New Japan kicked off the Road To DESTRUCTION Tour today, beginning the quick path to the upcoming annual Kobe blowout event.
Today’s event was held at Light Cube Utsunomiya in Tochigi. Due to an unexpected system outage, there was no live broadcast as planned and New Japan World is possibly still down and recovering. Because of this, the full event can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube and below. Results below the video/link.
The announced paid attendance was 903.
Match 1: Masatora Yasuda beat Taisei Nakahara.
Match 2: Dick Togo, Sho & DOUKI beat Jado, Ryusuke Taguchi & El Desperado. DOUKI beat Jado with Italian Stretch 32.
Match 3: Tatsuya Matsumoto, YOSHI-HASHI & Shota Umino beat Jacob Austin Young, Great-O-Khan & HENARE. Umino pinned Young after Second Chapter.
Match 4: Shingo Takagi & Jeff Cobb beat Zane Jay & Callum Newman. Takagi pinned Jay after Burning Dragon.
Match 5: Satoshi Kojima, Toru Yano & Togi Makabe beat Gedo, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Yano pinned Gedo.
Match 6: Taichi, Yuya Uemura & Aaron Wolf beat Kosei Fujita, Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa. Uemura pinned Jackson after Lions Shiner.
Main Event: Master Wato, Boltin Oleg, Yoh & Hirooki Goto beat Daiki Nagai, Robbie X, Taiji Ishimori & Yota Tsuji. Oleg pinned Nagai after a powerbomb.
The next event is BLUE JUSTICE 19, the next Yuji Nagata Produced hometown event, tomorrow at Togane Arena in Chiba. Live streaming on New Japan World, if all goes as planned with system recovery, will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.