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New Japan 6/21/22 Results

New Japan continued the New Japan Road Tour today with the final event before Forbidden Door and a roughly 2-week break, headlined by Hiromu Takahashi attempting to follow up his 3rd straight Best Of The Super Junior victory with reclaiming yhe IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese. This was a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 1380, a legit sellout. This is about 2/3 notmal capacity for the venue.

Match 1: DOUKI beat Yuto Nakashima by submission.

Match 2: Taichi beat Ryohei Oiwa.

Match 3: Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Yoh, Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Sho pinned Yoh. They might have teased yet another NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Championship match between them afterwards.

Match 4: Aaron Henare, Francesco Akira & TJP beat Jado, Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi. Henare beat Jado with Ultima.

Match 5: BUSHI, SANADA, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat Kosei Fujita, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Togi Makabe & Kazuchika Okada. BUSHI pinned Fujita.

All G1 CLIMAX matches were announced. The first 9 events will have one match from each block, then it will be 5 matches per event until Day 18 at Nippon Budokan, which will have the last 2 matches in each block and will set the Semifinals with the winner of each block.

Match 6: AEW All-Atlantic Championship Tournament: Tomohiro Ishii beat Clark Connors. As a result, Ishii advances to the 4-way for the title on Sunday at Forbidden Door against Pac, Miro and either Malakai Black or Penta Oscuro. That last match is tomorrow on AEW Dynamite.

Main Event: IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion Taiji Ishimori beat Hiromu Takahashi to retain the title. V1 for Ishimori. A 36+ minute instant classic. Next up: Time Splitter…KUSHIDA is back! Having been released by WWE earlier this year, KUSHIDA returned and announced he has re-signed with New Japan for what should be the rest of his career and made the challenge. Ishimori said he’d have to earn it. They last met in January 2019 at Tokyo Dome when Ishimori beat KUSHIDA to retain the title.

The next event is 7/3.

New Japan 6/20/22 Results

New Japan continued the New Japan Road Tour today with the start of the fully-televised stretch of events for the rest of the series, starting with the first half of a doubleheader representing their final build to the joint Forbidden Door PPV with All Elite Wrestling next weekend. Today they also unveiled the 4 blocks for the 2022 G1 CLIMAX Tournament, with matches scheduled to be announced tomorrow.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese FOR FREE! No account or login required! The event also was streamed live on ABEMA in Japan. Click below to watch the full replay FOR FREE:
https://njpwworld.com/p/s_series_00617_3_1

The announced paid attendance was 542. It was reduced capacity again and they used the smaller layout on the hard camera-facing side with two monitors instead of one. Taichi is today’s guest on commentary.

Match 1: Aaron Henare beat Kosei Fujita by submission.

Match 2: Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Yoh, Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. EVIL pinned Yoh after EVIL.

Match 3: SANADA, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat Ryohei Oiwa, Yuto Nakashima & Kazuchika Okada. Takagi pinned Oiwa after Pumping Bomber.

Match 4: BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi beat Gedo & Taiji Ishimori. Takahashi pinned Gedo after D.

Match 5: AEW All-Atlantic Championship Tournament: Clark Connors beat Tomoaki Honma.

Match 6: AEW All-Atlantic Championship Tournament: Tomohiro Ishii beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru. As a result, Ishii will face Connors tomorrow with the winner advancing to a 4-way for the title at Forbidden Door.

Main Event: Francesco Akira & TJP beat IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato to win the titles. Akira & TJP become the 70th IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Akira pinned Wato after The Leaning Tower. Well, I guess that’s it for Team 6 or 9. Unless they hang around long enough to become the 96th champions!

Here are the 4 blocks for the G1 CLIMAX Tournament this yer, as announced today:
Block A: Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano, Tom Lawlor, Jeff Cobb, Jonah, Bad Luck Fale, Lance Archer
Block B: Jay White, Tomohiro Ishii, SANADA, Tama Tonga, Great-O-Khan, Chase Owens, Taichi
Block C: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hirooki Goto, Tetsuya Naito, Zack Sabre Jr., Aaron Henare, KENTA, EVIL
Block D: Will Ospreay, Shingo Takagi, YOSHI-HASHI, David Finlay, Juice Robinson, El Phantasmo, Yujiro Takahashi
Okada is the defending champion. Block A probably is going to be Okada-Cobb again like last year to determine who wins. Block B seemingly has White, the current IWGP World Heavyweight Champion, all over it. Block C is the “Block Of Death”…any of them can win. Block D, despite a heavy Bullet Club presence, looks poised for another Ospreay-Takagi epic to settle it.

