AJ Styles defeated Kazuchika Okada to capture the IWGP Championship in Fukuoka, Japan today with the Styles Clash. Thanks to Puroreso Fan website for the results:
NJPW “WRESTLING DONTAKU 2014″, 5/3/14 (WPW/PPV/iPPV)
Fukuoka International Center
7,190 Fans – Super No Vacancy
0. Captain New Japan, El Desperado, BUSHI & Mascara Dorada beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Tiger Mask, KUSHIDA & Yohei Komatsu (9:16) when Desperado used the Guitarra de Angel on Komatsu.
1. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson (c) beat Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov (9:15) when Matt pinned Romero after the More Bang For Your Buck (4th defense).
2. Special Tag Match: Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka beat Minoru Suzuki & Shelton Benjamin (9:02)when Suzuki was DQ’d.
3. NWA World Heavyweight Title: Satoshi Kojima (c) beat Wes Brisco (9:25) with a lariat (3rd defense).
4. Special Tag Match: Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata beat Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi (10:50)when Goto used a Scorpion Deathlock on Nakanishi.
5. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kota Ibushi (c) beat Ryusuke Taguchi (14:03) with a Phoenix splash (3rd defense).
6. NEVER Openweight Title: Tomohiro Ishii (c) beat Tomoaki Honma (14:07) with a brainbuster (3rd defense).
7. Special Elimination Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe, Tetsuya Naito & Jushin Thunder Liger beat Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows, Bad Luck Fale & Tama Tonga (15:36) when Tanahashi used the High Fly Flow on Gallows.
8. Wrestling vs. Jiu-jitsu MMA Fight: Daniel Gracie & Rolles Gracie beat Shinsuke Nakamura & Kazushi Sakuraba (8:30) when Rolles used a sleeper hold on Sakuraba.
9. IWGP Heavyweight Title: AJ Styles beat Kazuchika Okada (c) (24:31) with the Styles Clash to become the 60th champion.
* The Bullet Club finally rose to the top of New Japan as new leader AJ Styles ended the epic IWGP Heavyweight Title reign of Kazuchika Okada in a major shock today. Okada had held the title for 13 months and survived 8 challenges, seemingly unstoppable, only for Styles to defeat him in his New Japan debut today! As per usual in Bullet Club matches, there was interference galore to help the man who has replaced America-bound Prince Devitt as the leader, including a hooded figure who turned out to be… CHAOS member Yujiro Takahashi!
Yujiro completed his betrayal of CHAOS and turn to the Bullet Club by dropping Okada with the Tokyo Pimps before Styles finished the champion off with a Bloody Sunday and Styles Clash to become the 60th IWGP Heavyweight Champion! Styles is also the first foreign champion since Brock Lesnar in 2005-2006. The former TNA star made an instant impact in New Japan and declared that the Bullet Club would take the other IWGP titles not already held by them. Styles’ first defense is due for May 17th against Michael Elgin in the ROH/New Japan shows in America.
* Shibata, who with Goto defeated veteran team Nagata & Nakanishi today, challenged Tanahashi to a match after Tanahashi led New Japan to an Elimination Match victory over the Bullet Club.
* Two titles were successfully defended back to back and the outcome could be the winners soon facing each other. Kota Ibushi overcame Ryusuke Taguchi in his V3 defense of the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title after Tomohiro Ishii had successfully defended his NEVER Openweight Title against Tomoaki Honma. After the NEVER match, Ibushi challenged Ishii and they could soon meet for the NEVER belt…
* Satoshi Kojima continued to reign with the historic NWA World Heavyweight Title after defeating Wes Brisco, who made his first New Japan debut today. Kojima is next due to defend the title on May 30th in Millersville, TN for NWA Southern All-Star Wrestling.
* The Young Bucks also held on to their gold today, beating former champions Forever Hooligans in the PPV opener when Matt pinned Romero.
