After a nearly 2 week break for the Forbidden Door PPV, New Japan resumed the NEW JAPAN SOUL 2024 Tour today with the penultimate event of the tour.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 1225.
Match 1: TAKA Michinoku, Yuya Uemura, DOUKI & SANADA beat Tomoaki Honma, Togi Makabe, Yuji Nagata & El Desperado. Uemura pinned Honma after a diving crossbody.
Match 2: Titan, Hiromu Takahashi & Yota Tsuji beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho & Ren Narita by DQ. Narita DQ’d. Which led to…
Match 3: BUSHI, Titan, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat Dick Togo, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, Ren Narita, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. BUSHI pinned Togo after Fable.
Match 4: G1 CLIMAX Contender Tournament B Block: Boltin Oleg beat Hiroshi Tanahashi. As a result, Oleg advances to the Finals. UPSET ALERT!!!
Match 5: G1 CLIMAX Contender Tournament A Block: Callum Newman beat KENTA. As a result, Newman advances to the Finals. UPSET ALERT!!!
Match 6: G1 CLIMAX Contender Tournament B Block: Taichi beat TJP. As a result, Taichi advances to the Finals and will face Oleg.
Main Event: G1 CLIMAX Contender Tournament A Block: YOSHI-HASHI beat Tomohiro Ishii. As a result, YOSHI-HASHI advances to the Finals and will face Newman. So either the veterans are getting in or there will be massive upsets and the young guys will probably wind up being the jobbers in their G1 debuts.
The tour-ender is Friday at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. Most of the card is still TBA outside of Oleg-Taichi, Newman-YOSHI-HASHI, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion El Desperado vs. DOUKI for the title and a 6-man match featuring LIJ facing each other. Ryusuke Taguchi will also return from injury. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.
