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NJPW News: Match Cards For Fantastica Mania Tour With CMLL Revealed
Cards for NJPW & CMLL’s Fantastica Mania 2019 revealed!
As has been noted, next up for New Japan Pro Wrestling following this weekend’s Wrestle Kingdom 13 and New Year Dash!! (see New Year Dash!! results) will be Fantastica Mania 2019 with CMLL, the first of eight events kicking off on Friday.
Among a number of announcements today, NJPW has revealed the lineups for each stop for Fantastica Mania, which will all be available to view via NJPW World:
January 11th – Osaka
BUSHI, Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito & Terrible vs.
Fujin, Raijin, Satoshi Kojima & Toa Henare
Relevos Increibles (Incredible Relays)
KUSHIDA, Soberano Jr. & Mistico vs. Barbaro Cavernario, Caristico & Namahage
Cuatrero, Gran Guerrero & Ultimo Guerrero vs. Angel de Oro, Dragon Lee & Mistico
Atlantis & Atlantis Jr. vs. OKUMURA & Sanson
Flyer, Titan & Jyushin Thunder Liger vs. Forastero, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Taichi
Gedo, Taiji Ishimori & Templarino vs. Audaz, Ryusuke Taguchi & Tiger Mask
January 12th – Ehime
BUSHI, Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito & Terrible vs.
Fujin, Raijin, Satoshi Kojima & Toa Henare
Relevos Increibles
Jyushin Thunder Liger, Dragon Lee & Volador Jr. vs. Caristico, Gran Guerrero & Namahage
Angel de Oro, Mistico & Soberano Jr. vs. Cuatrero, Barbaro Cavernario & Ultimo Guerrero
Atlantis, Atlantis Jr. & Tiger Mask vs. OKUMURA, Sanson & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
Flyer & Titan vs. Forastero & Taichi
Audaz, KUSHIDA & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Gedo, Taiji Ishimori & Templarino
January 13th – Kyoto
BUSHI, Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito & Terrible vs.
Fujin, Raijin, Satoshi Kojima & Toa Henare
Relevos Increibles
Volador Jr, Tiger Mask & Dragon Lee vs. Caristico, Gran Guerrero & Namahage
Mistico, Soberano Jr. & Titan vs. Forastero, Barbaro Cavernario & Ultimo Guerrero
OKUMURA, Sanson & Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Atlantis, Atlantis Jr. & Flyer
Angel de Oro & KUSHIDA vs. Cuatrero & Taichi
Audaz, Jyushin Thunder Liger & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Gedo, Taiji Ishimori & Templarino
January 14th – Gifu
BUSHI, Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito & Terrible vs.
Fujin, Raijin, Mistico & Volador Jr.
Relevos Increibles
Jyushin Thunder Liger, Mistico & Volador Jr. vs. Caristico, Ultimo Guerrero & Namahage
Dragon Lee, Soberano Jr. & Titan vs. Forastero, Barbaro Cavernario & Gran Guerrero
Atlantis, Atlantis Jr. & KUSHIDA vs. OKUMURA, Sanson & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
Cuatrero & Taichi vs. Angel de Oro & Flyer
Audaz, Tiger Mask & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Gedo, Taiji Ishimori & Templarino
January 16th – Chiba
CMLL Family Tag Tournament – 1st Round
Mistico & Dragon Lee vs. Volador Jr. & Flyer
CMLL Family Tag Tournament – 1st Round
Atlantis & Atlantis Jr. vs. Cuatrero & Sanson
Caristico, Jyushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask vs.
Gran Guerrero, Templarino & Ultimo Guerrero
Toa Henare & Satoshi Kojima vs. Terrible & Tetsuya Naito
Angel de Oro, Audaz & Soberano Jr. vs. Barbaro Cavernario, OKUMURA & Namahage
Fujin & Raijin vs. BUSHI & Shingo Takagi
KUSHIDA, Ryuksuke Taguchi & Titan vs. Forastero, Gedo & Taiji Ishimori
January 18th – Toyko
Black Cat Memorial
Fujin, Raijin, Satoshi Kojima & Toa Henare vs. BUSHI, Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito & Terrible
Barbaro Cavernario vs. Soberano Jr.
CMLL Family Tag Tournament – Finals
TBD vs. TBD
January 20th – Tokyo
CMLL Brothers Tag Tournament Winners vs.
