• And so begins ANOTHER Hiroshi Tanahashi reign as IWGP Heavyweight champion. Tanahashi became a 6 time IWGP champ (matching the record) after dethroning Kazuchika Okada at NJPW DOMINION. Both Togi Makabe and Masato Tanaka stormed the ring after the match to issue challenges but Makabe will get first dibs when he faces Tanahashi at WE ARE PRO-WRESTLING LOVE! on the 1st.
• In DOMINION undercard action, Low Ki got revenge on Ryusuke Taguchi for the BOSJ final, by successfully defending his IWGP Jr. title, Kota Ibushi made a challenge for the belt. Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka once again weaseled Tenkoji out of the IWGP tag titles.  Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Daisuke Sasaki defeated Prince Devitt, KUSHIDA & BUSHI. Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask took down TAKA Michinoku & Taichi for the IWGP Jr tag titles, with Liger letting the legendary Kishin Liger loose. Shinsuke Nakamura & Masato Tanaka picked up a win on Hirooki Goto & Tetsuya Naito and Togi Makabe defeated Minoru Suzuki.

• Masakatsu Funaki made his GLORIOUS return at 40TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR CROSS OVER 2012. Funaki teamed up with fellow STACK OF ARMS member Minoru Tanaka to defeat  Keiji Muto & Kaz Hayashi. The end came when Funaki debuted his devastating new finisher on Kaz to pick up the win.
• Taiyo Kea has picked up a huge win over Jun Akiyama prior to their Triple Crown title match. Kea and Suwama defeated Akiyama & Go Shiozaki. GET WILD because Takao Omori & Manabu Soya have reclaimed the AJPW World Tag titles from Seiya Sanada & Joe Doering.

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Alistair Overeem will make his long awaited return to the UFC in December he stated on twitter in the past 24 hours.

Overeem ran into some serious problems when he tested positive for PED's just weeks before he was set to face Junior Dos Santos for the UFC Heavyweight Championship.  According to Overeem's doctor, he was injected with a substance that contained a sliver of testosterone in order to speed up the healing of his rib injury.  Overeem has denied any additional PED usage and will presumably be tested at an ever increasing amount upon regaining his license.

Dos Santos has been very vocal regarding PEDs in MMA.  Recently, the heavyweight champion declared he was going to do all he could to eradicate PEDs in mixed martial arts due to the unfair advantage it gives one fighter over another.  While his objective is respectable, the mission is impossible.

Overeem claims he will once again vie for a chance at the belt upon his return, a statement Dana White strongly implied at a recent post fight presser.

Overeem, before joining the UFC was a huge star in Japan.  The Dutch fighter won the 2010 K-1 WGP as well as the DREAM heavyweight title just weeks later all the while holding the Strikeforce heavyweight championship.  His rapid increase in body mass has always made the masses skeptical of his conditioning, however, this was the first time any issue had arisen.

Zuffa generally puts on a blockbuster NYE show and Overeem, so it seems, would like to take part of that show.