{"id":109500,"date":"2022-02-09T12:00:52","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T17:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=109500"},"modified":"2022-02-07T22:52:55","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T03:52:55","slug":"preview-njpw-new-years-golden-series-2-11-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/02\/09\/preview-njpw-new-years-golden-series-2-11-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: NJPW — New Years Golden Series (2\/11\/22)"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW)<\/b> is finally back after having to cancel some shows due to COVID-19 and it is good timing seeing that it has felt like forever since <\/span>Wrestle Kingdom 16<\/i><\/b>. They are currently on their <\/span>New Years Golden Series<\/i><\/b> tour that features four major events with must-see title matches. The first of those four is this Friday as <\/span>El Desperado <\/b>will defend the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship against <\/span>Master Wato<\/b> in the main event.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what is on tap for the show.<\/span><\/p>\n

NJPW New Years Golden Series Full Card (2\/11\/22)<\/b><\/h2>\n

\u2013 Yuto Nakashima & Tomoaki Honma vs. Kosei Fujita & Ryohei Oiwa<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi vs. BUSHI & Yoshinobu Kanemaru<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto & Tomohiro Ishii vs. Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Ryusuke Taguchi, Togi Makabe & Toru Yano vs. TAKA Michinoku, Taichi & Minoru Suzuki<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Yuji Nagata vs. Tetsuya Naito, SANADA & Shingo Takagi<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Tiger Mask vs. Taiji Ishimori<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 YOH vs. SHO<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: El Desperado (c) vs. Master Wato<\/span><\/p>\n

NJPW New Years Golden Series Match Preview<\/b><\/h2>\n

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: El Desperado (c) vs. Master Wato<\/b><\/h3>\n
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Master Wato managed to snag a pinfall victory over El Desperado at<\/span> Wrestle Kingdom<\/span><\/i> night two, one night after the champion had defeated <\/span>Hiromu Takahashi<\/b> in a successful defense of the title. The win earned the young Wato his first-ever IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship match and it will be one that he does not want to mess up. It\u2019s asking a lot to expect Wato to stand up to the champion and beat him once again, this time in singles action. The track record of Wato is that he has all the tools but the tools have never sharpened themselves out. He\u2019s still far from a finished product but the unpredictability gives the 24-year-old a fighting chance come Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n

El Desperado, however, has been on a level that he\u2019s never experienced before. After defeating <\/span>Robbie Eagles<\/b> for the gold, he showed that he was no placeholder of a champion by taking down Takahashi once and for all inside the Tokyo Dome. It makes him almost seem invincible now but seeing that Wato got his number once, he has to be careful.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There\u2019s no guarantee as to who will win this match but all directions point to Desperado walking in as champion and walking out with his belt.<\/span><\/p>\n

Prediction: El Desperado<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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