New Japan began their fall Hokkaido tour today as the second half of the Road To DESTRUCTION Tour.
Today’s event was held at Nippon Engineering College Hokkaido College Gym Arena in Hokkaido and can be watched on demand on New Japan World
The announced paid attendance was 1012.
There was a last-minute change to the card, specifically match 2, due to Yota Tsuji being a late removal from the event. The always-vague poor health.
Match 1: Shota Umino won a 14 man battle royal, last eliminating Dick Togo.
Match 2: David Finlay & Gabriel Kidd beat Daiki Nagai & Shingo Takagi. Finlay pinned Nagai after a powerbomb.
Match 3: Taiji Ishimori, OSKAR & Yuto Ice beat TAKA Michinoku, Taichi & Tomohiro Ishii. Ice pinned TAKA after K.O.B.
Match 4: DOUKI, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi, SANADA & Ren Narita beat Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles, Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Narita beat Jackson with Hell’s Guillotine.
Main Event: A 3-part 3 Falls match went as follows:
1-Tomoaki Honma, Togi Makabe & Toru Yano beat Ryusuke Taguchi, El Desperado & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Yano pinned Taguchi.
2-El Desperado & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Takashi Iizuka & Toru Yano by DQ. Iizuka DQ’d.
3-Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Yoru Yano. Tanahashi beats Yano 2-1.
The next event is Wednesday at Asahikawa Gym in Hokkaido. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.