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New Japan continued the New Japan Road tour today with a non-televised house show as they continue their final build to the joint Forbidden Door PPV with All Elite Wrestling next week.

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

The announced paid attendance was 703.

Match 1: Clark Connors beat Ryohei Oiwa.

Match 2: Tomoaki Honma beat Yuto Nakashima.

Match 3: Minoru Suzuki & Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Kosei Fujita & Tomohiro Ishii. Suzuki pinned Fujita after a Gotch-style piledriver.

Match 4: Yoh, Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Dick Togo, Gedo, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Yoh pinned Togo after Traas Kick.

Match 5: Aaron Henare, Franceso Akira & TJP beat Jado, Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi. Henare beat Jado with Ultima.

Match 6: BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi beat Gedo & Taiji Ishimori. Takahashi pinned Gedo after D.

Main Event: SANADA, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Togi Makabe & Kazuchika Okada. Naito pinned Makabe after Valentia.

In other news, at today’s All-Japan Pro Wrestling event Tiger Mask 4 beat All-Japan Jr. Heavyweight Champion Mitsuru Sato to win the title and become the 62nd All-Japan Jr. Heavyweight Champion. It’s the first time in his career TM 4 has held the title. The match was a special Memorial Match in memory of former All-Japan and Pro Wrestling NOAH star Atsushi Aoki, who was killed on June 3, 2019 in a motorcycle accident while he was still champion. He was only 41. He was posthumously allowed to remain champion until late 2019 by then-All-Japan President Jun Akiyama, when the 6-month time limit between defenses would expire.
Yuji Nagata also participated in the event, he teamed with Dan Tamura in a loss to Suwama & TARU.

The next event is tomorrow at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World worldwide and in Japan on ABEMA will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET, and even better it’s the monthly event that everyone can watch on New Japan World live and on demand FOR FREE! No subscription or login required! The main event will be IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato vs. Francesco Akira & TJP for the titles. There also will be two matches in the AEW All-Atlantic Championship Tournament: Connors vs. Honma and Ishii vs. Kanemaru. The winners meet on Tuesday with that winner advancing to the 4-way for the title at Forbidden Door.

New Japan kicked off the New Japan Road tour today, which in recent years was known as KIZUNA ROAD, a reference to one of the many card games that owner Bushiroad Corporation has published in Japan. The name change is a likely return to original names as part of the ongoing 50th Anniversary Celebration. SANADA continues his return from injury after coming back at DOMINION this past weekend.

Today’s event was held at Tochigi Cultural Center in Tochigi and was a non-televised event. The event will not be available on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 421.

Match 1: TAKA Michinoku beat Ryohei Oiwa by submission.

Match 2: Tiger Mask & Tomoaki Honma beat Kosei Fujita & Clark Connors. Honma pinned Fujita after Kokeshi.

Match 3: Minoru Suzuki & Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Yuto Nakashima & Tomohiro Ishii. Suzuki pinned Nakashima after a Gotch-style piledriver.

Match 4: Yoh, Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Yoh pinned Togo after Direct Drive.

Match 5: Aaron Henare, Francesco Akira & TJP beat Jado, Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato. Henare pinned Jado after Ultima.

Match 6: BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi beat Gedo & Taiji Ishimori. Takahashi pinned Gedo after D.

Main Event: SANADA, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Togi Makabe & Kazuchika Okada. SANADA pinned Tenzan with O’Connor Bridge.
For those wondering about notable names missing, many of them appeared in All Elite Wrestling in the US last night to help promote the Forbidden Door PPV on 6/26.

The next event is Saturday at Esforta Arena Hachioji in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

In other news, the September tour, “Burning Spirit”, has been announced. The current schedule is as follows:
9/2-Yokohama Budokan, Yokohama
9/3-Nagoya Congress Center, Nagoya
9/5-Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
9/6-Korakuen Hall
9/7-Lily Arena MITO, Ibaraki
9/9-Fujisan Messe, Shizuoka
9/10-G Messe Gunma, Gunma
9/11-Togane Arena, Chiba
9/13-Towa Pharmaceutical Dome Sub-Arena, Osaka
9/15-Kirin Beverage Shunan Sports Center, Yamaguchi
9/17-Ichiki Kushikino City General Gym, Kagoshima
9/18-Beppu Beacon Plaza, Oita
9/20-Acros Fukuoka, Fukuoka
9/21-Grand Messe Kumamoto, Kumamoto
9/23-Takamatsu City General Gymnasium Stadium 1, Kagawa
9/25-Kobe World Hall, Kobe (likely a major event)

Following a press conference earlier this week to propose the stip for the KOPW 2022 trophy rematch this Sunday at DOMINION, when Shingo Takagi defends against Taichi, the results of fan voting to determine the stip were just revealed. With just under 30,000 total votes cast on Twitter over 48 hours (shorter than usual), Takagi’s proposal wins so it’s a 10 minute Unlimited Pinfall Count Match. There are no 3 count pinfalls or submissions, whoever gets the most cumulative pinfall counts (total time presumably) in 10 minutes wins. Taichi proposed a 10 count Limited Finish match, where the first to get a 10 count using just one move-Gedo Clutch for Taichi, Ground Cobra Twist for Takagi-wins.

BREAKING: New Japan has just announced a tag team championship for NJPW STRONG. The new STRONG Openweight Tag Team Championship will be awarded to the winners of an 8-team single elimination tournament to be held over the next two tapings on 6/19 in Hollywood, CA (Quarterfinals & Semifinals) and 7/24 in Charlotte, NC (Finals). Teams and brackets TBA.

More as it becomes available.