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Mitchell’s NJPW New Japan Cup Results & Report! (3/12/22)
Round two, part three!
Will the United Empire dominate the New Japan Cup?
Great-O-Khan, Aaron Henare and Will Ospreay all compete as the New Japan Cup continues! Will the United Empire have the advantage in round three?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Six Man Tag: Tomoaki Honma, Kosei Fujita & Yuto Nakashima VS Ryusuke Taguchi, Master Wato & Ryohei Oiwa; Taguchi, Wato & Oiwa win.
- Six Man Tag: YOH, Tiger Mask & Hiroshi Tanahashi VS Bullet Club; Yoh, Tiger Mask & Tanahashi win.
- Six Man Tag: Chaos VS House of Torture; Chaos wins.
- 8 Man Tag: Los Ingobernables de Japon VS Suzuki-Gun; LIJ wins.
- 2022 New Japan Cup Second Round: Zack Sabre Jr. VS DOUKI; ZSJ wins and advances.
- 2022 New Japan Cup Second Round: Great-O-Khan VS Taiji Ishimori; Khan wins and advances.
- 2022 New Japan Cup Second Round: Will Ospreay VS El Phantasmo; Ospreay wins and advances.
- 2022 New Japan Cup Second Round: SANADA VS Aaron Henare; Sanada wins and advances.
PLAY BY PLAY
8 Man Tag: Los Ingobernables de Japon VS Suzuki-Gun!
Tetsuya Naito is through to the Sweet Sixteen, Shingo Takagi will have his Second Round match tomorrow, and sadly Bushi fell to Will Ospreay. But Hiromu Takahashi is getting ready to take on THE Minoru Suzuki after having his first round bye. Will the Ticking Timebomb be ready to take on the Meanest Man in the World after taking him on here?
At “KAZE NI NARE,” Los Ingobernables de Japon strikes first! Hiromu goes right at Suzuki, Bushi dropkicks Desperado, Naito is after Taichi and Takagi throws out Taka! The bell rings to get this on record as the brawl continues outside! Bushi CLUBS Desperado, Hiromu CHOPS and CHOPS Suzuki but Suzuki hits back. Suzuki chokes Hiromu against railing! Taichi turns things around on Naito, Suzuki SMACKS Hiromu off the apron! Hiromu CHOPS again but Suzuki CHOPS him back! Suzuki fires off more shots, then DECKS Hiromu with a haymaker! Suzuki throws knees, then CHOPS Hiromu against railing!
Suzuki puts Hiromu in the ring and fans cheer. Hiromu CHOPS and fires forearms but Suzuki eggs him on! Hiromu fires off more shots and CHOPS, but Suzuki CHOPS and CHOPS and CHOPS! Hiromu CHOPS, Suzuki ROCKS Hiromu with a forearm! Hiromu comes back with forearms, but Suzuki hits a body shot and then DECKS Hiromu again! Hiromu gets up to CHOP as fans rally up. Hiromu CHOPS and CHOPS and CHOPS but Suzuki laughs as he ROCKS Hiromu with another forearm! Suzuki whips, Hiromu flounders to the corner, Suzuki BOOTS him! Suzuki snapmares but Hiromu is up to SLAP!
Suzuki SLAPS Hiromu back! Suzuki whips, Hiromu comes back to SHOTGUN dropkick Suzuki into a corner! Hiromu then gets Suzuki up, bumps him off buckles and fires off forearms! The fans fire up as Hiromu keeps Suzuki in the LIJ corner. The ref has to bring Hiromu away from Suzuki but Naito holds the ref back from Hiromu! Bushi tags in, LIJ mugs Suzuki, and Bushi stomps Suzuki. Bushi whips, Suzuki reverses but Bushi boots back. Bushi runs into a knee! Suzuki throws Bushi out, BOOTS Hiromu down, and Suzuki-Gun attacks from the outside! Suzuki whips Hiromu into railing!
Suzuki drags Hiromu up as the ring count starts and he rams him into more railing. Then uses the bell hammer to DIG at Hiromu’s eyes!! The ring count is 13 of 20 and Suzuki lets off. Suzuki gets in at 15 to go after Bushi, then tag Taichi. Taichi snapmares and KICKS Bushi while Suzuki keeps after Hiromu on the outside! Cover, but the ref sees it’s really a choke! The ref reprimands Taichi but Taichi chokes Bushi again. The ref reprimands, Taichi sits Bushi up, and clamps on a chinlock! Meanwhile Suzuki chokes Hiromu on the railing! Bushi endures the hold, Taichi lets go in frustration, but Suzuki talks trash in Hiromu’s face.
Taichi drags Bushi up, tags in Taka, and Taka snapmares Bushi to dig knuckles into Bushi’s face. Desperado goes over to help Suzuki with Hiromu while the ref reprimands Taka about the knuckles. Taka lets off with the other hand, so the ref counts. Taka stops at 4, then he scrapes his soles on Bushi’s face. Taka brings Bushi up, CHOPS him, then tags in Desperado. Taichi holds Bushi for Desperado to stomp him down. Desperado drops a SPLASH on Bushi’s leg, then covers, TWO! Desperado stomps Bushi’s leg, but fans rally up. Desperado grabs a leg but Bushi kicks free with the other!
Bushi dodges Desperado, misses the enziguri but hits the HEEL KICK! Fans rally up while both men are down, but Taka gets in to stomp Bushi. Taka and Desperado double whip Bushi to a corner, but Bushi dodges Taka and boots Desperado! Then he throws Taka into Desperado, and DOUBLE RANAS! Fans rally up as Desperado and Bushi crawl, hot tags to Naito and Taichi! Naito sets up for a sumo stance! Taichi kicks at him but Naito blocks and whips Taichi away. Naito arm-drags Taichi, then runs him over. Suzuki gets in, Naito blocks a kick to kick the other leg! Naito dropkicks the legs out, then gets Taichi for a NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO!
Fans rally up, Naito brings Taichi up but Taichi CHOKES him! So Naito CHOKES back! Taichi CHOKES Naito, Naito kicks low! Naito CLUBS Taichi, whips, but Taichi reverses to wrench and HOOK KICK! Fans rally up as Naito rises, but Taichi kicks. Naito ducks the buzzsaw, and sumo clinches! Taichi blocks the throw to throw Naito! But Naito is up to atomic drop! Naito shoves Taichi, runs in, JUMP KICK and LEG SWEEP! Naito swings in, and he fakes Taichi out with the sumo stance! Then Naito dropkicks for COMBINACION CABRON! Fans rally up and Naito tags in Takagi. Takagi brings Taichi up and fires off forearms and CHOPS!
Takagi whips corner to corner, runs in but Taichi boots. Takagi blocks to clothesline! Takagi fires up but Taichi tells him to shut up! Taichi chokes Takagi and throws him down, then runs, the LARIATS collide! Taichi staggers, Takagi runs, but Taichi dodges! Takagi dodges, waistlocks but Taichi breaks free to PELE! Both men are down and fans rally, Taichi crawls to tag in Taka! Taka stomps Takagi to a corner, Desperado and Suzuki get in. They whip Takagi corner to corner, Taka corner clotheslines, and Suzuki BOOTS! Feed to Desperado’s SPINEBUSTER, and Desperado sits Takagi up for DOUBLE PENALTY KICKS! Taka covers, TWO!
Suzuki and Desperado go after Bushi and Hiromu while Taka tries to scoop. Takagi is too big, so Taka pokes him in the eye! Taka runs, into ELBOW! JAB! YUKON LARIAT! Taka flounders and fans fire up with Takagi’s “OI! OI! OI!” Bushi & Naito double whip Taka to a corner, Bushi back elbows and Takagi clotheslines! feed to Naito’s atomic drop and ENZIGURI! Bushi hits CODE BREAKER! Takagi runs, PUMPING BOMBER! Standing cover, LIJ wins!
Winners: Los Ingobernables de Japon, by pinfall
But Hiromu and Suzuki are still brawling! Suzuki headlocks to bring Hiromu around the way! He whips Hiromu hard into railing, and then brings him along the exit way! The Meanest Man throws Hiromu through the doors and to the backstage area! The rest of LIJ isn’t even sure what to make of that, and Desperado just shrugs. Will the Timebomb be okay against the King of Pancrase next round? Or will he even make it to tomorrow?
Wait, SHO attacks Desperado as he exits! The Murder Machine wants after the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion since they’re both out of the New Japan Cup! They brawl, Sho rakes Desperado’s eyes and brings him back towards ringside! Young Lions do their best to stop this but Sho just beats them up! Desperado fights back, and he whips Sho, only for Sho to reverse and POST Desperado! Sho then whips Desperado into the railing, and then back into the POST! The ref tries to stop this but he gets thrown aside! Sho puts Desperado in the ring, fights off more Young Lions, then snatches the title!
Sho brings the IWGP Junior Heavyweight belt into the ring, and he aims at Desperado! But Desperado dodges the belt shot! Sho blocks the kick, to LOW BLOW! And then BELT SHOT! Sho holds up the title like he’s already won it, then places it beside Desperado. Will the House of Torture add another belt to their collection?
2022 New Japan Cup Second Round: Zack Sabre Jr. VS DOUKI!
The Submission Master and Japones Del Mal are both Suzuki-Gun, but you gotta face who you’re put up against in a tournament. Will ZSJ make Douki #JustTapOut on his way back to the Cup? Or will Douki shock everyone and break some brackets?
Douki dropkicks ZSJ when he first makes it to the apron! And then Douki builds speed to DIVE! Direct hit at the ramp! Fans fire up as Douki puts ZSJ in and the bell rings. Douki goes up top to missile dropkick! Douki whips, ZSJ reverses but Douki RANAS ZSJ out of the ring! Douki then goes up and triangle jumps, but ZSJ gets in. Douki lands on the apron, shoulders back in, and slingshot sunset flips! TWO, and ZSJ EuroUppers, into a backslide! TWO!! Douki gets the arm, LA MAGISTROL, but into a TRIANGLE HOLD! Douki gets the ROPEBREAK, ZSJ holds until the ref counts 4.
ZSJ finally takes his jacket off, then he stands on Douki’s head. The ref reprimands, ZSJ steps away. ZSJ drags Douki up as fans rally, and ZSJ EuroUppers. ZSJ EuroUppers Douki again, follows him around, then arm-drags. Douki is up, things speed up and Douki does the splits, but he rolls back into a full nelson! Douki arm-drags free, arm-drags ZSJ again, but ZSJ avoids the next arm-drag to flip Douki over. ZSJ drags Douki up, but Douki arm-drags him after all! Douki then runs, springboards and FLYING arm-drags ZSJ away! Fans fire up as Douki dropkicks ZSJ down! Douki takes a moment to catch his breath as fans rally.
Douki slaps ZSJ around and eggs him on. ZSJ gets up and eggs Douki on. Douki fires forearms but ZSJ headbutts low. ZSJ whips, Douki wheelbarrows and victory rolls, to get the legs and arms for a MEXICAN SURFBOARD! Douki drops ZSJ, gets the legs again, then pulls on the arms. Fans rally as Douki brings ZSJ up into the ROMERO SPECIAL! ZSJ endures, Douki sets him down but ZSJ pries free to wrench one of Douki’s arms! ZSJ isolates the arm to STOMP it! ZSJ shakes out his legs while Douki clutches his arm, and fans rally up. ZSJ gets a leg for a toehold, and he pulls way back on it!
Douki grabs at ZSJ’s face but the ref reprimands. Douki stops, ZSJ twists the foot! ZSJ then hooks the legs up, turns Douki over, leglock and calf slicer combo! Douki scrambles and gets the ROPEBREAK! The ref counts, ZSJ lets one leg go but keeps on the other with a HALF CRAB! The ref counts, ZSJ lets off and Douki clutches his knee. Fans rally up while ZSJ talks trash on Douki. ZSJ gives toying kicks as Douki get sup, and Douki CHOPS! ZSJ shrugs that off so Douki CHOPS again! ZSJ eggs Douki on and Douki CHOPS again! ZSJ trips Douki up and gives him a KNEE JAMMER! Douki writhes again while ZSJ paces.
