New Year's Eve Pro-Wrestling 2011

Samurai TV 15th Anniversary Indie no Oshigoto Presents New Year's Eve Pro-Wrestling 2011 (サムライTV開局15周年記念インディーのお仕事プレゼント 年越しプロレス2011, Samurai Tī Bui Kaikyoku Jūgo Shūnen Kinen Indī no Oshigoto Purezento Toshikoshi Puroresu 2011) was a Japanese professional wrestling event promoted by the New Year's Eve Pro-Wrestling Committee, comprising multiple independent wrestling promotions. The event, held on December 31, 2011, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan aired live on Fighting TV Samurai.[2]

New Year's Eve Pro-Wrestling 2011
PromotionSee below
Brand(s)New Year's Eve Pro-Wrestling
DateDecember 31, 2011
CityTokyo, Japan
VenueKorakuen Hall
Attendance1,109[1]
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Ten matches were contested at the event, including a dark match. In the main event, a 74-person tag team match, the team led by Ken Ohka defeated the team led by Ryuichi Sekine. Other prominent matches saw the team of Great Kojika and Antonio Honda win a 15-team gauntlet match celebrating the 15th anniversary of the launch of the Samurai TV channel, and Naomichi Marufuji defeated Tatsuhiko Yoshino in a special singles match.[2] The event also featured the Japan Indie Awards ceremony and the retirement ceremony of Munenori Sawa ending his 8-year career.[3]

Production

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Background

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The tradition of holding a joint event for smaller promotions on New Year's Eve at Korakuen Hall started with the 2006 Indy Summit. In 2009, the New Year's Eve Pro-Wrestling (年越しプロレス, Toshikoshi Puroresu) brand was created for the Tenka Sanbun no Kei: Ōmisoka New Year's Eve Special event.

There were twenty-one participating promotions and brands at the event:

Storylines

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The show featured ten professional wrestling matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.[4]

Results

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No.Results[5][1][2]StipulationsTimes[2]
1DThe Winger [ja] (Freedoms) and Madoka defeated Yasu Urano (DDT) and Owen Phoenix by pinfallTag team match12:28
2Hiroshi Fukuda (Union), Toru Sugiura (DEP) and Kotaro Nasu [ja] (Style-E) defeated Masashi Otani [ja] (BJW), Daichi Sasaki [ja] (M-Pro) and Dyna Mido by pinfallSix-man tag team match8:23
3Soma Takao (DDT), Hiro Tonai (K-Dojo), Hayata (OPW) and Takumi Tsukamoto (BJW) defeated Jun Ogawauchi (Secret Base), Masaki Okimoto, Akito (Sportiva) and Kouzy (666) by pinfallEight-man tag team match9:12
4Takashi Sasaki (BJW), Gentaro (Freedoms) and Harashima (DDT) defeated Kazuhiro Tamura (Style-E), Kamui [ja] (Freedoms) and Mototsugu Shimizu (Secret Base) by pinfallSix-man tag team match10:59
5Danshoku Dino (DDT) won by last eliminating Kaori Yoneyama (JWP)[Note 1]Rumble rules battle royal with Yuji Okabayashi as the special guest referee22:14
6Great Kojika (BJW) and Antonio Honda defeated Chango (Secret Base) and Amigo Suzuki [ja] (Secret Base), Emi Sakura (Ice Ribbon) and Masa Takanashi (DDT), TKG48 (Sanshiro Takagi (Union) and Taka Michinoku (K-Dojo)), Choun Shiryu (NBPW) and Dynasty (666), Kawasaki Katsushika Saikyō Densetsu (Yoshiko and Natsuki☆Taiyo) (Stardom), 045 Junkie's [ja] (Jun Kasai (Freedoms) and "Black Angel" Jaki Numazawa (BJW)), Speed of Sounds (Tsutomu Oosugi and Hercules Senga) (Kouhaku), Little Galaxy (Shiori Asahi (K-Dojo) and Makoto Oishi (DDT)), The Kubota Brothers (Hide Kubota [ja] and Yasu Kubota [ja]) (Sportiva), Momo no Seishun Tag [ja] (Daisuke Harada and Atsushi Kotoge) (OPW), The Brahman Brothers (Brahman Shu and Brahman Kei), Masashi Takeda (Style-E) and Daisuke Sasaki (DDT), Shadow WX (BJW) and Ryuji Yamakawa (BJW), and Yankee Nichōkenjū (Yuko Miyamoto (666) and Isami Kodaka (Union))Gauntlet tag team match35:19
7Ryuji Ito (BJW) and Takashi Sasaki (Freedoms) defeated Abdullah Kobayashi (BJW) and Ken Ohka (Union) by pinfallFluorescent Light Tubes Deathmatch15:27
8Naomichi Marufuji (Noah) defeated Tatsuhiko Yoshino (Guts World) by pinfallSingles match14:11
9Daisuke Sekimoto (BJW) and Shuji Ishikawa (Union) defeated Kengo Mashimo (K-Dojo) and Ryuichi Sekine (K-Dojo) by pinfallTag team match16:32
10Jun Kasai, Abdullah Kobayashi, Daisuke Sekimoto, "Black Angel" Jaki Numazawa, Gentaro, Harashima, Shuji Ishikawa, Masked Buddy, Masashi Takeda, Makoto Oishi, Shiori Asahi, Great Kojika, Antonio Honda, Ken Ohka, Seiya Morohashi, Madoka, Daisuke Sasaki, Hiro Tonai, Soma Takao, Kaji Burdock, Kaji Pot-au-feu, Kaji Pot-au-feu 2, Kazuki Hirata, Takumi Tsukamoto, Kazuki Hashimoto, Atsushi Ohashi [ja], Hayata, Masashi Otani [ja], Guts Ishijima, Chango, Amigo Suzuki [ja], Spark Aoki, Hide Kubota [ja], Yasu Kubota [ja], Daichi Sasaki [ja], Dyna Mido, Natsuki☆Taiyo and Yoshiko defeated Ryuji Ito, Takashi Sasaki, Shadow WX, Kengo Mashimo, Sanshiro Takagi, Yuko Miyamoto, Ryuji Yamakawa, Danshoku Dino, Yuji Okabayashi, Taka Michinoku, Yasu Urano, Isami Kodaka, Kazuhiro Tamura, Ribbon Takanashi, Karate Brahman [ja], Atsushi Kotoge, Kaji Tomato, Tsutomu Oosugi, Mototsugu Shimizu, Choun Shiryu, Masaki Okimoto, Jun Ogawauchi, Kamui [ja], Akito, Kotaro Nasu [ja], Hiroshi Fukuda, Toru Sugiura, Tatsuhiko Yoshino, Owen Phoenix, Mr. Pussy, Mame Endo, Dynasty, Kaori Yoneyama, Emi Sakura, Carlos and Mio Shirai by pinfall74-person tag team match8:17
D – this was a dark match
  1. ^ Order of entries: Danshoku Dino (DDT), Shinobu (666), Karate Brahman [ja] (Kouhaku), Mame Endo (666), Guts Ishijima (Guts World), Mio Shirai, Atsushi Ohashi [ja] (BJW), Kaji Tomato (K-Dojo), Kaji Burdock (CZW), Kaji Pot-au-feu (IWF), Spark Aoki (Secret Base), Kaori Yoneyama (JWP)
    Order of eliminations: Karate Brahman, Shinobu, Mame Endo, Guts Ishijima, Kaji Pot-au-feu, Spark Aoki, Kaji Tomato, Atsushi Ohashi, Mio Shirai, Kaji Burdock, Kaori Yoneyama