CMLL Family Tag Tournament Winners
Gran Guerrero & Ultimo Guerrero vs. TBD
Fujin, Raijin & Toa Henare vs. BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito
Terrible vs. Satoshi Kojima
January 21st – Tokyo
Volador Jr. vs. Caristico
Ginbae Mask & Gokiburi Mask vs. Dragon George & SweetGorilla Maruyama
Dragon Lee, Mistico & Soberano Jr. vs. Gran Guerrero, Ultimo Guerrero & Namahage
Mexican National Trios Championship
(C) Cuatrero, Forastero & Sanson vs. Angel de Oro, Atlantis & Titan
BUSHI, Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito & Terrible vs. Fujin, Raijin, Toa Henare & Satoshi Kojima
OKUMURA vs. Atlantis Jr.
Audaz & Flyer vs. Barbaro Cavernario & Templarino
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Did your picks win points?
The AEW Continental Classic is underway, with almost everyone competing. Check in here if you haven’t seen the winners and losers of week 1!
Here are your Gold League standings!
- Jon Moxley: 1-0, 3 points
- Swerve Strickland: 1-0, 3 points
- Jay White: 1-0, 3 points
- Rush: 0-1, 0 points
- Mark Briscoe: 0-1, 0 points.
- Jay Lethal: 0-1, 0 points
Here are your Blue League standings!
- Brody King: 1-0, 3 points
- Claudio Castagnoli: 1-0, 3 points
- Daniel Garcia: 0-1, 0 points
- Eddie Kingston: 0-1, 0 points
- Bryan Danielson: Yet to Compete
- Andrade El Idolo: Yet to Compete
My Thoughts:
Nothing too crazy, nothing too wild, this tournament only just got started. The only disappointing point is that they could not get Bryan “cleared to compete” Saturday night. Not sure how much of that is shoot given the bad eye, but this was kinda the problem of wanting him in the tournament over tons of other choices. Bryan wants to face Okada for WrestleKingdom 18, how is Bryan supposed to do that at his best if he’s also gonna be in a round robin, doing five top level matches in about as many weeks? And it takes away from Andrade being able to do something. Also a little surprised we didn’t even hear from Andrade on Saturday.
Now as we heard on Saturday, round two’s matches are set. Gold League will see Mark Briscoe VS Rush, White VS Swerve, and of course, Moxley VS Lethal. Nice variety there, a couple 0-1 guys facing off, as well as two 1-0 guys, and then 1-0 VS 0-1. No offense to Lethal, but he feels like an 0-2 going up against Moxley. Hard to call the other ones but that’s the fun of it. Meanwhile, Blue League sees Brody VS Claudio in a showdown to be 2-0, then Bryan and Andrade finally jump in, Bryan against Eddie and Andrade against Garcia. Sadly, feels like Eddie and Garcia are going 0-2, no way Tony Khan is booking Bryan and Andrade to lose their first shots.
In fact, that could be half the reason they did wait on those two, that’s almost too good for just a first round opener. But I still would’ve done it, same as NJPW does stuff like that for round robins, which this is all modeled after anyway.
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Tony Khan Reveals the Blue and Gold “Leagues!”
Originally livestreamed, Tony Khan and Tony Schiavone officially announced the twelve total entrants and divided them into the two round robin blocks known as the “Blue League” and “Gold League.” If you don’t feel like sifting through the almost 30 minute video, the groups are:
Blue League
- Bryan Danielson
- Andrade El Idolo
- Brody King
- Claudio Castagnoli
- Daniel Garcia
- Eddie Kingston
Gold League
- Jon Moxley
- Swerve Strickland
- Rush
- Mark Briscoe
- Jay Lethal
- Jay White
Tony Khan also explains the rules for the Continental Classic:
- Every match has a 20 minute time limit
- The winner of each match earns 3 points, losers earn 0, 1 point for a draw
- EVERYONE ELSE is banned from ringside for true 1v1 action
Eddie Kingston also joined the selection special as his “life’s work” is on the line in this tournament, both the ROH World Championship and NJPW Strong Openweight Championship on the line as part of the modern day North American Triple Crown Eddie, Tony Khan, AEW, ROH and NJPW are looking to create together. Gold League competes tonight on Dynamite while Blue League will have their start this Saturday on Collision. Look for more articles like this one to keep up with the Continental Classic standings over the next six weeks of tournament action!
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