Lors de Southern Showdown - Tag 1, Hiroshi Tanahashi et lui battent Jay White et Bad Luck Fale[162]. [74] On December 17, Suzuki tried to cut Goto's hair with clippers, but was thwarted, which led to him shaving young lion Tetsuhiro Yagi instead.

His place in the New Japan Cup final was taken from him with low blows and chairshots in the semi final, before his tag team with the King of Darkness was deleted forever as EVIL joined BULLET CLUB. Après, il continue à gagner le reste de ses matchs dans son bloc, jusqu'à ce qu'il fasse un match nul de 30 minutes contre Hiroshi Tanahashi, le dernier jour[144]. NJPW Topic 72: Summer Struggle in Jingu (SPOILERS) Pro Wrestling: Other Federations This is a split board - You can return to the Split List for other boards.

Il perd son IWGP Heavyweight Championship à Dominion 2018 (le 9 juin) lors d'un 2 out of three falls match contre Kenny Omega après 720 jours de règne[137]. A quiet highlight of the New Japan Road tour thus far, these men have all brought the fight in recent weeks, especially SHO, who has been brawling with Ishii any chance he can. Traditionally, the winners of the tournament have earned a shot at the IWGP Tag Team Championship at the January 4 Tokyo Dome Show and following the win, Evil and Sanada called out reigning champions, Killer Elite Squad (Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer), and challenged them to a title match, which they accepted. En finale, il bat Hirooki Goto pour remporter la New Japan Cup 2013[55]. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Merch line-up for New Japan showdown revealed! Okada s'entraine au dojo de la New Japan Pro Wrestling auprès notamment de Yūji Nagata et de Ultimo Dragon[10]. [55] The following day, NJPW officially announced the match between Tanahashi and White for Wrestle Kingdom 12.

TV Asahi and Amuse, Inc. own minority shares of the company. Au collège, Okada a rejoint l'équipe de baseball et de piste de l'école.

Now the NEVER Openweight Champion has already made it very clear that there’ll be hell to pay if he isn’t in the tournament; moments before the field is revealed, the King will be making a show of force. La dernière modification de cette page a été faite le 27 septembre 2020 à 20:31. Lors de Destruction in Kagoshima, Rocky Romero, Hirooki Goto et lui battent Los Ingobernables de Japón (Shingo Takagi, Bushi et Sanada)[167]. However, at that time, Naito, despite being a clean cut babyface, was disliked by NJPW fans, which led to the company changing their course of action, announcing a fan vote to determine whether the match between Okada and Naito or an IWGP Intercontinental Championship match between Shinsuke Nakamura and Hiroshi Tanahashi would main event Wrestle Kingdom 8.

Lors de The New Beginning in Sapporo, il conserve son titre contre Minoru Suzuki[121]. Lors de War of the Worlds (2014), il perd contre AJ Styles dans un Three Way Match qui comprenaient également Michael Elgin et ne récupère pas le IWGP Heavyweight Championship[80]. Lors de King of Pro-Wrestling 2013, il réalise avec succès sa cinquième défense du titre Poids Lourds contre Hiroshi Tanahashi, qui avait annoncé qu'il s'agissait de son ultime chance pour le titre[65],[66],[67]. New Japan Road on July 20 sees action return to Korakuen Hall with a limited crowd, and sees the new champion in action, along with his ‘pareja’ Dick Togo.

Lors de Sakura Genesis 2018, il conserve pour la onzième fois son titre en battant le vainqueur de la New Japan Cup (2018) Zack Sabre, Jr. et égale le record du nombre de défenses de titre en un seul règne qui appartient à Hiroshi Tanahashi par la même occasion[134]. 1st Match: TenCozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima) vs Yota Tsuji & Yuya Uemura.

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Lors de Destruction in Okayama 2014, il défend avec succès son "IWGP Heavyweight Championship Contract" contre Karl Anderson[87].

Wrestle Kingdom 12 in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). Lors de Wrestling Dontaku 2017, il conserve son titre contre Bad Luck Fale et après le match, il nomme Kenny Omega comme son prochain challenger pour le titre[123],[124]. Le 23 septembre lors de Destruction in Kobe, il est vaincu par Hiroshi Tanahashi et ne remporte pas son "IWGP Heavyweight Championship Contract".

Reminding Okada that he not only cost the Rainmaker this year’s Cup, but the IWGP Heavyweight Championship all the way back in 2013 when leaving CHAOS for BULLET CLUB in the first place, Yujiro demands a singles match that’s seven years in the making. Lors de Wrestle Kingdom 8, il bat Tetsuya Naito pour sa septième défense de titre[74]. Billed as "Alpha vs. Omega", the match marked Jericho's first match outside of WWE since 1999. À la suite d'une réaction décevante des fans face à une confrontation entre Kazuchika Okada et Tetsuya Naito, la NJPW a annoncé que les fans voteraient pour savoir si le match pour le IWGP Heavyweight Championship où le match pour le IWGP Intercontinental Championship opposant Shinsuke Nakamura à Hiroshi Tanahashi sera le main event de Wrestle Kingdom[70].

2nd match: Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii, YOSHI-HASHI & Yuya Uemura vs Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano, SHO & Gabriel Kidd.

With Naito now being fully embraced by NJPW fans, this was seen as the conclusion of a four-year arc that started at the 2013 G1 Climax, where he was rejected by the same fans. 3rd Match: Los Ingobernables De Japon (Shingo Takagi & SANADA) vs Suzuki-Gun (El Desperado & DOUKI). The photograph and sentences used on this site cannot be used without permission. Lors de King of Pro-Wrestling 2014, il réussit une nouvelle fois à défendre son "IWGP Heavyweight Championship Contract" contre Tetsuya Naitō[88].

Son match avec Hiroshi Tanahashi du 16 juin, lors de Dominion 6.16 à également été nommé match de l'année[44],[46].