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New Japan has just announced (as of 10 PM ET on 9/17) that today’s (9/18 Japan time) event at Beppu B-Con Plaza in Oita has been CANCELLED. The decision was made based on public transportation in parts of southwest Japan being suspended due to weather, specifically an approaching Super Typhoon (major hurricane, likely at least the equivalent of a Category 4 by US standards). Refunds will be provided to ticketholders.
At this time the Monday events in Fukuoka & Wednesday events in Kumamoto are on as scheduled but plans are subject to change. Monday’s event is a legit advance sellout if it goes on.
More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: Monday’s event has also been CANCELLED. Wednesday’s event in Kumamoto is on at this time.

UPDATE 2: The NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Championship Dog Cage Survival match scheduled for today will now happen on Friday in Kagawa.

New Japan continued the BURNING SPIRIT Tour today by finishing their current stretch of non-televised house shows

Today’s event was held at Ichiki Kushikino City General Gym in Kagoshima. There was no live broadcast and no on demand video will be available.

Just before the event, the promotion announced KUSHIDA was a last-minute removal from the event. Fever. Preliminarily tested negative for coronavirus but was kept off as a precaution. He was to have teamed with Hiroshi Tanahashi & The DKC to face Taiji Ishimori, KENTA & Hikuleo in Match 5. Yuto Nakashima was the replacement.

The announced paid attendance was 1696.

Match 1: Ryohei Oiwa beat Kosei Fujita.

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

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

Match 4: Gideon Gray, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb beat Gedo, Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale. Khan beat Gedo with Subaru Sheep Killer Hold.

Match 5: Hikuleo, KENTA & Taiji Ishimori beat Yuto Nakashima, The DKC & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Hikukeo pinned Nakashima after a chokeslam.

Match 6: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahshi, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito beat TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr. SANADA pinned TAKA after Paradise Rock.

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

The next event is tomorrow at Beppu B-Con Plaza in Oita. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

New Japan continued the BURNING SPIRIT Tour with another non-televised house show today.

Today’s event was held at Kirin Beverage Shunan Sports Center in Yamaguchi. There was no live broadcast and no on demand video will be available.

The announced paid attendance was 789.

Match 1: Yuto Nakashima beat Ryohei Oiwa.

Match 2: Togi Makabe, Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Yoh pinned Togo after Direct Drive.

Match 3: The DKC, 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 Jado, Hiroshi Tanahashi & KUSHIDA. KENTA pinned Jado.

Match 6: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA & Tetsuya naito beat TAKA Michinoku, SOUKI, Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr. Takahashi pinned TAKA with Nameless Hiromu Roll. Apparently there’s some kind of bet/gimmick going where if TAKA can escape or counter it, he’ll win a growing jackpot from Takahashi, now at around $1500 US.

Main Event: Tomoaki Honma, Toru Yano & Kazuchika Okada beat Bad Dude Tito, Shane Haste & Jonah. Okada pinned Tito after Rainmaker.

The next event is Saturday at Ichiki Kushikino City General Gym in Kagoshima. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

New Japan has just announced a second October event for New York City-because their 10/28 return sold out almost instantly (only a few tickets left), they have just added a special Halloween event on 10/27. That event will be held at Piccadilly Times Square in NYC. Tickets go on sale Friday but mailing list subscribers can get tickets early beginning tomorrow at 10 AM ET/7 AM PT.
The 10/27 event, and likely 10/28 also, will be available as a PPV on FITE as part of a special bundle pack. Details TBA.

New Japan continued the BURNING SPIRIT Tour today with another of the current series of non-televised house shows.

Today’s event was held at Towa Pharmaceutical RACTAB Dome Sub-Arena aka Kadoma Sports Center in Osaka. There was no live broadcast and no on demand video will be available.

The announced paid attendance was 685.

Match 1: Kosei Fujita beat Yuto Nakashima.

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

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

Match 4: Gideon Gray, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb beat Gedo, Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale. Khan beat Gedo with Subaru Sheep Killer Hold.

