New Japan began the Road To WRESTLING DONTAKU Tour today, which will take them to the annual May blowout event in Fukuoka.
Today’s event was held at Machida City Gym in Tokyo. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 1267.
There were late changes to this card and all events cards this series due to Ryusuke Taguchi now being off. Injuries sustained in a bicycle accident.
Before the matches began, a memorial ceremony for the late pro wrestler and sumo Yokozuna (Grand Champion) Akebono was held.
Match 1: Taiji Ishimori, Chase Owens & KENTA beat Katsuya Murashima, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Ishimori beat Murashima with Bone Lock.
Match 2: Callum Newman, Francesco Akira & Jeff Cobb beat El Desperado, Tomoaki Honma & Tomohiro Ishii. Cobb pinned Honma after Tour of the Islands.
Match 3: Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Shoma Kato, Jado, El Phantasmo & Hikuleo. Fujita pinned Kato.
Match 4: DOUKI & SANADA beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho. SANADA beat Kanemaru with Skull End.
Match 5: Boltin Oleg, Shota Umino, Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita & EVIL. Umino pinned Togo after Death Rider.
Match 6: Yuya Uemura & Taichi beat TJP & Great-O-Khan. Taichi pinned TJP after Tencho Cross Fang.
Main Event: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat Gedo, Dtilla Moloney, Clark Connors, Gabriel Kidd & David Finlay. Naito pinned Gedo.
The next event is tomorrow at Nagano CIvic Center Multi Hall in Nagano. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.