The next event is tomorrow, headlined by Hiromu Takahashi-Ishimori for the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. It also is the final event before Forbidden Door-after tomorrow they will be off for the event with the current tour resuming on 7/3.

New Japan 6/19/22 Results

New Japan continued the New Japan Road tour today with a non-televised house show as they continue their final build to the joint Forbidden Door PPV with All Elite Wrestling next week.

Today’s event was held at Kira Messe Numazu in Shizuoka. There was no live broadcast and on demand video will not be available.

The announced paid attendance was 703.

Match 1: Clark Connors beat Ryohei Oiwa.

Match 2: Tomoaki Honma beat Yuto Nakashima.

Match 3: Minoru Suzuki & Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Kosei Fujita & Tomohiro Ishii. Suzuki pinned Fujita after a Gotch-style piledriver.

Match 4: Yoh, Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Dick Togo, Gedo, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Yoh pinned Togo after Traas Kick.

Match 5: Aaron Henare, Franceso Akira & TJP beat Jado, Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi. Henare beat Jado with Ultima.

Match 6: BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi beat Gedo & Taiji Ishimori. Takahashi pinned Gedo after D.

Main Event: SANADA, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Togi Makabe & Kazuchika Okada. Naito pinned Makabe after Valentia.

In other news, at today’s All-Japan Pro Wrestling event Tiger Mask 4 beat All-Japan Jr. Heavyweight Champion Mitsuru Sato to win the title and become the 62nd All-Japan Jr. Heavyweight Champion. It’s the first time in his career TM 4 has held the title. The match was a special Memorial Match in memory of former All-Japan and Pro Wrestling NOAH star Atsushi Aoki, who was killed on June 3, 2019 in a motorcycle accident while he was still champion. He was only 41. He was posthumously allowed to remain champion until late 2019 by then-All-Japan President Jun Akiyama, when the 6-month time limit between defenses would expire.
Yuji Nagata also participated in the event, he teamed with Dan Tamura in a loss to Suwama & TARU.

The next event is tomorrow at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World worldwide and in Japan on ABEMA will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET, and even better it’s the monthly event that everyone can watch on New Japan World live and on demand FOR FREE! No subscription or login required! The main event will be IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato vs. Francesco Akira & TJP for the titles. There also will be two matches in the AEW All-Atlantic Championship Tournament: Connors vs. Honma and Ishii vs. Kanemaru. The winners meet on Tuesday with that winner advancing to the 4-way for the title at Forbidden Door.

New Japan 6/18/22 Results

New Japan ran the first televised event of the New Japan Road tour today, a homecoming event for Hiromu Takahashi who hoped to put on a good show for a sellout crowd ahead of his IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship match next week, a reward for winning Best Of The Super Junior.

Today’s event was held at Esforta Arena Hachioji in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese.

The announced paid attendance was 1955. Based on event photos from New Japan’s Japanese website, not quite the legit sellout Takahashi hoped for. No guest on Japanese commentary. Your host is Haruo Murata alongside Milano Collection A.T.

Match 1: TAKA Michinoku beat Kosei Fujita by submission.

Match 2: Tiger Mask & Tomoaki Honma beat Yuto Nakashima & Clark Connors. Honma pinned Nakashima after Kokeshi. After the match, TM 4 with microphone. He is competing in All-Japan Pro Wrestling tomorrow and vowed to win the All-Japan Jr. Heavyweight Championship.

Match 3: Minoru Suzuki & Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Ryohei Oiwa & Tomohiro Ishii. Suzuki beat Oiwa.

Match 4: Yoh, Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Gedo, Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Yoh pinned Gedo after Traas Kick.

Match 5: Aaron Henare, Francesco Akira & TJP beat Jado, Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato. Henare pinned Jado after ultima.

Match 6: SANADA, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Togi Makabe & Kazuchika Okada. Takagi pinned Makabe after Last of the Dragon.

