| New Year's Eve Pro-Wrestling 2011 | |
| Promotion: | See below |
| Brand: | New Year's Eve Pro-Wrestling |
| Date: | December 31, 2011 |
| City: | Tokyo, Japan |
| Venue: | Korakuen Hall |
| Attendance: | 1,109[1] |
| Liveevent: | y |
| Event: | New Year's Eve Pro-Wrestling |
| Lastevent2: | 2010 |
| Nextevent2: | 2012 |
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]
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. The event also featured the Japan Indie Awards ceremony and the retirement ceremony of Munenori Sawa ending his 8-year career.[3]
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 brand was created for the event.
There were twenty-one participating promotions and brands at the event:
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]
| Elimination | Wrestler | Team | Eliminated by | Method | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chango | Chango and | 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 | 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 | The Kubota Brothers | Daisuke Harada | Pinfall | 2:46 | ||
| 10 | Atsushi Kotoge | 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 | |||||