Wrestling Satsuma No Kuni, a traditional New Japan event held in late April and named for the original name of the venue it is held at, took place earlier today in its traditional home in Kagoshima. It’s now considered at least a mid-major event that leads into WRESTLING DONTAKU and Golden Week, a week-long national holiday in Japan.
Today’s event was held at Kagoshima Arena in Kagoshima and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 2120.
Match 1: YOSHI-HASHI & HIrooki Goto beat Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano. YOSHI-HASHI pinned Oleg after Shoto.
Match 2: Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Oskar Leube & Shota Umino. Takahashi pinned Leube after Pimp Juice.
Match 3: Francesco Akira, TJP & Aaron Henare beat Kevin Knight, KUSHIDA & Tomoaki Honma. Henare beat Honma with Ultima.
Match 3: Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb beat Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. Khan beat Fujita with Subaru Sheep Killer.
Match 5: Yuto Nakashima, Ren Narita, El Desperado & Minoru Suzuki beat Ryohei Oiwa, Tomohiro Ishii, Togi Makabe & Kazuchika Okada. Narita beat Oiwa with a cobra twist.
Match 6: Jado, Master Wato, Hikuleo & Tama Tonga beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, KENTA & David Finlay. Tonga pinned Gedo after Gun Stun.
Match 7: DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SANADA beat BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito. SANADA beat BUSHI with Skull End.
Match 8: IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Aussie Open beat Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls to retain the titles. Kyle Fletcher pinned Haste after Corealis. V2 for the champs.
Main Event: In a Takagi Triad Match, where the first to earn 3 wins by a combination of pinfall, submission, ref stoppage, countout and KO/TKO (10 count) without repeating any was the winner, Taichi beat KOPW 2023 Champion Shingo Takagi 3-2 to win the title. This went almost 44 minutes. Taichi finally beats Takagi on what was at least the 3rd try to win the title.
The next event is tomorrow at Grand Messe Kumamoto in Kumamoto resuming the Road to WRESTLING DONTAKU 2023 Tour. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.