ATSUSHI, who probably is some kind of comedian dressed and face painted like a clown, joined comemntary for the main event.
Main Event: Hiromu Takahashi Homecoming Match: BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi beat Sho & Taiji Ishimori. Takahashi pinned Sho after Time Bomb. After the match, Takahashi’s LIJ factionmates joined him for the show-ending promo.

The next event is Monday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and features an IWGP Jr. heavyweight Tag Team Title match. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. And best of all, it’s the monthly event that everyone can watch FOR FREE! In other upcoming event news, New Japan World will have a live PPV broadcast of the GLEAT Ver. 3-1st Anniversary Event on 7/1 at Tokyo Dome City Hall. It will cost 3000 yen or just over $22 US in addition to the monthly subscription fees and will be available on demand until October 1. If you can wait, odds are sometime down the road it’ll be on YouTube.

Correction:The next event actually is tomorrow at Kira Messe Numazu in Shizuoka, but it is a non-televised event so no live or on demand video will be available.

New Japan 6/16 Results

New Japan kicked off the New Japan Road tour today, which in recent years was known as KIZUNA ROAD, a reference to one of the many card games that owner Bushiroad Corporation has published in Japan. The name change is a likely return to original names as part of the ongoing 50th Anniversary Celebration. SANADA continues his return from injury after coming back at DOMINION this past weekend.

Today’s event was held at Tochigi Cultural Center in Tochigi and was a non-televised event. The event will not be available on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 421.

Match 1: TAKA Michinoku beat Ryohei Oiwa by submission.

Match 2: Tiger Mask & Tomoaki Honma beat Kosei Fujita & Clark Connors. Honma pinned Fujita after Kokeshi.

Match 3: Minoru Suzuki & Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Yuto Nakashima & Tomohiro Ishii. Suzuki pinned Nakashima after a Gotch-style piledriver.

Match 4: Yoh, Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Yoh pinned Togo after Direct Drive.

Match 5: Aaron Henare, Francesco Akira & TJP beat Jado, Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato. Henare pinned Jado after Ultima.

Match 6: BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi beat Gedo & Taiji Ishimori. Takahashi pinned Gedo after D.

Main Event: SANADA, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Togi Makabe & Kazuchika Okada. SANADA pinned Tenzan with O’Connor Bridge.
For those wondering about notable names missing, many of them appeared in All Elite Wrestling in the US last night to help promote the Forbidden Door PPV on 6/26.

The next event is Saturday at Esforta Arena Hachioji in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

In other news, the September tour, “Burning Spirit”, has been announced. The current schedule is as follows:
9/2-Yokohama Budokan, Yokohama
9/3-Nagoya Congress Center, Nagoya
9/5-Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
9/6-Korakuen Hall
9/7-Lily Arena MITO, Ibaraki
9/9-Fujisan Messe, Shizuoka
9/10-G Messe Gunma, Gunma
9/11-Togane Arena, Chiba
9/13-Towa Pharmaceutical Dome Sub-Arena, Osaka
9/15-Kirin Beverage Shunan Sports Center, Yamaguchi
9/17-Ichiki Kushikino City General Gym, Kagoshima
9/18-Beppu Beacon Plaza, Oita
9/20-Acros Fukuoka, Fukuoka
9/21-Grand Messe Kumamoto, Kumamoto
9/23-Takamatsu City General Gymnasium Stadium 1, Kagawa
9/25-Kobe World Hall, Kobe (likely a major event)

New Japan DOMINION Results (6/12/22)

New Japan today holds DOMINION, their annual June Osaka blowout event, which takes on more significance this year as it also will help set up the Forbidden Door PPV with All Elite Wrestling in 2 weeks-in addition to 5 title matches, an Interim AEW World Championship opportunity at Forbidden Door is on the line for Hiroshi Tanahashi and Hirooki Goto. In the main event, Kazuchika Okada looks to continue his impressive reign as IWGP World Heavyweight Champion, but his next challenger is his toughest yet-Jay White, who is 3-1 against Okada in singles matches. Will Rainmaker go into Chicago as champion or will Switchblade back up his claim that it is “Still My Era”?
A last-minute change to the card was announced earlier today as IWGP US Heavyweight Champion Juice Robinson has been STRIPPED of the title because he will miss this event after previously agreeing to defend the title. Robinson is claiming appendicitis will prevent him from competing. He was to have defended against SANADA & Will Ospreay in a 3-way. Robinson proposed their now-singles match be to determine the next challenger to the title, but NJPW instead has made it so the SANADA-Ospreay winner becomes the new champion.