ZSJ gets the bad leg, stands on the knee, then stands on one of Douki’s hands. ZSJ bends and twists the other hand, even the fingers, and isolates that arm to STOMP it! Douki crawls away to ropes but ZSJ walks over. ZSJ gives Douki more toying kicks, then eggs Douki on. Douki gets up to throw a forearm! ZSJ shrugs that off, and even goes no guard to taunt Douki. Douki throws more forearms, but ZSJ gets an arm to wrench it! ZSJ has Douki in a deep motorcycle stretch! It’s almost a double armbar! ZSJ then stands on Douki’s back but fans rally up. Douki gets up, tries to turn things, but ZSJ pulls tighter on the arms.
Douki keeps trying, and he manages to turn ZSJ around, only for ZSJ to turn it right back. Douki tries the other direction, but again ZSJ turns it back. Douki flips through to throw ZSJ! ZSJ gets up and headbutts low. ZSJ runs but into Douki’s FLYING HEADBUTT! Both men are down and fans rally up! ZSJ gets himself to a corner, Douki goes to the other. Douki runs corner to corner, forearm smash and snapmare, to a basement dropkick! Fans rally and Douki runs, DOUBLE STOMPS! Cover, TWO! Douki drags ZSJ up, fans rally as he goes for the Gory Especial, but ZSJ fights that off.
ZSJ spins Douki around, Douki ducks and waistlocks but ZSJ switches. Douki throws elbows, ZSJ reels him in but Douki uses his leg to break free, but ZSJ ducks the enziguri to get a HALF CRAB! Douki endures as ZSJ sits deep! Fans rally, Douki drags himself over, but ZSJ drags him away from ropes, then gets the FULL BOSTON CRAB! Douki still endures, still crawls forward, still reaches out, and still gets the ROPEBREAK! ZSJ lets off as the ref counts and is growing annoyed but the fans rally up. ZSJ gives more toying kicks as Douki sits up. Douki eggs ZSJ on! ZSJ runs in to PENALTY- NO! Douki blocks the kick!
Douki kips up with leg, Gory Especial to DODON JUTSU! Cover, TWO! ZSJ survives and Douki is beside himself. Fans rally up, Douki drags ZSJ to a drop zone and hurries up top. Douki leaps but ZSJ avoids the stomps! Douki runs in, RANA to a cover, but ZSJ rolls it! Douki wants Italian Stretch but ZSJ fights it to a FIGURE FOUR HEEL HOOK! Douki clubs away at ZSJ’s legs but ZSJ eggs him on! Fans rally as Douki endures and reaches out. Douki drags ZSJ along and gets the ROPEBREAK! ZSJ lets go and fans rally up again. ZSJ stands on Douki’s bad leg, then on Douki’s head! The ref counts and ZSJ lets off again.
ZSJ taunts Douki, gives him more toying kicks, but Douki gets up. Douki throws forearms but ZSJ EuroUppers back! Douki flops against ropes and ZSJ eggs him on. Fans rally and Douki fires more forearms. ZSJ EuroUppers Douki back again! ZSJ wants Douki to bring it, so Douki fires even more forearms! Douki gets his bad leg moving, and he LARIATS! ZSJ stays up and SLAPS Douki! Douki runs again, LARIAT, but ZSJ still stays up to EuroUpper! Douki HELL STABS then ENZIGURIS! ZSJ staggers, Douki runs, LARIAT! He takes ZSJ down and fans fire up! Douki gets himself to the apron, and he slingshots for DAYBREAK! Cover, TWO!
ZSJ is still in this but Douki fires himself up! Fans rally up behind him and Douki hurries to wheelbarrow ZSJ. ZSJ rolls through to get the ANKLE LOCK! Douki rolls and drags ZSJ down, ITALIAN STRETCH #32! ZSJ endures, fights around, reaches out but Douki rolls him away! But ZSJ slips out of the Italian Stretch to go for an arm! Douki rolls ZSJ, TWO! Ghost pin, TWO! Sunset flip, TWO! Rolling cradle, TWO!! ZSJ gets up but into a takedown, but he slips out to SLEEPER HOLD! He then hooks up the arms, it’s like a modification on Cremation Lily! Douki reaches out, fans rally up, but ZSJ shifts to a DRAGON SLEEPER!
Douki kicks with his legs, but ZSJ grabs those for the Figure Four Stump Puller! There is Cremation Lily! Douki verbally quits, ZSJ wins!
Winner: Zack Sabre Jr, by submission (advances to the next round)
The Submission Master is moving on, but he shows Douki his respect. Will ZSJ continue to make people #JustTapOut in the New Japan Cup?
2022 New Japan Cup Second Round: Great-O-Khan VS Taiji Ishimori!
The Dominator wasn’t so dominant when he and Jeff Cobb faced Bone Solder and Rogue General last week. But this is 1v1 now, and Bad Luck Fale isn’t here to distract the ref. Will Khan eliminate Taiji and move on to the Sweet Sixteen? Or will Taiji make it the Too Sweet Sixteen when #ItsReborn?
The bell rings and Taiji bails out! Khan is annoyed already but Taiji dares him to come after him. Khan slides out but Taiji slides back in. So now, Taiji dares Khan to return. Khan gets in, but Taiji goes back out. Khan is getting frustrated with Taiji and he goes back out. The cat ‘n’ mouse continues, and then Taiji kicks and whips Khan. Khan reverses but Taiji reverses back to arm-drag and WRING the arm! Khan rolls out of the ring and Taiji pursues. Fans rally, Taiji drags Khan up and hammerlocks the arm, to POST the arm! Taiji drags Khan up again, wraps the bad arm around railing and pulls!
The ref reprimands and counts, Taiji lets off at 4 and BOOTS the railing! Khan shakes out the bad arm but Taiji grabs the bell hammer. The ref sees that so Taiji throws the hammer into the ring. The ref goes to fetch that, so Taiji gets a chair from under the ring! CHAIR SHOT to the arm! Khan writhes, Taiji shrugs and unties the blue buckle pad. The Bullet Club Special is in play! The ref checks on Khan but he refuses to let his arm hold him back. Khan grab at Taiji but Taiji raps his arm around one of the bare buckles! The ref reprimands and counts, Taiji lets off at 4. Taiji stalks Khan, he grabs the bad arm and hammerlocks it, to RAM it into bare buckles!
The ref reprimands but the damage is done! Khan writhes and clutches his arm but fans rally up. Taiji looms over Khan, stands on the bad arm, and even pulls on it. Taiji then isolates the arm to STOMP it! Khan writhes and clutches the arm again, but Taiji brings him up. Khan brings Taiji up for a bearhug with the good arm, but Taiji just goes after the bad arm! Taiji wrenches, wristlocks and wrangles Khan to the mat. Khan grabs at Taiji’s hair but the ref reprimands. Taiji BENDS the fingers on the bad hand, but Khan scrambles to the ROPEBREAK! Taiji drags Khan up for a cobra clutch and takedown!
Khan endures as Taiji has this modified short arm scissor! Khan moves around, gets up, but Taiji uses cobra clutch to hit a BACKSTABBER! Fans cheer the creativity then rally up for Khan. Taiji aims from the corner, runs in, but into a fireman’s carry takedown! Khan wants the armbar but Taiji clasps hands! Khan uses his good arm to pry that apart and have the ARMBAR! Taiji endures now, kicks and flails and reaches out, ROPEBREAK! Khan cranks on the arm until the ref steps in! Taiji gets free but Khan pursues him to the outside. Khan pulls Taiji’s arm into the post! The ref reprimands but Khan BOOTS Taiji down!
Khan pulls the arm into the post more, and even grabs a chair from under the ring! The ref does his best to stop Khan from using any of this, but Khan pushes him aside to get another chair! CHAIR SHOT against the post! Now Khan has evened things up between him and Taiji! Fans cheer and rally as Khan drags Taiji up and into the ring. Khan keeps the bad arm on the apron and he stands on the arm, to STOMP it! Taiji writhes and crawls away but Khan kicks him around. Khan drags Taiji up, wrenches and clamps the claw into the bad arm! Taiji endures and fans rally, but Khan JAMS the arm against his knee, and again!
Taiji goes writhing away but Khan gets him for a cover. TWO, but Khan locks the arm up in a leg scissor! Khan pushes up to put leverage on the bad arm, then he grabs for the other arm! Taiji endures, moves around, reaches out, but Khan drives elbows into his head! Taiji still reaches out for the ROPEBREAK! Khan lets off and fans cheer. Khan drags Taiji up, wraps the bad arm around ropes, and pulls. The ref reprimands so Khan Mongolian Chops the bad arm! And again! Taiji avoids the third and Khan chops ropes! That hurts the bad arm, and then Taiji rakes Khan’s eyes. Taiji whips, Khan reverses and Taiji hits the buckle hard!
Taiji holds his bad arm, but he BOOTS Khan back! Taiji then hops up to AX KICK, and then he drop toeholds Khan into the buckles! Fans rally up while both men are down, and Taiji goes to the opposite corner. Taiji runs back in, to DOUBLE KNEE! Snapmare and DOUBLE STOMPS! Taiji then gets the omoplata and the YES LOCK! Khan moves around, ROPEBREAK! Taiji lets go quickly and both men shake out their bad arms. Fans rally up but Taiji drags Khan up. Taiji hammerlocks the arm, but Khan blocks going into the bare buckles! Khan turns things around, and sends Taiji’s face into bare buckles!
The ref checks Taiji as fans rally up. Khan drags Taiji up, whips to YANK the arm, then he wrenches and CLUBS the arm! Khan drags Taiji down, he copies the omoplata! Khan pushes just on that and digs the Iron Claw into Taiji’s ribs! Taiji endures, fans rally up, Taiji tries to slip away but Khan IRON CLAWS Taiji’s face! ELIMI- NO! Roll to the cover, TWO!! Khan kicks low, whips Taiji, but Taiji handsprings to NEURALIZER! Both men are down and fans fire up again! Taiji gets up and he drags Khan up to wrench the bad arm. Taiji POSTS Khan in the corner, then wrenches to CODE BREAKER the arm!
Fans fire up while Khan writhes! Taiji aims from the corner again as Khan forces himself to get up. Taiji runs in, MYSTICA to YES LOCK!! Khan endures, claws his way over and reaches out, but Taiji rolls him away into the BONE LOCK!! Khan endures and reaches but Taiji pulls back harder! Khan scoots back into the ROPEBREAK! Taiji lets go in frustration and fans fire up. Taiji aims from the corner, “BANG!” Taiji drags Khan back up, but Khan blocks Bloody Cross! Taiji knees low, dodges Khan’s haymaker and fires off strikes to a JUMPING KNEE! Taiji fires up and fans fire up, too!
Taiji drags Khan back up, BLOODY- NO! Khan slips out, HITSUJIGOROSHI!! Then a scoop to a BACKBREAKER, and HITSUJIGOROSHI RACK!! Taiji endures as Khan pushes, but then Khan Iron Claws, to ELIMIN- NO! Taiji slips through, omoplata to ghost pin! TWO!! Khan escapes and Taiji is shocked! Taiji rushes in, but Khan dodges to get the chicken wing and IRON CLAW! Then ripcord, but Taiji knocks the ref down! Khan avoids the low blow kick! Iron Claw, ELIMINATOR URENAGE!! Cover, Khan wins!!
Winner: Great-O-Khan, by pinfall (advances to the next round)
The Dominator gets his revenge on the Bone Soldier, and he is moving on to the Sweet Sixteen! But with ZSJ being his next opponent, will Khan’s bad arm only be a big target for the Submission Master?
2022 New Japan Cup Second Round: Will Ospreay VS El Phantasmo!
Another collision of United Empire and Bullet Club as The Commonwealth Kingpin takes on The Headbanga! Will the United Empire continue its dominance? Or will ELP avenge his tag partner, Ishimori, and take out the #BillyGOAT?
