Wrestling Satsuma No Kuni, New Japan’s annual end-of-April standalone event held in Kagoshima under the original name of the prefecture, took place earlier today.
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 1780,
There were last-minute changes to the first 2 matches due to SANADA being off again. Precautionary due to health concerns.
Match 1: Boltin Oleg beat Katsuya Murashima.
Match 2: TAKA Michinoku, Yuya Uemura & Taichi beat Tiger Mask, Togi Makabe & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Uemura pinned TM 4 after a diving crossbody.
Match 3: Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan, Francesco Akira & Jeff Cobb. Sabre beat Newman with a reverse armbar.
Match 4: Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Ren Narita & EVIL beat Jado, El Desperado, Shota Umino, El Phantasmo & Hikuleo. Narita pinned Jado.
Match 5; Taiji Ishimori, Chase Owens & KENTA beat Tomoaki Honma, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. KENTA pinned Honma after Busaiku Knee.
Match 6: Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat Gedo, Gabriel Kidd & David Finlay. Tsuji pinned Gedo after Curb Stomp.
Match 7: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors beat BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi to retain the titles. Connors pinned BUSHI after Full Clip. V2 for the champs.
Main Event: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Sho beat DOUKI to retain the title. V2 for Sho. Ren Narita interference set it up. Naturally this result and the post-match promo sent the crowd home very unhappy.
The next event is tomorrow at Grand Messe Kumamoto in Kumamoto. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.
The promotion also announced that Ryusuke Taguchi is now out of Best Of The Super Junior due to injuries sustained recently. Dragon Dia (Dragon Gate) is the replacement.
UPDATE: SANADA is now out until at least after ALL TOGETHER on 5/6. Medical, but nothing specific beyond appraisal results.
