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NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING ANNOUNCES FIRST WORLDWIDE iPPV

After their successful iPPV debut back in August, earlier today Japan's top wrestling organization announced their second iPPV - "NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling" on October 8th. The first iPPV was available only in Japan but this time around the iPPV will be available worldwide at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/njpw1972.

Here's the link to the official announcement on the New Japan website: http://www.njpw.co.jp/news/detail.php?nid=8240. The cost of the iPPV will be $25.

The show starts at 5pm JST (4am est/1am pst). For more information visit the official English language Facebook page of NJPW - http://www.facebook.com/newjapaneng.

The card for the show:

NJPW "NJPW 40TH ANNIVERSARY ~ KING OF PRO-WRESTLING"
October 8th, 2012
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

1. Manabu Nakanishi Return Match: Manabu Nakanishi, Yuji Nagata & Strong Man vs. Toru Yano, Takashi Iizuka & Tomohiro Ishii
2. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Forever Hooligans (Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov) © vs. The Time Splitters (Alex Shelley & KUSHIDA)
3. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kota Ibushi © vs. Low Ki
4. IWGP Tag Team Title: TenKoji (Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan) © vs. Killer Elite Squad (Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr.)
5. Tetsuya Naito vs. Yujiro Takahashi
6. Togi Makabe & Wataru Inoue vs. Kazushi Sakuraba & Katsuyori Shibata
7. IWGP Heavyweight Title #1 Contendership in Tokyo Dome: Kazuchika Okada © vs. Karl Anderson
8. IWGP Intercontinental Title: Shinsuke Nakamura © vs. Hirooki Goto
9. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Hiroshi Tanahashi © vs. Minoru Suzuki

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