The bell rings and fans applaud as these two circle. ELP and Ospreay tie up, are in a deadlock, but Ospreay powers ELP back to ropes. Red Shoes calls the ropebreak, Ospreay lets off but then gets a headlock. ELP pulls hair, he gets a headlock out of it, but Ospreay pulls hair to power out. They ram shoulders but neither falls. ELP dares Ospreay to run, so Ospreay does. They ram shoulders again, but Ospreay kicks and CLUBS ELP to then throw hands. Ospreay whips, ELP dodges the boot to ram Ospreay! Ospreay staggers, ELP rams him again! Ospreay stays up but ELP pokes eyes and runs, to run Ospreay over!
Fans cheer and ELP flexes. ELP runs, but Ospreay runs him over! Things speed up, ELP arm-drags and armlocks but Ospreay headscissors! ELP gets free and fans cheer the standoff. ELP and Ospreay circle again, fans rally up and the two feel out the grapple. They knuckle lock, ELP gets around then headlocks. Ospreay powers out, hurdles, ELP leaps over, and then Ospreay runs to RANA, but ELP handsprings through! Fans cheer as ELP struts about. ELP blocks Ospreay’s haymaker to knuckle lock, CHOP, go up and up and FLYING ARM-DRAG! ELP handsprings up, kisses his biceps, then covers, ONE!
ELP keeps on Ospreay by bending a finger. Ospreay pulls hair but ELP bends the finger more. ELP ROCKS Ospreay with a right hand to put him in the corner. ELP throws forearms, then he wrenches and whips corner to corner. Ospreay reverses, ELP goes up and over and runs, but into a scoop and SPIN-OUT BACKBREAKER! ELP still spins as he bounces off Ospreay’s knee! Fans rally up and Ospreay drags ELP back up. Ospreay CLUBS ELP, drags him up and shoves him, to CLUB him in the back! ELP flops out of the ring, Ospreay pursues and gets him up to RAILING BACK SUPLEX! Ospreay then lounges in the ring while ELP writhes.
Fans rally up and ELP gets up, but the ring count starts as he flounders back to railing. ELP gets in the ring at 6 of 20 and Ospreay mockingly applauds. Ospreay CLUBS ELP in the back, then puts ELP in the corner to RAM his shoulder in! And again! Ospreay brings ELP around but ELP blocks buckle bump to body shot and buckle bump! Fans rally as ELP throws haymakers, but Ospreay knees low. Ospreay whips, ELP reverses and Ospreay hits buckles hard! ELP stretches his back and fans rally up. ELP gives Ospreay an atomic drop, then DECKS him! Then scoops and SLAMS Ospreay into a drop zone! ELP hops up, but his back bothers him.
ELP stretches the back again, then drops an elbow on Ospreay! ELP tunes up the band, but is not having the fix in still messing with him? Ospreay BOOTS ELP down in the corner! Ospreay whips ELP out only to send him into the same corner hard! ELP tumbles up and out to the floor! Fans rally up and Ospreay takes aim, to PLANCHA! Direct hit and Ospreay lands on his feet out of it! Ospreay drags ELP up as fans rally and Ospreay puts ELP in. Ospreay aims from the corner, springboards, PIP PIP CHEERIO! Cover, TWO! Ospreay is annoyed and fans rally up, but ELP kicks back from below.
Ospreay gets ELP up to CHOP him down! Ospreay drags ELP back up, to CHOP him down again! Fans cheer and Ospreay drags ELP up again. Ospreay whips ELP to a corner, but ELP goes up and over and rolls to duck and dodge, to springboard CROSSBODY! Cover, TWO, but ELP somersaults to LIONSAULT, but has to land on his feet as Ospreay bails out. ELP DIVES onto Ospreay! Direct hit at the ramp! Fans rally up and ELP crawls to Ospreay. ELP drags Ospreay up and into the ring, ELP fires up as the fans rally, but Ospreay rolls away. So ELP climbs the ropes, to SWANTON BOMB, and then LIONSAULT! Cover, TWO!
ELP goes back to a corner and he tries tuning up the band again. Will ELP get through the mental block this time? Ospreay gets up and ELP hesitates again. Ospreay is still clutching his gut, fans rally up, and ELP grits his teeth. Ospreay stares ELP down, so ELP throws haymakers instead! ELP suplexes, STUN-DOG MILLIONAIRE from Ospreay! Ospreay grins and he goes to the corner to tune up the band! Ospreay is taunting ELP now, but ELP blocks the superkick to SLAP Ospreay! ELP slaps Ospreay around more, runs, but into the tiger wall kick and ENZIGURI! Ospreay calls his shot, springboards, but ELP blocks the cutter!
ELP torture racks, but Ospreay lands on his feet to full nelson! ELP breaks free, ducks the hook kick, and mule kicks to run. But Ospreay slips around him, gets ELP up, but ELP slips out of the bomb to swing. Ospreay dodges, handsprings, but into the torture rack! SPINNING NECKBREAKER! Fans fire up and ELP crawls to a cover, TWO! Both men are down and fans rally up. ELP drags Ospreay up in a corner and puts him on the top rope. ELP throws haymaker after haymaker, then climbs up to join Ospreay. Fans rally as they stand on the top, but Ospreay slips under! Ospreay tucks ELP in, CHEEKY NANDOS!
Ospreay gets ELP back up and then climbs up behind him. Fans fire up as Ospreay stands ELP up but ELP fights the back suplex with palm strikes. Ospreay HEADBUTTS ELP then gets him back up, for a SUPER BACK- NO! ELP lands on his feet! ELP CLAWS Ospreay on the back! ELP then climbs up to give Ospreay a SUPER POISON- WHAT?! Ospreay lands on his feet! ELP can’t believe it, but Ospreay forearms, ROLLING ELBOWS, and then LIGER BOMBS! Cover, TWO! Fans fire up again as Ospreay prepares his arm! Ospreay aims from the corner, HIDDEN- NO! ELP RANAS Ospreay to a cover, TWO!!
ELP can’t believe it, and he turns around into a SUPERKICK! Ospreay hurries to the corner and climbs up! SHOOTING STAR onto knees! ELP cradles, TWO!! Ospreay survives but ELP vows to end it! ELP reels Ospreay in, but Ospreay pops him up to DECK him with a forearm! Ospreay springboards, into ELP’s CUTTER! ELP gets Ospreay up, straitjacket and torture rack, BURNING HAMMER!! Cover, TWO!! But ELP goes right to the corner, goes right up top, and THUNDER KISS 86!! Cover, TWO!! Ospreay survives again and ELP can’t believe it! Fans are thunderous as ELP gets to the corner!
ELP starts tuning up the band again! Is this the moment he gets past the blockage? ELP makes his move, but Ospreay CLOBBERS him! And then Ospreay resets in a corner, HIDDEN BLADE!! Cover, Ospreay wins!
Winner: Will Ospreay, by pinfall (advances to the next round)
Just as ELP was on the threshold of breaking through his doubt, Ospreay slams the door shut on him! The Commonwealth Kingpin is moving on, but will he be facing friend or foe in the Sweet Sixteen?
2022 New Japan Cup Second Round: SANADA VS Aaron Henare!
LIJ won earlier tonight, though Hiromu is MIA right now… But will the Cold Skull keep things tranquilo going into the third round? Or will the United Empire sweep the night?
The bell rings and fans rally up as the two circle. Sanada avoids Henare’s kick and they keep circling. Fans rally up more and the two feel out the grapple. They knuckle lock, Henare shoots in and waistlocks, but Sanada switches. Henare wrenches free to a wristlock, but Sanada shoots in to waistlock. Henare hits a leg trip hip toss, then has the armlock. Sanada fights up to get the waistlock again, but Henare counters with a headlock takeover. Fans applaud the exchange, and Sanada keeps his shoulders up. Henare grinds the headlock, Sanada fights up but Henare hits another takeover. Sanada headscissors, Henare kips free and fans cheer.
Henare and Sanada circle as fans rally again. They tie up, are in a deadlock, but Henare powers Sanada to ropes. Red Shoes calls for the ropebreak but Henare digs his forearms in. Red Shoes counts, Henare lets off at 4, to body shot and CLUB Sanada! Henare whips, Sanada reverses and things speed up. Henare holds ropes to fake out the hurdle, and then Henare dodges Sanada to run him over! Fans applaud the showing of strength, and Henare looms over Sanada. Fans rally as Henare stomps Sanada, then brings Sanada up to headbutt him to the corner. Henare whips corner to corner, Sanada goes up and over and he arm-drags Henare around!
Sanada dropkicks Henare and Henare bails out as fans fire up! Henare staggers around on the outside, Sanada aims and PLANCHAS, but Henare moves! Henare gets Sanada for a bearhug, then RAMS him into a post! Sanada writhes while fans rally and Henare catches his breath. Henare drags Sanada back up, wrenches and whips him hard into railing! Henare drags Sanada up to whip him hard into more railing! Sanada flops down, Red Shoes has Henare back off, and fans rally up. The ring count starts and Henare smirks before he slips in to slip right back out. Henare hausl Sanada up but Sanada throws body shots!
Henare KICKS and KICKS and DECKS Sanada! Henare goes back into the ring for real now and the ring count restarts. The count reaches 10 of 20 before Sanada sits up. Henare mocks the applause and Sanada gets up and in at 15. Henare stomps Sanada, bumps him off buckles, then throws body shots and forearms in the corner! Henare sits Sanada down to then stomp him and dig his boots in. Red Shoes reprimands, Henare lets off to cover. Red Shoes refuses to count after all that, so Henare drags Sanada up. Henare headbutts Sanada down, then covers. Red Shoes counts, TWO, but Henare clamps on a sleeper hold and body scissors!
Sanada endures as Henare squeezes tight. Sanada manages to turn over and fans rally up as Sanada kicks forward. ROPEBREAK! Henare lets Sanada go, and then he brings Sanada up. Sanada throws forearms, but Henare KNEES low. Henare clamps on a facelock, then suplexes, only for Sanada to block. Fans rally, Sanada and Henare fight for control, and Sanada suplexes, only for Henare to fight it off! Henare suplexes, but Sanada slips out to waistlock. Henare elbows free, runs, but Sanada dropkicks the legs out! Henare crawls to a corner, fans rally up, and Sanada kips up! Fans fire up with Sanada and he rallies with forearms!
Sanada arm-drags, gets around, and atomic drops! Henare staggers, Sanada trips him and has the legs! Fans cheer as Sanada tries, but Henare turns Paradise into a TRIANGLE HOLD! Sanada fights, Henare shifts it to an ARMBAR, but Sanada rolls him to a cover! TWO, and Sanada trips Henare to tie him up fast! Henare’s in Paradise and fans fire up! Sanada runs to dropkick Henare out of Paradise, and out of the ring! Fans rally up, Sanada takes aim, PLANCHA! Direct hit this time and fans fire up! Sanada encourages them to get louder so they do! Sanada then goes back for Henare, but Khan has appeared to be his corner man.
Sanada keeps his eyes on Khan but Khan stays back. Plus, he has an ice pack on his beat up hand, he can’t really do that much. Sanada puts Henare in the ring, aims from the corner and springboards, but Henare dodges! Henare runs, into a fireman’s carry! Henare slips off to fireman’s carry Sanada, but Sanada slips off and runs, into a BERSERKER BOMB! Both men are down and fans rally up! Henare drags himself up in the corner, Sanada is in the other. Henare runs in to SHINING WIZARD, and snapmare to KICK! Fans rally, Henare sits Sanada up to KICK him again! Henare drags Sanada up to KICK him back down! Cover, TWO!
Fans rally up while Henare grows frustrated. Henare waits on Sanada to get up, and he KICKS but Sanada blocks! Henare CLUBS free, whips, but Sanada reverses to RAN- NO! Henare blocks the headscissor, gets Sanada up and hits a SAMOAN DROP! Henare runs to PENALTY KICK! Cover, TWO! Fans rally up and Henare aims from a corner. Sanada slowly gets up, Henare runs in, RAMP- NO! Sanada BOOTS, then fireman’s carries! But Henare fights so Sanada throws him into the DRAGON SLEEPER! Henare fights free of that, so Sanada waistlocks, only for Henare to elbow free! Henare whips, Sanada goes up and out, then springboards in to missile dropkick!
