New Japan ran the penultimate event of the BATTLE AUTUMN ’22 Tour today, the first half of an Osaka doubleheader. They were at a smaller venue today before going to a bigger venue for the final event.
Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 745.
Match 1: Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Ryohei Oiwa & Yuto Nakashima. Tanahashi beat Oiwa with a Texas Cloverleaf.
Match 2: Jado & Hikuleo beat Gideon Gray & Aaron Henare. Hikuleo pinned Gray after a powerslam.
Match 3: Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb beat Tomoaki Honma & David Finlay. Khan beat Honma with Subaru Sheep Killer.
Match 4: DOUKI, El Desperado & Taichi beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori & KENTA. DOUKI beat Gedo with Italian Stretch 32.
Match 5: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Dick Togo & EVIL. Kanemaru beat Togo with a Figure 4.
Match 6: BUSHI beat Francesco Akira.
Match 7: Titan beat TJP.
Main Event: Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito beat Ren Narita, Alex Zayne & Master Wato. Naito pinned Zayne after Destino.
The tour-ender is Saturday at Osaka Prefectural Gym. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.
In other news, Katsuyori Shibata made a surprise appearance in All Elite Wrestling on last night’s AEW Dynamite. He will face Orange Cassidy for the AEW All-Atlantic Championship tomorrow on AEW Rampage, airing LIVE on TNT in the US at 10 PM ET (TAPED at 10 PM PT).
