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.
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.
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 Tenka Sanbun no Kei: Ōmisoka New Year's Eve Special event.
There were twenty-one participating promotions and brands at the event:
Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) (DEP) DDT Pro-Wrestling
Ice Ribbon Independent Wrestling Federation (IWF) JWP Joshi Puroresu Kaientai Dojo (K-Dojo)
Michinoku Pro Wrestling (M-Pro) (NBPW) Osaka Pro Wrestling (OPW) Pro Wrestling Freedoms Pro Wrestling Noah
World Wonder Ring Stardom Wrestling of Darkness 666
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.
Results
Gauntlet match EliminationWrestlerTeamEliminated byMethodTime1ChangoChango and Taka MichinokuPinfall2:002Emi SakuraEmi Sakura and Masa TakanashiSanshiro TakagiPinfall2:573Sanshiro TakagiTKG48Natsuki☆TaiyoOver the top rope1:534Choun ShiryuChoun Shiryu and DynastyYoshikoPinfall2:455YoshikoKawasaki Katsushika Saikyō DensetsuJun KasaiOver the top rope1:496Jun KasaiTsutomu OosugiOver the top rope2:167Tsutomu OosugiSpeed of SoundsShiori AsahiOver the top rope2:588Shiori AsahiLittle GalaxyAtsushi KotogeOver the top rope1:409The Kubota BrothersDaisuke HaradaPinfall2:4610Atsushi KotogeBrahman ShuPinfall2:0511Daisuke SasakiMasashi Takeda and Daisuke SasakiBrahman ShuOver the top rope3:1312Brahman KeiThe Brahman BrothersRyuji YamakawaPinfall1:5613Ryuji YamakawaShadow WX and Ryuji YamakawaGreat KojikaPinfall2:2514Yuko MiyamotoYankee NichōkenjūGreat KojikaOver the top rope4:36Winners:Great Kojika and Antonio Honda
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