IWGP # 5 Season Finale
FOX
11 pm EST
Bill Apter : Hello fans welcome to Ryoguku Kokugikan here in Tokyo . This is the season finale of New Japan Pro Wrestling on Fox . Starting next January, we will be broadcasting all shows on Fox . I’m Bill Apter and I’m here with my new broadcast partner John Cena . John how about this ?
Cena : Bill , on man !!! You can feel the electricity in the air . We got a hell of a show for you all tonight . Also we will talk about our big Tokyo Dome show on New Year’s day . And two big tourneys for New Japan next year .
Bill : Right now two guys you are very familiar with Ox Baker and Verne Gagne are about to square off in a Japanese Cage of Doom .
Cena : Verne must be going crazy . I know he’s mad and with good reason , but damn Ox has put Bob Backlund on the shelf . This match goes until one man can’t continue at the ref’s digression .
Bill : Well let’s take you to that match now .
Japanese Cage Match Of Doom Ox Baker vs Verne Gagne : Verne is pissed . He climbs in the cage and slams the door behind him . He goes right after Ox . He scores a double leg take down and now uses hammer fist like Mark Coleman did in UFC . Ox is trying to squirm his way out , Verne ain’t having it . Verne now tries to transition into a cross arm breaker, now Ox’s power comes into play . He pulls Verne up and reverse Suplexes him face first into the cage . Cena talks about how Verne should have stayed on him with that UFC style pressure .
Ox lays in nasty rib punches . Verne gets off a dropkick and Ox goes flying back into the cage . Verne pins Ox up against the cage and goes Blassie on him . He’s fucking biting Ox in the forehead . Ox is busted open , Cena and Apter are in shock at this out of character style by Gagne . Verne starts kicking Ox’s right knee . Ox falls to one knee and Verne starts pounding away on Ox’s head . Ox gets off a low blow . He grabs up Verne over one shoulder and lawn darts him into the cage . Both men lay on the mat busted open .
Ox is up first . Verne is slowly sitting up . Ox goes over to the cage door and is rocking it back and forth . He pulls it free from the hinges . Ox takes the cage door and as Verne gets to his feet . Verne lays on the mat . Ox takes the door and is choking Verne with it . Verne is now trying to push the cage door off his throat . The freaky wrestling strength is paying off . He’s got the door up and now he takes his leg and up kicks the door into Ox’s face .
Verne pulls himself up by using the cage . Ox staggers up , dropkick by Gagne . Dropkick by Gagne . Dropkick by Gagne . Freaking Dropkick by Gagne !!! Ox staggers backward and falls out of the cage where the door should be . Verne grabs a hard cam cord and now is choking Ox with it . Verne is hit from behind with a chair !!!
Cena : King Curtis Iaukea !!! What the hell !!!
He and Ox roll Verne in the ring . They are stomping the hell out of him . Curtis comes off the top of the cage with a Bombs Away Knee Drop to Verne’s head . Ox now lifts Verne ….. HEART PUNCH !!! A SECOND HEART PUNCH!!! A THIRD PUNCH !!!! A FOURTH HEART PUNCH !!! Cena grabs a towel by ringside and tosses it in !!! The ref waves off the match .
Iaukea and Ox are just beating down Verne . Cena dives in the cage and is now joined by Jungle Jack Perry , Magnum TA and Dusty Rhodes .
Apter : There is complete chaos . Ox and Iaukea are mixing it up with Dusty Rhodes and John Cena ! Magnum TA us getting the EMT’s in the ring for help . Verne Gagne is in serious danger . Finally security has come in here . I have confirmed that due to John Cena tossing in the towel , Ox Baker is the winner of this match . We’ll be back .
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Bill Apter . Welcome back . John Cena is going to the hospital with Verne Gagne. Folks this in professional wrestling and although the concern is for Verne Gagne right now , we have to continue. This is a rematch from the finals at the IWA Tag Team Open . This time the Unified IWGP GFW Tag Titles are on the line . It’s Doctor Death Steve Williams and Terry Gordy taking on The Armstrongs.
IWGP UWF Tag Titles The Armstrongs (C) vs Dr . Death Steve Williams & Terry Gordy : Doc right away gets caught by Brad in the cross arm breaker. Gordy comes in and stomps Brad on the top of the head . He tosses Brad to the outside . Doc is mixing it up with Bob . He slams his head into the turnbuckles and then hits the Stampede!! Doc covers…. The ref refuses to count . Bob is not the legal man . Doc is now arguing with the ref . SUPERKICK BY BOB !!!! The ref is now inspecting the chaos on the outside , he doesn’t see Vader and Bam Bam sneak in the ring .
