▁He avy weight ▁Champion ▁Prince ▁Dev itt , ▁Rich ards ▁finished ▁second ▁in ▁his ▁block ▁and ▁advanced ▁to ▁the ▁semif inals ▁of ▁the ▁tournament . ▁On ▁June ▁ 1 0 , ▁Rich ards ▁was ▁elimin ated ▁from ▁the ▁tournament ▁in ▁the ▁semif inals ▁by ▁the ▁event ual ▁winner ▁of ▁the ▁entire ▁tournament , ▁K ota ▁Ib ush i . ▁On ▁October ▁ 1 0 , ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁at ▁Dest ruction ▁' 1 1 , ▁Rich ards ▁and ▁Rom ero ▁defeated ▁Prince ▁Dev itt ▁and ▁Ry us u ke ▁Tag uch i ▁to ▁win ▁the ▁I W GP ▁Junior ▁He avy weight ▁Tag ▁Team ▁Championship ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time . ▁Rich ards ▁and ▁Rom ero ▁made ▁their ▁first ▁successful ▁title ▁defense ▁on ▁November ▁ 1 2 ▁at ▁Power ▁Str ug gle , ▁defe ating ▁the ▁team ▁of ▁K ush ida ▁and ▁T iger ▁M ask . ▁As ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁pin ning ▁Prince ▁Dev itt ▁in ▁the ▁I W GP ▁Junior ▁He avy weight ▁Tag ▁Team ▁Championship ▁match , ▁Rich ards ▁was ▁granted ▁another ▁shot ▁at ▁his ▁I W GP ▁Junior ▁He avy weight ▁Championship ▁on ▁December ▁ 4 , ▁but ▁failed ▁in ▁his ▁attempt ▁to ▁become ▁a ▁double ▁champion . ▁On ▁January ▁ 4 , ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁at ▁Wrest le ▁Kingdom ▁VI ▁in ▁Tokyo ▁D ome , ▁Rich ards ▁and ▁Rom ero ▁lost ▁the ▁I W GP ▁Junior ▁He avy weight ▁Tag ▁Team ▁Championship ▁back ▁to ▁Dev itt ▁and ▁Tag uch i . ▁On ▁February