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New Japan continued the BURNING SPIRIT Tour today with the last live event broadcast for a while, as TMDK looks to keep their early momentum going after two huge opening tour wins.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese FOR FREE! It’s also available on the New Japan World YouTube channel (Correction: Only the first 2 matches are on YouTube). Click below to watch:

https://njpwworld.com/p/s_00621_3_1

The announced paid attendance was 700, a legit advance sellout. Vocal support was allowed for the first time since the pandemic began.

Match 1: Minoru Suzuki beat Bad Dude Tito.

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

Match 3: Hikuleo, Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale beet Gideon Gray, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb. Hikuleo pinned Gray after a chokeslam.

Match 4: Aaron Henare, Francesco Akira & TJP beat The DKC, Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi. Henare pinned DKC after Rampage.

Match 5: Jado & KUSHIDA beat Gedo & Taiji Ishimori. KUSHIDA pinned Gedo with a hammerlock suplex hold.

Match 6: KENTA & El Phantasmo beat BUSHI & Shingo Takagi. Phantasmo pinned BUSHI after CR 2.

Match 7: Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito beat El Desperado, Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr. SANADA pinned Taichi with O’Connor Bridge.

Main Event: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada beat Shane Haste & Jonah. Tanahashi pinned Haste after High Fly Flow. Afterwards, Tanahashi & Okada led a big chorus of cheering to send the crowd home happy.

The next event is tomorrow. This event will be ON DEMAND ONLY on New Japan World. It will be a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan. The next live broadcast will not be until 9/18
But to keep you busy until then, several PPVs and major events that were behind paywalls earlier this year are now available on demand to all New Japan World subscribers: The Suzuki-Gun PPVs put on by Taichi, TAKA Michinoku & El Desperado from January and May are now available (a third one is coming up next week and is available as a PPV for approx. $22.50 in addition to the monthly subscription fees, so for new subscribers that’s right around $30), as is the Tatsumi Fujinami 50th Anniversary event from 5/12 and the special post-G1 CLIMAX TV Asahi Special outdoor event from 8/20.

New Japan continued the BURNING SPIRIT Tour today with a house show in Nagoya, kicking off a very busy weekend of wrestling in the city with multiple events scheduled today and tomorrow.

Today’s event was held at Nagoya Congress Center in Nagoya. This was a non-televised event and no on demand video will be available.

The announced paid attendance was 939.

Great-O-Khan missed today’s event, as expected, due to appearing in Pro Wrestling NOAH.

Match 1: The DKC beat Ryohei Oiwa.

Match 2: Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Yuto Nakashima, Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. SHo beat Nakajims with Snake Bite.

Match 3: Aaron Henare, Francesco Akira & TJP beat Jado, Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi. Henare beat Jado with Ultima.

Match 4: Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale beat Gideon Gray & Jeff Cobb. Owens pinned Gray after a package piledriver. This went less than 3 minutes.

Match 5: Hikuleo, KENTA & Taiji Ishimori beat Tomoaki Honma, Toru Yano & KUSHIDA. Hikuleo pinned Honma after a chokeslam.

Match 6: BUSHI, SANADA, Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Desperado, Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr. SANADA beat Kanemaru with Skull End.

Main Event: Bad Dude Tito, Shane Haste & Jonah beat Togi Makabe, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika OKada. Haste pinned Makabe after Death Valley Bomb.

The next event is Monday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET, and best of all you can watch the entire event FOR FREE! No login or signup required! It will also stream live on ABEMA in Japan. Also, a heads-up that Tuesday’s Korakuen Hall event will be ON DEMAND ONLY on New Japan World at a later date. Monday will be the last live broadcast for 2 weeks as the 9/11 event also will be ON DEMAND ONLY.

New Japan began the BURNING SPIRIT tour today, their September tour with a throwback title continuing the year-long 50th Anniversary celebration.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese. English should be available soon. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on the New Japan World YouTube channel for a limited time.

The announced paid attendance was 1421.

Match 1: The DKC beat Kosei Fujita.

Match 2: Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Ryohei Oiwa, Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Takahashi pinned Oiwa after Pimp Juice.

Match 3: Jado, Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Gideon Gray, Francisco Akira & TJP. Wato pinned Gray after No. 9. Gray was making his New Japan debut as the newest member of United Empire.

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 Tomoaki Honma, Togi Makabe & KUSHIDA. Hikuleo pinned Honma after a chokeslam.

Match 6: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Desperado, Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr. beat BUSHI, SANADA, Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito. Desperado pinned BUSHI after El Es Clero.

Main Event: Bad Dude Tito, Shane Haste & Jonah beat Toru Yano, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada. Jonah pinned Yano after Torpedo.

The next event is tomorrow at Nagoya Congress Center in Nagoya. There will be no live broadcast and no on demand video available. The next broadcast is Monday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, which will be available FOR FREE!

