WRESTLING REDZONE in HIROSHIMA, New Japan’s now-annual late-April mid-major Hiroshima event, was held earlier today.
Today’s event was held at Hiroshima Sun Plaza in Hiroshima 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 2053.
Pre-show match: Tatsuya Matsumoto beat Taisei Nakahara by submission.
Match 1: Master Wato, Toru Yano, Yoh & Shota Umino beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens. Yano pinned Takahashi.
Match 2: Francesco Akira, Great-O-Khan & HENARE beat Masatora Yasuda, Ryusuke Taguchi & Taichi. Akira beat Yasuda with a ground tarantula.
Match 3: Togi Makabe, Tiger Mask, Aaron Wolf & Boltin Oleg vs. Dick Togo, Don Fale, DOUKI & Ren Narita went to a no contest. Out of control. Afterwards, DOUKI removed TM 4’s mask and, in response, TM 4 demanded their upcoming IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship match be changed to a Lumberjack match.
Match 4: Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa beat Tomoaki Honma & Yuya Uemura. Jackson pinned Honma after Death Valley Bomb.
Match 5: Zane Jay, Jacob Austin Young, Jake Lee & Callum Newman beat Daiki Nagai, Gedo, Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi. Young pinned Nagai after Bite The Dust.
Match 6: Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles beat IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Taiji Ishimori & Robbie X to win the titles. Fujita & Eagles become the 82nd IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Eagles beat Ishimori with Ron Miller Special.
Main Event: IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) beat YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto to retain the titles. OSKAR pinned YOSHI-HASHI after KOB. V6 for the champs.
The Road To WRESTLING DONTAKU 2026 Tour resumes tomorrow at KDDI Ishin Hall in Yamaguchi. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. After tomorrow the rest of the tour is non-televised except for Wednesday for the annual “Wrestling Hizen Province” event in Saga.