Vader with a Powerbomb. Bam Bam with a big splash from the top rope . Vader hits a Vaderbomb !!! They take their leave . Somehow Bob rolls out of the ring down to the floor . Brad gets back in the ring . High crossbody on Doc for two . Brad is back up quickly , hiptoss by Brad . Brad with a face plant . He covers , 1……2….. Noooooo , Doc kicks out !!!! Doc with a roaring elbow !! He makes the tag to Gordy .
Gordy comes in and shoots Brad into the ropes , he goes for a big boot , but Brad catches it and gets off a dragon screw leg whip . Brad goes to tag his dad , but Bob is on the floor , being attended to by a ringside doctor . Brad spins around and runs into a clothesline by Gordy . Gordy hits a Piledriver for 3 !!!
Apter : This place is out of control tonight , We have new Unified Tag Team Champions . We’ll be back .
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Bill Apter : Welcome back . On any other night or any other show this next match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title would be a main event . This going to be good .
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Owen Hart ( C) vs The Great Muta : The two lock up collar and elbow. Owen gets a headlock takedown . Muta reverses into a head scissors. Owen kips up out it and goes for a standing dropkick, Muta sidesteps and Owen hits the mat . Muta with a flash elbow and then a standing Moonsault. He covers 1……2……Nooooo . Owen kicks out . Muta goes for a Dragon Sleeper , Owen knees him in the head . Owen now with a inverted atomic drop . He comes off the second rope with a forearm smash , but Muta rolls out if the way . Muta with a flying head scissors and then a rana .
Muta goes for a high kick , Owen gets off a spinning heel kick and then a DDT . Owen covers , 1……2…….Nooooo !!! Muta gets a foot on the ropes . Owen with a release German Suplex and then a makeshift gordbuster !!! He covers again , 1……2….. Noooooo !!! Muta kicks out . Owen goes in to a STF !!! Muta gets to the ropes for the break . Both men are back up and now it’s a chop fest . Which brings the crowd to their feet . Owen with another side slam back breaker . From there he goes into the Sharpshooter.
Muta claws inch by inch to try and get to the ropes . Trying to fight the urge to tap and make the pain stop . Owen drags him back in the center and Muta starts to fight again . One more inch ….. he finds the sanctuary of the ropes . Owen now goes to pull him back to the center , Muta with an up kick and then a leaping clothesline . He goes up and hits a Moonsault . Owen starts to stagger up , shining wizard!!! Muta covers 1……2…….3 !!!!
Bill Apter : We have a new IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion . What a match . Owen Hart was great as the first Junior Heavyweight Champion and I’m sure we haven’t heard the last from him . Tonight is Muta’s moment . We have to take a break here . We’ll be back .
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Welcome back . Our next match if you watched BTW this week , you know it’s personal. Jimmy Superfly Snuka puts his Unlimited Championship on the line against Jungle Jack Perry .
IWGP unlimited Title Jimmy Snuka ( C) vs Jungle Jack Perry : Jimmy Hart as normal is out with Snuka . Sasha Banks comes to the ring with Jack . She is hell bent on revenge and plans on getting it one way or another . She hits a Suicida on Hart on the floor and locks in the Bank Statement !!! Snuka tries to go to his manager’s aid , but Jack spins him around , chops the hell out of him and then hits a roaring uppercut elbow that puts Snuka down to the mat . Jack now hits a rolling Thunder double knee strike to Snuka’s back . Jack with a reverse neck breaker . He pulls Jimmy up and whips him into the corner . Jack runs at full speed …. STO by Jimmy !!!!
Jimmy now with a headbutt and a throat thrust . He bounds off the ropes and comes down with an elbow to the chest . Jimmy whips Jack into the turnbuckles and now unloads a series strikes . He grabs up Jack and hits a shoulder breaker . He goes up …… SUPERFLY DEATH LEAP …… MISSES !!!!! JACK MOVES !!!! Jack bounds off the ropes with a leaping clothesline !!!! Jack goes up top …. JUNGLE FEVER !!!! He covers 1……2……. Jimmy gets a shoulder off the mat !!! Jack goes into the Snare Trap !!!! Jimmy is so close to tapping , but makes the ropes . He hits a low blow on Jack from the break . Nothing the ref can do because of the unlimited rules . Jimmy with a Powerslam and then the Mandible Claw!!! Jack is helpless in the middle of the ring . He pssses out .
