G-1 Climax XXI: The Invincible Fighter
August 14, 2011 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 11,500
Shown live on Japanese PPV
- Hideo Saito pinned Yuji Nagata (4:29).
- Giant Bernard pinned Toru Yano (7:29).
- Lance Archer pinned Yoshihiro Takayama (7:19).
- Yujiro Takahashi pinned Togi Makabe (8:37).
- Tetsuya Naito pinned Hiroshi Tanahashi (5:11).
- Strong Man pinned Hirooki Goto (7:27).
- Karl Anderson pinned MVP (8:30).
- Hiroyoshi Tenzan pinned Satoshi Kojima (14:10).
- Shinsuke Nakamura pinned Minoru Suzuki (12:13).
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Champs Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega (15:01) when Devitt pinned Omega.
- Shinsuke Nakamura pinned Tetsuya Naito (20:19) to win the 2011 G-1 Climax.
 2011 G-1 Climax final standings
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Destruction 2011
October 10, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 5,500
Shown live on Japanese PPV
- Kyosuke Mikami & Hiromu Takahashi beat King Fale & Takaaki Watanabe (8:47) when Mikami forced Watanabe to submit.
- Schwarz, Weiss, Tiger Mask IV, Kushida, & Killer Rabbit beat Takashi Iizuka, Jado, Gedo, Tomohiro Ishii, & Hideo Saito (7:53) when Kshida Kushida beat Gedo.
- Yujiro Takahashi pinned Tomoaki Honma (8:22).
- Lance Archer pinned Wataru Inoue (7:39).
- Hirooki Goto & Tama Tonga beat Shinsuke Nakamura & Ultimo Guerrero (11:03) when Goto pinned Guerrero.
- Davey Richards & Rocky Romero beat Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi (13:29) to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweigh Tag Title when Richards pinned Devitt.
- Satoshi Kojima pinned Hiroyoshi Tenzan (10:08) with a lariat.
- Yuji Nagata beat Toru Yano (12:08) via submission.
- Masato Tanaka pinned MVP (12:30) to win the IWGP I-C Title.
- Minoru Suzuki pinned Togi Makabe (13:15).
- IWGP Champ Hiroshi Tanahashi pinned Tetsuya Naito (29:19).
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NJPW & AJPW 40th Anniversary
"Summer Night Fever in Ryogoku: We are Pro-Wrestling Love"
July 1, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 11,000
- Kenso (AJ) , Masanobu Fuchi (AJ), & Captain New Japan (NJ) beat Jado, Gedo, & Yoshi Hashi (Team NJ) (7:02) when Captain forced Gedo to submit.
- Jushin Liger (NJ), Tiger Mask IV (NJ), Shiryu (AJ), Bushi (AJ), & Sushi (AJ) beat Prince Devitt (NJ), Ryusuke Taguchi (NJ), Kai (AJ), Hiroshi Yamato (AJ), & Hiromu Takahashi (NJ) (8:50) when Bushi pinned Takahashi.
- Takao Omori (AJ), Hirooki Goto (NJ), Manabu Soya (AJ), & Karl Anderson (NJ) beat Minoru Suzuki (NJ), Lance Archer (NJ), Taka Michinoku (K-Dojo), & Taichi (NJ) (12:09) when Anderson pinned Taichi.
- Masakatsu Funaki, Masayuki Kono, & Minoru Tanaka (Team AJ) beat Yuji Nagata, Wataru Inoue, & Kushida (Team NJ) (9:48) when Funaki pinned Kushida.
- Akebono & Ryota Hama (Team AJ) beat Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi (Team Big Japan) (12:35) to win the All Japan All-Asian Tag Title when Hama pinned Okabayashi.
- Seiya Sanada & Joe Doering (Team AJ) beat Tetsuya Naito & Tama Tonga (team NJ) (12:21) when Doering pinned Tonga.
- Shinsuke Nakamura & Kazuchika Okada (Team NJ) beat Suwama & Shuji Kondo (Team AJ) (14:13) when Okada pinned Kondo.
- Keiji Mutoh (AJ), Hiroyoshi Tenzan (NJ), & Satoshi Kojima (NJ) beat Toru Yano, Takashi Iizuka, & Tomohiro Ishii (Team NJ) (12:09) when Mutoh pinned Ishii.
- All Japan Triple Crown Champ Jun Akiyama (Noah) pinned Taiyo Kea (AJ) (23:26).
- IWGP Champ Hiroshi Tanahashi (NJ) pinned Togi Makabe (NJ) (22:41).
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G1 Climax 22: The One and Only
August 12, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 11,500
Shown live on Japanese PPV
- MVP beat Lance Archer (10:50) via submission.
- Hiroyoshi Tenzan pinned Shinsuke Nakamura (12:48).
- Hirooki Goto pinned Tetsuya Naito (11:05).
- Kazuchika Okada pinned Togi Makabe (9:33).
- Shelton Benjamin pinned Satoshi Kojima (9:04).
- Toru Yano pinned Naomichi Marufuji (9:55).
- Yuji Nagata pinned Minoru Suzuki (9:03).
- Karl Anderson pinned Hiroshi Tanahashi (11:15).
- Kazuchika Okada pinned Karl Anderson (23:19) to win the 2012 G-1 Climax.
2012 G-1 Climax final standings
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King of Pro Wrestling
October 8, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 7,000
Shown live on Japanese PPV
- Toru Yano, Takashi Iizuka, & Tomohiro Ishii beat Manabu Nakanishi, Yuji Nagata, & Strong Man (11:29) when Yano pinned Nakanishi.
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Champs Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov beat Kushida & Alex Shelley (14:55) when Romero pinned Kushida.
- Low-Ki pinned Kota Ibushi (17:05) to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title.
- Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith, Jr. beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima (12:47) when Smith pinned Kojima.
- Yujiro Takahashi TKO Tetsuya Naito (5:41).
- Kazushi Sakuraba & Katsuyori Shibata beat Togi Makabe & Wataru Inoue (7:10) when Shibata pinned Inoue.
- Kazuchika Okada pinned Karl Anderson (16:26).
- IWGP I-C Champ Shinsuke Nakamura pinned Hirooki Goto (15:12).
- IWGP Champ Hiroshi Tanahashi pinned Minoru Suzuki (29:22).
Note: This was the first New Japan event available on internet PPV in the U.S.
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Invasion Attack
April 7, 2013 in Tokyo, Japan
Sumo Hall drawing 8,200
Shown live on Japanese PPV
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Champs Kushida & Alex Shelley beat Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi (10:42) when Kushida pinned Taguchi.
- Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Manabu Nakanishi, Super Strong Machine, & Akebono beat Takashi Iizuka, Tomohiro Ishii, Yishi Hashi, & Bob Sapp (10:00) when Nakanishi pinned Hashi.
- CMLL Tag Champs El Terrible & Tama Tonga beat La Mascara & Valiente (8:57) when Terrible pinned Valiente.
- Masato Tanaka & Yujiro Takahashi beat Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma (10:41) when Tanaka pinned Honma.
- Minoru Suzuki pinned Toru Yano (10:09).
- Yuji Nagata & Hirooki Goto beat Kazushi Sakuraba & Katsuyori Shibata (11:32) when Nagata TKO Sakuraba.
- NWA World Champ Rob Conway pinned Satoshi Kojima (14:24).
- IWGP I-C Champ Shinsuke Nakamura pinned Davey Boy Smith, Jr. (18:04).
- Kazuchika Okada pinned Hiroshi Tanahashi (31:41) to win the IWGP Title.
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