New Japan kicked off the Road To KING OF PRO WRESTLING 2025 Tour today, a quick one-week tour leading to the likely final blowout event of the year and one of the Tokyo Dome main event matches.
Today’s event was held at Tokei Security Hiratsuka General Gym in Kanagawa and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 777. Jackpot!
Match 1: Tatsuya Matsumoto & Katsuya Murashima beat Zane Jay & Masatora Yasuda. Murashima pinned Jay.
Match 2: Shota Umino beat Daiki Nagai.
Match 3: Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SANADA went to a double countout.
Match 4: Jado & El Phantasmo beat Shoma Kato & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Phantasmo pinned Kato after Thunder Kiss ’86.
Match 5: Tiger Mask, KUUKAI, El Desperado, Toru Yano & Boltin Oleg beat Dick Togo, Sho, DOUKI, Don Fale & EVIL. KUUKAI pinned Togo after Cancion de Coona. KUUKAI is an outsider brought in for some upcoming events.
Match 6: OSKAR & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) beat Tomoaki Honma & Tuya Uemura by ref stoppage (technical submission). OSKAR beat Honma with a sleeper hold.
Main Event: Titan, Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, David Finlay & Gabriel Kidd. Tsuji pinned Gedo after Gene Blaster.
The next event is HISTORIC X-OVER in Guangzhou, another crossover event with Stardom, tomorrow at Barley 66LiveHouse in Guangzhou, China. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.
The tour continues Monday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.