu Nakanishi
Fujiwata
The Great Kabuki

Yugi Nagata wins

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IWGP Junior Tag Team Titles
ReDragon def The Young Bucks, Forever Hooligans, and Time Splitters to retain

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Honma, Tenzan, and Kojima def Bullet Club

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Yano, Marafuji, and TMDK def Iizuka, Shelton X Benjamin, and KES

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Suzuki def Sakuraba!

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Makabe def Ishii to become new NEVER Openweight Champion!

one of the better ishii matches i've seen

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Kenny Omega defeats Taguchi to capture the IWGP Jr Heavyweight Championship!

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Shibata/Goto def Bullet Club to become new Tag Team CHAMPIONS!

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AJ Styles def Naito with a top rope Styles Clash

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Nakamura defs Ibushi to retain. 10/10 and now i think i'm about to experience the first show i get multiple 10/10s

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Tanahashi def Okada to retain the title!

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awesome show, the last 3 matches where 9 and 10/10s

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Nakamura defs Ibushi to retain. 10/10 and now i think i'm about to experience the first show i get multiple 10/10s

Eh. I gave it 9.5. I think I would have given it a 10 if Kota had won. Kota not winning made the story feel incomplete, IMO.

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Nakamura defs Ibushi to retain. 10/10 and now i think i'm about to experience the first show i get multiple 10/10s

Eh. I gave it 9.5. I think I would have given it a 10 if Kota had won. Kota not winning made the story feel incomplete, IMO.

I felt it was ok for Nakamura to win after all, it's their first bout for the title, I think Ibushi could take a rematch and build up a stronger feud. Even then, a 9.5 is pretty strong. Looking forward to reading your full review. I'm planning one, but since i watched the show at midnight in japanese, i figure i'll rewatch the JR/Striker version and write the review then

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Nakamura defs Ibushi to retain. 10/10 and now i think i'm about to experience the first show i get multiple 10/10s

Eh. I gave it 9.5. I think I would have given it a 10 if Kota had won. Kota not winning made the story feel incomplete, IMO.

I felt it was ok for Nakamura to win after all, it's their first bout for the title, I think Ibushi could take a rematch and build up a stronger feud. Even then, a 9.5 is pretty strong. Looking forward to reading your full review. I'm planning one, but since i watched the show at midnight in japanese, i figure i'll rewatch the JR/Striker version and write the review then

I watched the English one, so I haven't seen the battle royale yet. From what I've seen, most people are giving the two main events 10/10. I didn't. I might rewatch the main event though. I'm not sure why I didn't give it a 10/10 other than it just "felt" like a 9.5 to me, but I've been a quest recently to rewatch a bunch of matches that I felt that way about, so maybe I'll change my mind.

I think part of it was that Okada didn't get to show off the new move he had been teasing (which really makes more sense to save for next match now that the Rainmaker has been kicked out of).

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JR & Striker said that this was the first time anyone had kicked out of the Rainmaker, but I'm pretty sure Tanahashi already kicked out of it in one of their other matches.

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JR & Striker said that this was the first time anyone had kicked out of the Rainmaker, but I'm pretty sure Tanahashi already kicked out of it in one of their other matches.

i thought it was the first time too, i could be wrong.

I also didn't give it a 10 yet, I want to rewatch it, it was 4 in the morning when i saw it. But i felt it was a weird match somewhat, it was mostly Tana destroying Okada, he dominated all match, I even felt for a second that they were doing a double turn because Tana was vicious and I started to feel bad for Okada. kinda like Ziggler/Del Rio. I'm sure rewatching it, i'll be able to appreciate more stuff.

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JR & Striker said that this was the first time anyone had kicked out of the Rainmaker, but I'm pretty sure Tanahashi already kicked out of it in one of their other matches.

i thought it was the first time too, i could be wrong.

I also didn't give it a 10 yet, I want to rewatch it, it was 4 in the morning when i saw it. But i felt it was a weird match somewhat, it was mostly Tana destroying Okada, he dominated all match, I even felt for a second that they were doing a double turn because Tana was vicious and I started to feel bad for Okada. kinda like Ziggler/Del Rio. I'm sure rewatching it, i'll be able to appreciate more stuff.

LOL. It was 5:30 am when I finished watching it last night.

I didn't feel that way because Okada was destroying Tanahashi in the beginning, and that Tombstone on the ramp was particularly vicious.

I lost all hope of them doing a double turn in the King of Pro Wrestling 2013 match when Tanahashi faked an injury early on to let him get an advantage and work over Okada's knee, and somehow this didn't turn Tanahashi heel.