Today’s event will be held at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Jpaan and can be watched LIVE on New Japan World in Japanese and English.

Today’s lineup:
Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Aaron Henare, Francesco Akira & TJP
Hiromu Takahashi, Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI vs. Taiji Ishimori, Ace Austin & El Phantasmo
Toru Yano vs. Doc Gallows
NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Zack Sabre Jr. & El Desperado for the titles
IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale vs. Jeff Cobb & Great-O-Khan for the titles
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hirooki Goto. The winner will face Jon Mosley for the Interim AEW World Championship at Forbidden Door
KOPW 2022 Trophy Holder Shingo Takagi vs. Taichi in a 10 Minute Unlimited Falls Match for the trophy. Whoever gets the most cumulative counts (in seconds) on pinfalls in 10 minutes wins. No 3 count pinfalls, submissions, countouts or DQs
NEVER Openweight Champion Tama Tonga vs. Karl Anderson for the title
SANADA vs. Will Ospreay for the vacant IWGP US Heavyweight Championship
IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada vs. Jay White for the title
Refresh occasionally for the latest results.
Updates below will begin at 1 AM ET/10 PM PT.

9:45 PM PT UPDATE: The stream started early for some pre-match entertainment, so…
We are LIVE from Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan. Some pre-event annoucnements are being made. This went for about 5 minutes before we cut away, back into pre-show mode.
The matches will begin just after 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

This broadcast is part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE on TV Asahi in Japan. We have the major-event English announcer along with the usual Japanese announcers. Jushin Thunder Liger is our guest on Japanese commentary.
The announced paid attendance was 6068. If capacity limits were still in place (Osaka has been stricter than other places during the pandemic), this suggests 50% maximum, in which case this would have been possibly a full house/near-sellout and in the 85-90% full range.

Match 1: Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi (with Manabu Nakanishi, former IWGP Heavyweight Champion) vs. Aaron Henare, Francesco Akira & TJP. 20 minute itme limit
Result: Aaron Henare, Francesco Akira & TJP beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi. Henare beat Tenzan with a rear neck lock.

Match 2: Hiromu Takahashi, Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI vs. Taiji Ishimori, Ace Austin & El Phantasmo. 20 minute time limit
Result: Taiji Ishimori, Ace Austin & El Phantasmo beat Hiromu Takahashi, Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI. Phantasmo pinned BUSHI after CR 2.

Match 3: Toru Yano vs. Doc Gallows. 30 minute time limit
Result: Toru Yano beat Doc Gallows

Match 4: NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Zack Sabre Jr. & El Desperado for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: NEER 6-Man Tag Team Champions Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Zack Sabre Jr., Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado to retain the titles. Sho pinned Desperado after Shock Arrow. V4 for the champs.

Match 5: IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale vs. Jeff Cobb & Great-O-Khan for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Jeff Cobb & Great-O-Khan beat IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale to win the titles. Cobb & Khan become the 95th IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Cobb pinned Owens after Tour of the Islands. Afterwards, Rocky Romero made the mistake of a sneak attack on the new champs and got obliterated.

It is announced that the G1 CLIMAX 32 Tournament will have a total of 28 participants. And it’s time to meet them! They are…Kazuchika Okada (3-time winner and defending champion), Tama Tonga, Hiroshi Tanahashi (3-time champion, 21st straight participation), Tom Lawlor, Jonah, YOSHI-HASHI, HIrooki Goto (2008 champion), Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii, Jeff Cobb, Great-O-Khan, Will Ospreay, Aaron Henare, Shingo Takagi, SANADA, Tetsuya Naito (2-time champion), Jay White, EVIL, KENTA, Yujiro Takahashi, Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens, Juice Robinson, Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr., Lance Archer (All Elite Wrestling), David Finlay, El Phantasmo. They will be divided into 4 blocks of 7. The Finals will be on 8/17 & 8/18 at Nippon budokan in Tokyo.

