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New Japan continued the BATTLE AUTUMN ’22 Tour today with the 3rd of 4 straight non-televised house shows.

Today’s event was held at Iwate Prefectural Gym in Iwate. There was no live broadcast and no on demand video will be available.

The announced paid attendance was 1240.

Match 1: DOUKI beat Yuto Nakashima by submission.

Match 2: Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Ryohei Oiwa.

Match 3: El Desperado & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Tiger Mask & Togi Makabe. Desperado pinned TM 4 after El Es Claro.

Match 4: YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat TAKA Michinoku & Taichi. YOSHI-HASHI pinned Taichi.

Match 5: Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii beat Ren Narita & Tomoaki Honma. Yano pinned Honma.

Match 6: Alex Zayne, Master Wato & David Finlay beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori & KENTA. Finlay pinned Gedo after Trash Panda.

Match 7: Jado, Ryusuke Taguchi, Hikuleo & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Tanahashi pinned Togo after High Fly Flow.

Main Event: Titan, BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito beat Francesco Akira, TJP, Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb. Naito pinned Henare after Destino.

The next event is tomorrow at Akita Terrsa in Akita. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

New Japan continued the BATTLE AUTUMN ’22 Tour today with the second in a stretch of 4 non-televised house shows.

Today’s event was held at Aimesse Yamanashi in Yamanashi. There was no live broadcast and no on demand video will be available.

The announced paid attendance was 610.

Match 1: DOUKI beat Kosei Fujita by submission.

Match 2: Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Yuto Nakashima & Togi Makabe. Sabre beat Nakashima with a reverse armbar.

Match 3: YOSHI-HASHI, Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto beat Ryohei Oiwa, Ren Narita & David Finlay. YOSHI-HASHI beat Oiwa with Butterfly Lock.

Match 4: Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb beat Alex Zayne, Tomoaki Honma & Toru Yano. Henare pinned Honma after Streets Of Rage.

Match 5: Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Jado, Ryusuke Taguchi, Hikuleo & Hiroyoshi Tenzan. Takahashi pinned Jado after Pimp Juice.

Match 6: Titan, BUSHI & Tetsuya Naito beat Gideon Gray, Francesco Akira & TJP. BUSHI pinned Gray after Angel Immortal.

Match 7: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado beat Master Wato & Tiger Mask. Kanemaru pinned TM 4 after Touch Out.

Main Event: Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA & Shingo Takagi beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori & KENTA. Takagi pinned Gedo after Last of the Dragon.

The next event is Friday at Iwate Prefectural Gym in Iwate. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

New Japan continues the BURNING AUTUMN Tour today, pausing the NJPW WORLD TV Title Tournament for a week of non-televised house shows.

Today’s event was held at Big Palette Fukushima in Fukushima, Japan. There was no live broadcast and no on demand video will be available.

The announced paid attendance was 510.

Match 1: Yuto Nakashima beat Ryohei Oiwa.

Match 2: YOSHI-HASHI & Toru Yano beat Gideon Gray & Great-O-Khan. YOSHI-HASHI beat Gray with Butterfly Lock.

Match 3: Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto beat Ren Narita & Togi Makabe. Goto pinned Makabe after GTR.

Match 4: Alex Zayne, Tiger Mask & David Finlay beat TAKA Michinoku, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Zack Sabre Jr. Zayne pinned TAKA after Cinnamon Twist.

Match 5: Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Jado, Ryusuke Taguchi, Hikuleo & Hiroyoshi Tenzan. Takahashi pinned Jado after Pimp Juice.

Match 6: DOUKI, El Desperado & Taichi beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori & KENTA. DOUKI pinned Gedo after Italian Stretch 32.

Match 7: Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi beat Master Wato & Tomoaki Honma. Takagi pinned Honma after Pumping Bomber.

Main Event: Titan, BUSHI, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito beat Francesco Akira, TJP, Aaron Henare & Jeff Cobb. Naito pinned Henare after Destino.

