8 – 2 0 1 1 ) ▁ ▁M íst ico ▁made ▁his ▁debut ▁for ▁New ▁Japan ▁Pro - W rest ling ▁( N J P W ) ▁on ▁January ▁ 4 , ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁at ▁Wrest le ▁Kingdom ▁III ▁in ▁Tokyo ▁D ome . ▁M íst ico ▁wrest led ▁in ▁the ▁opening ▁match , ▁team ing ▁with ▁Prince ▁Dev itt , ▁and ▁Ry us u ke ▁Tag uch i ▁to ▁defeat ▁A ver no , ▁Ged o ▁and ▁J ado ▁when ▁M íst ico ▁made ▁A ver no ▁submit ▁using ▁his ▁tra dem ark ▁move ▁" La ▁M ística ". ▁After ▁the ▁match , ▁M íst ico ▁said ▁he ▁would ▁like ▁to ▁return ▁to ▁N J P W ▁and ▁challenge ▁for ▁the ▁I W GP ▁Junior ▁He avy weight ▁Championship . ▁On ▁February ▁ 1 5 , ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁M íst ico ▁successfully ▁def ended ▁his ▁C ML L ▁Wel ter weight ▁Championship ▁against ▁Me ph isto ▁on ▁an ▁N J P W ▁show ▁in ▁Sum o ▁Hall , ▁Tokyo . ▁M íst ico ▁injured ▁his ▁kne e ▁during ▁the ▁match , ▁although ▁he ▁was ▁back ▁in ▁action ▁by ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁week . ▁M íst ico , ▁M ister ioso ▁Jr ., ▁and ▁Ok um ura ▁were ▁scheduled ▁to ▁work ▁for ▁N J P W ▁in ▁early ▁May ▁but ▁the ▁tour ▁was ▁can ce led ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁out break ▁of ▁the ▁Sw ine ▁flu ▁pan demic . ▁ ▁In ▁August ▁ 2