New Japan continued the Road To DESTRUCTION Tour today with the start of a weekend doubleheader in Tokyo.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.
The announced paid attendance was 1476, a legit sellout.
Match 1: HENARE beat Oskar Leube.
Match 2: YOSHI-HASHI, Tomohiro Ishii & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Yuto Nakashima, Boltin Oleg & Tiger Mask. Tanahashi beat Nakashima with a Texas cloverleaf. Afterwards, Impact Wrestling’s Chris Sabin, Alex Shelley & Josh Alexander appeared via recorded video and issued a NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Championship challenge.
Match 3: BUSHI, Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb. Tsuji pinned Newman with a reverse campana.
Match 4: Kevin Knight, KUSHIDA, El Phantasmo & Hikuleo beat Drilla Moloney, Clark Connors, Gabriel Kidd & Alex Coughlin. KUSHIDA pinned Moloney with Perfect Small Package.
Match 5: Jado, Tanga Loa & Tama Tonga beat Gedo, Chase Owens & David Finlay. Loa pinned Gedo after OJK.
Match 6: Best of 7 Series Match 4: El Desperado, Ren Narita & Minoru Suzuki beat Master Wato, Shota Umino & Yuji Nagata. Narita pinned Umino with a front suplex hold. 2-1-1 in favor of the winners.
Match 7: TAKA Michonoku, DOUKI & SANADA beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho & EVIL. DOUKI pinned Sho with a jackknife. Afterwards, Taichi announced his return for the rest of the tour. He missed a couple events this week for personal reasons.
Main Event: Lio Rush & Kazuchika Okada beat Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito. Rush pinned Takahashi after Final Hour.
The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World and ABEMA (in Japan only) will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET, and best of all you can watch this event live and on demand FOR FREE!
