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New Japan continued their fall Hokkaido tour today with the first of several non-televised events.

Today’s event was held at Asahikawa Gym in Hokkaido. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 1052.

Match 1: Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Zane Jay went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Shoma Kato & Tiger Mask beat Masatora Yasuda & Katsuya Murashima. Kato pinned Yasuda.

Match 3: Dick Togo, EVIL & Don Fale beat Tomoaki Honma, Yuya Uemura & Boltin Oleg. EVIL pinned Honma after EVIL.

Match 4: David Finlay & Gabriel Kidd beat Daiki Nagai & Shingo Takagi. Finlay pinned Nagai.

Match 5: Taiji Ishimori, OSKAR & Yuto Ice beat TAKA Mivhinoku, Taichi & Tomohiro Ishii. OSKAR pinned TAKA after K.O.B.

Match 6: Ryusuke Taguchi, Shota Umino, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Rl Desperado beat Togi Makabe, Toru Yano, Master Wato & Yoh. Umino pinned Makabe after Second Chapter.

Main Event: Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles, Hartley Javkson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat DOUKI, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi, SANADA & Ren Narita. Sabre pinned Takahashi after Sabre Driver.

The next event is tomorrow at Kitami sports Center. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

New Japan began their fall Hokkaido tour today as the second half of the Road To DESTRUCTION Tour.

Today’s event was held at Nippon Engineering College Hokkaido College Gym Arena in Hokkaido and can be watched on demand on New Japan World

The announced paid attendance was 1012.

There was a last-minute change to the card, specifically match 2, due to Yota Tsuji being a late removal from the event. The always-vague poor health.

Match 1: Shota Umino won a 14 man battle royal, last eliminating Dick Togo.

Match 2: David Finlay & Gabriel Kidd beat Daiki Nagai & Shingo Takagi. Finlay pinned Nagai after a powerbomb.

Match 3: Taiji Ishimori, OSKAR & Yuto Ice beat TAKA Michinoku, Taichi & Tomohiro Ishii. Ice pinned TAKA after K.O.B.

Match 4: DOUKI, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi, SANADA & Ren Narita beat Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles, Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Narita beat Jackson with Hell’s Guillotine.

Main Event: A 3-part 3 Falls match went as follows:
1-Tomoaki Honma, Togi Makabe & Toru Yano beat Ryusuke Taguchi, El Desperado & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Yano pinned Taguchi.
2-El Desperado & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Takashi Iizuka & Toru Yano by DQ. Iizuka DQ’d.
3-Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Yoru Yano. Tanahashi beats Yano 2-1.

The next event is Wednesday at Asahikawa Gym in Hokkaido. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

New Japan finished up the first part of the Road To DESTRUCTION Tour today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was also a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 1492, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Zane Jay went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Tiger Mask, Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe beat Masatora Yasuda, Katsuya Murashima & Shoma Kato. Makabe pinned Yasuda after a lariat.

Match 3: Yuya Uemura, Shota Umino & Boltin Oleg beat Dick Togo, EVIL & Don Dale. Uemura pinned Togo.

Match 4: Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, David Finlay & Gabriel Kidd beat Daiki Nagai, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi. Kidd pinned Nagai after a leg trap piledriver.

Match 5: Clark Connors, OSKAR & Yuto Ice beat TAKA Michinoku, Taichi & Tomohiro Ishii. Ice pinned TAKA after K.O.B.

Match 6: DOUKI, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi, SANADA & Ren Narita beat Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles, Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Narita beat Jackson with Hell’s Guillotine.

Main Event: NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions Master Wato, Yoh & Toru Yano beat Ryusuke Taguchi, El Desperado & Hiroshi Tanahashi to retain the titles. Wato pinned Taguchi after Recientemente 2. V1 for the champs.

The next event is Monday at Japan Institute Of Technology Hokkaido College Gym Arena in Hokkaido for the second half of the tour, which is their annual fall Hokkaido tour. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET. After this there are no broadcasts until the tour-ender on 9/24 (5 non-televised events).

Shinnichi Champion, a variety show New Japan launched during the pandemic on New Japan World, celebrated its 5th anniversary today with a unique show-themed event. (The show also was renewed for a 6th year)

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World as a PPV for $21.99 US.

The announced paid attendance was 1517, a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Katsuya Murashima, YOSHI-HASHI & Yuji Nagata beat Shoma Kato, Toru Yano & Togi Makabe. YOSHI-HASHI beat Kato with Butterfly Lock. Satoshi Kojima & Tomoaki Honma were on commentary for this match.