Match 5: Hikuleo, Taiji Ishimori & KENTA beat The DKC, Hiroshi Tanahashi & KUSHIDA. Hikuleo pinned DKC after a chokeslam.

Match 6: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito beat TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr. SANADA beat TAKA with Skull End.

Main Event: Toru Yano, Togi Makabe & Kazuchika Okada beat Bad Dude Tito, Shane Haste & Jonah. Okada pinned Tito after Rainmaker.

The next event is Thursday at Kirin Beverage Shunan General Sports Center in Yamaguchi. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Although New Japan did not have an event today, the Suzuki-gun faction put on a special TAKA Michinoku 30th Anniversary event which New Japan put on as a PPV.

Today’s event was held at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2 in Tokyo and can be watched on demand as a PPV on New Japan World. The cost is around $22.50 US, if you are not a current New Japan World subscriber you’ll also need to pay for a monthly subscription, which brings the actual total to around $30. It will be available to all New Japan World subscribers at a later date, based on other PPVs now removed from paywalls it will likely be some time early next year. These results are partial results as New Japan’s website listed 4 matches but there may have been as many as 7.

The announced paid attendance was 1940.

Match 1: TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Minoru Suzuki beat Akira Jumanji, Genta Yubari, Hideki Sekine & Hikaru Sato. Suzuki pinned Jumanji after a Gotch-style piledriver. The losing team was all mixed martial arts fighters although Sato has also been a wrestler for a good two decades or close to it.

Match 2-4: Results unknown (not posted by New Japan).

Match 5: TAKA Michinoku 30th Anniversary Match: Gedo, Dick Togo & The Great Sasuke beat Kaz Hayashi (GLEAT), CIMA (GLEAT) & TAKA Michinoku. Gedo beat TAKA with Gedo Clutch.

Match 6: Taichi 20th Anniversary Match: Ryusuke Taguchi & Hirooki Goto beat Yoshitatsu (All-Japan Pro Wrestling) & Taichi. Goto pinned Yoshitatsu when everyone turned on him and pinned him simultaneously, Taichi included.

Main Event: In a No DQ Deathmatch, El Desperado beat Jun Kasai (Freedoms).

In other news, New Japan announced IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions FTR vs. Aussie Open for the titles at Royal Quest 2 on 10/1 in England. Aussie Open will look to become double champions as they currently hold the STRONG Tag Team Championship while FTR also are the AAA and Ring Of Honor Tag Team Champions, sometimes defending them in All Elite Wrestling.

New Japan continued the BURNING SPIRIT tour today with another non-televised house show.

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

The announced paid attendance was 925.

Match 1: Kosei Fujita beat Ryohei Oiwa.

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

Match 3: Jado, Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Gideon Gray, Francesco Akira & TJP. Wato pinned Gray.

Match 4: Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb beat Gedo, Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale. Khan beat Gedo with Subaru Sheep Killer Hold.

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 with Nameless Hiromu Roll.

Main Event: Togi Makabe, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada beat Bad Dude Tito, Shane Haste & Jonah. Tanahashi pinned Tito after High Fly Flow. Afterwards, Tanahashi stuck around for another air guitar performance to send the crowd home happy.

The next event is tomorrow at Togane Arena in Chiba. There will be no live broadcast, but it will be available on demand on New Japan World at a later date.

New Japan continued the BURNING SPIRIT Tour today with the next event in a stretch of non-televised events.

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

The announced paid attendance was 456.

Match 1: Ryohei Oiwa beat Yuto Nakashima.

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

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

Match 4: Gideon Gray, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb beat Gedo, Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale. Khan beat Gedo with Subaru Sheep Killer Hold.

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

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

Main Event: Toru Yano, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada beat Bad Dude Tito, Shane Haste & Jonah. Tanahashi pinned Tito after High Fly Flow. Afterwards, Tanahashi stuck around for a full-length air guitar performance to send the crowd home happy.

The next event is tomorrow at G Messe Gunma in Gunma. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.