New Japan continues the BURNING AUTUMN Tour today, pausing the NJPW WORLD TV Title Tournament for a week of non-televised house shows.
Today’s event was held at Big Palette Fukushima in Fukushima, Japan. There was no live broadcast and no on demand video will be available.
The announced paid attendance was 510.
Match 1: Yuto Nakashima beat Ryohei Oiwa.
Match 2: YOSHI-HASHI & Toru Yano beat Gideon Gray & Great-O-Khan. YOSHI-HASHI beat Gray with Butterfly Lock.
Match 3: Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto beat Ren Narita & Togi Makabe. Goto pinned Makabe after GTR.
Match 4: Alex Zayne, Tiger Mask & David Finlay beat TAKA Michinoku, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Zack Sabre Jr. Zayne pinned TAKA after Cinnamon Twist.
Match 5: Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Jado, Ryusuke Taguchi, Hikuleo & Hiroyoshi Tenzan. Takahashi pinned Jado after Pimp Juice.
Match 6: DOUKI, El Desperado & Taichi beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori & KENTA. DOUKI pinned Gedo after Italian Stretch 32.
Match 7: Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi beat Master Wato & Tomoaki Honma. Takagi pinned Honma after Pumping Bomber.
Main Event: Titan, BUSHI, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito beat Francesco Akira, TJP, Aaron Henare & Jeff Cobb. Naito pinned Henare after Destino.
The next event is Wednesday at Aimesse Yamanashi in Yamanashi. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.
In other news, the latest round of NJPW STRONG wrapped up this weekend with 2 title matches: First up, STRONG Openweight Champion Fred Rosser defended against Chris Dickinson. Ultimately the match ended in a Double Countout. As a result, Rosser retains the title. V4 for Rosser. After that, STRONG Tag Team Champions Aussie Open beat JR Kratos & Danny Limelight to retain the titles. V3 for the champs.
Back on the Japan side, IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions TJP & Francesco Akira vs. BUSHI & Titan for the titles has been added to 11/5 at Osaka Prefectural Gym. Finally, tonight will see fan voting open for the stip for the next KOPW 2022 Trophy match on 10/28 in New York City, a rematch between Shingo Takagi & E Phantasmo. The choices are a Street Fight (Phantasmo) or Last Daddy Standing aka Last Man Standing match (Takagi). Voting on Twitter begins at 9 PM ET/6 PM PT.
