New Japan continued the Road To DESTRUCTION Tout today with the second half 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 FOR FREE! No login or signup required!
Click below to watch in Japanese:
https://njpwworld.com/p/s_00660_11_1
Click below to watch in English:
https://njpwworld.com/p/s_00660_12_1
The announced paid attendance was 1062.
There were some last-minute changes to this event (and yesterday) due to no Yoh. Fever. Out indefinitely.
Before the event, House Of Torture attacked SANADA at the end of a pre-event autograph session.
Pre-Show: In an arm wresting match, Tanga Loa beat Chase Owens. Bullet Club attacked Loa afterwards.
Match 1: Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii beat Boltin Oleg & Oskar Leube. Ishii pinned Leube after a sliding lariat.
Match 2: HENARE & Jeff Cobb beat Yuto Nakashima & Hiroshi Tanahashi. HENARE pinned Nakashima after Rampage.
Match 3: Toya Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan. Takagi pinned Newman after Pumping Bomber.
Match 4: Best of 7 Series Match 5: Master Wato, Shota Unino & Yuji Nagata beat El Desperado, Ren Narita & Minoru Suzuki. Wato pinned Desperado after Recientemente 2. 2-2-1. So either the team that wins the 6th match takes the series or it will be a draw.
Match 5: Lio Rush, YOSHI-HASHI & Kazuchika Okada beat BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito. YOSHI-HASHI beat BUSHI with Butterfly Lock.
Match 6: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Taichi & SANADA. Kanemaru pinned TAKA.
Main Event: In an Elimination Match, Kevin Knight, KUSHIDA, El Phantasmo, Hikukeo, Tanga Loa & Tama Tonga beat Drilla Moloney, Clark Connors, Gabriel Kidd, Alex Coughlin, Chase Owens & David Finlay. Tonga was the only winner left, last eliminating Finlay.
The next event is Tuesday at Akita Terrsa on Akita. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. The next 3 events are non-televised with the next broadcast being Saturday’s tour-ender.
UPDATE: After the event New Japan announced Hirooki Goto, who has missed the last couple events due to an MCL injury, is now out the rest of the tour, which covers the rest of this week.
