New Japan continued the Road To THE NEW BEGINNING Tour today with the first half of another Tokyo doubleheader.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was also a live ABEMA broadcast in Japan.
The announced paid attendance was 928. Continuing an unusual trend down for Korakuen attendance for them.
Pre-show match: Katsuya Murashima beat Masatora Yasuda.
Match 1: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Daiki Nagai by submission.
Match 2: Master Wato, Ryusuke Taguchi & Shota Umino beat Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira & Great-O-Khan. Wato beat Young with Vendeval. Afterwards, Khan grabbed an Umino shirt from a fan and tore it up.
Match 3: Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe. Takahashi pinned Honma after Time Bomb 1.5.
Match 4: Clark Connors & SANADA beat TAKA Michinoku & Taichi by DQ. Taichi DQ’d. Low blow fake by SANADA.
Match 5: Taiji Ishimori, Drilla Moloney & Gabriel Kidd beat BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji. Ishimori beat BUSHI with Gedo Clutch.
Match 6: Tomohiro Ishii, Yoh, El Desperado, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Hartley Jackson (Independent/Freelancer), Robbie Eagles, Kosei Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Ishii pinned Jackson after a vertical drop brainbuster.
Main Event: NJPW WORLD TV Champion El Phantasmo beat Jeff Cobb to retain the title. V2 for Phantasmo.
The next event is tomorrow with IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion El Desperado vs. Kosei Fujita for the title in the main event. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. This is the last televised event of the tour (no live or on demand for the last 3 events).