Gauntlet match

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Elimination Wrestler Team Eliminated by Method Time
1 Chango Chango and Amigo Suzuki [ja] Taka Michinoku Pinfall 2:00
2 Emi Sakura Emi Sakura and Masa Takanashi Sanshiro Takagi Pinfall 2:57
3 Sanshiro Takagi TKG48 Natsuki☆Taiyo Over the top rope 1:53
4 Choun Shiryu Choun Shiryu and Dynasty Yoshiko Pinfall 2:45
5 Yoshiko Kawasaki Katsushika Saikyō Densetsu Jun Kasai Over the top rope 1:49
6 Jun Kasai 045 Junkie's [ja] Tsutomu Oosugi Over the top rope 2:16
7 Tsutomu Oosugi Speed of Sounds Shiori Asahi Over the top rope 2:58
8 Shiori Asahi Little Galaxy Atsushi Kotoge Over the top rope 1:40
9 Yasu Kubota [ja] The Kubota Brothers Daisuke Harada Pinfall 2:46
10 Atsushi Kotoge Momo no Seishun Tag [ja] Brahman Shu Pinfall 2:05
11 Daisuke Sasaki Masashi Takeda and Daisuke Sasaki Brahman Shu Over the top rope 3:13
12 Brahman Kei The Brahman Brothers Ryuji Yamakawa Pinfall 1:56
13 Ryuji Yamakawa Shadow WX and Ryuji Yamakawa Great Kojika Pinfall 2:25
14 Yuko Miyamoto Yankee Nichōkenjū Great Kojika Over the top rope 4:36
Winners: Great Kojika and Antonio Honda

References

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  1. ^ a b Saalbach, Axel. "Occupation of the Indies Presents New Year's Eve Pro Wrestling 2011". Wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Toshikoshi Pro-Wrestling Results". PuroLove.com (in German). Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  3. ^ "Munenori Sawa". Puroresu Central. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  4. ^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  5. ^ "New Year's Eve Indy Supershow 2011". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved October 10, 2021.