The next event is Wednesday at Aimesse Yamanashi in Yamanashi. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

In other news, the latest round of NJPW STRONG wrapped up this weekend with 2 title matches: First up, STRONG Openweight Champion Fred Rosser defended against Chris Dickinson. Ultimately the match ended in a Double Countout. As a result, Rosser retains the title. V4 for Rosser. After that, STRONG Tag Team Champions Aussie Open beat JR Kratos & Danny Limelight to retain the titles. V3 for the champs.

Back on the Japan side, IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions TJP & Francesco Akira vs. BUSHI & Titan for the titles has been added to 11/5 at Osaka Prefectural Gym. Finally, tonight will see fan voting open for the stip for the next KOPW 2022 Trophy match on 10/28 in New York City, a rematch between Shingo Takagi & E Phantasmo. The choices are a Street Fight (Phantasmo) or Last Daddy Standing aka Last Man Standing match (Takagi). Voting on Twitter begins at 9 PM ET/6 PM PT.

New Japan continued the BURNING AUTUMN ’22 tour today with the second half of the opening doubleheader. The first round of the NJPW World TV Title Tournament continued today.

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

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

Match 1: TAKA Michinoku & Taichi beat Gedo & KENTA. Taichi beat Gedo with Taichi Gedo Clutch.

Match 2: Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto beat Ren Narita, Tonoaki Honma & Togi Makabe. Goto pinned Honma after GTR.

Match 3: Alex Zayne, Master Wato, Tiger Mask & David Finlay beat DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Desperado & Zack Sabre Jr. Finlay pinned DOUKI after Trash Panda.

Match 4: Sho & Yujiro Takahashi beat Jado & Hikuleo. Takahashi pinned Jado after Pimp Juice.

Match 5: Titan, BUSHI, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito beat Gideon Gray, Francesco Akira, TJP & Great-O-Khan. Titan pinned Gray after Angel Immortal.

Match 6: Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi beat Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo by DQ. Phantasmo DQ’d. Ref assault. Phantasmo then broke the KOPW 2022 Trophy again.

Match 7: NJPW World TV Title Tournament: EVIL beat Aaron Henare.

Main Event: NJPW World TV Title Tournament: YOSHI-HASHI beat Jeff Cobb. As a result, YOSHI-HASHI will face EVIL in Round 2. That match will happen on 10/27.

The next event is tomorrow at Aore Nagaoka in Niigata. Vocal cheering will be allowed and the event is a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

New Japan kicked off the BATTLE AUTUMN ’22 Tour today, likely to be the last non-tournament series of the year that begins a heavy focus on Tokyo Dome on 1/4. Today also began the NJPW World TV Title Tournament, with the winner being crowned on 1/4.

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 signup or login required! English should be available in a few days. The event also streamed for free on ABEMA.

The announced paid attendance was 608.

Match 1: Ryohei Oiwa & Ren Narita beat Yuto Nakashima & Tomohiro Ishii. Narita beat Nakashima with a Figure 4.

Match 2: Rocky Romero, Master Wato, Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe beat TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, El Desperado & Taichi. Wato beat TAKA with Vendeval.

Match 3: Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Jado, Ryusuke Taguchi, Hikuleo & Hiroyoshi Tenzan. Takahashi pinned Jado after Pimp Juice.

Match 4: YOSHI-HASHI, Toru Yano & Hirooki Goto beat Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb. Yano pinned Henare.

Match 5: Titan, BUSHI & Tetsuya Naito beat Gideon Gray, Francesco Akira & TJP. Titan pinned Gray after Angel Immortal.

Match 6: Taiji Ishimori, El Phantasmo & KENTA beat Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA & Shingo Takagi by DQ. Takagi DQ’d. Chair use on Phantasmo.

NJPW World TV Title Tournament (15 minute time limit):
Match 7: David Finlay beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru.
Main Event: Zack Sabre Jr. beat Alex Zayne by submission. With 5 seconds left.

The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:40 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.