New Japan continued the New Japan Soul 2025 tour today in Aomori.
Today’s event was held at Hachinohe City East Gym in Aomori and can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube. It will be available on New Japan World ASAP as apparent technical difficulties from yesterday continue.
There was also a last-second change to the card due to El Phantasmo being pulled from the event. Knee injury. Status uncertain. He was to have teamed with Yuya Uemura & Hirooki Goto to face Hartley Jackson, Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. in the main event. Tomoaki Honma was the replacement.
The announced paid attendance was 1006.
Match 1: Tatsuya Matsunoto vs. Zane Jay went to a 10 minute time limit draw.
Match 2: Masayora Yasuda beat Daiki Nagai.
Match 3: Yoshinobu Kanemaro, Sho, DOUKI, Ren Narita & Yujiro Takahashi beat Katsuya Murashima, Shoma Kato, Yoh, Master Wato & Toru Yano. Narita beat Murashima with a modified kneebar.
Match 4: SANADA, Don Fale, Chase Owens & EVIL beat Jado, Togi Makabe, YOSHI-HASHI & Boltin Oleg by DQ. Jado DQ’d.
Match 5: Tiger Mask, Shota Umino & Taichi beat Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan. Umino pinned Young after Second Chapter.
Match 6: Ryusuke Taguchi, Tokohiro Ishii & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Gedo, Drilla Moloney & Gabriel Kidd. Taguchi beat Gedo with Oh My & Gar Ankle.
Main Event: Tomoaki Honma, Yuya Uemura & Hirooki Goto beat Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Uemura pinned Jackson with a kannuki suplex hold.
The next event is Saturday at Yamagata Big Wing in Yamagata. Live streaming on New Japan World will (hopefully) begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.
PS-wondering about why no Los Ingobernables de Japon on the tour so far? Mexico. Hiromu Takahashi posted on social media recently with photos from Mexico as they are on an excursion there. Yota Tsuji is there too, not sure about Shingo Takagi.