Sanada drags Henare up, fireman’s carries, and T K O! Cover, TWO! Sanada keeps cool and fans rally. Sanada drags Henare up, scoops and BACKBREAKER! Sanada goes up top for a ROUNDING BODY- NO! Henare moves, Sanada lands on his feet! Henare runs in, RAMP- NO! Sanada slips off the tackle to get the DRAGON SLEEPER! Henare powers through to DRAGON SLEEPER Sanada! Henare SKULL SWINGS Sanada around and around, then drops for a GROUNDED COBRA TWIST! Sanada endures and fans rally up! Henare pulls harder on the hold but Sanada claws and reaches out!
Sanada comes very close but he refuses to give up! He pries at the hold, reaches for the ropes, but he’s fading! Fans keep rallying, but Sanada pops free of the body scissors to get the ROPEBREAK! Henare lets go and catches his breath. Henare drags Sanada up, but he’s dead weight. Henare wants Red Shoes to name him the winner but Red Shoes has to check Sanada himself. Sanada is somehow still in this so fans rally up. Henare looms over Sanada, drags him up, but Sanada fires a forearm! Henare smirks and eggs Sanada on so Sanada throws more foerarms. Henare almost laughs as Sanada keeps trying.
Sanada gets going and Henare starts to feel the forearms. Henare HEADBUTTS Sanada back down! Henare then stands on Sanada’s head, drags him up, and fans rally up. Sanada fires off more forearms, but spins into an ELBOW JAB! HEEL KICK! SCREW HIGH KICK! Cover, TWO!! Henare is frustrated but he roars and drags Sanada back up. Henare fisherman’s to the rack but Sanada slips out to waistlock! Henare rams Sanada into a corner, then runs corner to corner, into a BOOT! Sanada BOOTS again, Henare tries again but gets an elbow! Sanada QUEBRADA, to the DRAGON SLEEPER! SKULL END!!
Henare is caught and fans fire up! Sanada squeezes tight, Henare starts to fade, but he gets a second wind! Henare kicks and fights, but Sanada keeps him down! Henare fades again, but he gets a third wind! Sanada leaves him down to go up top, ROUNDING BODY PRESS onto knees! Both men are down again and fans rally up again. Khan fans Henare off with a towel and Henare slowly gets up. Henare and Sanada crawl for each other and they go forehead to forehead. They throw forearms back and forth on their knees, then throw more forearms. They brawl while they stand up, and they keep going back and forth!
Fans rally as the forearms go faster and faster! And faster and faster! Sanada fires off, but Henare fires fast hands and a body shot! Sanada doubles over and Henare drags Sanada up. Sanada ROLLING ELBOWS back, then runs to ROLLING ELBOW! Sanada DRAGON SLEEPERS, but Henare powers through to suplex! Sanada tries to cradle counter, but Henare powers through to rack! Sanada slips off, shoves, ROLLING ELBOW! HAMMERHEAD HEADBUTT!! Henare snarls, fires himself up and aims from the corner. Sanada slowly gets up and Henare runs in, RAMPAGE!! Cover, TWO!!
Fans fire up as Sanada survives! Henare vows to end this and he drags Sanada back up. Fisherman, but no rack! Cradle, roll through, Henare gets Sanada up but Sanada flips off the toss! POP-UP CUTTER! Sanada goes right up top, ROUNDING BODY PRESS! Cover, Sanada wins!
Winner: Sanada, by pinfall (advances to the next round)
The United Empire’s Ultimate Weapon could not stop the Cold Skull! How will Ospreay react to this? As for Sanada, he gets the mic to say, “Everyone. Let’s have our first gift of 2022 for Nagoya, shall we?” Fans like the sound of that, and they’ve already got their phone lights ready. The spotlights go down and Sanada continues in English, “Thank you for coming. And thanks for watching New Japan World. Today, I fight with Henare, first time in a year.” Sanada apologizes if his English is bad. He also says this place is very romantic right now with the lighting, he got caught up in the moment.
“Let me say one thing. From all of Japan, I love Nagoya the most.” He even added a Nagoyan accent there! “OI, NAGOYA! See you next time.” But will Cold Skull be making it back as a New Japan Cup winner? Or will the Commonwealth Kingpin avenge Henare?
My Thoughts:
Another very good night for NJPW and the New Japan Cup. I skipped the first match, I knew the team with one Young Lion beats the team with two. Bullet Club’s Chase Owens, Bad Luck Fale & Gedo lose to Yoh, Tanahashi & Tiger Mask because on one side, Tanahashi needs momentum. On the other, there’s a chance Chase beats Tiger Mask and that go-home math works out here. The Six Man Tag of Chaos was the Heavyweight champions, Okada, Goto & Hashi, and they of course beat the House of Torture, who are only NEVER Openweight champions. Chaos all gets momentum for their tournament matches, but Okada is the only one guaranteed to move on as far as I see it.
I kept the 8 Man Tag because as I started skimming, I liked that LIJ attacked first. It was a really good match, and I like that while LIJ wins, it was Takagi getting the finish to get momentum going into his next tournament match, and then Suzuki basically abducts Hiromu! Suzuki VS Hiromu is going to be a lot of fun to close out the second round tomorrow, and there are great possibilities. We could end up with Evil VS Hiromu for a fiery match on 3/18. Sho going after Desperado was a nice surprise, too, that’ll make a pretty great IWGP Junior Heavyweight title match.
ZSJ VS Douki was a very good match, especially for Douki. But in the end, I figured ZSJ would win here. Khan VS Taiji was also very good, great story with both men going after the other’s arm. Khan toughs it out, he’ll have a very good match with ZSJ, and I would think Khan loses because of the bad arm. Ospreay VS ELP was great stuff, and while ELP didn’t hit his superkick, he got that much closer to getting his confidence back. Ospreay wins, of course, but it was really great stuff.
And lastly, Sanada VS Henare was also really good stuff, but it makes sense Sanada wins. They weren’t going to pit Henare against Ospreay, and Sanada is still hot off his US Championship win. Ospreay VS Sanada is going to be really good, but I can see Ospreay winning so he can meet his rival, ZSJ, in the quarterfinals.
My Score: 8.5/10
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NJPW PPV Results
Mitchell’s NJPW Wrestling Dontaku Results & Report! (5/4/26)
Wrestling Dontaku, Night Two!
Can the Prince slay the Rampaging Dragon?
Callum Newman won the New Japan Cup, won THE IWGP Heavyweight Championship, but can he survive his first title defense against Shingo Takagi?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Kickoff – Masatora Yasuda VS Taisei Nakahara; Yasuda wins.
- NJPW World Television Championship: Konosuke Takeshita VS Chase Owens; Konosuke wins and retains the title.
- Ryusuke Taguchi & Tatsuya Matsumoto VS Gedo & Daiki Nagai; Gedo & Daiki win.
- OSKAR & Yuto-Ice VS Shota Umino & Tomoaki Honma; Oskar & Yuto win.
- 10 Man Tag: Hontai VS House of Torture; Hontai wins.
- Yuya Uemura & Taichi VS Ryohei Oiwa & Hartley Jackson; Yuya & Taichi win.
- 8 Man Tag: The Unbound Company VS The United Empire; Unbound Company wins.
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships: Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita VS El Desperado & Mistico; Despy & Mistico win and become the new IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions.
- NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Championships: Bishamon & Bolten Oleg VS Will Ospreay, Great-O-Khan & Henare; Ospreay, Khan & Henare win and become the new NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Champions.
- IWGP Heavyweight Championship: Callum Newman VS Shingo Takagi; Callum wins and retains the title.
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NJPW World Television Championship: Konosuke Takeshita VS Chase Owens w/ Yujiro Takahashi!
Although the Alpha is preparing for his match with Kazuchika Okada at AEW Double or Nothing, he must still fulfill his duties as a champion in NJPW! But will Konosuke still be the star of NJPW World? Or will the Lonestar Outlaw steal the spotlight?
But as Konosuke reaches ringside, Chase runs up! Konosuke avoids his wrecking ball dropkick to then fire forearms! They go back and forth but Konosuke ROCKS Chase! Konosuke stalks Chase around the way, ROCKS him again, and again! Chase KNEES low, then whips, but Konosuke stops short of the railing. Konosuke pops Chase up to SMACK off the railing, then DDTS him on the floor! The fans cheer as Konosuke then drags Chase up and puts him in the ring. The bell sounds and we’re on the clock! Konosuke brings Chase up, headlocks, but Chase endures the grind. Chase pulls hair to power up and out, but Konosuke drops down on the dropdown!
Konosuke has the headlock again, and he grinds Chase down. The fans rally as Chase fights up, and he KNEES low! Chase KNEES Konosuke again, then headlocks in return. Konosuke powers up and out, then hurdles, drops down, and DROPKICKS! The fans cheer as Konosuke then hits another headlock takeover. Chase pulls hair but the ref reprimands. Konosuke grinds the hold but Chase rolls to a cover, ONE! They stand up, and Chase pulls hair again to put Konosuke on the ropes. The ref counts, Chase lets go slowly, but he BOOTS the ropes to jam Konosuke up! Konosuke sputters as he slumps outside, and Chase WRECKS him with a dropkick!
The fans are torn as Chase goes out to bring Konosuke up. Chase scoops to then HOTSHOT Konosuke off the railing! Konosuke coughs and sputters again, but Chase SMACKS him off the apron. Chase drags Konosuke up to the apron now, and he cravats for a SNAPMARE DRIVER on the apron! The fans applaud while Chase puts Konosuke in the ring, then covers, TWO! The fans cheer more as Konosuke stays in this. Chase argues the count but the ref defends it was fair. Konosuke sits up but Chase runs in at the corner for a forearm smash! Then a short arm LARIAT! Cover, ONE!! Konosuke shows his grit but Chase just grins.
The fans rally up again as Chase paces around Konosuke. Chase drags Konosuke up, fireman’s carries, but Konosuke fights free. Konosuke ROCKS Chase, but Chase ROCKS Konosuke back! Konosuke ROCKS Chase again, but Chase fires back! They go back and forth until Chase CLAWS Konosuke’s eyes! The ref reprimands but Chase runs, into a BOOT! Konosuke whips, Chase reverses, but the TAKESHITA LINE finds him! The fans cheer while Chase goes to a corner. Konosuke runs in and JUMP KNEES! Then clinch and EXPLODER! Cover, TWO! The fans applaud as Chase toughs it out, but Konosuke stays calm.
Konosuke stand Chase up, but Chase fights the lift. Chase CLUBS away, then headlock punches! The ref reprimands, but Konosuke keeps Chase from running the ropes! Chase ROCKS Konosuke for it, then eggs him on. We pass five minutes as Konosuke ROCKS Chase! The fans rally up as Chase fires back! Konosuke staggers to ropes, but he comes back to ROCK Chase! Chase fires fast hands, but Konosuke fires boxing elbows! ROLLING- BACK ELBOW from Chase! Chase cravats but Konosuke powers out! Chase blocks a shot to C-TRIGGER! Then he avoids the boot to I HATE YOUR FACE KNEE! Cover, TWO! Konosuke stays in this but Chase stays on him.
Chase wrenches and hammerlocks, but Konosuke ducks High Noon to spin Chase for a BRAINBUSTER! Both men are down and the fans fire up! Konosuke roars as he rises, and then he gator rolls Chase into a suplex! Chase fights the rest, then bails out! Chase hobbles around the way but Konosuke pursues! HELLUVA KICK against the railing! Konosuke then brings Chase around to APRON BACK SUPLEX! The fans rally as Chase crawls, but Konosuke drags him back outside, for another APRON BACK SUPLEX! The fans cheer while Konosuke shoves Chase inside, but Yujiro gets a PIMP CANE CHEAP SHOT on Konosuke!
The fans boo Tokyo Pimp as he puts Konosuke in, the ref none the wiser! Konosuke drags himself up at the ropes, but Chase runs up for C-TRIGGER! Then he wrenches, hammerlocks, and HIGH NOON LARIATS! Cover, TWO!! The fans cheer as Konosuke survives! Chase is frustrated but he drags Konosuke up and tucks him in! But Konosuke wrenches free, slips around, only for Chase to grab the ref! Konosuke can’t suplex them both, and Chase sends Konosuke into the ref! The fans boo but now Yujiro storms in so he can stomp away on Konosuke! Yujiro then sets Konosuke up for Chase, but SHOTA UMINO is here!
