New Japan kicked off the Road To KONG OF PRO WRESTLING tour today, another quick sprint of a series to the next blowout event next week.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 1041.
Match 1: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, DOUKI, Yujiro Takahashi & SANADA beat Taisei Nakahara, El Desperado, Taichi, Boltin Oleg & Yuya Uemura. Kanemaru beat Nakahara with a figure 4.
Match 2: Taiji Ishimori & Robbie X beat Tatsuya Matsumoto & Yoh. Ishimori beat Matsumoto with Bone Lock.
Match 3: Dick Togo, Shun Skywalker & Ren Narita beat Master Wato, Toru Yano & Shota Umino. Skywalker pinned Wato after Skyfall.
Match 4: Daiki Nagai & Jeff Cobb beat Zane Jay & Callum Newman. Cobb pinned Jay after Tour Of The Islands.
Match 5: Robbie Eagles. Zack Sabre Jr. & Kosei Fujita beat Masatora Yasuda, Hechicero (CMLL) & Aaron Wolf. Eagles pinned Yasuda after Hyperion.
Match 6: Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji beat Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa. Takagi pinned Jackson after Pumping Blaster.
Main Event: OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) beat IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Great-O-Khan & HENARE to win the titles. OSKAR & Ice become the 113th IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. OSKAR pinned Khan after KOB. They went nearly 35 minutes. Afterwards, Ice chose Conb as his & OSKAR’s partner for their NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Championship challenge on Monday.
The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.