New Japan continued the Road To WRESTLING DONTAKU Tour today in Hiroshima with the final televised event before next weekend’s blowout event.
Today’s event was held at Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall in Hiroshima and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 2145.
Pre-show match: Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano beat Ray Paloma & HANZO. Oleg pinned Paloma after Kamikaze.
Match 1: Taiji Ishimori, Chase Owens & KENTA beat Tiger Mask, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Owens pinned TM 4.
Match 2: Francesco Akira & Jeff Cobb beat Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. Cobb pinned Fujita after Tour of the Islands.
Match 3: El Desperado, Shota Umino & Tomohiro Ishii beat Yujirro Takahashi, Ren Narita & EVIL. Umino pinned Takahashi after Death Rider.
Match 4: Katsuya Murashima & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Shoma Kato & Tomohiro Ishii. Tanahashi beat Kato with a Texas cloverleaf.
Match 5: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho beat TAKA Michinoku & DOUKI. Kanemaru pinned TAKA with Samson Clutch.
Match 6: STRONG Tag Team Champions Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls beat El Phantasmo & Hikuleo to retain the titles. Nicholls pinned Hikuleo. V1 for the champs.
Match 7: In a Rural Revitalization 3 Falls Match, Yuya Uemura beat KOPW 2024 Champion Great-O-Khan 2-1 to win the title.
Main Event: In an elimination match, BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat Drilla Moloney, Clark Connors, Gabriel Kidd, David Finlay & Jake Lee (Pro Wrestling NOAH). Naito was the winner, last eliminating Lee.
The next event is Wrestling Satsuma No Kuni, the traditional standalone end-of-April event named for the original name of Kagoshima Prefecture, Monday at Kagoshima Arena in Kagoshima. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.
UPDATE: After this was posted I learned there were last-minute changes to the event due to SANADA being off. Illness.
