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New Japan continued the Road To DESTRUCTION Tour with a second event today in Tokyo.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1218.

Pre-show match: Taisei Nakahara beat Yushin Hanasawa. The first career singles win for Nakahara!

Match 1: Jacob Austin Young, Jake Lee, Great-O-Khan & HENARE beat Masatora Yasuda, Master Wato, Boltin Oleg & Yuya Uemura. Lee pinned Yasuda.

Match 2: Zane Jay & Callum Newman beat Gedo & Jeff Cobb. Jay pinned Gedo after a dicing elbow drop.

Match 3: Jado, Toru Yano & Togi Makabe vs. Daiki Nagai, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) went to a double countout. Afterwards, Yano cut off some of OSKAR’s hair.

Match 4: Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori beat Tatsuya Matsumoto & Yoh. X pinned Matsunoto after a handspring diamond cutter.

Match 5: Shun Skywalker, Sho & DOUKI beat Ryusuke Taguchi, Shota Umino & El Desperado Skywalker pinned Taguchi after Skyfall.

Match 6: Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji beat YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Takagi pinned YOSHI-HASHI after MADE IN JAPAN.

Main Event: Kosei Fujita & Ryohei Oiwa beat Taichi & Aaron Wolf. Fujita pinned Wolf with a German suplex hold. UPSET ALERT!!! NEVER Openweight Championship implications too.

The next event is Sunday at Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin Saturday at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.

UPDATE: Indeed implications. As a result of the main event, Wolf vs. Fujita for the NEVER Openweight Championship is now official for KING OF PRO WRESTLING on 10/12.

New Japan resumed the Road To DESTRUCTION Tour today in Tokyo.

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 1102.

Pre-show match: Yushin Hatasawa Debut Match: Tatsuya Matsunoto beat Yushin Hatsusawa.

Match 1: Jacob Austin Young, Great-O-Khan & HENARE beat Taisei Nakahara, YOSHI-HASHI & Shota Umino. Young pinned Nakahara after a spiral brainbuster.

Match 2: Shun Skywalker, Sho & DOUKI beat Masatora Yasuda, Ryusuke Taguchi & El Desperado. Skywalker pinned Yasuda after Skyfall.

Match 3: Daiki Nagai & Jeff Cobb beat Zane Jay & Callum Newman. Cobb pinned Jay after Tour of the Islands.

Match 4: Gedo, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) beat Jado, Toru Yano & Togi Makabe. OSKAR beat Jado with a nightmare hold.

Match 5: Taichi, Yuya Uemura & Aaron Wolf beat Kosei Fujita, Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa. Uemura pinned Jackson after Lions Shiner.

Match 6: Robbie X & Shingo Takagi beat Master Wato & Boltin Oleg. Takagi pinned Wato after Burning Dragon.

Main Event: Yoh & Hirooki Goto beat Taiji Ishimori & Yota Tsuji. Yoh pinned Ishimori with Gedo Clutch.

The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This will also be a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

New Japan returned to Chiba today for BLUE JUSTICE 19, the latest Yuji Nagata Produced event as the oldest member at 58 years old did his best today to put on another successful honetown event, Zea.

Today’s event was held at Togane Arena in Chiba and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1258.

Match 1: Tatsuya Matsumoto beat Taisei Nakahara.

Match 2: Dick Togo, Sho & DOUKI beat Masatora Yasuda, Ryusuke Taguchi & El Desperado. Sho pinned Yasuda after a double arm piledriver.

Before the next match, Nagata’s son, an accomplished high school wrestler himself, came out to help celebrate Satoshi Kojima’s 35th anniversary.

Match 3: Jacob Austin Young, Great-O-Khan, HENARE & Callum Newman beat Jado, Satoshi Kojima, Boltin Oleg & Shota Umino. Khan pinned Jado after Collapse.

Match 4: Jeff Cobb beat Zane Jay.

Match 5: Taichi, Yuya Uemura & Aaron Wolf beat Kosei Fujita, Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa. Taichi beat Jackson with a polestar cross lock.

Match 6: Master Wato, Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Gedo, Robbie X, Taiji Ishimori & Yota Tsuji. YOSHI-HASHI pinned Gedo after Shoto.

