New Japan wrapped up the Road To POWER STRUGGLE Tour today with the final day of the Super Junior Tag League prelims.
Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The paid attendance has not yet been announced.
Match 1: Hiromu Takahashi & Yota Tsuji beat Gedo & Taiji Ishimori. Tsuji pinned Gedo after Curb Stomp.
In the backstage comment area soon afterwards…
Taiji Ishimori beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi to win the title. Ishimori becomes the 1588th Champion.
Match 2: Tomohiro Ishii, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada beat Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Tanahashi beat Togo with a Texas Cloverleaf.
Match 3: Boltin Oleg, Oskar Leube, Ren Narita & Shota Umino beat Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb & Will Ospreay. Umino pinned Newman after Blaze Blade.
Super Junior Tag League:
Match 4: TAKA Michinoku & DOUKI beat The DKC & Ryusuke Taguchi. DOUKI pinned DKC with Suplex De La K.
Match 5: MUSASHI & Yoh beat Titan & BUSHI. Yoh pinned BUSHI after Direct Drive. LIJ OUT.
Match 6: Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles beat Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors. Eagles pinned Moloney. Champs OUT.
Match 7: Francesco Akira & TJP beat Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA. Akira pinned Knight after 2/2. K/K OUT.
Main Event: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho beat Master Wato & El Desperado. Sho pinned Wato.
3-way tie at the top at 6-3, 12 pts. As a result of tiebreakers, Akira/TJP finish 1st and Kanemaru/Sho finish 2nd and advance to the Finals on Saturday. DespeWato OUT.
Next up is POWER STRUGGLE, the final major event of the year, Saturday at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. The live stream will be available OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY. The event will be a live broadcast only on TV Asahi in Japan with on demand on New Japan World at a later date.