Match 2: Hikaru Sato (All-Japan) won a Masked Battle Royal, where eliminations were by removing other wrestlers’ masks, last eliminating Great-O-Khan. As a result, Sato gets to produce a future episode of Shinnichi Champion.

Match 3: Master Wato, Boltin Oleg, El Desperado & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Dick Togo, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Ren Narita & EVIL. Tanahashi beat Togo with a Texas Cloverleaf.

Match 4: Masatora Tasuda won a 7 man Handsome Battle Royal. Among the lovely ladies who were special guests for this matxh were popular Samurai! TV personality Miki Motoi and Pieter, Yujiro Takahashi’s “personal dancer” who makes occasional special appearances (she’s also a pro Brazilian samba dancer outside the ring as well as a personal trainer).

Main Event: Ryusuke Taguchi, Taichi, Tomohiro Ishii & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Kosei Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa, Yuya Uemura & Shota Umino. Ishii pinned Oiwa.

The next event is tomorrow to resume the Road To DESTRUCTION tour. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

New Japan continued the Road To DESTRUCTION tour today in Saitama.

Today’a event was held at Kuki City General Gym in Saitama. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 644.

Match 1: Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Zane Jay went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Katsuya Murashima beat Masatora Yasuda.

Match 3: Dick Togo, EVIL & Don Fale beat Shoma Kato, Shota Umino & Boltin Oleg. EVIL beat Kato with a scorpion deathlock.

Match 4: Clark Connors, OSKAR & Yuto Ice beat TAKA Michinoku, Tomoaki Honma & Taichi. Ice pinned Honma after K.O.B.

Match 5: Daiki Nagai, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, David Finlay & Gabriel Kidd. Tsuji pinned Gedo after a curb stomp.

Match 6: Yuya Uemura, Ryusuke Taguchi, El Desperado & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Togo Makabe, Master Wato, Yoh & Toru Yano. Uemura pinned Makabe after a Frankensteiner.

Main Event: Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles, Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat DOUKI, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi, SANADA & Ren Narita. Sabre pinned Takahashi after Sabre Driver.

The next event is “Shinnochi Champion Presents-5th Anniversary Celebration” Friday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. This is a celebration event of a TV/online variety show New Japan started during the early days of the pandemic. Live streaming on New Japan World as a PPV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. The PPV is available for pre-order outside Japan for $21.99 US and will have Japanese commentary only.

New Japan began the Road To DESTRUCTION Tour today in Shizuoka.

Today’s event was held at Fujisan Messe in Shizuoka. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 510.

Match 1: Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Zane Jay went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Shoma Kato beat Masatora Yasuda.

Match 3: Dick Togo, EVIL & Don Fale beat Katsuya Murashima, Yuya Uemura & Boltin Oleg. EVIL beat Murashima with a scorpion deathlock.

Match 4: Clark Connors, OSKAR & Yuto Ice beat TAKA Michinoku, Tomoaki Honma & Taichi. OSKAR pinned TAKA after K.O.B.

Match 5: Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, Gabriel Kidd & David Finlay beat Daiki Nagai, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi. Finlay pinned Nagai after Into Oblivion.

Match 6: Shota Unino, Ryusuke Taguchi, El Desperado & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Togi Makabe, Master Wato, Yoh & Toru Yano. Umino pinned Makabe after Second Chapter.

Main Event: Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles, Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiea & Zack Sabre Jr. beat DOUKI, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi, SANADA & Ren Narita. Sabre pinned Takagashi afger Sabre Driver.

The next event is tomorrow at Kuki City General Gym in Saitama. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

New Japan returned to Chiba today for the latest Yuji Nagata Produced hometown event, BLUE JUSTICE 16, where the self-proclaimed oldest member at 57 years old would do his best today (as he does all but maybe 5 days a year on average, tomorrow sure to be one of those days he does not) to put on a memorable show for the local fans.

Today’s event was held at Togane Arena in Chiba and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1509.

Match 1: Zane Jay & Masatora Yasuda beat Tatsuya Matsumoto & Tiger Mask. Yasuda pinned Matsumoto.

Match 2: Dick Togo, EVIL & Don Fale beat Katsuya Murashima, Shoma Kato & Boltin Oleg. EVIL beat Kato with a scorpion deathlock.

Match 3: Clark Connors, OSKAR (Oskar Leube) & Yuto Ice (Yuto Nakashima) beat TAKA MIchinoku, Tomoaki Honma & Taichi. Ice pinned Honma after K.O.B. (Knock Out Brothers-a combination tombstone piledriver & soccer ball kick)

Match 4: Daiki Nagai, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, David Finlay & Gabriel Kidd. Takahashi pinned Gedo after Maximum The Holding 3rd Form.