Shota DECKS Chase, then ROCKS and ROLLING ELBOWS Yujiro! The fans cheer as The Roughneck has evened things up for The Alpha! Shota even cheers Konosuke on, only for the rest of the House to attack! Sho, Kanemaru, Ren, and Dick all stomp Shota, but Konosuke hurries to shield his ally! And then HONTAI rushes out here! Wolf, Yano, Yoh, Wato & Tiger Mask all go after The House! They’ve all got their match later tonight, so this ends up a rather interesting warm-up! The fans cheer as Hontai drags The House out of the ring, and even gets Don Fale, to then gather them all at the ramp side!
The fans cheer Konosuke as he builds speed, and Konosuke FLIES! Air Alpha brings down The House! The fans cheer again as Konosuke gets Chase in the ring while Hontai takes the rest of the House to the back! And we’ve finally hit ten minutes! Konosuke checks on the ref, and then deadlifts him into the ring. The fans cheer, but Chase is up to something! Konosuke ducks the punch, BLUE THUNDER- SPUR KNUCKLE PUNCH!!! Cover, TWO!! Konosuke survives but Chase hides the evidence quickly. Chase vows to end it now, and he drags Konosuke back up. C-TRIGGER POINT BLANK! Then he brings Konosuke around to tuck him in!
Chase lifts for LAST TES- NO, Konosuke fights the lift, BACKDROPS, but Chase sunset flips! Konosuke rolls through, WAGAMAMA KNEE!! Konosuke then aims from a corner, WAGAMAMA KNEE AGAIN!! Konosuke then hauls Chase up for RAGING FIRE!! Cover, Konosuke wins!
Winner: Konosuke Takeshita, by pinfall (still NJPW World Television Champion)
The House of Torture tried and failed to cheat this one away, this is still The Alpha Show! But wait, the lights go down! A video on the tron shows that same mysterious man in suit and mask from last time. He walks into the backstage area of this very arena, but who is it? Where are they going? What do they want? Wait, now they’re IN THE RING! And they CLOBBER Konosuke with some big satchel! WHO IS THIS?! They take off the mask, and IT’S SANADA! The Cold-Blooded Snake is STILL in NJPW! And he drags Konosuke right up for the DEADFALL!! Sanada leaves with a word, but his intent is now clear. Will he make himself the star of NJPW World?
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships: Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita VS El Desperado & Mistico!
The Ichiban Sweet Boys only just took these titles back, but they’re already putting them back on the line! Will the Sniper of the Skies & Japanese Young Punk outdraw The Rogue Luchador & The Talisman? Or will these titles soon go internacional?
The introductions are made, the belts are raised, and we see which team is truly mighty!
The teams sort out, and Despy starts against Fujita. The bell rings, and the fans cheer as the two go forehead to forehead. They both talk some trash, Despy slaps Fujita around, but Fujita shoves Despy. Fujita eggs Despy on, Despy fires the fans up, then he CHOPS! Fujita snarls and fires the fans up, then CHOPS in return! The CHOPS go back and forth, faster and faster, harder and harder! The fans cheer as they CHOP and CHOP and CHOP, but then Despy says stop! Despy ROCKS Fujita, CHOPS him again and again, then eggs him on! Fujita swings, but Despy ducks to headlock. Fujita powers out but Despy reverses!
Despy drops down, then hurdles, but into Fujita’s DROPKICK! The fans cheer as Fujita says he’s smarter than that. Fujita drags Despy over but Despy gets away before the tag. The fans rally as Despy drops back to an open corner. Eagles says Despy can go on and tag Mistico, that’s who Eagles wants to face. Despy dry heaves as he tries to catch his breath, then tags in Mistico. The fans cheer as Mistico steps to Eagles, and Eagles pie faces him. Mistico CHOPS, Eagles CHOPS, and now they CHOP back and forth! The fans rally as they’re already fast ‘n’ furious! Mistico says look! Then he SOBATS! And front kicks!
Mistico whips but Eagles reverses to go up and around for the arm-drag! The fans cheer as things keep moving, and Eagles hurdles to then RANA! Mistico tumbles but rises up, only for Eagles to WHEEL KICK! The fans cheer while Eagles walks over to Mistico. Eagles kicks Mistico in the back, then stands him up to CHOP! Mistico wrenches and whips but Mistico grabs the ropes. Eagles kicks Mistico’s leg, then whips, but Mistico still blocks. Eagles KICKS the leg, then whips, but Mistico handsprings! Eagles dodges but Mistico comes back to springboard RANA! The fans cheer as Mistico then blocks a chop to CHOP!
Mistico knuckle locks, then goes up, up, steadies himself, and FLYING ARM-DRAGS! The fans cheer while Eagles tumbles, and Mistico tags Despy back in. Mistico kicks Eagles before he and Despy double whip for DOUBLE ELBWOS! Then they roll Eagles to whip again, DOUBLE BOOTS! They shake hands and DOUBLE ELBOW DROP! Fujita runs up, but into a mule kick and HAYMAKER! The luchadores double whip Fujita corner to corner, then Mistico sends Despy in. Fujita dodges to RANA Mistico! Despy kicks low, runs, but Fujita trips him! Eagles KICKS, Fujita SENTONS, then Eagles basement DROPKICKS!
Mistico is back but the Sweet Boys DOUBLE ELBOW, then split the wishbone! The fans cheer while Eagles goes to Despy. Eagles stands Despy up, puts him in the corner, then both Sweet Boys dig their boots in. The ref counts, the Sweet Boys stop, and Eagles tags Fujita. The fans rally as Fujita wrenches and whips Despy to the open corner, and CHOPS! Despy is stinging as Fujita snapmares then runs, PENALTY KICK! Cover, ONE! Despy is tougher than that but Fujita tags Eagles back in. Eagles ELBOW DROPS on the knee, then pulls on the leg for a toehold! Despy endures, claws at Eagles, then crawls back to the ROPEBREAK!
Eagles lets go, but he traps the leg for a TWIST! Fujita tags in, he brings Despy around to CLUB him on the back. The fans rally as Fujita suplexes Despy up and over! Cover, TWO! Despy is still tougher than that but Fujita stays cool. Fujita stomps Despy, brings him up, and bumps him off buckles. Tag to Eagles but Despy ELBOWS Fujita down while Eagles BLASTS Mistico! Despy fires off forearms on Eagles but Eagles DROPKICKS the legs out! The fans rally as Eagles then winds up and KICKS Despy! And KICKS! And KICKS! Despy eggs Eagles on, so Eagles runs the ropes, only for Despy to block the kick!
Eagles fires forearms and UPPERCUTS, then avoids a boot to KNEE low. Eagles whips but Despy reverses for a BIG back suplex! Both men are down and the fans rally up. Despy crawls his way over to hot tag Mistico! Mistico springboards to CROSSBODY! Fujita kicks Mistico, the Sweet Boys double whip, but Mistico ducks their double elbow to springboard and DOUBLE BACK ELBOW! Mistico keeps going, and he handsprings through the double hip toss to DOUBLE ARM-DRAG! Then Mistico runs up, slips around, and shoves Fujita into Eagles! Mistico 619s Eagles down! Then he springboards to FLYING ARM-DRAG Fujita!
The fans cheer as Mistico keeps going, and he FLIP RANAS Eagles! Eagles tumbles while the fans rally behind Mistico. Mistico runs up, but Eagles sidesteps, only for Mistico to springboard and CROSSBODY! Cover, TWO! Mistico hurries to LA MAGISTROL! TWO, and Eagles has to check. The fans rally again as Mistico hurries after Eagles. Mistico hushes the fans, and winds up to GAMANGIRI! Eagles wobbles, but Mistico puts him up top. Mistico rallies the fans again before running corner to corner. Mistico goes up, up, but Eagles fires body shots! Mistico falls and Eagles WARP- NO, Mistico dodges!
Mistico runs, tilt-o-whirls, LA MYSTICA! But Eagles rolls it into a ghost pin! TWO, and Eagles rolls, schoolboy bridge! TWO and the fans cheer again! Eagles SOBATS, BLINDSIDE LARIATS, and both men are down again! Eagles crawls his way over, hot tag to Fujita! Fujita runs up on Mistico, and he CHOPS! Then he snapmares Mistico to go up and out! The fans rally as Fujita springboards, MISSILE DROPKICK! Direct hit and Fujita covers, TWO! Mistico survives and the fans fire up, but Fujita vows to end this now. Fujita brings Mistico up, suplexes, but Mistico slips free. Mistico spins Fujita but Fujita ROCKS Mistico! Fujita runs, but Mistico SUPERKICKS him down!
The fans rally as both men crawl. Mistico hot tags Despy! Despy RUNS Fujita over, then scoops to SLAM! Despy hurries to suplex for the BRAINBUSTER! Cover, TWO! Fujita stays in this but Despy stays on him. The fans rally up as Despy gut wrenches, GUITARRA- NO, Fujtia slips free! Despy REAR HEADBUTTS, but runs into a drop toehold! Fujita ties up the legs, NEMOS SPECIAL! Despy reaches out, but Fujita grabs his arms! The fans rally as Despy resists, powers up, and makes the ROPEBREAK! Fujita lets go in frustration but he hurries to waistlock. Deadlift- NO, Despy fights the German Suplex and reaches fo rropes!
Fujita drags Despy back, but Despy ELBOWS free! Fujita CHOPS! Fujita runs, but Despy SPINEBUSTERS! And then high stack, TWO! STRETCH MUFFLER! Fujita scrambles, Mistico runs in and intercepts Eagles! MISTI- NO, Eagles turns it into an ASAI DDT! Eagles then SUPERKICKS Despy down! The fans rally up as Eagles stands Despy up. Despy BODY BLOWS and HAYMAKERS! Despy whips, Eagles reverses, but Despy grabs ropes. Despy DUMPS Eagles out, then builds speed! But Eagles GAMANGIRIS first! Fujita goes up, up, and SUPER CANNONBALLS! Down goes Despy and the fans fire up!
But Mistico builds speed and he DIVES! Direct hit into Fujita at the ramp! Mistico helps Despy stand, but Eagles DIVES! The fans fire up as Eagles wipes the luchadores out at the ramp! Eagles & Fujita get Despy in the ring, then they rally the fans. Fujita feeds Despy to the scoop, SWEET BUSTER!! Cover, TWO!! Despy survives and the fans fire up again! Fujita vows to end this now, and the Sweet Boys drag Despy up again. The fans rally as the Sweet Boys double torture rack, but Despy fights it! Despy flips through, SHOVES Eagles into Fujita, then Mistico runs up! He gets the boost for the DOUBLE SHOTGUN!
The Sweet Boys bail out, Mistico DIVES to take Eagles out again! Despy DIVES onto Fujita and they both crash into railing!! The fans fire up again as all four men are down around ringside! A ring count starts as the four men stir. We pass 5 of 20, then 10, but no one has even sat up! We hit 15 and the fans rally even harder! Despy stands, roars, and he puts Fujita in at 18! Despy hurries to then gut wrench and GUITARRA DEL ANGEL! Cover, TWO! Fujita survives but Despy wags his finger. The fans rally up again as Despy brings Fujita up. Despy drags Fujita up, underhooks, but Fujita wrenches out. Fujita CHOPS, but Despy KNEES low!
Despy whips Fujita, Fujita reverses, and GAMANGIRI! Both men are down again as the fans continue to rally! Fujita roars, and he vows to finally end it. Fujita drags Despy up, brings him around, and suplexes, only for Despy to fight it! Despy RAMS Fujita to a corner, then ROCKS him! Despy hoists Fujita up top, then goes up to join him! The fans rally as Despy goes for the very top, but Fujita bends his fingers. Fujita HEADBUTTS Despy down, but Mistico runs up to GAMANGIRI! And GAMANGIRI! And GAMANGIRI again! The fans fire up as Mistico now climbs the corner. Mistico clinches Fujita as they go to the very top, SUPER SPANISH FLY!
