New Japan wrapped up the Road To WRESTLING DONTAKU Tour today with the last event before the Golden Week blowout event.
Today’s event was held at Beppu B-Con Plaza in Oita and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 1006.
Before the event began, Hiroshi Tanahashi appeared and announced he has been cleared to return from a broken rib suffered on 4/15. He will return Wednesday.
Match 1: Oskar Leube vs. Boltin Oleg went to a 10 minute time limit draw.
Match 2: Yoh, Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Yano pinned Togo.
Match 3: Francesco Akira, TJP & Aaron Henare beat Ryohei Oiwa, Kegin Knight & KUSHIDA. Henare beat Oiwa with Ultima.
Match 4: Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb & Aussie Open beat Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls & Zack Sabre Jr. Khan beat Fujita with Subaru Sheep Killer. Afterwards, EVIL & Yujiro stole the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Title belts from Aussie Open. Guess H.O.T. wants next.
Match 5: Jado. Master Wato, Hikuleo & Tama Tonga beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, KENTA & David Finlay. Wato beat Gedo with Vendeval.
Match 6: Tomoaki Honma, Tomohiro Ishii, Togi Makabe & Kazuchika Okada beat Yuto Nakashima, Ren Narita, El Desperado & Minoru Suzuki. Ishii pinned Nakashima.
Match 7: DOUKI & Taichi beat BUSHI & Shingo Takagi. Taichi pinned BUSHI after Holy Emperor’s Cross Mausoleum.
Main Event: Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SANADA. Naito pinned Kanemaru after Destino.
The next event is WRESTLING DONTAKU 2023, the annual Golden Week blowout event, Wednesday at Fukuoka International Center in Fukuoka. The event is a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on New Japan World outside Japan only will begin at 1;20 AM PT/4:20 AM ET with a special Young Lions Pre-Show Match: Ryohei Oiwa will attempt to beat 3 Young Lions (Nakashima, Leube, Oleg) in a row in matches with a 5 minute time limit. If he wins one or two, he will receive prizes from sponsor TV Asahi. If he wins all 3, he gets a NJPW WORLD TV Title match at a later date.
The main portion of the event will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET on New Japan World outside Japan only. The live broadcast in Japan will be available only on TV Asahi with on demand replays available on New Japan World at a later date.
In other news, Jon Moxley has been announced for Resurgence on 5/21 in Long Beach, CA.
