New Japan ran the penultimate day of the Road To POWER STRUGGLE Tour today with Day 8 of the Super Junior Tag League.
Today’s event was held at Yoshitsune Arena in Ishikawa and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 1503.
Match 1: Callum Newman. HENARE & Great-O-Khan beat Tomoaki Honma, Ren Narita & Shota Umino. Khan pinned Honma.
Match 2: Hiromu Takahashi & Yota Tsuji beat Gedo & Taiji Ishimori. Tsuji pinned Gedo after Curb Stomp. After this match, during the taping of backstage comments for online distribution, Ishimori tried to win the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship from Takahashi but failed.
Match 3: Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI & Tomohiro Ishii beat Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Yano pinned Togo.
Super Junior Tag League:
Match 4: Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors beat The DKC & Ryusuke Taguchi. Connors pinned DKC after Full Clip.
Match 5: Titan & BUSHI beat Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles. Titan pinned Fujita after Angel Immortal.
Match 6: Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA beat MUSASHI & Yoh. Knight pinned MUSASHI after a spike DDT.
Match 7: Master Wato & El Desperado beat TAKA Michinoku & DOUKI. Wato beat TAKA with Vendeval.
Main Event: Francesco Akira & TJP beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho. TJP pinned Sho.
Standings:
1-Desperado/Wato, 6-2, 12 pts
2-TJP/Akira, 5-3, 10 pts
3-Knight/KUSHIDA, 5-3, 10 pts
4-Connors/Moloney, 5-3, 10 pts
5-Titan/BUSHI, 5-3, 10 pts
6-Kanemaru/Sho, 5-3, 10 pts
7-MUSASHI/Yoh, 3-5, 6 pts (OUT)
8-Fujita/Eagles, 3-5, 6 pts (OUT)
9-DKC/Taguchi, 2-6, 4 pts (OUT)
10-TAKA/DOUKI, 1-7, 2 pts (OUT)
The top 2 advance to the Finals. The only sure thing for the final day is Desperado/Wato advance with a win or draw (they get Kanemaru/Sho). Everything else is completely up in the air. It’s almost definitely going to come down to tiebreakers.
The final day is tomorrow at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.