Lots of New Japan news relating to upcoming events:
First, the 1/4 Tokyo Dome Main Event is now official: Whoever is IWGP World Heavyweight Champion at that time vs. Kazuchika Okada for the title. Jay White will defend the title against Tama Tonga on 10/10, whoever comes out of that as champion likely is taking it into Tokyo Dome. Also, Okada is expected to defend his title shot contract at least once, and if he loses to Jonah again on 10/10 plans could very well change.
Fans will be allowed to cheer vocally when the promotion returns to Korakuen Hall on 9/5 & 9/6, and Okada will return on 9/5 to team with Hiroshi Tanahashi against Shane Haste & Jonah. Haste, who debuted in Japan with Pro Wrestling NOAH in the late 2000s when he formed TMDK with longtime tag team partner Mikey Nicholls, is returning to New Japan for the first time since Tokyo Dome in January 2015. Also set for 9/5 is Bad Dude Tito vs. Minoru Suzuki, while 9/6 will have Shingo Takagi & Hiromu Takahashi vs. El Phantasmo & KENTA.
The Burning Spirit tour-ender on 9/25 at Kobe World Hall now has 3 title matches set: IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Francesco Akira & TJP vs. Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato for the titles, NEVER Openweight Champion Karl Anderson vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the title and the main event-IWGP US Heavyweight Champion Will Ospreay vs. David Finlay for the title. Also set are Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale vs. Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb and Tetsuya Naito & SANADA vs. Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr., both of which could help determine the next challengers for IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions FTR.
Gideon Grey, the newest recruit for United Empire from RevPro in England, will make his NJPW debut on 9/2 at Yokohama Budokan. NJPW STRONG standouts Alex Coughlin (coming back from injury) and Hikuleo also will return to Japan for the tour.

8/23 UPDATE: New Japan has announced Coughlin is now off the next tour. Left leg injury. The DKC is the replacement.

With New Japan now off for 2 weeks for the post-G1 CLIMAX break, several talents left Japan for international showcases around the world over the last couple days, a theme that will continue this week when Will Ospreay & Aussie Open return to All Elite Wrestling in the US this coming week. First, Robbie Eagles, Tiger Mask & Rocky Romero continued their current run in Mexico with participation in CMLL’s Grand Prix at Arena Mexico in Mexico City. They took part in a massive 16-man tag team elimination match, which saw Eagles, TM 4, Romero, Mesias, Oraculo, Kenny King, Matt Taven & Lince Dorado face Volador Jr., Mistico, Ultimo Guerrero, Atlantis Jr., Titan, Soberano Jr., Stuka Jr. & Templario. After nearly an hour of action, the CMLL team emerged victorious when Volador eliminated TM 4 following Volador eliminating Romero after Mistico had been eliminated by TM 4 before Volador took out Romero.
Upon his return to Japan, TM 4 is expected to make additional appearances in All-Japan Pro Wrestling to defend the All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Championship, including a possible appearance at the promotion’s 50th Anniversary Event on 9/18 at Nippon Budokan. Minoru Suzuki will also be at the event.
Over in England, STRONG Tag Team Champions Aussie Open made their first successful title defense in partner promotion RevPro, picking up V1 by beating Connor Mills & Michael Oku at RevPro’s 10th Anniversary event. It was a great day for United Empire as a whole as RevPro British Heavyweight Champion (and IWGP US Heavyweight Champion) Will Ospreay beat Mike Bailey to retain the title, although Francesco Akira was unsuccessful in his effort to win the RevPro British Cruiserweight Championship. Ospreay & Aussie Open will be back in AEW this Wednesday to face Ospreay’s fellow British rival Pac and Mexican duo Penta El Zero M (Pentagon Jr.) & Rey Fenix in the AEW Trios Title Tournament.

New Japan ran a special post-G1 CLIMAX outdoor event today in cooperation with Japanese TV partner TV Asahi, part of a special summer event the station is holding in the Roppongi Hills area of Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Roppongi Hills Arena, Summer Station Live Arena in Tokyo and was broadcast as a special PPV by TV Asahi in Japan. It is not available on New Japan World at this time. If the PPV is available outside Japan, it will be so for another week or two at a cost of about $15 US (2000 yen).

The announced paid attendance was 613, a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Ryohei Oiwa beat Yuto Nakashima.

Match 2: Minoru Suzuki beat Kosei Fujita.

Match 3: Tomoshiro Ishii, Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Gedo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Goto pinned Gedo after Shoto.

Match 4: Master Wato & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Ryusuke Taguchi & Toru Yano. Tanahashi pinned Taguchi. Afterwards, Wato requested to re-form his team with Taguchi and go after the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship again even though they can’t be the 69th champions anymore. How would 7 or 1 sound? Unless they waited to become the 96th champions…

Match 5: Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb beat Tomoaki HOnma & Togi Makabe. Cobb pinned Honma after Tour of the Islands.

Main Event: BUSHI, SANADA, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat TAKA Michinoku, El Desperado, Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr. Naito pinned TAKA after Destino. Naito then sent the crowd home happy with a rally cry and hope this event would be held again next year.

After the event, the October & November schedule was announced. The series will be titled “Battle Autumn ’22”, a continuation of the year-long 50th Anniversary celebration. The schedule is as follows:
10/13 & 10/15-Korakuen Hall
10/16-Aore Nagaoka, Niigata (start time TBA)
10/17-Big Palette Fukushima, Fukushima
10/19-Aimesse Yamanashi, Yamanashi
10/21-Iwate Prefectural Gym, Iwate
10/22-Akita Terrsa, Akita
10/23-New Aomori Prefectural Sports Park Maeda Arena Main Arena, Aomori
10/26 & 10/27-Korakuen Hall
10/30-Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall 1, Chiba
11/1-Echisen Sports Arena, Fukui
11/2-Suehiro Gym, Komatsu City (Ishikawa)
11/3-Osaka Prefectural Gym #2, Osaka
11/5-Osaka Prefectural Gym
The New Japan World broadcast schedule for these events will be announced in late September for the October events and late October for the November events. Probably will be the Korakuen events, a couple others in between, and the two Osaka events. 11/5 likely will be a major event. This also suggests if the World Tag League is held this year, it will be the year-ending tour outside of perhaps a few late-December events as the final build for Tokyo Dome. For the next tour, there is a chance Kazuchika Okada will be absent as he is now on paternity leave following the birth of his son this past week, believed to be his first child. Congratulations to new proud father Okada on this joyous occasion. No word on when he will be back.