New Japan continued the BURNING SPIRIT Tour with the first of several live crowd-only house shows as we enter a long stretch of non-broadcast events. No live broadcasts again until the end of next week.
Today’s event was held at Lily Arena Mito in Ibaraki, Japan. There was no live broadcast and no on demand video will be available.
The announced paid attendance was 586.
Match 1: Yuto Nakashima beat Kosei Fujita.
Match 2: Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Ryohei Oiwa, Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Sho beat Oiwa with Snake Bite.
Match 3: Jado, Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Gideon Gray, Francesco Akira & TJP. Wato pinned Gray after No. 9.
Match 4: Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb beat Gedo, Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale. Henare beat Gedo with Ultima.
Match 5: Hikuleo, KENTA & Taiji Ishimori beat The DKC, Toru Yano & KUSHIDA. Hikuleo pinned DKC after a chokeslam.
Match 6: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito beat TAKA Michinoku, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr. Takahashi pinned TAKA after D.
Main Event: Tomoaki Honma, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada beat Bad Dude Tito, Shane Haste & Jonah. Okada pinned Tito after Rainmaker.
The next event is Friday at Fujisan Messe in Shizuoka. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.
