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 | |||
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Promotion | See below | ||
Brand(s) | New Year's Eve Pro-Wrestling | ||
Date | December 31, 2011 | ||
City | Tokyo, Japan | ||
Venue | Korakuen Hall | ||
Attendance | 1,109[1] | ||
New Year's Eve Pro-Wrestling chronology | |||
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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
Background
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:
- Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW)
- Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW)
- Daiwa Entertainment Pro-Wrestling (DEP)
- DDT Pro-Wrestling
- Guts World Pro-Wrestling
- Ice Ribbon
- Independent Wrestling Federation (IWF)
- JWP Joshi Puroresu
- Kaientai Dojo (K-Dojo)
- Kouhaku Pro-Wrestling
- Michinoku Pro Wrestling (M-Pro)
- New Beijing Pro-Wrestling (NBPW)
- Osaka Pro Wrestling (OPW)
- Pro Wrestling Freedoms
- Pro Wrestling Noah
- Pro-Wrestling Secret Base
- Sportiva Entertainment
- Style-E
- Union Pro-Wrestling
- World Wonder Ring Stardom
- Wrestling of Darkness 666
Storylines
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
- Order of entries: Danshoku Dino (DDT), Shinobu (666), Karate Brahman (Kouhaku), Mame Endo (666), Guts Ishijima (Guts World), Mio Shirai, Atsushi Ohashi (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
Elimination | Wrestler | Team | Eliminated by | Method | Time |
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1 | Chango | Chango and Amigo Suzuki | 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 | 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 | The Kubota Brothers | Daisuke Harada | Pinfall | 2:46 |
10 | Atsushi Kotoge | Momo no Seishun Tag | 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
- Saalbach, Axel. "Occupation of the Indies Presents New Year's Eve Pro Wrestling 2011". Wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
- "Toshikoshi Pro-Wrestling Results". PuroLove.com (in German). Retrieved September 15, 2021.
- "Munenori Sawa". Puroresu Central. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
- Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
- "New Year's Eve Indy Supershow 2011". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved October 10, 2021.