Main Event: Toru Yano, Togi Makabe & Yuji Nagata beat Daiki Nagai, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Nagata pinned Nagai with a backdrop hold.

It’s not known when Nagata will put on his next Chiba event but he plans to be back next year for a 35th Anniversary event.

The next event is Wednesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo for a doubleheader. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. The second event on Thursday will also be a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

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.

UPDATE: The streaming issues have been resolved. Today’s event is also available FOR FREE on New Japan World.

After the customary 2-week post-G1 break, New Japan returned to action today with a house show in Yamaguchi.

Today’s event was held at Kaikyo Messe Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 1817, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Masatora Yasuda beat Taisei Nakahara.

Match 2: Sho & DOUKI beat Tatsuya Matsumoto & El Desperado. Sho pinned Matsumoto after a cross arm piledriver.

Match 3: Satoshi Kojima, Taichi & Yuya Uemura beat Dick Togo, SANADA & Ren Narita. Uemura beat Togo with a wrist lock.

Match 4: Master Wato, Boltin Oleg & Aaron Wolf beat Kosei Fujita, Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa. Oleg pinned Jackson after a powerbomb.

Match 5: Jado, Toru Yano & Togi Makabe beat Gedo, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Yano pinned Gedo.

Main Event: Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Daiki Nagai, SHingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji. Goto pinned Nagai after Shoto.

The next event is 9/5 at Light Cube Utsunomiya in Tochigi to start the Road To DESTRUCTION Tour. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

New Japan has provided an update on Shota Umino, who was pulled from the G1 CLIMAX 36 after just one match due to a potential concussion-while we don’t know if he had more than symptoms, what we do know is he will return on 9/5 at Light Cube Utsunomiya in Tochigi. He’ll return in a 6-man tag match with YOSHI-HASHI & Tatsuya Matsunoto against Jacob Austin Young, HENARE & Great-O-Khan.

Unino lost his G1 opener against Zack Sabre Jr. but was injured during the match. The promotion pulled him out for precautionary reasons.

With the G1 CLIMAX 36 now in the books and a 2-week break underway, New Japan held the traditional post-blowout event presser today in Tokyo featuring G1 winner Ryohei Oiwa. He will get the customary IWGP Heavyweight Championship shot for winning the G1 and will take it at KING OF PRO WRESTLING in October…but in a surprise development, he’s not the next challenger for Yota Tsuji. Hirooki Goto is. That match will happen at DESTRUCTION on 9/27 at Kobe World Hall in Kobe. Then whoever is champion after that defends on 10/12 vs. Oiwa. No guarantee that the 10/12 winner goes into Tokyo Dome on 1/4 as champion, they probably have to get through POWER STRUGGLE in November then the focus shifts to the World Tag League, typically held in November & December before the final week-long event stretch before 1/4.

Also announced for 9/27 were IWGP Global Champion Gabriel Kidd vs. Drilla Moloney for the title, NJPW WORLD TV Champion Konosuke Takeshita vs. Shun Skywalker for the title and Jeff Cobb vs. Callum Newman. Skywalker debuted in New Japan this past weekend after leaving Dragon Gate earlier this month while Cobb returned after being released by WWE earlier this year (and presumably sitting out a 90-day no compete clause).

Elsewhere, the result of a tag match yesterday, where Taiji Ishimori pinned Yoh, led to Ishinori making an IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship challenge. That match will happen on 9/23 at Sapporo 46 in Hokkaido.

Speaking of Ishimori, he was also announced for a Sayaka Unagi Produced event on 9/2 at Tokyo Dome City Hall where he will tram with Rina Yamashita to face Unagi & Minoru Suzuki in the main event, which also may be a Unagi 40th Birthday match.

UPDATE: More news-a new Young Lion is about to join the promotion. Yushin Hatazawa will make his debut on 9/9 at Korakuen Hall against fellow Young Lion Tatsuya Matsumoto. Hatazawa, 20, is from Hakodate in Hokkaido Prefecture and entered the New Japan dojo in 2025 after passing the entrance exam in 2024. He is 6’1 and 95 kg/209 pounds and it’s suggested he may try to eventually move up to Heavyweight based on prior sumo training. He will then join the Road To DESTRUCTION Tour and will very quickly get a chance to compete in his hometown for the first time.