NJPW News: Results From Today’s King Of Pro Wrestling, New Champion Crowned

If you’re a subscriber to NJPW World, you may have been up early today as New Japan Pro Wrestling was in Tokyo for their King Of Pro Wrestling event.

The card featured Cody and Kota Ibushi challenging Kenny Omega for the IWGP Heavyweight Title in a Triple Threat main event, plus the introduction of the newest member of Los Ingobernables de Japon and the possible indoctrination of Jay White, Gedo and Jado into the Bullet Club OGs. Not to mention, a new IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion was crowned when Marty Scurll took on KUSHIDA. Here are today’s results:

• IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles: El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru retained over Jyushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask
• Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma defeated Juice Robinson & Toa Henare
• The Guerrillas Of Destiny, Bad Luck Fale & Taiji Ishimori defeated The Young Bucks, Chase Owens & Hangman Page
• Tomohiro Ishii, Hirooki Goto & Will Ospreay defeated Minoru Suzuki, Takashi Iizuka & Taichi
• Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI, SANADA & Shingo Takagi defeated Kazuchika Okada, SHO, YOH & Toru Yano
• EVIL vs. Zack Sabre Jr. ends in a No Contest – EVIL was being carried to the ring on his throne when one of the druids attacks him and reveals himself to be Chris Jericho
• IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Tournament Finals: KUSHIDA defeated Marty Scurll to become the new champion
• IWGP Heavyweight Title Preliminary: Hiroshi Tanahashi retained over Jay White – White & Gedo beat down Tanahashi after the match, Okada out for the save and Jado tries to maintain peace. Bullet Club OGs hit the ring and White, Gedo and Jado join them in laying out Okada
• IWGP Heavyweight Title Triple Threat: Kenny Omega retained over Kota Ibushi & Cody – Hiroshi Tanahashi comes out after the match and will meet Omega for the title at Wrestle Kingdom

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