Fantasticamania 2014

Fantasticamania 2014 was a series of five professional wrestling events co-produced by Japanese promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) taking place between January 15 and 19, 2014. 2014 was the fourth year in which NJPW and CMLL come together to produce Fantasticamania events, but the first time they held five events in one year, compared to two events in 2011 and 2012 and three in 2013. 2014 also marked the first time Fantasticamania events were held outside of Tokyo's Korakuen Hall, with the January 14 taking place in Osaka, Osaka at the Bodymaker Colosseum, the January 15 event in Kyoto, Kyoto at the KBS Hall and the January 17 event in Tokyo's Shin-Kiba 1st Ring, while the January 18 and 19 events were still held in Korakuen Hall. 2014 marked the first time some of the Fantasticamania events were broadcast on pay-per-view (PPV).

Background
The events featured five to seven professional wrestling matches on each event with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds or storylines. Wrestlers portray either villains (referred to as heels in general or rudos in Mexico) or fan favorites (faces or técnicos in Mexico) as they compete in wrestling matches with pre-determined outcomes.

Following the success of Fantasticamania 2013, then New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) president Naoki Sugabayashi announced that in 2014 he would like to take the event outside of Tokyo, naming Osaka and Nagoya as possible candidates. Fantasticamania 2014 was officially announced on October 25, 2013, during the first day of NJPW's "Road to Power Struggle" tour, with events scheduled to take place in Osaka, Kyoto and Tokyo. On October 31, NJPW announced that the January 17 Shin-Kiba 1st Ring event would feature only CMLL luchadores, which would have made it the first Fantasticamania event to not feature any NJPW wrestlers. NJPW wrestlers Taichi and Taka Michinoku were, however, later announced for the event. On November 7, NJPW announced the sixteen CMLL wrestlers taking part in the tour. A promotional poster released for the tour advertised NJPW wrestlers Bushi, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Jushin Liger and Shinsuke Nakamura as taking part in the tour. The cards for all five events were released on January 6, 2014. On January 10, NJPW announced that the January 14 and 18 events would be broadcast live on pay-per-view (PPV) in Japan and internationally on internet pay-per-view (iPPV) through Niconico and Ustream, making them the first Fantasticamania events available on PPV. On January 16, the tour ending January 19 event was also announced as a PPV.

Results FantasticaMania January 14

 * Suzuki-gun (Taichi & TAKA Michinoku) defeat BUSHIROAD & Titan (9:15)


 * Niebla Roja, OKUMURA & Vangelis defeat Fuego, Rey Cometa & Stuka Jr. (6:40)


 * Jushin Thunder Liger & Maximo defeat CHAOS (Gedo & Jado) (10:26)


 * Tetsuya Naito & Volador Jr. defeat KUSHIDA & Mascara Dorada (8:36)


 * Shinsuke Nakamura & Ultimo Guerrero defeat La Sombra & Rush (12:25)


 * El Desperado, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Mistico defeat Kazuchika Okada, Mephisto & Rey Escorpion (10:17)

Results FantasticaMania January 15

 * BUSHIROAD & Titan defeat CHAOS (Gedo & Jado) (8:55)


 * Fuego, Rey Cometa & Stuka Jr. defeat OKUMURA, Rey Escorpion & Vangelis (7:33)


 * Suzuki-gun (Taichi & TAKA Michinoku) defeat Jushin Thunder Liger & Maximo (9:15)


 * Mascara Dorada & Tetsuya Naito defeat KUSHIDA & Volador Jr. (11:32)


 * Mistico & Rush defeat Mephisto & Shinsuke Nakamura (12:13)


 * El Desperado, Hiroshi Tanahashi & La Sombra defeat Kazuchika Okada, Niebla Roja & Ultimo Guerrero (11:40)

Results FantasticaMania January 17

 * Fuego, Rey Cometa & Stuka Jr. defeat Suzuki-gun (Taichi & TAKA Michinoku) & OKUMURA (8:36)


 * Mephisto & Vangelis defeat Mascara Dorada & Titan (10:35)

CMLL World Light Heavyweight Title Match
 * Rey Escorpion (c) defeats Maximo (9:48)


 * Mistico & Rush defeat Niebla Roja & Ultimo Guerrero (10:44)

Lightning Match
 * La Sombra vs. Volador Jr. - Time Limit Draw (10:00)

Results FantasticaMania January 18

 * Maximo defeats Jado and Taichi (9:35)


 * OKUMURA & Yujiro Takahashi defeat Rey Cometa & Stuka Jr. (6:57)


 * Niebla Roja, Rey Escorpion, Vangelis & YOSHI-HASHI defeat Fuego, KUSHIDA, Tiger Mask & Titan (8:56)


 * El Desperado & Mascara Dorada defeat BUSHIROAD & Volador Jr. (8:13)


 * Shinsuke Nakamura defeats Rush (10:18)


 * Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii & Ultimo Guerrero defeat Hiroshi Tanahashi, La Sombra & Tetsuya Naito (19:42)

Mexican National Light Heavyweight Title Match
 * Mephisto (c) defeats Mistico (14:05)

Results FantasticaMania January 19

 * Mascara Don (Manabu Nakanishi) & Maximo defeat Suzuki-gun (Taichi & TAKA Michinoku) (10:16)


 * Rey Cometa & Stuka Jr. defeat OKUMURA & YOSHI-HASHI (4:46)


 * BUSHIROAD, El Desperado, Fuego, Tiger Mask & Titan defeat CHAOS (Gedo, Jado & Toru Yano), Niebla Roja & Vangelis (9:57)


 * Rush & Tetsuya Naito defeat Rey Escorpion & Tomohiro Ishii (12:38)


 * La Sombra defeats Ultimo Guerrero (11:54)


 * Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kota Ibushi & Mistico defeat CHAOS (Shinsuke Nakamura & Yujiro Takahashi) & Mephisto (11:51)

World Welterweight Title Match
 * Volador Jr. (c) defeats Mascara Dorada (17:59)