New Japan continued the Road To G1 CLIMAX Tour today in Kanagawa.
Today’s event was held at Sagamihara City General Gym in Kanagawa. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 999.
Match 1: In a handicap match, Hartley Jackson beat Taisei Nakahara & Masatora Yasuda by pinning both.
Match 2: DOUKI & Sho beat Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato. DOUKI pinned Taguchi.
Match 3: Kosei Fujita & Ryohei Oiwa beat Jacob Austin Young & Jake Lee. Fujita beat Young with Neshin Special.
Match 4: Satoshi Kojima, Shota Umino & Aaron Wolf beat Tatsuya Matsumoto, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Umino pinned Matsumoto after a lariat.
Match 5: El Desperado, Yuya Uemura & Taichi beat Gedo, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Uemura beat Gedo with a wrist lock.
Match 6: Zane Jay, Great-O-Khan & HENARE beat Daiki Naai, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji. HENARE pinned Nagai after a rolling sitdown powerbomb.
Main Event: Yoh, Master Wato & Togi Makabe beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita. Makabe pinned Kanemaru after a King Kong kneedrop. This was a hometown event and match for Makabe.
The next event is Tuesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.
In other news, there was an update regarding the rumored Shota Umino-Pac IWGP Global Championship match at next Sunday’s AEW Forbidden Door PPV: It’s now official. Also announced by New Japan was Shingo Takagi & Titan vs. Matt & Nick Jackson and Mistico & Mascara Dorada in a 3-way. The event will also be available as a PPV on New Japan World ONLY IN JAPAN. In the US it will be available on participating cable/satellite providers and on the HBO Max streaming service (HBO Max subscribers can preorder it for $39.99, a $10 discount).