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12/8 NEW JAPAN WORLD LEAGUE FINALS FROM HIROSHIMA, JAPAN, MOXLEY APPEARS, JERICHO HEADED TO WRESTLE KINGDOM

By James Kurokawa on 2019-12-08 08:29:00

Kevin Kelly and Gino Gambino on English commentary.

Match 1:   Satoshi Kojima and Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Manabu Nakanishi and Yuji Nagata 

Nagata forces Tenzan to tap out to a crossface.

Match 2:  Colt Cabana and Toru Yano vs. Chase Owens and Bad Luck Fale 

Cabana pins Owens with the Superman roll up.

Match 3:   Mikey Nicholls and Jeff Cobb vs. Terrible and Shingo Takagi 

Great match!  Cobb and Takagi pounded the crap out of each other.  Nicholls pins Terrible with a sit-down powerbomb.

Match 4:  Toa Henare and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Karl Fredericks and Hirooki Goto 

Henare pins Fredericks with a Rock Bottom.

Chris Jericho as the Painmaker appears on the  big screen.   Jericho tells Tanahashi that he will end his career at Wrestle Kingdom.   Tanahashi takes the mic and tells the crowd he is going nowhere and it may be Jericho who comes to an end at the Tokyo Dome.

Match 5:  Minoru Suzuki and Lance Archer vs. Yujiro Takahashi, with Pieter, and KENTA 

KENTA began taunting The King before the bell and got attacked by Suzuki-gun.   The fight spills into the crowd.   KENTA and Suzuki pounded each other with stiff elbows and fists.    

Archer pins Takahashi with the EBD Claw.   Brutal match.  

A Jon Moxley video appears on the big screen.  Then Moxley appears in the arena.   Moxley walks to the ring with Archer and Suzuki waiting for him.  Mox gets in the face of Archer.   Mox hits Archer with a DDT.    Mox nails Suzuki with a DDT.    Moxley takes the mic and says he wants his IWGP U.S. Heavyweight Title.  He challenges Archer at Wrestle Kingdom to a Texas Death Match for the Title.   Moxley sets up a table at ringside.   Archer throws Moxley into the ring barrier and they battle through the crowd to the locker room.

Match 6:   SHO, YOH and Kazuchika Okada vs. Tiger Mask, Jyushin Thunder Liger and Kota Ibushi 

Ibushi pins SHO after a vicious Kamagoye.    

Okada taunts Ibushi by shoving the belt in his face.   Ibushi hits Okada in the head with the briefcase.  Okada drops and goes limp.  Ibushi stomps Okada in the head.   Everyone attempts to break them apart.   SHO and YOH tries to help Okada out of the ring and Ibushi attacks him again.  

Liger gets a standing ovation from his hometown in Hiroshima.   Dragon Lee a.k.a. Yu Lee appears on the video screen and challenges Liger at Wrestle Kingdom.   Liger takes the mic and says he wanted to face someone who was returning from a broken neck, which would be Hiromu Takahashi.  Liger says he will wait and see.  He thanks the Hiroshima fans for all their support.

Kevin Kelly says Liger may face both Yu Lee and Hiromu Takahashi on Night 2 of Wrestle Kingdom.

Match 7:  YOSHI-HASHI and Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tanga Loa and Tama Tonga, with Jado.

YOSHI-HASHI pins Tanga Loa with a small package.   G.O.D. Is eliminated from World Tag League.

Match 8:  David Finlay and Juice Robinson vs. SANADA and EVIL 

Finlay pins EVIL after a Stunner.   Great match!     Finlay and Robinson wins the World Tag League 2019.  They earn a IWGP Tag Team Title match at Wrestle Kingdom.

The next show on New Japan World is 12/19/19.

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