New Japan continued the BATTLE AUTUMN ’22 Tour today with a return to TV, headlined by a NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Title match.
Today’s event was held at New Aomori Sports Park Maeda Arena in Aomori and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 1530.
Match 1: DOUKI beat Kosei Fujita by submission.
Match 2: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Yuto Nakashima & Alex Zayne. Kanemaru beat Nakashima with a figure 4.
Match 3: Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb beat Ryohei Oiwa, Toru Yano & Togi Makabe. Henare pinned Oiwa after Rampage.
Match 4: YOSHI-HASHI, Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto beat Ren Narita, Tiger Mask & David Finlay. YOSHI-HASHI pinned TM 4 after Karma.
Match 5: TAKA Michinoku, El Desperado & Taichi beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori & KENTA. Taichi pinned Gedo after a Yokozuna-type raised elbow.
Match 6: Hiromu Takahashi & SANADA beat Master Wato & Tomoaki Honma. SANADA beat Honma with Skull End.
Match 7: Titan, BUSHI & Tetsuya Naito beat Gideon Gray, Francesco Akira & TJP. BUSHI pinned Gray after Angel Immortal.
Main Event: NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & RVIL beat Ryusuke Taguchi, Hikuleo & Hiroshi Tanahashi to retain the titles. Sho pinned Taguchi after Shock Arrow. V1 for the champs.
The next event is Wednesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. Both Wednesday’s & Thursday’s events will be Samurai! TV broadcasts in Japan.
UPDATE: Several hours after the event, the Twitter fan vote closed for the stip for Friday’s KOPW 2022 Trophy match between Shingo Takagi & El Phantasmo in New York City. With 17,000 votes cast, roughly 13,500 on the Japanese poll and 3500 on the English poll, Phantasmo won 55.1% to 44.9% for Takagi, so it will be a Street Fight (No DQ, Falls Count Anywhere). Takagi proposed a Last Daddy Standing (Last Man Standing) match.