Match 5: Togi Makabe, Master Wato, Toru Yano & Yoh beat Yuya Uemura, Shota Umino, Ryusuke Taguchi & El Desperado. Wato pinned Taguchi.

Match 6: DOUKI, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi, SANADA & Ren Narita beat Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles, Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. SANADA pinned Jackson after a rounding body press.

Main Event: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Yuji Nagata. After the match, Nagata’s son-who has become quite the wrestler himself-presented Tanahashi with the customary flowers following his final match in the area before his retirement in January.

The next event is the Road To DESTRUCTION Tour starting Tuesday at Fujisan Messe in Shizuoka. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. The tour is only 3 events this week with only the tour-ender Saturday being available on New Japan World (Korakuen Hall), and in fact it’s mostly non-televised events this month as only 2 of the subsequent 7 events following on the annual Hokkaido tour will be broadcast before DESTRUCTION at the end of the month, which will be on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY (exclusive TV Asahi broadcast in Japan). There is also a PPV Friday at Korakuen which is available for pre-order now for $21.99 US.

New Japan has announced that, while competing last week for Revolution Pro in England, Francesco Akira was injured during a match. Fractured right wrist. Out indefinitely but safe to say a few months. No further details provided.

More as it becomes available.

Last year after winning the New Kapan G1 CLIMAX Tournament, Zack Sabre Jr. broke with tradition by taking his guaranteed IWGP World Heavyweight Championship shot before the normal date of 1/4 at the Tokyo Dome. New Japan just revealed this year’s winner Konosuke Takeshita is following suit-he is taking his shot on 10/13 at KING OF PRO WRESTLING 2025 at Ryogoku Kokugukan in Tokyo against the champion at the time. That will be determined by Sabre’s next defense vs. Ren Narita on 9/28 at DESTRUCTION in Kobe.

UPDATE: In other 9/28 news, NEVER Openweight Champion Boltin Oleg vs. Don Fale for the title has also been announced.

Here are the quick results from today’s New Japan/All Elite Wrestling “Forbidden Door” event:
Today’s event is being held at The O2 Arena in London, England and can be watched LIVE and on demand on PPV via participating cable/satellite providers, TrillerTV/FITE, YouTube and others. It is also available as a PPV IN JAPAN ONLY on New Japan World. You can also watch the pre-show FOR FREE on social media.

Pre-show:
Match 1: Roderick Strong, Kyle O’Reilly, El Desperado & Yuya Uemura beat Lio Rush, Action Andretti, Josh Alexander & Hechicero. Uemura pinned Rush after a deadbolt suplex.
Match 2: Ricochet, Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun beat Kevin Knight, Mile Bailey & Michael Oku. Ricochet pinned Oku after Spirit Gun.
Match 3: Megan Bayne, Thekla, Julia Hart & Skye Blue beat Willow Nightingale, Kris Statlander, Queen Aminata & Harley Cameron. Bayne pinned Cameron after a running Liger Bomb.
Match 4: AEW Trios Champions Samoa Joe, Powerhouse Hobbs & Katsuyori Shibata beat Clark Connors, Drilla MOloney & Robbie X to retain the titles. Joe pinned X after a muscle buster.

PPV:
Match 1: Adam Copeland & Christian Cage beat Killswitch & Kip Sabian. Cage pinned Sabian.

Match 2: AEW TNT Champion Kyle Fletcher beat Hiromu Takahashi to retain the title.

Match 3: AEW TBS Champion Mercedes Mone beat Alex Windsor, Bozilla & Persephone in a 4-way by pinning Persephone to retain the title.

Match 4: IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Zack Sabre Jr. beat Nigel McGuinness to retain the title. V1 for Sabre.

Match 5: Brody King & Bandido beat AEW Tag Team Champions Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin and Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler in a 3-way, when Bandido pinned Harwood, to win the titles.

Match 6: AEW Unified Champion Kazuchika Okada beat Swerve Strickland to retain the title.

Match 7: AEW Women’s Champion Toni Storm beat Athena to retain the title.

Match 8: AEW World Champion Adam Page beat MJF to retain the title.

Main Event: In a Lights Out (AEW’s way of saying Unsanctioned) Cage Match, Will Ospreay, Darby Allin, Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Jon Moxley, Gabriel Kidd, Claudio Castagnoli, Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson. Tanahashi pinned Matt Jackson after High Fly Flow. New Japan billed this as Tanahashi’s final appearance in England. It’s also Ospreay’s for perhaps a long time due to needing neck surgery. Thus Ospreay got the over-the-top heel beatdown when it was all over.

End Show.