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The Real Rock’n'Rolla Prince Devitt has dominated this years BOSJ with a clean sweep, winning every single one of his matches. Devitt now says he want the IWGP Heavyweight title but also stated that he has no plans on vacating his Jr. title title. Devitt will have a chance to take a huge leap closer to his goal, as he faces former champ Hiroshi Tanahashi at next weeks stacked Dominion iPPV.

Here’s the full card.

Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask vs. TAKA Michinoku & Taichi
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov (c) vs. Alex Shelley & KUSHIDA
Yuji Nagata, Ryusuke Taguchi & Captain New Japan vs. “BULLET CLUB” Kal Anderson, Tama Tonga & Bad Luck Fale
IWGP Tag Team Title, 3 Way Match: Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima (c) vs. Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs. Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka
NWA World Heavyweight Title: Rob Conway (c) vs. Manabu Nakanishi
Shinsuke Nakamura & Tomohiro Ishii vs. Minoru Suzuki & Shelton Benjamin
Tetsuya Naito Return Match: Tetsuya Naito vs. Yujiro Takahashi
Special Singles Match: Hirooki Goto vs. Katsuyori Shibata
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Prince Devitt
IWGP Heavyweight Title: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Togi Makabe

The greasy situation in AJPW has seen a few developments. Triple Crown champ, Suwama, along with Taiyo Kea & Masanobu Fuchi will all be staying with AJPW. Another rumor around is that Genichiro Tenryu will be re-joining the AJPW ranks.

Nobuo Shiraishi has said that AJPW was in-debt to the tune of 300 million yen and he was asked by former president Masayuki Uchida to save AJPW and that’s what he’s trying to do. It may backfire in a big way though, all major news sources are pointing toward Mutoh forming his own promotion and if enough talent follow him AJPW could be in even deeper trouble.

On Mitsuharu Misawa’s memorial show, NOAH have announced a big match for GREAT VOYAGE 2013 IN TOKYO next month. The eternal rivals, KENTA and Naomichi Marufuji will meet for the first time under KENTA’s reign as GHC Heavyweight champ. Also booked is a Jr. title bout between champ Taiji Ishimori and Super Crazy.

The NOAH Jr. Heavyweight Tag League lineup has also been announced.

BRAVE: Taiji Ishimori & Atsushi Kotoge
Daisuke Harada & Hitoshi Kumano
Ultra-Violence Lucha Libre: Pesadilla & Dual Force
Team America & Australia: Roderick Strong & Slex
NO MERCY: Genba Hirayanagi & Maybach SUWA Jr.
Los Mexitosos: Super Crazy & Ricky Marvin
Shiori Asahi & Hiro Tonai
Team South America: Kaiser & Gaston Mateo
Anglo Japanese Technician Team: Yoshinari Ogawa & Zack Sabre Jr.
Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask

Abdullah Kobayashi Hepatitis C update & Zero1 goodness after the jump.

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FINAL BURNING IN BUDOKAN

11/05/2013
Tokyo Nippon Budokan
17,000 Fans

Masanobu Fuchi defeated Hitoshi Kumano via Backdrop Suplex – 6:21

Taiji Ishimori & Atsushi Kotoge defeated SUWA & Genba Hirayanagi via Ishimori 450 Splash on SUWA – 8:45

~Kenta Kobashi Retirement Ceremony~

Kotaro Suzuki & Atsushi Aoki defeated Tamon Honda & Kentaro Shiga via Suzuki Endless Waltz on Shiga – 11:29

Genichiro Tenryu & Yoshinari Ogawa defeated Takeshi Morishima & Masao Inoue via Ogawa School Boy on Inoue – 8:38

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Yuji Nagata & Satoshi Kojima defeated Takashi Sugiura, Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito  via Tanahashi High Fly Flow on Saito – 14:23

“No Fear” Yoshihiro Takayama & Takao Omori defeated Minoru Suzuki & Naomichi Marufuji via Takayama Everest German Suplex on Marufuji – 18:26

Kenta Kobashi Retirerment bout:

Kenta Kobashi, Keiji Muto, Jun Akiyama & Kensuke Sasaki defeated Go Shiozaki, KENTA, Maybach Taniguchi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru via Kobashi Moonsult on Kanemaru – 39:59

Notes:

-As should be expected for arguably the greatest pro wrestler in history, fans braved the rain to turn out in droves. A claimed 17,000 fans paid to bid Kobashi farewell.

-A whos who wrestling of legends also came to pay their respects. Hayabusa, Hiroshi Hase, Masahiro Chono &
Toshiaki Kawada were among those in attendance.

-Mr. Kobashi is an all-time favorite of just about all of us here at AsianMMA, so I speak for all of us in saying thank you for all the unforgettable matches & we hope you enjoy your well earned retirement.

Images via sportsnavi.jp

One of, if not the most famous Japanese professional wrestler of modern times will retire Saturday evening in front of a packed show at the Budokan Hall in Tokyo, Japan.  The show, which is sold out, and rightfully so, will air in movie theaters across Japan as fans pay their respects to a man that has done his fair share for the sport.

One of those in attendance will be the former leader of the country, Yoshihiko Noda.  Noda, who served as Prime Minister of Japan from September of 2011 until December of 2012 will be an honored guest of the retiring Kobashi in his final bout.

After retiring, Kobashi will continue in an executive role with Pacific Wrestling Federation.

NJPW WRESTLING DONTAKU 2013

3.05.2013
Fukuoka International Center
6,800 Fans

Yuji Nagata, Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask & Maximo defeated Tomohiro Ishii, YOSHI-HASHI, Jado & Gedo via Liger Air Scissors Drop to Gedo – 7:04

IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title bout:

Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov defeated Alex Shelley & KUSHIDA (c) via Romero Contract Killer to KUSHIDA – 11:05

~ New champs

Prince Devitt & Bad Luck Fale defeated Ryusuke Taguchi & Captain New Japan via Fale Lariat on Cap NJ – 5:28

IWGP Tag Team Title, 4 Way bout:

Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima defeated Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. (c), Manabu Nakanishi & Strong Man and Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka via Kojima Lariat on Strong Man – 10:40

~New champs

NEVER Openweight Title bout:

Masato Tanaka (c) defeated Tomoaki Honma via Sliding D – 9:32

~3rd defense

Togi Makabe defeated Yujiro Takahashi via King Kong Kneedrop – 9:59

Hirooki Goto drew with Katsuyori Shibata via Double KO – 11:39

Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Karl Anderson via High Fly Flow – 12:52

IWGP Intercontinental Title bout:

Shinsuke Nakamura (c) defeated Shelton Benjamin via defeated – 14:59

~8th defense

IWGP Heavyweight Title bout:

Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Minoru Suzuki via Rainmaker – 30:49

~1st defense

Notes:

-Tetsuya Naito will return from his horrible knee injury on June 22nd at NJPW DOMINION

-Karl Anderson shockingly turned heel, attacking Tanahashi post match and aligning himself with “Rock’n’Roller” Prince Devitt, Fale & Tonga to form a new group called BULLET CLUB…4 Life!

-Togi Makabe is next for Okada