Nee Japan continued the BURNING AUTUMN ’22 Tour today with the beginning of the Quarterfinals of the NJPW WORLD TV Tournament.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese.
The announced paid attendance was 700, a legit sellout. Reduced capacity due to vocal cheering allowed.
Match 1: Aaron Henare beat Ryohei Oiwa.
Match 2: Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii beat Yuto Nakashima & Ren Narita. Ishii pinned Nakahima.
Match 3: Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb beat Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe. Cobb pinned Honma after Tour of the Islands.
Match 4: Titan, BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi beat Gideon Gray, Francesco Akira & TJP. Titan pinned Gray after Angel Immortal.
Match 5: Alex Zayne, Master Wato, Hikuleo & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat TAKA Michinoku, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Desperado & Taichi. Wato beat TAKA with Vendeval.
Match 6: SANADA & Tetsuya Naito beat Gedo & KENTA. Naito pinned Gedo.
Match 7: NJPW WORLD TV Title Tournament Quarterfinals: EVIL beat YOSHI-HASHI.
Main Event: NJPW WORLD TV Title Tournament Quarterfinals: Zack Sabre Jr. beat David Finlay. As a result, Sabre will face EVIL in the Semifinals on 11/5.
The next event is The Night Before The Rumble On 44th Street: A Halloween Special TONIGHT at Palladium Times Square in New York City. Live streaming on FITE will begin at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT (this is a PPV in English). There is no live broadcast on New Japan World.
The BATTLE AUTUMN tour resumes Saturday at Kumagaya Citizen Gym in Saitama. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.