The fans fire up again as Eagles springboards in! Mistico dodges, but Eagles comes back, DESTROYER! Despy runs up, Eagles dodges to ROUNDHOUSE, SUPERKICK, and PELE! But Despy rebounds to SPEAR! All four men are down in the ring now as the fans fire back up! Eagles and Mistico bail out while Despy and Fujita go to corners. Despy roars, runs in, and LARIATS Then he underhooks, PINCH- NO, Fujita fights the lift, then powers out to have the wristlocks. Fujita HEADBUTTS Despy! Fujita then roars as he brings Despy up, for another HEADBUTT! Fujita stands Despy up again, but Despy breaks free to ROCK Fujita!
The fans rally up as Fujita CHOPS! Despy swings, but into a takedown! FUJIWARA ARMBAR! Despy fights around, but Fujita shifts to a MOUNTED ARMBAR! Eagles intercepts Mistico, kicks away on the leg, but Mistico KICKS free! Both men run up, Eagles blocks a kick, but Mistico fights free of the backpack! Mistico runs, LA MYSTICA!! Despy powers through the armbar to then get the leg! GROUND DRAGON SCREW, into the STRETCH MUFFLER! NUMERO DOS!! Fujita flails, Eagles flails, NUMERO DOS PLUS!!! FUJITA TAPS, DESPY & MISTICO WIN!!!
Winners: El Desperado & Mistico, by submission (NEW IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions)
Just as The Ichiban Sweet Boys were on top of the world, they come crashing back down! Is this an ill omen on how the Best of the Super Juniors will go for Eagles and Fujita? As for Mistico, he is not just a triple champion but a QUADRUPLE CHAMPION! CMLL World Light Heavyweight, CMLL World Trios, PWR Heavyweight and now IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion! Will he and Despy dominate the 2026 BOSJ and beyond?
NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Championships: Bishamon & Boltin Oleg VS Will Ospreay, Great-O-Khan & Henare!
Hirooki Goto & Yoshi-Hashi may have failed to take the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championships, and the big man from Kazakhstan may have failed to take the NEVER Openweight Championship, they still stand together as trios champions. But will these titles still belong to Bishamon & BARS? Or will Ospreay lead the Dominator & Mauler to victory for the United Empire?
The introductions are made, the belts are raised, and we see who NEVER gives up!
The trios sort out and Henare insists he start. Henare wants Oleg, but Hashi insists he start, and the fans applaud. The bell rings, the fans rally, and Hashi and Henare circle. Khan distracts Hashi, Henare CLOBBERS Hashi for it, then Henare BLASTS the Hontai corner. Henare stomps Hashi, drags him up, and ROCKS him! Henare whips, Hashi BOOTS back, and Goto joins in! They RUN Henare over, then ZANMAI! Oleg runs, but Khan trips him up! Ospreay BOOTS Goto, Henare CLUBS Hashi, and The Empire tags things outside. Ospreay SMACKS Goto off apron, Henare sends Hashi into railing, and Khan drags Oleg around to SLAM his bad arm off the timekeeper’s table!
The fans rally as Henare CLUBS Hashi and puts him in the ring. Khan drags Oleg around by his bad arm while Henare stomps Hashi. Khan whips Oleg hard into railing! Henare bumps Hashi off Ospreay’s boot, then tags Ospreay in. The fans cheer as Ospreay CHOPS Hashi down! Ospreay drags Hashi up, scoops, and SPIN-OUT BACKBREAKERS! Cover, TWO! Ospreay drags Hashi back up, but Hashi fires body shots! Hashi CHOPS, Ospreay CHOPS, then Ospreay whips, but Hashi hits the BLOCKBUSTER! Ospreay scrambles to tag Henare, and Henare BOOTS Goto down. Then Henare CLOBBERS Hashi!
Henare drags Hashi up, fires forearms, then ROCKS him again. Henare fires off in the corner but Hashi fires forearms and CHOPS in return! Henare CHOPS Hashi down! The fans cheer while Henare roars. Henare then sets up, but Hashi avoids the senton! Henare hobbles but he stomps Hashi down. Henare whips, Hashi DROPKICKS the legs! The fans rally while both men are down. Henare and Hashi crawl, hot tag to Oleg! The fans fire up as Oleg and Henare RAM! And RAM! They both fire up, they both run, and they RAM shoulders again! Henare then ROCKS Oleg, runs, but into a scoop! Oleg Shake, Shake, Shake, and THROW!
Oleg kips up and the fans fire up! Oleg BLASTS Khan off the apron, DECKS Ospreay, then goes back to Henare for the VADER BOMB! Cover, TWO! Henare toughs it out but Oleg drags Henare up. Oleg torture racks, but Henare CHOKES him! The ref counts, but Oleg breaks free! Henare KICKS, and KICKS, then snapmares to KICK Oleg in the back! Then Henare KICKS Oleg in the chest! Henare runs, RUGBY KICK and SENTON! Cover, TWO! Oleg survives and the fans cheer. Henare BLASTS Goto for good measure before he goes back to Oleg. Henare HEADBUTTS, whips, but Oleg stops himself! Oleg BOOTS Henare, then fireman’s carries!
Henare fights free again, then CHOPS! Oleg CHOPS back! Henare CHOPS, Oleg CHOPS, repeat! The fans fire up as both men snarl, and Henare CHOPS, CHOPS, CHOPS! Oleg CHOPS again! And again! And again! Henare is stinging and he drops to a knee! The fans rally as Oleg storms up, but Henare fires fast hands! BODY BLOW! Henare then runs up to LARIAT in the open corner! Henare runs, but DOUBLE LARIATS collide! Neither man falls, they DOUBLE LARIAT again! Oleg dodges, comes back, but Henare LARIATS him down! But wait, Oleg’s right up! And he LARIATS Henare! Henare’s right up, and dodges to then BERSERKER BOMB! Cover, TWO!!
The fans fire up as both big behemoths are down! Hot tag to Ospreay, and he PIP PIP CHEERIOS! Then an ELBOW for Goto! Hashi runs up, Ospreay dodges to put Hashi outside, ROLLING ELBOW! The fans fire up with Ospreay and he PLANCHAS to knock Hashi and Oleg down! The fans cheer as the Aerial Assassin still knows how to fly. Ospreay puts Oleg in, brings him around, ASAI DDT! Cover, TWO! Oleg is tougher than that but Ospreay calls his shot. Ospreay aims from the corner, runs up, but Oleg pops him up! Fireman’s carry, VER- NO, Ospreay lands out! PENALTY KICK! STANDING MOONSAULT, but onto knees!
Oleg whips but Ospreay handsprings to NEURALIZER KICK! The fans fire up and Ospreay aims again, HIDDEN- NO, Oleg catches Ospreay and THROWS him! The fans fire up while both men are down! Oleg and Ospreay crawl, hot tag to Goto! The Fierce Warrior LARIATS Ospreay, whips corner to corner, then runs up to MURAMASA! And SAIDO! Cover, TWO! Ospreay survives but Goto hauls him up for a fireman’s carry. Ospreay fights free but Goto ROCKS him! Goto whips, Ospreay reverses, but Goto puts Ospreay on the apron. Ospreay ROCKS Goto, goes up, and BLINDSIDE CHEERIOS! Then he lifts Goto to LIGER BOMB! Cover, TWO!
The fans fire up while both men are down! Ospreay checks his neck, then brings Goto up. Ospreay underhooks but Goto fights the lift! Ospreay CHOPS Goto, but Goto snarls. Goto ROCKS Ospreay, Ospreay CHOPS again, and repeat! Forearm for CHOP, but then Ospreay fires Kawada Kicks! And a CHOP blocked! Goto ROCKS, whips, but Ospreay handsprings! Goto catches Ospreay to GERMAN SUPELX! Ospreay lands out, but ends up in URA GTR! Goto runs, but Ospreay blows past him! Ospreay avoids Goto, and Henare hits the RAMPAGE! STANDING SKY TWISTER! Cover, HASHI BREAKS IT! The fans fire up but Henare whips Hashi to a corner.
Khan LARAITS, Henare & Ospreay LARIAT ENZIGIRI COMBO! Then they feed Hashi to Khan’s BOOT! Henare LARIATS Goto, fireman’s carries, SAMOAN DROP! Ospreay springboards, 450 SPLASH! Cover, TWO! Goto survives and the fans fire up again! Ospreay stays focused as the fans rally up, and Ospreay calls his shot! Ospreay springboards, OSCUTT- NO! Goto blocks, spins, but Ospreay avoids the lariat to HOOK KICK! Another try, but Oleg catches Ospreay to SNAP KAMIKAZE! But then Henare drags Oleg out and sends him into railing! And then more railing! And then- NO, Oleg turns things around, and now Henare hits railing!
The fans fire up as Oleg runs up, but Henare dodges! Henare KNEES Oleg up and over the railing! Both men are down in front of the fans while Goto and Ospreay rise up. Goto roars, runs up, and LARIATS! The fans fire up as Goto pushes Ospreay down. Goto climbs up, takes aim, but Ospreay GAMANGIRIS! Ospreay goes up, but Goto fires body shots! Goto ROCKS Ospreay, Ospreay ROCKS Goto, and repeat! Ospreay fires more forearms, but Goto HEADBUTTS! Goto then climbs up onto Ospreay for a SUPER KAI TEN!! Cover, TWO?!? Ospreay survives that super sunset bomb and the fans are thunderous!
Goto and Ospreay stir, then crawl, hot tags to Khan and Hashi! Hashi SHOTGUNS Khan to the corner! Hashi runs up to CHOP and DDT! Cover, TWO! Hashi brings Khan around to the drop zone and the fans fire up! Hashi climbs up but Khan scrambles to the far side. Hashi hops down, and Khan eggs him on, so Hashi goes outside. But Khan kicks and whips Hashi into railing! Khan then snap suplexes Hashi to the floor! Khan grins as he clearly suckered Hashi in. Khan drags Hashi up, puts him in, and calls to Henare. Henare joins Khan and they bring Hashi up. But Hashi fires forearms on them! And CHOSP! But then Khan clamps on the IRON CLAW!
Khan chicken wings Hashi for Henare’s BODY BLOW! Then the ASSISTED POWERBOMB! Double cover, TWO!! Hashi survives but the Monster Rage is boiling over! Henare fireman’s carries, Khan runs, but Hashi slips free! Hashi SHOVES Henare at Khan, then LARIATS Khan! Henare ELBOWS and whips Hashi, but Hashi LARIATS through! Ospreay returns but Hashi dodges, only for Ospreay to slip through the lariat! But Hashi slips free of the bomb to LARIAT after all! The fans are thunderous as Hashi has soloed the Empire! The fans rally up as Hashi crawls, and he roars as he rises again! Hashi brings Khan up and Goto joins in.
Bishamon double whips Khan corner to corner, then LARIAT and CHOP! Hashi sends Khan to Goto but Khan Mongolian Chops! Hashi mule kicks, Goto clinches, GOTO GO TO HUNTER! The fans fire up as Bishamon brings Khan up again! Dragon sleeper, leg lift, but Khan BOOTS free! Goto snap suplexes Khan, but Ospreay fires off on Goto! Ospreay runs, but into HIDDEN GAP! Henare ROCKS and CHOPS away on Bishamon, then runs, into HIDDEN BOLTIN!! The fans are thunderous again as Oleg waits on Bishamon. Bishamon hauls Khan up, has him in place, and Oleg RAMS Khan into the corner!
Oleg sets Khan back up, then DECKS Ospreay! Goto LARIATS, Hashi LARIATS, and now Goto climbs! Hashi hoists Khan up, DANGEROUS LIBRA!! Cover, HENARE CLOBBERS GOTO ONTO IT! The fans cheer as everyone is down around ringside! Goto drags Henare up, but he has a guzel! Guzel on Hashi, too, but Oleg CHOPS Henare! Henare holds onto Bishamon! So Oleg SHOTGUNS Henare! That alone is impressive! Bishamon regroups and they drag Khan up. They set Khan up in the dragon sleeper and leg lift, Oleg runs, but Henare is a step for Ospreay to leap from! HIDDEN BLADE ON OLEG!!
