After an emergency press conference earlier today, New Japan continued the New Japan Soul 2025 Tour in Tokyo.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was also a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.
The announced paid attendance was 1110.
Pre-show:
Match 1: Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Zane Jay went to a 10 minute time limit draw.
Match 2: Masatora Yasuda beat Daiki Nagai.
Main show:
Match 1: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, DOUKI, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita beat Katsuya Murashima, Shoma Kato, Master Wato, Yoh & Toru Yano by DQ. Yoh DQ’d. Deadly weapon use.
Match 2: SANADA, Don fale, Chase Owens & EVIL beat Tiger Mask, Tomoaki Honma, Togi Makabe & YOSHI-HASHI. EVIL pinned Honma after EVIL.
Match 3: Ryusuke Taguchi & Yuya Uemura beat Jacob Austin Young & Great-O-Khan. Uemura pinned Young after a diving body attack.
Match 4: Taiji Ishimori & Gabriel Kidd beat Jado & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Ishimori beat Jado with Bone Lock.
Match 5: Boltin Oleg, Shota Umino & Hirooki Goto beat Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Umino pinned Jackson after Second Chapter.
G1 CLIMAX 35 Qualifier Tournament Finals:
Match 6: Block B: Drilla Moloney beat Tomohiro Ishii. As a result, Mooney qualifies for Block B.
Main Event: Block A: Callum Newman beat Taichi. As a result, Newman qualifies for Block A. United Empire pulls a pair of upsets.
The next event is “DEATH PAIN Invitacio” tomorrow. This is an El Desperado Produced event headlined by Desperado vs. Jun Kasai in a Fluorescent Light Tubes & Glass Board Death Match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship. Live streaming on New Japan World as a PPV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET, however there is a pre-show match scheduled for 20 minutes before the event. The PPV is available for pre-order for $22.99 US outside Japan. In addition to the live broadcast, it will be available for purchase and on demand replays until July 31 (subject to change). It will be Japanese commentary only.