Intermission. Updates will resume in a few minutes (as of 11:35 PM PT).

11:39 PM PT…And we’re back!

Match 6: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hirooki Goto. The winner will face Jon Moxley for the Interim AEW World Championship at Forbidden Door on 6/26. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Hirooki Goto. As a result, Tanahashi will face Jon Moxley for the Interim AEW World Championship at Forbidden Door

Match 7: KOPW 2022 Trophy Holder Shingo Takagi vs. Taichi (with Miho Abe) in a 10 Minute Unlimited Falls Match for the trophy. Whoever gets the most cumulative counts (in seconds) on pinfalls in 10 minutes wins. No 3 count pinfalls, submissions, countouts or DQs
Result: KOPW 2022 holder SHingo Takagi beat Taichi 11-10 to retain the trophy.

Match 8: NEVER Openweight Champion Tama Tonga vs. Karl Anderson for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Karl Anderson beat NEVER Openweight Champion Tama Tonga to win the title. Anderson becomes the 37th NEVER Openweight Champion.

Match 9: SANADA vs. Will Ospreay for the vacant IWGP US Heavyweight Championship. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Will Ospreay beat SANADA to win the vacant IWGP US Heavyweight Championship. Ospreay becomes the 16th IWGP US Heavyweight Champion. But Juice Robinson still has the title belt and they had no replacement.

Hiroshi Tanahashi joins Japanese commentary for the final match.
Main Event: IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada vs. Jay White for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Jay White beat IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada to win the title. White becomes the 5th IWGP World Heavyweight Champion. And the biggest loser in all of this is one Adam Page. He wanted Okada for the title at Forbidden Door. Now it’s not happening. Adam Cole will be gloating about it on AEW Dynamite next week.

The next event is the New Japan Road (formerly Kizuna Road) Tour opener Thursday at Tochigi Cultural Center in Tochigi. It will not be televised and on demand video will not be available. The next broadcast is Saturday at Esforta Arena Hachioji in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET. Also, a FREE broadcast is coming up on 6/20 at Korakuen Hall.

BREAKING: IWGP US Title Vacant

BREAKING: The IWGP US Heavyweight Championship is now VACANT. Previous champion Juice Robinson has been stripped of the title due to refusing to compete Sunday at DOMINION, claiming he had acute appendicitis and needed surgery but had already agreed to defend the title. He was to have defended the title against SANADA & Will Ospreay in a 3-way. It will now be SANADA vs. Ospreay for the vacant title.

RUMOR: Robinson Off DOMINION?

On New Japan’s official YouTube channels (Japanese and English), IWGP US Heavyweight Champion Juice Robinson posted a video in English stating he will not be at DOMINION on Sunday due to acute appendicitis. Robinson is still listed on the card as he is to defend the title against SANADA & Will Ospreay in a 3-way. Robinson has proposed it be made a next challenger match between Sanada & Ospreay.

More as it becomes available. New Japan broke the story on their website but you can watch the clip below (in English):

Developing: New Japan KOPW Stip for Sunday Set

Following a press conference earlier this week to propose the stip for the KOPW 2022 trophy rematch this Sunday at DOMINION, when Shingo Takagi defends against Taichi, the results of fan voting to determine the stip were just revealed. With just under 30,000 total votes cast on Twitter over 48 hours (shorter than usual), Takagi’s proposal wins so it’s a 10 minute Unlimited Pinfall Count Match. There are no 3 count pinfalls or submissions, whoever gets the most cumulative pinfall counts (total time presumably) in 10 minutes wins. Taichi proposed a 10 count Limited Finish match, where the first to get a 10 count using just one move-Gedo Clutch for Taichi, Ground Cobra Twist for Takagi-wins.

BREAKING: New Japan Introduces New Tag Team Title

BREAKING: New Japan has just announced a tag team championship for NJPW STRONG. The new STRONG Openweight Tag Team Championship will be awarded to the winners of an 8-team single elimination tournament to be held over the next two tapings on 6/19 in Hollywood, CA (Quarterfinals & Semifinals) and 7/24 in Charlotte, NC (Finals). Teams and brackets TBA.

More as it becomes available.

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