{"id":13224,"date":"2018-01-27T10:14:43","date_gmt":"2018-01-27T15:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=13224"},"modified":"2018-01-27T10:18:50","modified_gmt":"2018-01-27T15:18:50","slug":"breaking-minoru-suzuki-is-the-new-iwgp-intercontinental-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/01\/27\/breaking-minoru-suzuki-is-the-new-iwgp-intercontinental-champion\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Minoru Suzuki Wins IWGP Intercontinental Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">At today\u00b4s NJPW <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/01\/22\/preview-njpw-new-beginning-in-sapporo-day-1-1-27-18\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Beginning in Sapporo<\/a><\/strong><\/em> show <strong>Minoru Suzuki<\/strong> defeated <strong>Hiroshi Tanahashi<\/strong> to become the new IWGP Intercontinental Champion.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u9234\u6728\u304c\u95a2\u7bc0\u5730\u7344\u3067\u68da\u6a4b\u306e\u53f3\u819d\u3092\u7834\u58ca!! \u5b8c\u5168\u52dd\u5229\u3067IC\u738b\u5ea7\u306b\u541b\u81e8!!<br \/>1\u670827\u65e5(\u571f)\u672d\u5e4c\u5927\u4f1a\u3092\u30b9\u30de\u30db\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\uff08<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7xh3nqaLQZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/7xh3nqaLQZ<\/a>\uff09\u3067\u72ec\u5360\u901f\u5831\u4e2d!!  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/njpw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#njpw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/njnbg?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#njnbg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1iHXbHYGiN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/1iHXbHYGiN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u65b0\u65e5\u672c\u30d7\u30ed\u30ec\u30b9\u30ea\u30f3\u30b0\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e (@njpw1972) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/njpw1972\/status\/957242660439273472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 27, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The match focussed on the injuries of Tanahashi. The <strong>Suzuki-Gun<\/strong> leader applied multiple vicious variations of leg locks and tortured Tanahashi\u00b4s injured knee. The injury caused Tanahashi to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.njpw1972.com\/18841\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">miss a tour of NJPW<\/a> at the end of 2017. He still performed at <em><strong>Wrestle Kingdom 12<\/strong><\/em> on January 4, where he defeated the former Young Lion &#8220;<strong>Switchblade&#8221; Jay White<\/strong> to retain his Intercontinental title. A day later during the <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/01\/05\/dash-kingdom-surprises-went\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Year Dash<\/a> show, he got challenged by Minoru Suzuki in a brutal way. This was the first time Suzuki targeted the knee to set up his winning tactic for today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Suzuki lost his NEVER Open Weight Championship to <strong>Hirooki Goto<\/strong> at Wrestle Kingdom this year and had to shave his head afterwards, this marked a turning point in his career, because shortly afterwards he won the <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/01\/20\/breaking-suzuki-gun-win-revpro-tag-team-titles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">British Tag Team titles<\/a> with <strong>Zack Sabre Jr.<\/strong> at <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/01\/17\/preview-revpro-uk-high-stakes-1-20-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>RevPro<\/strong>\u00b4s High Stakes 2018<\/a> show. Now he is the IWGP Intercontinental Champion.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Your new RevPro tag team champions! Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre Jr! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DhLTrz8h9P\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/DhLTrz8h9P<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alex Haskett (@alexhaskett) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexhaskett\/status\/954842468658360320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 20, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">He won the match without any interference from Suzuki-Gun and dismembered Tanahashi throughout the match. Tanahashi went for the High-Fly Flow but could not capitalize caused by the condition of his knee, Suzuki showed his technical superiority and worked over the weakened body parts of the Ace. They traded submissions but in the end,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/01\/04\/minoru-suzuki-badass-pilgrim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the founder of Pancrase<\/a> was victorious.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">SUZUKI-GUN ICHIBAN!<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrLARIATO\/status\/957227211978936320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Minoru Suzuki is now Stone Cold Steve Austin. All of your arguments are invalid. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/njNBG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#njNBG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NJPW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NJPW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BBywn7AllO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/BBywn7AllO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; big dog \ud83d\udc3e (@griffpr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/griffpr\/status\/957233921376301056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 27, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At today\u00b4s NJPW New Beginning in Sapporo show Minoru Suzuki defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to become the new IWGP Intercontinental Champion. \u9234\u6728\u304c\u95a2\u7bc0\u5730\u7344\u3067\u68da\u6a4b\u306e\u53f3\u819d\u3092\u7834\u58ca!! \u5b8c\u5168\u52dd\u5229\u3067IC\u738b\u5ea7\u306b\u541b\u81e8!!1\u670827\u65e5(\u571f)\u672d\u5e4c\u5927\u4f1a\u3092\u30b9\u30de\u30db\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\uff08https:\/\/t.co\/7xh3nqaLQZ\uff09\u3067\u72ec\u5360\u901f\u5831\u4e2d!! #njpw #njnbg pic.twitter.com\/1iHXbHYGiN &mdash; \u65b0\u65e5\u672c\u30d7\u30ed\u30ec\u30b9\u30ea\u30f3\u30b0\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e (@njpw1972) January 27, 2018 The match focussed on the injuries of Tanahashi. The Suzuki-Gun leader applied multiple vicious variations of leg locks and tortured Tanahashi\u00b4s injured knee. 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