New Japan kicked off the Road to WRESTLING DONTAKU Tour today, which leads up to their annual Golden Week blowout event in Fukuoka.
Today’s event was held at Nara Prefectural Convention Center Convention Hall in Nara. There was no live broadcast and there is no on demand broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 712.
Match 1: Boltin Oleg & Shota Umino beat Yuto Nakashima & Master Wato. Umino beat Nakashima with a kneebar.
Match 2: Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Yoh, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Takahashi pinned Tenzan after Pimp Juice.
Match 3: Francesco Akira, TJP & Great-O-Khan beat Kevin Knight, KUSHIDA & Togi Makbe. Khan beat Makabe with Subaru Sheep Killer.
Match 4: Aaron Henare, Jeff Cobb & Aussie Open beat Kosei Fujita, Mikey Nicholls, Shane Haste & Zack Sabre Jr. Henare pinned Fujita after Rampage.
Match 5: Taiji Ishimori, KENTA & David Finlay beat Jado, Hikuleo & Tama Tonfa. Ishimori beat Jado with Bone Lock.
Match 6: Tomoaki Honma, Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii & Kazuchika Okada beat Tiger Mask, Ren Narita, El Desperado & Minoru Suzuki. Yano pinned TM 4.
Main Event: DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaruc Taichi & SANADA beat BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito. SANADA beat BUSHI with Skull End.
The next event is Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.
In other news, Hiromu Takahashi participation in Dradition has been announced for their 5/30 event at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, where in the main event he will team with Shiro Koshinaka & AKIRA against Masakatsu Funaki, Tatsumi Fujinami & Jinsei Shinzaki.
