New Japan ran a special Kazuchika Okada Homecoming Event today that coincided with the 70th Anniversary of the founding of his hometown, Anjo City in Aichi Prefecture.
Today’s event was held at Tosho Arena Anjo in Aichi. There was no live broadcast and no on demand video will be available.
The announced paid attendance was 2200, a legit advance sellout.
Match 1: Yuto Nakashima beat Ryohei Oiwa.
Match 2: Tiger Mask beat Kosei Fujita by submission.
Match 3: Aaron Henare & Great-O-Khan beat Dick Togo & EVIL. Henare pinned Togo after Ultima.
Match 4; Sho & Yujiro Takahashi beat Master Wato & Hiroyoshi Tenzan. Takahashi pinned Tenzan after Pimp Juice.
Match 5: Ren Narita, Ryusuke Taguchi & Satoshi Kojima beat DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Zack Sabre Jr. Narita beat DOUKI with a cobra twist.
Match 6: Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & HIrooki GOto beat BUSHI, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito. YOSHI-HASHI pinned BUSHI after Lights Out.
Match 7: El Desperado & Taichi beat Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi. Taichi beat Takagi with a Taichi-type Gedo Clutch. Afterwards, Taichi demanded a KOPW 2022 Trophy match against Takagi.
A homecoming ceremony for Kazuchika Okada was held and a gift was presented to the promotion by Anjo City.
Main Event: Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii & Kazuchika Okada beat Tomoaki Honma, Togi Makabe & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Okada pinned Honma after Rainmaker.
The next event is HISTORIC X-OVER, the first joint New Japan-Stardom event, on 11/20 at Ariake Arena in Tokyo. This will be a worldwide PPV via New Japan World in English (separate PPV purchase required) with live streaming to begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET. It will be available on demand to purchasers for one week and then to all New Japan World subscribers at a later date.
