New Japan resumed the Road To WRESTLING DONTAKU 2023 Tour today with the penultimate event of the tour.
Today’s event was held at Grand Messe Kumamoto in Kumamoto and can be watched on demand on New Jpaan World.
The announced paid attendance was 1665, a legit sellout.
Match 1: Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Ryohei Oiwa, Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Takahashi pinned Oiwa after Pimp Juice.
Match 2: Francesco Akira, TJP & Great-O-Khan beat Yuto Nakashima, Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA. Khan beat Nakashima with Subaru Sheep Killer.
Match 3: Aaron Henare, Jeff Cobb & Aussie Open beat Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls & Zack Sabre Jr. Henare beat Fujita with Ultima.
Match 4: Taiji Ishimori & KENTA beat Jado & Hikuleo. Ishimori beat Jado with Bone Lock.
Match 5: Master Wato & Tama Tonga beat Gedo & David Finlay. Wato pinned Gedo after RPP.
Match 6: Tomoaki Honma, Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii & Kazuchika Okada beat Oskar Leube, Ren Narita, El Desperado & Minoru Suzuki. Yano pinned Leube with a schoolboy.
Main Event: In an Elimination Match (over the top rope rules in effect), BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Taichi & SANADA. Takahashi was the only winner left, last eliminating SANADA.
In other news, Hiroshi Tanahashi announced on Twitter he has been cleared to return at WRESTLING DONTAKU and will be the second TBA with Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii to challenge for the NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Championship. Reportedly this didn’t sit well with Ishii.
The tour-ender is tomorrow at Beppu B-Con Plaza in Oita. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.
