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- Tails Azimuth
NJPW "Fighting Spirit" PPV Report
Date: April 27th, 2008 Location: Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, Japan Attendance: 6,000
The NJPW's "Fighting Spirit" pay-per-view event went down last night in front of a sold-out crowd at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium. The show was highlighted by several thrilling matches and title changes that left the Japanese wrestling fans buzzing.
Match 1: Six-Man Tag Team Match Great Bash Heel (Gedo, Jado, and Karl Anderson) defeated Kazuchika Okada, Mitsuhide Hirasawa, and Yujiro in a high-flying opener. The match was marked by some impressive sequences from the Great Bash Heel trio, who got the win in 5:30.
Match 2: Tag Team Match RISE (Milano Collection AT and Minoru) took down Legend (AKIRA and Shiro Koshinaka) in a solid tag team bout. RISE's teamwork and experience paid off as they secured the victory in 6:14.
Match 3: Tag Team Match In a reversal of fortunes, RISE's Giant Bernard and Hirooki Goto outlasted Great Bash Heel's Tomoaki Honma and Tomohiro Ishii in a hard-hitting tag team match. The bout was marked by some big spots from Bernard, who helped his team get the win in 8:33.
Match 4: Tag Team Match Emblem (Masato Tanaka and Shinjiro Otani) upset Koji Kanemoto and Ryusuke Taguchi to advance their tag team title hopes. The match featured some impressive moves from Emblem, who got the win in a time of 12:56.
Match 5: Six-Man Tag Team Match In a surprising turn of events, Legend (Jushin Thunder Liger, Masahiro Chono, and Riki Choshu) defeated Manabu Nakanishi, Tetsuya Naito, and Tiger Mask in a thrilling six-man tag team match. The bout was marked by some great teamwork from Legend, who got the win in 8:52.
Match 6: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match Wataru Inoue successfully defended his IWGP Junior Heavyweight title against Christopher Daniels in a technical and physical contest. The match was marked by some intense exchanges between the two, with Inoue emerging victorious in 19:28.
Match 7: IWGP Tag Team Title Match Great Bash Heel's Togi Makabe and Toru Yano dethroned Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Takashi Iizuka to win the IWGP Tag Team titles. The match was marked by some great teamwork from Great Bash Heel, who got the win in 15:14.
Main Event: IWGP Heavyweight Title Match Keiji Muto successfully defended his IWGP Heavyweight title against Shinsuke Nakamura in a hard-hitting and intense contest. The match was marked by some great exchanges between the two, with Muto emerging victorious to retain his title.
Overall, "Fighting Spirit" was a successful event for NJPW, featuring several exciting matches and title changes. The show will likely be remembered as one of the better pay-per-view events in recent memory for the Japanese wrestling promotion.
Card Details
- Date: 27 Apr 2008
- Promotion: New Japan Pro Wrestling
- Arena: Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium
- Attendance: 6000
- Type: Pay Per View
- Broadcast Type: Live
- Broadcast Date: 27 Apr 2008
Matches
Great Bash Heel (Gedo, Jado and Karl Anderson) defeat Kazuchika Okada, Mitsuhide Hirasawa and Yujiro in a Six Man Tag Team Match
Match Time: 05:30RISE (Milano Collection AT and Minoru) defeat Legend (AKIRA and Shiro Koshinaka) in a Tag Team Match
Match Time: 06:14RISE (Giant Bernard and Hirooki Goto) defeat Great Bash Heel (Tomoaki Honma and Tomohiro Ishii) in a Tag Team Match
Match Time: 08:33Emblem (Masato Tanaka and Shinjiro Otani) defeat Koji Kanemoto and Ryusuke Taguchi in a Tag Team Match
Match Time: 12:56Legend (Jushin Thunder Liger, Masahiro Chono and Riki Choshu) defeat Manabu Nakanishi, Tetsuya Naito and Tiger Mask in a Six Man Tag Team Match
Match Time: 08:52Wataru Inoue
(C)defeat Christopher Daniels in a IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match
Match Time: 19:28Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe and Toru Yano)
(C)defeat Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Takashi Iizuka in a IWGP Tag Team Title Match
Match Time: 15:14Keiji Muto
(C)defeat Shinsuke Nakamura in a IWGP Heavyweight Title Match