Post match , Sasha gets in the ring and attends to Jack .
Apter : We are hearing rumors that Jimmy Hart is being evaluated. He will not be at ringside for Rick Rude’s title defense , but Eddie Gilbert who always travels with the First Family will take Hart’s place . We will have Rick Rude’s title defense when we come back .
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IWGP GFW Title Rick Rude ( C) vs Magnum TA : As promised Eddie Gilbert has come to replace Jimmy Hart . Magnum isn’t distracted by Gilbert’s presence at all . He goes right at Rude from the bell . He sets him up with huge forearm shots and then a big bodyslam. Rude staggers up and quickly powders out as he recognizes Magnum’s stance for that Belly to Belly . Gilbert is whispering something in Rude’s ear . Magnum goes out and rams their heads together. He rolls Rude back in , dropkick by Magnum . Rude hits the turnbuckles and Magnum hits him with a back body drop , that sends Rude out on the floor on top of Gilbert .
Magnum goes out again . Rude with a blatant low blow on the floor , but the ref doesn’t call for the DQ instead he tells Rude he’s not going to let him DQ himself . Rude sees this as an invitation. He rubs Magnum’s face into the floor and then rolls him back in . He pulls Magnum up and hits a big clubbing forearm across the back of the neck and then chokes him in the ropes . Rude now works a seated chinlock, really pulls back on Magnum’s head .
Magnum gets to his knees and then to his feet and hurls himself into the turn buckles with Rude on his back . Now Magnum spins around as Rude staggers out of the corner , Belly to Belly !!!! 1……2……. Gilbert puts Rude’s foot on the ropes !!! Magnum turns to yell at Gilbert . Rude with a knee to the back . Then a Rude Awakening . 1…..2…..3 !!!!
Bill Apter : Rick Rude had some help , but he’s been the most dominant wrestler in World right now since April . The IWA World Tag Team Champions are defending when we come back .
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IWA World Tag Team Titles Vader & Bam Bam vs Kabuki and Kensuki Susaki : Kensuki never gets out if the champs corner . Kabuki flips him off and leaves . This sends the fans into a frenzy . It mercifully ends after a Vader Bomb and Bam Bam with a top rope headbutt .
Apter : Fans we have taken our last commercial break . So it’s on to our main event . Will Bobby Lashley defeat Dusty Rhodes for the IWA World Heavyweight Title? Let’s find out .
IWA World Heavyweight Title Dusty Rhodes vs Bobby Lashley: The two go right at each other . Dusty side steps a clothesline and then gets a Fujiwara . Lashley very quickly gets to the ropes . Lashley gets a spinning neck breaker and then a fall away slam . Dusty staggers up , release over the head belly to belly by Lashley . Lashley now works a Bearhug. Dusty hits an elbow to the head to beak the hold and then a dropkick . Lashley staggers up and Dusty gets off a deep arm drag and goes for a step over arm bar . Lashley hits and up kick , kips up to his feet and blast Dusty with a big nasty Larait !!!
Lashley grabs up Dusty and goes for a running Powerslam, Dusty gets out the back and gets off a reverse DDT ! Dusty covers 1…..2…..Nooooo !!! Lashley kicks out . Dusty hits a back breaker slam and now works a surfboard stretch . Lashley powers to his feet , turns into Dusty , Flat Liner !!! Lashley covers 1……2……Nooooo ! Dusty kicks out . Lashley sets for a Spear . Dusty staggers up and Lashley launches himself . He hits shoulder first into the turnbuckles . Dusty with a shoulder breaker and then arm trap Crossface . ( don’t me what it is , it just sound cool ) !! Lashley is caught in the middle of the ring and smartly taps out .
Post match :the two shake hands . Gilbert , Snuka and Rude storm the ring . Magnum and Lashley help Dusty against the attack . Vader and Bam Bam come out , they are cut off by an angry Armstrong family .
Apter : It’s chaos here fans . We hope you enjoyed the season finale of New Japan Pro Wrestling . We will see you on New Year’s Day in the Tokyo Dome.
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