Henare DECKS Hashi, Khan IRON CLAWS Goto! Ospreay SUPERKICKS, then he TOSSES Goto! Ospreay goes up, up, and LEAP OF FAITH onto Goto & Oleg!! Henare waits on Hashi, for the RAMP- DDT!! Hashi turns things around on Henare and the fans are thunderous! Hsahi roars as he gets back up, and he drags Khan to his feet! But Khan BITES Hashi’s arm! The ref counts, but then Khan IRON CLAWS Hashi’s face! Hashi endures the iron grip, but Khan is pushing him down to the mat! Khan DRIBBLES Hashi’s head like a basketball! Hashi fades but is somehow still in this, so Khan hauls him up! ELIMIN- CODE BREAKER!! Cradle cover, TWO!!
The fans are thunderous again as Khan survives! Hashi hurries to his feet, but Osperay and Goto are brawling outside! Ospreay and Henare leave Goto and Oleg on the outside while Hashi aims, SUPERKICK blocked! Khan KICKS the leg, then BLINDSIDE BOOTS! The fans rally but Khan laughs maniacally! Khan calls to Henare & Ospreay. Ospreay climbs, Henare HEADBUTTS, and then Henare hauls Hashi up! Ospreay aims, HIDDEN BLADE ELIMINATOR BOMB!!! Cover, EMPIRE WINS!!
Winners: Will Ospreay, Great-O-Khan & Henare, by pinfall (NEW NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Champions)
What an insanely overpowered combo move to finish Hashi! But in the end, the power of the Empire’s founding members shines even brighter now that they hold gold together! Khan grabs the mic to say, “Bow down, you peasants! We beat ‘Bishamontin,’ we have dominated the NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Champions. So next… We shall conquer K O B and the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championships. And if they want to see us directly, we will forgive them if they dare step in front of us.” In other words, Khan is daring Oskar & Yuto-Ice to appear. And after a moment, they indeed appear!
The Knockout Brothers swagger down to the ramp and into the ring, and they stare down Khan & Henare. Henare has the mic to tell Ice that Henare doesn’t care what anyone says! Those tag titles are theirs, now bring them your mana! Yuto laughs at that and tells Henare that if he wants the mana, Yuto will bring him that wrestling high! They can make some money together! Yuto tells the fans that if they wanna get that wrestling high, then you’ll wanna see Yuto fight Henare! They ARE KOB, and they wanna fight the strongest bastards there are! And that seems to be these two here. Go ahead, challenge them! Because everyone here will put their money down to see it!
You don’t have to think, just feel! Let’s Get High! TCH TCH, Big Up! The champions have spoken, and they’re ready to face fellow champions to prove they’re the best! But will Oskar & Ice make sure to knock out Khan & Henare? Or will the Empire continue to conquer the world?
IWGP Heavyweight Championship: Callum Newman VS Shingo Takagi!
From youngest man to win the New Japan Cup to youngest man to win this title, The Prince has proven himself as a powerful wrestler. But to prove himself as truly worthy of this title, he must make it through his first defense. A former heavyweight champion in his own right, the Rampaging Dragon has fought his way back to this moment. But will Takagi once again stand atop the mountain? Or will he suffer the Prince’s Curse?
President Hiroshi Tanahashi is here to make the formal introductions and raise the belt. And now, at the end of Wrestling Dontaku, we see whose heroic journey triumphs over the other’s!
The bell rings and the fans fire up for “TA-KA-GI!” already. Callum stays back, and has a smug grin as he does. Callum wants Takagi to stay back, and Red Shoes has him wait. Callum steps outside, which annoys Takagi. Takagi dares Callum to get in already. Callum taunts Takagi by stepping in, then out, then flipping off the fans. The fans boo, but Callum finally steps inside. Takagi runs up, Callum dodges and fires off forearms! Callum eggs Takagi on so Takagi fires off forearms! Takagi JABS, whips, but Callum reverses. Callum runs up but Takagi puts him on the apron. Callum RAMS into Takagi, then slingshots up and over.
Callum runs, ducks ‘n’ dodges, then BOOTS, but Takagi rebounds to RUN Callum over! Callum kips up to ENZIGIRI! Takagi rebounds, but Callum avoids the sliding lariat! Takagi ducks the haymaker, but Callum fights the waistlock. Takagi blocks the elbow, and a kick, but Callum ducks a lariat to then springboard, OSC- NO, Takagi denies Callum the cutter! The fans cheer the standoff as the two reset. Takagi and Callum circle, feel things out, but Callum backs off to a corner again. Takagi waits, but Callum just goes back to the corner. Callum and Takagi finally tie up, and Takagi powers Callum to the ropes. Callum protests, Red Shoes counts, and Takagi says clean break.
But then Callum pulls hair! Callum body shots, whips, and- NO, Takagi avoids the kick to RAM Callum! Takagi then blocks the boot to DRAGON SCREW! Callum tumbles out of the ring while the fans cheer. Takagi eggs Callum on while Callum clutches the knee. Callum shakes out the leg, hobbles around, then rolls in, just to roll back out. Takagi is annoyed again but Callum walks off the leg pain. The ring count starts and the fans rally for Takagi. Callum talks with Jake Lee on commentary. Callum says he has 20, so he’s gonna take his time. Callum hears 13 and rolls back in, just to roll back out. But Takagi pursues!
Takagi CLUBS Callum, POSTS him, then CHOPS him! Callum goes to the ramp but Takagi brings him back around. Takagi puts Callum in, but Callum gets moving, only for Takagi to CLOBBER him! The fans cheer as Callum goes spiraling through the air! Takagi fires up, too, then drags Callum up. Takagi suplexes high and hard, and the fans applaud as he covers, TWO! Callum is tougher than that but Takagi clamps on with a chinlock. Callum endures as Takagi squeezes tight. Takagi grinds Callum down to the mat but Callum fights around, ROPEBREAK! The fans applaud as Takagi lets go, then Takagi KICKS Callum in the back!
Takagi KNEES Callum, then brings him up. Callum fights the back suplex with elbows but Takagi body blows in return. Takagi shoves Callum to then ELBOW, JAB, and- NO, Callum trips Takagi up, for the SLIDING KNEE! Callum gets Takagi in the side and Takagi rolls his way to the apron. The fans rally but Callum pursues. Callum kicks Takagi to the floor, then brings him up for an APRON BACK SUPLEX! Takagi writhes, Jake Lee certainly applauds, and Callum mocks Takagi’s pain. Callum stands Takagi up to whip him hard into the railing, then brings him around to whip him into more railing! Then they go out into the crowd!
The fans have to hurry out of the way as Callum pries the railing apart. Callum fires forearms, then he KNEES Takagi into taking a seat. Callum then gets space, and he runs up on Takagi for a DROPKICK through the chairs! The fans cheer that double-edged attack, but Callum manages to stand up from the pile of chairs. Callum then makes another section of fans clear out, just so Callum can sit next to Takagi’s new bride, Natsumi Maki, aka Natsupoi! The fans boo Callum trying to be friendly with her, but then Takagi DECKS Callum anyway! The fans cheer Takagi defending his wife’s honor, then he whips Callum into railing!
The fans rally behind Takagi as he storms over to Callum. Takagi drags Callum up and into the ring, and the fans cheer as Takagi storms up on him again. Takagi CHOPS, Callum CHOPS, and repeat! Callum scowls as he’s stinging from that last one, but he winds up to CHOP again! Takagi JABS, JABS, then swings, but Callum catches the arm! Callum hooks the arm, and he stomps Takagi in the ribs! Callum digs his heel in, then fires punches into it! Red Shoes reprimands, but Callum mocks Takagi with Takagi’s own prayer pose. Callum drags Takagi up, CLUBS him, then snapmares to KICK! Takagi snarls but Callum KICKS him again! Cocky cover, TWO!
Callum mockingly applauds Takagi while he stalks him. Callum stands Takagi up to fire knees. Callum mocks LIJ even, but Takagi fires knees in return! Callum fires a KNEE and Takagi goes to a corner. Takagi snarls and the fans fire up, but Callum kicks and snapmares. Callum runs, but Takagi blocks the kick! Callum CLAWS Takagi’s face, whips him to ropes, but Takagi reverses to then HIP TOSS! The fans fire up for Takagi again while he catches his breath. Callum goes to a corner, Takagi runs up, but Callum dodges! Callum kicks low, puts Takagi up top, but Takagi kicks back! Then TORNADO DDT! The fans cheer while Callum tumbles away.
Takagi waits on Callum to stand, then he LARIATS Callum up and out! The fans fire up again, and Takagi goes out after Callum. But Callum RAMS Takagi into the apron, then rolls into the ring. The fans rally as Callum builds speed, and Callum FLIES! But Takagi rolls inside! Callum manages to land out of his tope, but then Takagi TOPES onto Callum! The fans fire up as the Rampaging Dragon can still fly! Takagi stands, Natsupoi cheers him on, and he gives a thumbs up. Takagi goes back to Callum as the ring count starts, and he puts Callum in at 6 of 20. Callum staggers to his feet, but Takagi RUNS him over! Takagi scoops, SLAMS, and SENTONS!
The fans applaud and rally as Takagi winds up. Takagi runs up, blocks a boot, and he LARIATS through! The fans cheer as Takagi JABS and CHOPS on repeat! Red Shoes counts as Takagi JABS, JABS, JABS, then throws hooks from all sides! Callum takes a swing but Takagi spins him through, SWINGING NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! The fans cheer Takagi on as he starts up the catchphrase, but Takagi dodges Callum’s dropkick to ELBOW DROP! And now “TOKI GA KITA!” The fans cheer and join in with “OI! OI! OI!” Takagi then hoists Callum up top, climbs up to join him, but Callum fires body shots!
Callum HEADBUTTS Takagi, but Takagi ELBOWS in return! Takagi ROCKET LAUNCHES Callum from the corner! Takagi then clamps on for HAMMER ‘N’ ANVIL ELBOWS! “OI! OI! OI!” SLIDING- NO, Callum dodges to BUZZSAW, HEEL KICK, then PUNT in the side! Both men are down while the fans rally up again. Takagi clutches his side as he goes to the ropes, but Callum is right on him. Callum pushes Takagi outside, brings him around, and RAMS him into railing! Callum has Abe-san and Tanahashi-kaichou clear out from the timekeeper’s area to then confiscate the table. But Takagi BODY BLOWS and KNEES first!
Takagi aims but Callum BODY BLOWS! Then BACK SUPLEX down through the table!! The fans boo Callum as Takagi is down in the wreckage. Red Shoes checks on Takagi while Callum leaves him behind. Takagi is able to continue, and the ring count starts. Takagi flounders at 3 of 20, rises up at 6, and hobbles his way to ringside by 10 of 20. Takagi needs a moment, but he fires back up as we hit 13. Takagi hears 15 and hobbles his way to the ring. But Callum is on him with FIREBOLT! Cover, TWO! The fans rally for Takagi as he survives, but Callum continues to taunt the fans. Callum even SPITS at them! The fans boo more but Callum soaks up the heat.
Callum brings Takagi up, and he pump handles, but Takagi fights free! Takagi catches Callum to underhook, but Callum wrenches through! Takagi RAMS Callum into a corner, then ELBOWS him! Takagi runs, blocks a boot but not the ENZIGIRI! Takagi ducks the heel kick to ROCK Callum! Callum comes back to fire a forearm, then he eggs Takagi on. Takagi ROCKS Callum again, but Callum comes back to fire another shot! The forearms go back and forth, and Callum wobbles! Takagi HEADBUTTS, Callum ROCKS, then runs! But Takagi follows to LARIAT at the ropes! And SAIDO! But Callum’s right up to GERMAN SUPLEX!
Takagi’s up, he clinches, HALF ‘N’ HALF! Callum roars, but then he flops over! The fans fire up as both men are down again! Takagi rolls to a corner, Callum goes to the opposite end, and the fans rally up again. Takagi headbutts the buckles to fire back up! Both men run in, DOUBLE LARIATS collide! And DOUBLE LARIATS collide again! Callum BOOTS Takagi, eggs him on, so Takagi LARIATS! Callum staggers back but Takagi eggs him on. Callum BOOTS Takagi, so Takagi LARIATS! Callum stumbles to the ropes but Takagi waits on him. Callum storms up to wind up, but Takagi blocks the boot! BLINDSIDE LARIAT!
