New Japan continued the Road To THE NEW BEGINNING Tour today with the first half of a Tokyo doubleheader.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.
The announced paid attendance was 1234.
Match 1: Young Lions Cup Final: Katsuya Murashima beat Shoma Kato to win the tournament. The trophy was presented by President Hiroshi Tanahashi.
Match 2: Gedo, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) beat Tiger Mask, Yuya Uemura & Shota Umino. Ice pinned TM 4 after KOB.
Match 3: Kosei Fujita, Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Ryusuke Taguchi, Boltin Oleg, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Oiwa beat Taguchi with TM Clutch.
Match 4: Zane Jay, Great-O-Khan & HENARE beat Daiki Nagai, Robbie X & Drilla Moloney. HENARE pinned Jay after a sitdown jumping powerbomb.
Match 5: Master Wato, Yoh, Toru Yano & Aaron Wolf beat Dick Togo, DOUKI, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita. Wato pinned DOUKI with a Tsutentaku German suplex hold.
Match 6: Hiromu Takahashi & David Finlay beat Jacob Austin Young & Callum Newman. Finlay pinned Young after Overkill.
Main Event: Francesco Akira & Jake Lee beat Taiji Ishimori & Yota Tsuji. Akira pinned Ishimori after Crownfall.
The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. This may be the last televised/streamed event of the tour.