New Japan wrapped up the Road to DESTRUCTION Tour today with the final event before Monday’s blowout event.
Today’s event was held at Yume Messe Miyagi Main Building Exhibition Building Exhibition Hall C in Miyagi and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 1089.
Match 1: Boltin Oleg beat Yuto Nakashima.
Match 2: Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan & HENARE beat Oskar Leube, Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI. Khan pinned Leube after Royal Right.
Match 3: Best of 7 Series Match 6: El Desperado, Ren Narita & Minoru Suzuki beat Master Wato, Shota Umino & Yuji Nagata. Suzuki pinned Nagata after a Gotch-style piledriver. Suzuki’s team leads 3-2-1.
Match 4: El Phantasmo, Tanga Loa, KUSHIDA, Jado & Tama Tonga beat Drilla Mooney, Gedo, Chase Owens, Clark Connors & David Finlay. Tonga pinned Gedo after Gun Stun.
Match 5: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi, Sho & EVIL beat TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Taichi & SANADA. Kanemaru pinned DOUKI after Touch Out.
Main Event: In an Elimination Match, Yoh, Tomohiro Ishii, Ryusuke Taguchi, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada beat BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi & Tetsua Naito. Yoh was the only winner left, last eliminating Takahashi.
The next event is DESTRUCTION in RYOGOKU, the October blowout event, Monday at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. The live broadcast in Japan will only be on ABEMA and available on demand on New Japan World at a later date.
10/8 UPDATE: At a pre-event presser for DESTRUCTION, a late change was announced for the event: Lio Rush is off due to the illness that kept him off the last few events. He was to have faced IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi and Mike Bailey in a 3-way for the title. Yoh is the replacement. Monitor for potentially more last-second changes as Bailey could be cutting it close on making it to the event in time due to other international commitments.
