New Japan announced the line-up for the 'Road to Power Struggle' iPPV and a partial line-up for 'Power Struggle' itself;
NJPW, "ROAD TO POWER STRUGGLE", 2013.10.25
Osaka BODYMAKER Colosseum
01. Super Jr. Tag Tournament - First Round:
KUSHIDA & Yohei Komatsu vs BUSHI & Valiente
02. Super Jr. Tag Tournament - First Round:
Baretta & Brian Kendrick vs The Young Bucks (Nick & Matt Jackson)
03. Super Jr. Tag Tournament - First Round:
Jushin 'Thunder' Liger & Tiger Mask vs The World Class Tag Team (Jado & Gedo)
04. Super Jr. Tag Tournament - First Round:
Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov & Rocky Romero) vs Suzuki-gun (TAKA Michinoku & Taichi)
05. Special Singles Match:
Sho Tanaka vs Minoru Suzuki
06.
Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Captain New Japan vs Manabu Nakanishi & Tomoaki Honma
07.
Hiroshi Tanahashi, Yuji Nagata & Togi Makabe vs CHAOS (Tomohiro Ishii, Takashi Iizuka & Toru Yano)
08.
Kota Ibushi & Tetsuya Naito vs The Complete Players (Yujiro Takahashi & Masato Tanaka)
09.
CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Shinsuke Nakamura & YOSHI-HASHI) vs BULLET CLUB (Prince Devitt, Karl Anderson & Bad Luck Fale)
NJPW, "POWER STRUGGLE", 2013.11.09
Tokyo Sumo Hall
. IWGP Heavyweight Title:
Kazuchika Okada (c) Karl Anderson
. IWGP Intercontinental Title:
Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs Minoru Suzuki
. NEVER Openweight Title & Tokyo Dome IWGP Contendership:
Tetsuya Naito (c) vs Masato Tanaka
. Also participating;
Kota Ibushi & Laughter7 (Kazushi Sakuraba & Katsuyori Shibata)
I'm surprised how great the Road to Destruction show looks - Ibushi & Naito vs The Complete Players should be a lot of fun, especially as Ibushi & Naito didn't exactly get along during the G1. Also, Minoru Suzuki murdering a young lion!! It's weird how excited I am to see that. The Super Jr's tag tournament should be great as well.
In a rather random note, Okada mentioned in an interview with Tokyo Sports that his New Japan contract prevents him from getting married!
"I can not marry due to my contract with NJPW. This is OK for me. It is message from Sugabayashi that I should concentrate on pro-wrestling. I prefer money to love. I don't have desire for marriage."
Enuhito says "it is because if Okada marries someone, his popularity of female fan will decrease."
Weird.
Apparently Veda Scot and Nicole Matthews had WWE try-outs at RAW last night.
Veda Scott;
Nicole Matthews;
Bonus gifs of Veda being murdered by The Batiri;
Also, ROH seem to be starting an angle between Maria Kanellis and Lisa Marie Varon/Tara/Victoria/whatever. Meh.