New Japan continued the Road To DESTRUCTION Tour today in Tokyo.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. It also aired live on ABEMA in Japan.
The announced paid attendance was 1384.
Pre-show match: Yasutora Yasuda vs. Daiki Nagai went to a 10 minute time limit draw.
Match 1: Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan beat Katsuya Murashima, Shoma Kato & Tiger Mask. Young pinned Kato after Jacobs Ladder.
Match 2: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Ren Narita beat Jado & Shota Umino. Narita beat Jado with a modified kneebar.
Match 3: Jake Lee & Gabriel Kidd beat Tomoaki Honma & Tomohiro Ishii. Lee pinned Honma after D4C.
Match 4: Sho, Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Ryusuke Taguchi, Boltin Oleg, Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Sho pinned Taguchi.
Match 5: Gedo & Taiji Ishimori beat TAKA Michinoku & DOUKI. Ishimori beat TAKA with Bone Lock.
Match 6: Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. beat BUSHI & Tetsuya Naito. Sabre beat BUSHI with a variant back STF.
Match 7: Shingo Takagi & Hiromu Takahashi beat Francesco Akira & HENARE. Takagi pinned Akira after MADE IN JAPAN.
Main Event: NJPW WORLD TV Champion Jeff Cobb vs. Yota Tsuji went to a 15 minute time limit draw. As a result, Cobb retains the title. V3 for Cobb. Next up: Possibly Narita.
The next event is tomorrow with NEVER Openweight Champion HENARE vs. Hiromu Takahashi for the title in the main event. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This will be a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.
