New Japan wrapped up their fall Hokkaido tour today with the final event of the series.
Today’s event was held at Kita Gas Arena Sapporo 46 in Hokkaido and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 2038.
Pre-show match: Zane Jay & Masatora Yasuda beat Tatsuya Matsunoto & Katsuya Murashima. Yasuda pinned Matsumoto.
Match 1: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Master Wato.
Match 2: Tomoaki Honma, Toru Yano & Togo Malabe beat Shoma Kato, Ryusuke Taguchi & Tiger Mask. Makabe pinned Kato.
Match 3: Yuya Uemura, Shota Umino & Boltin Oleg beat Dick Togo, EVIL & Don Fale. Unino pinned Togo after a Frankensteiner.
Match 4: TAKA Michinoku, Taichi & Tomohiro Ishii beat Gedo, OSKAR & Yuto Ice. Taichi pinned Gedo after Tensho Cross Fang.
Matxh 5: Taiji Ishimori, David Finlay & Gabrie Kidd beat Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi. Ishimori pinned Takahashi with Gedo Clutch. This could lead to a potential GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship match as Takahashi is the champion but that partly is up to Pro Wrestling NOAH.
Match 6: Yujiro Takahashi, SANADA & Ren Narita beat Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. by DQ. Jackson DQ’d. Guitar shot fake out by SANADA.
Match 7: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions DOUKI & Sho beat Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles to retain the titles. DOUKI pinned Fujita. V2 for the champs.
Main Event: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion El Desperado beat Yoh to retain the title. V8 for Desperado. Next up: Possibly DOUKI, who lost the title to Desperado due to injury.
The next event is DESTRUCTION, the annual September blowout event, Sunday at Kobe World Hall in Kobe. Live streaming on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET. This will be a live & exclusive TV Asahi broadcast in Japan.
UPDATE: Takahashi-Ishimori for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship has been added to DESTRUCTION. The winner will defend vs. Eita in Pro Wrestling NOAH next month as previously announced.
UPDATE 2: Pro Wrestling NOAH has confirmed the above GHC title matches including the winner facing Eita on 10/11.