New Japan kicked off the BATTLE AUTUMN ’22 Tour today, likely to be the last non-tournament series of the year that begins a heavy focus on Tokyo Dome on 1/4. Today also began the NJPW World TV Title Tournament, with the winner being crowned on 1/4.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese FOR FREE! No signup or login required! English should be available in a few days. The event also streamed for free on ABEMA.
The announced paid attendance was 608.
Match 1: Ryohei Oiwa & Ren Narita beat Yuto Nakashima & Tomohiro Ishii. Narita beat Nakashima with a Figure 4.
Match 2: Rocky Romero, Master Wato, Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe beat TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, El Desperado & Taichi. Wato beat TAKA with Vendeval.
Match 3: Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Jado, Ryusuke Taguchi, Hikuleo & Hiroyoshi Tenzan. Takahashi pinned Jado after Pimp Juice.
Match 4: YOSHI-HASHI, Toru Yano & Hirooki Goto beat Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb. Yano pinned Henare.
Match 5: Titan, BUSHI & Tetsuya Naito beat Gideon Gray, Francesco Akira & TJP. Titan pinned Gray after Angel Immortal.
Match 6: Taiji Ishimori, El Phantasmo & KENTA beat Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA & Shingo Takagi by DQ. Takagi DQ’d. Chair use on Phantasmo.
NJPW World TV Title Tournament (15 minute time limit):
Match 7: David Finlay beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru.
Main Event: Zack Sabre Jr. beat Alex Zayne by submission. With 5 seconds left.
The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:40 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.
