Full match listing for English language New Japan two-disc DVD set available for pre-order including Styles, Oakaa, Naito, Tanahashi, Balor, Nakamura, Bucks, Ibushi

By Wade Keller, PWTorch editor


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English-language New Japan DVDs will be available for the first time at www.WrestlingStore.co.uk starting this month. “An Introduction to NJPW” DVD is available for pre-order. The press release issued to PWTorch follows…


Witness New Japan Pro Wrestling’s biggest stars, “The Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada, Tetsuya Naito and the Ace of New Japan, Hiroshi Tanahashi along with some of the notable past and future stars of NJPW such as “The Phenomenal” A.J. Styles, The leader and originator of the Bullet Club “The Real Rock ‘n’ Rolla” Prince Devitt (a/k/a Finn Balor), “King Of Strong Style” Shinsuke Nakamura, Kota Ibushi, The Young Bucks, and Kushida in this epic double disc set.

The DVD runtime is nearly four-and-a-half hours with just about every match shown in its entirety. Relive classic matches from Wrestle Kingdom 8 on Jan. 4, 2014, the final of the gruelling G1 Climax 2013 Tournament, A.J. Styles’s first match as a member of the NJPW roster, The Best of the Super Juniors 21 Final, and four defenses of the prestigious IWGP Heavyweight Championship.

Full Match Listing: Disc 1

Kazuchika Okada v Prince Devitt

IWGP Heavyweight Championship – Kizuna Road 2013

July 20 2013 – Akita Municipal gymnasium

Shinsuka Nakamura v Kota Ibushi

G1 Climax 23 Block B – Day 4

August 4, 2013 – Osaka Bodymaker colosseum

Tetsuya Naito v Hiroshi Tanahashi
G1 Climax 23 Finals

August 11th 2013 – Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo

Tetsuya Naito v Kazuchika Okada
IWGP Heavyweight Championship – Wrestle Kingdom 8

Jan 4 2014 – Tokyo Dome

Shinsuke Nakamura v Hiroshi Tanahashi

IWGP Intercontinental Championship – Wrestle Kingdom 8

Jan 4 2014 – Tokyo Dome

Full Match Listing: Disc 2

A.J. Styles v Kazuchika Okada

IWGP Heavyweight Championship – Wrestling Dotaku
May 3 2014 – Fukuoka Kokusai Center

Ricochet v Kushida

Best of the Super Juniors XXI Final

June 8 2014 – Yoyogi National Gymnasium

The Young Bucks (Nick and Matt Jackson) vs. The Time Splitters (Shelley & KUSHIDA)

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship – Dominion

June 21 2014 – Bodymaker Colosseum
*Match is not shown in it’s entirety.

Kota Ibushi vs. Ricochet

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship – Dominion

June 21 2014 – Bodymaker Colosseum

AJ Styles v Hiroshi Tanahashi

IWGP Heavyweight Championship – King Of Pro-Wrestling 2014

13 October 2014 – Ryogoku Kokugikan

Special Pre-Order Offer

“An Introduction” to NJPW is available to pre-order now at www.wrestlingstore.co.uk, priced at only £19.99 with a scheduled release date of April 2nd. All orders received before the 31st of March will be automatically entered into a draw with FIVE winners picked at random to receive a limited edition signed concept artwork print.

Hand signed by the leader of Los Ingobernables de Japon, Tetsuya Naito, this special artwork was created as a preview piece during the contract process and were later signed by last year’s G1 Climax winner.

The artwork on the final DVD release will differ so these are truly unique pieces and will be sent on the DVD release date.


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