These are fun. Both shows will be taped for Samurai TV.
NJPW CMLL (SAT) 01/22 Korakuen Hall
1) Taichi vs Máximo
2) La Máscara & Tiger Mask IV vs Dragón Rojo Jr. & Tomohiro Ishii
3) Máscara Dorada vs Ryusuke Taguchi [CMLL WELTER]
4) Jushin Liger vs La Sombra [CMLL MIDDLE]
5) Gigante Bernard & Karl Anderson vs Atlantis & Shigeo Okumura [IWGP TAG]
6) Hiroshi Tanahashi, Místico, Prince Devitt vs Averno, Shinsuke Nakamura, Tetsuya Naito
The big Taichi vs Maximo rematch…in the opener!
Taguchi only got one title match while in Mexico – bizarrely, for the national trios titles he wasn’t actually eligible for – but he’s progressed since leaving.
There are five total title matches between these two shows. Four of them involve CMLL luchadors, and this is the one I’m least sure about. Liger has to be coming back for the Universal tournament next year, so he needs a title, but Sombra’s been coming on strong.
I’m afraid Atlantis & Okumura will not win the IWGP Tag Team Champions. Note to champions: please don’t break the Atlantis, we need him around longer. Odd that the guy who speaks Japanese and Spanish is working with the Americans.
These shows are called Fantastica Mania. I believe the main event tecnicos are bringing the Fantastic and the rudos are bringing the Mania. The main event is a Black Cat Memorial match.
NJPW CMLL (SUN) 01/23 Korakuen Hall
***Fantastica Mania, 2011***
1) Danshoku Dino & Máximo vs Gedo & Jado
2) Gigante Bernard, Jushin Liger, Karl Anderson vs Atlantis, Dragón Rojo Jr., Taichi
3) La Máscara, La Sombra, Máscara Dorada vs Shigeo Okumura, Tetsuya Naito, Yujiro Takahashi [CMLL TRIOS]
4) Tiger Mask IV vs Tomohiro Ishii [mask, hair]
5) Místico vs Averno
6) Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi vs Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi [IWGP JR TAG]
Dino & Maximo is a dream team.
There are weirder things than Okumura & NO LIMIT winning the CMLL Trios titles, but I wouldn’t guess on that being the plan here.
Tiger Mask IV is putting up his mask against Tomohiro Ishii’s hair.
Averno is going to be doing a lot of spinning and grabbing his arm on this tour.
The DDT pair of Omega/Ibushi are the champions. I don’t know this as well, but it seems like this is last match in this rivalry – either Devitt/Taguchi win the titles back for NJPW or Omega/Ibushi move on to new challengers. Either way, Sombra/Dorada were talking about challenging for these titles after their dome show.
NJPW CMLL (SAT) 01/22 Korakuen Hall
1) Taichi vs Máximo
2) La Máscara & Tiger Mask IV vs Dragón Rojo Jr. & Tomohiro Ishii
3) Máscara Dorada vs Ryusuke Taguchi [CMLL WELTER]
4) Jushin Liger vs La Sombra [CMLL MIDDLE]
5) Gigante Bernard & Karl Anderson vs Atlantis & Shigeo Okumura [IWGP TAG]
6) Hiroshi Tanahashi, Místico, Prince Devitt vs Averno, Shinsuke Nakamura, Tetsuya Naito
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These cards are pretty much perfect,not only does it appeal to lucha fans but the way they added in big matches that they have been building like Tiger vs Ishii makes it also appeal to thier core fan base.
Dorada and Taguchi might steal the first show considering all the times they have worked together sofar.The first night main has so intriging,there is so much going on.
Second night starting off big with Dino and Maximo is great, the trios title match has big potential, and you can’t go wrong with Mistico vs Averno.