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On their Japanese website, New Japan announced the annual World Tag League tournament today and a Super Jr. Tag League coning up later this year. The tournaments will run irregularly and alternate dates during the November-December tour.
The tour schedule:
11/21-Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
11/22-Korakuen Hall
11/23-Arena Yachikawa Tachihi, Tokyo
11/25-Kiryu Gas Sports Center, Gunma
11/26-Fujisawa City Akihadai Culture Gym, Kanagawa
11/27-Aichi Prefectural Gym, Nagoya
11/28-Nagano Sports Park General Gym, Nagano
11/30-Twin Messe Shizuoka, Shizuoka
12/2-Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka, Osaka
12/3-Kakogawa City General Gym, Hyogo
12/4-KDDI Ishin Hall, Yamaguchi
12/5-Karatsu City Cultural Gym, Saga
12/7-Sasebo City General Gym, Nagasaki
12/9-Kochi Prefectural Gym, Kochi
12/10-Uwajima City General Gym, Ehime
12/11-Akurie Himeji, Hyogo
12/14-Sendai Sun Plaza, Sendai

More as it becomes available.

Following in the footsteps of NJPW STRONG in the US, New Japan has just announced a new sub-brand called NJPW TAMASHII, which will see NJPW compete with the best of their New Zealand dojo overseen by Bad Luck Fale along with talent from the Australasia region. The first 2 events will be on 11/11 at the Pioneer Recreation & Sport Center in Christchurch, New Zealand, and on 11/13 at Liberty Hall inSydney, AUstralia. In addition to Fale, KENTA and Taiji Ishimori are confirmed for both events.
Tickets for both events go on sale tomorrow Australia time. The 11/13 event will be an 18+ only event because of alcohol service laws.

More as it becomes available.

New Japan continued the BURNING SPIRIT Tour with the first of several live crowd-only house shows as we enter a long stretch of non-broadcast events. No live broadcasts again until the end of next week.

Today’s event was held at Lily Arena Mito in Ibaraki, Japan. There was no live broadcast and no on demand video will be available.

The announced paid attendance was 586.

Match 1: Yuto Nakashima beat Kosei Fujita.

Match 2: Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Ryohei Oiwa, Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Sho beat Oiwa with Snake Bite.

Match 3: Jado, 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 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 after D.

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

The next event is Friday at Fujisan Messe in Shizuoka. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

New Japan continued the BURNING SPIRIT Tour today with the second of back-to-back events where vocal support by fans was allowed for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began. Based on yesterday it appears to be a huge success so far despite reduced capacity limits as a result.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and will be available on demand on New Japan World at a later date, which should be in the next day or two. There was no live broadcast on the service.

The announced paid attendance was 700, a legit advance sellout. Yuji Nagata was the guest on commentary.

Match 1: TAKA Michinoku, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Minoru Suzuki beat Kosei Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa & Yuto Nakashima. Suzuki beat Nakashima with a sleeper hold.

Match 2: Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat The DKC, Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. EVIL pinned DKC after EVIL. More dog cage/kennel hijinks pre and post-match.

Match 3: Hikuleo, Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale beat Gideon Gray, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb. Hikuleo beat Gray when Gray gave up just before a chokeslam. Khan & Nagata traded words afterwards (they face off on 9/11).

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

Match 5: Tomoaki Honma & KUSHIDA beat Gedo & Taiji Ishimori. KUSHIDA pinned Gedo with a hanmerlock suplex hold.

Match 6: El Desperado, Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr. beat BUSHI, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito. Taichi beat BUSHI.

Match 7: Bad Dude Tito, Shane Haste & Jonah beat Toru Yano, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada. Jonah pinned Yano after Torpedo.

Main Event: KENTA & El Phantasmo beat Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi. Phantasmo pinned Takagi with a rollup after a low blow.

The next event is tomorrow at Lily Arena Mito in Ibaraki. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

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!