New Year's Eve Pro-Wrestling 2011 Explained

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]

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 brand was created for the event.

There were twenty-one participating promotions and brands at the event:

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

  1. Web site: Occupation of the Indies Presents New Year's Eve Pro Wrestling 2011. October 11, 2021. Wrestlingdata.com. Saalbach. Axel.
  2. Web site: Toshikoshi Pro-Wrestling Results. September 15, 2021. PuroLove.com. de.
  3. Web site: Munenori Sawa. October 11, 2021. Puroresu Central.
  4. Web site: How Pro Wrestling Works . Grabianowski . Ed . August 21, 2017 . HowStuffWorks, Inc. . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131129050844/http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/pro-wrestling.htm . November 29, 2013 .

Gauntlet match

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EliminationWrestlerTeamEliminated byMethodTime
1ChangoChango and Taka MichinokuPinfall2:00
2Emi SakuraEmi Sakura and Masa TakanashiSanshiro TakagiPinfall2:57
3Sanshiro TakagiTKG48Natsuki☆TaiyoOver the top rope1:53
4Choun ShiryuChoun Shiryu and DynastyYoshikoPinfall2:45
5YoshikoKawasaki Katsushika Saikyō DensetsuJun KasaiOver the top rope1:49
6Jun KasaiTsutomu OosugiOver the top rope2:16
7Tsutomu OosugiSpeed of SoundsShiori AsahiOver the top rope2:58
8Shiori AsahiLittle GalaxyAtsushi KotogeOver the top rope1:40
9The Kubota BrothersDaisuke HaradaPinfall2:46
10Atsushi KotogeBrahman ShuPinfall2:05
11Daisuke SasakiMasashi Takeda and Daisuke SasakiBrahman ShuOver the top rope3:13
12Brahman KeiThe Brahman BrothersRyuji YamakawaPinfall1:56
13Ryuji YamakawaShadow WX and Ryuji YamakawaGreat KojikaPinfall2:25
14Yuko MiyamotoYankee NichōkenjūGreat KojikaOver the top rope4:36
Winners:Great Kojika and Antonio Honda