Takagi ELBOWS, Callum SOBATS, Takagi JABS, Callum HEEL KICKS! Callum feints the run to LARIAT! Takagi’s right up to LARIAT! The fans fire up as both men flop back down! Takagi rises with “OI! OI! OI!” and the fans join in! Takagi brings Callum up, pump handles, but Callum pulls hair! Takagi pulls hair in return! Red Shoes reprimands them both, so they both let go. But then they both grab hair again! Takagi ELBOWS, JABS, and YUKON feint for the DDT! But Callum handsprings through to springboard! OSC- TAKAGI CUTTER! And then Takagi steals PRINCE’S CURSE!! Cover, TWO!! Callum survives and the fans fire up again!
Takagi roars as he rises again, and he brings Callum up to run, PUMPING- NO, Callum falls down! The fans boo but Takagi just covers anyway, ROPEBREAK! Callum’s long legs save him, but Takagi waits on Callum to get up. Callum sputters in a daze but he reaches out. The fans rally, Takagi brings Callum up, but Callum is a ragdoll! Takagi drops Callum to let Red Shoes check. Callum is still dazed, but then he SPITS at Takagi anyway! Takagi storms up but into a BODY SHOT! And OSCUTTER 2.0!! Cover, TWO!! Callum’s trickery didn’t finish this off, but he hobbles his way to a corner as the fans rally. Callum takes aim, runs up, but Takagi dodges Excalibur!
Callum collapses, shouting about his knee! It may have jammed from going too hard on the stops! Red Shoes backs Takagi off and Zane Jay checks Callum. Callum says his knee, but Takagi kicks at him. Callum hobbles but he falls over again. Takagi says call it then! The fans boo, but Callum YANKS Red Shoes out! This WAS a trick after all! Zane Jay runs up and CLOBBERS Takagi! Daiki Nagai storms in and SPINEBUSTERS Zane! But JAKE LEE leaves commentary to CLOBBER Daiki! Takagi CLUBS Jake’s leg, but the KITCHEN SINK KNEE finds him! The Silent Jester laughs, but YOTA TSUJI is here! BACKBREAKER, FLATLINER,and STOMP!
Callum SUPERKICKS Yota! Callum runs up, EXCALIBUR!! Cover, TWO!! Takagi survives but Callum hurries to clamp on! Callum steals MADE IN JAPAN!!! Cover, TWO!!! Callum hurries again, PRINCE’S CURSE!!! Cover, TWO?!?! Takagi survives again and the fans are thunderous!! Callum is annoyed, but he drags Takagi up. Takagi grabs at Callum, but Callum fireman’s carries. Takagi flails free, but he drops to the mat! The fans rally for Takagi but Callum sits back and waits. Takagi reaches out as the fans rally harder, but Callum scuffs him. Callum scuffs Takagi again, then fires forearms. Callum is almost toying with Takagi at this point.
Callum winds up to KICK, but that just pisses Takagi off! Takagi sits up, and he takes the KICKS! Callum KICKS again, then SPITS on Takagi! Callum KICKS, but Takagi rolls through to LARIAT! Takagi roars, but Callum SOBATS! Both men sit back down, and Callum unwraps his wrist tape. Callum shows off the crown tattoo, and he hobbles over to Takagi. Callum stands Takagi up, winds up, but Takagi PUMPING BOMBERS POINT-BLANK!! The fans are thunderous again as Takagi stands Callum up! Takagi pump handles, Callum slips free, and he SHOVES Takagi at Red Shoes! Takagi stops short, and he blocks the low blow!
Takagi ducks the roundhouse to pump handle and MADE IN JAPAN!! Takagi isn’t done, he pump handles again, MADE IN JAPAN AGAIN!! Cover, TWO!! Callum survives but Takagi just winds up! Takagi runs, PUMPING BOMBER!! Takagi roars because he’s not done yet! Pump handle, torture rack, and BURNING DRAGON!! Cover, TWO!?! Callum survives again and Takagi can’t believe it! The fans rally as hard as they can as now even Ospreay is here to coach Callum on! Takagi rises first, he drags Callum up, and Takagi tells Ospreay to watch. Pump handle, torture rack, but Callum CLUBS away!
Takagi LARIATS! Callum staggers around but Takagi storms over to him. Takagi LARIATS again, and Callum rebounds off ropes. Callum slaps at Takagi, but he’s running on fumes at this point. Takagi fires boxing elbows, he has plenty of gas! But Callum ROCKS Takagi! Takagi JABS, then HEADBUTTS! The fans fire up for Takagi as he brings Callum up to DECK him! Takagi roars, the fans cheer, and Takagi drags Callum back around. Callum sputters but Ospreay coaches him up. Takagi brings Callum up to fireman’s carry, but Callum clings to the ropes! Takagi pries Callum free, but Callum grabs Red Shoes! LOW BLOW!! PRINCE’S CURSE!! Cover, TWO!!
Ospreay is conflicted. He wanted Callum to win, but not quite like that, so he’s relieved this is still going. Callum rises, as does Takagi, and the fans rally up again. Callum winds up, KISS THE CROWN!! Callum then brings Takagi up again, fireman’s carries, and he hits a GO TO SLEEP!! Callum watches Takagi rise up again, and he fireman’s carries for an F- NO, Takagi slips free to HEADBUTT and fire elbows! But Callum KNEES Takagi, then hops up! Takagi slips under, then Takagi hops up!? POISON-RANA!! Callum flounders to ropes, Takagi crawls to the other side! Callum and Takagi roar, PUMPING BOMBER TAKEDOWN!! Cover, TWO?!?!
Callum survives and everyone is shocked! This has passed 35 minutes, but Callum uses Red Shoes as a shield! LOW BLOW!!! And then MAKE WAY!!! Cover, CALLUM WINS!
Winner: Callum Newman, by pinfall (still IWGP Heavyweight Champion)
Yota protests as Callum again dirties up how he wins! Ospreay is still conflicted, but Zane says a win is a win. The rest of the United Empire makes their way out here to stand with their Prince, who still sits upon the throne. Is this going to be the last time Takagi gets a shot at this title? Or is there still hope with the G1 Climax this Summer?
As for Callum, he is handed the title by the Chairman of NUTS, and holds it up for the photo op. Callum then wants to add insult to injury, but Yota stands in his way. The Empire joins Callum in the ring, and Ospreay is the one calling they all stand down. But then Callum LOW BLOWS Yota and BELT SHOTS him down! The fans boo but then Jake sets Takagi up! But then Ospreay steps in! Ospreay says they won, that’s enough! Callum says okay, okay, he won’t do it. But Ospreay should! Ospreay says yeah, right, he’s not doing this BS. Is he with them or not? Yeah, but not like that! Oh, really? C’mon, “Death Rider Billy!”
Ospreay snarls, and he HIDDEN BLADES Takagi down! There, happy? The Empire applauds their former leader, then Callum gets the mic. “Daijobu?” Callum mockingly asks if they’re alright, and the fans boo. Callum then says hey, whether you like it or not, United Empire are the top dogs in this company now! And seeing as Unbound Company wants to ruin his moment ever single time, how about uh… Ignition to Dominion? In just two days’ time, they can settle it! Callum & Jake VS Yota & Takagi. And if the Empire wins, Yota & Takagi can NEVER challenge Callum for the title again. But if either of them pins Callum, then Dominion main event it is. Now F off!
Unbound Company exits, and Callum says the Empire is the best unit in Japan, in the world, and you will all make way for The Prince and Kiss The Crown! Callum leaves it at that, and the streamers fly for his victory. Callum with the top title, Andrade with the Global title, and the trio of Henare, Khan and a now reluctant Ospreay holding the NEVER Six Man titles, will nothing stop the United Empire from conquering the world? Or will this Empire fall apart from within?
My Thoughts:
A great second night of Wrestling Dontaku, with some rather surprising outcomes here and there. Konosuke was of course beating Chase in their match, but the surprise might be that Konosuke has Hontai as his allies here. I wonder if that will add to the dysfunction in Don Callis Family when you consider Andrade is United Empire, but then so is Ospreay, but then as Callum references, Ospreay is hanging out with The Death Riders, who they literally fought a few weeks ago. Meanwhile, I had not predicted Despy & Mistico winning those junior tag titles, and I was iffy on the Empire winning the NEVER titles, but those were great matches and great surprise wins.
Callum winning over Takagi wasn’t quite surprising, though Takagi looked awesome in this match. The fans all wanted Takagi, and they even got “Mrs. Takagi,” Natsupoi, in on the act, all to great effect. But Callum cheating to win helped protect Takagi in the loss while it helped build the dysfunction. I feel like the NEVER Six Man reign will be short given Ospreay can’t keep going back and forth between Japan and the States, but they are certainly going to give us Callum VS Ospreay so that Callum can truly establish himself as not just the leader of the Empire but as the best British/European/gaijin wrestler NJPW has today. We might even see more Empire VS Death Riders, but with a rather unique double turn where Death Riders are Face alongside Ospreay against an all Heel Empire.
My Score: 9.1/10
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NJPW PPV Results
Mitchell’s NJPW Wrestling Dontaku Results & Report! (5/3/26)
Wrestling Dontaku, Night One!
Is El Idolo ready for another round with the Gene Blast?
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku night one sees Yota Tsuji once again defend the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship against Andrade El Idolo!
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Six Man Tag: Toru Yano, YOH & Master Wato VS Tiger Mask, Ryusuke Taguchi & Taisei Nakahara; Yano, Yoh & Wato win.
- OSKAR & Yuto-Ice VS Tomoaki Honma & Masatora Yasuda; Oskar & Yuto win.
- 8 Man Tag: Yuya Uemura, Taichi, El Desperado & Mistico VS TMDK; Yuya, Taichi, Desperado & Mistico win.
- Six Man Tag: Bishamon & Tatsuya Matsumoto VS Will Ospreay, Great-O-Khan & Henare; Ospreay, Khan & Henare win.
- Konosuke Takeshita & Shota Umino VS Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi; Konosuke & Shota win.
- 10 Man Tag: The Unbound Company VS The United Empire; Unbound Company wins.
- Aaron Wolf VS Don Fale; Wolf wins.
- NEVER Openweight Championship: Ren Narita VS Boltin Oleg; Ren wins and retains the title.
- IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship: Yota Tsuji VS Andrade El Idolo; Andrade wins and becomes the new IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion.
PLAY BY PLAY
NEVER Openweight Championship: Ren Narita VS Boltin Oleg!
The House of Torture stole this title from Aaron Wolf, but the big man from Kazakhstan is looking to free it again! Will the Souled Out Son of Strong Style be put behind BARS? Or will he find another way to stack the deck?
But of course, the House has to attack from behind! The fans boo as Ren CLUBS Oleg and Dick Togo uses the SPOILER CHOKER! But then Oleg BOOTS Ren away, hauls Dick up, but Ren kicks low! Ren CLAWS Oleg’s eyes, whips, but Oleg reverses to send Ren hard into to the railing! The fans cheer as Oleg puts Ren in the ring, and the ref rings the bell! This is on record now as Oleg RUNS Ren over! Oleg whips Ren to ropes, Ren reverses, but Oleg CLOBBERS Ren! The fans cheer as Ren tumbles out! Dick checks on Ren, as does the ref. Oleg storms out the side, then storms over, but Dick attacks again! Oleg isn’t even bothered!
Dick cowers and calls for the ref. The ref reprimands Dick for even getting close to Oleg. But this distraction lets Ren JAM Oleg with a chair! And SMACK him down! The fans boo more while Oleg writhes, but Ren stalks him around the way. Ren stands Oleg up, then whips Oleg hard into railing! Oleg writhes again, clutching his arm, but Ren stands him up to wrench and wristlock. Ren then brings Oleg out into the crowd, CLUBS away on the arm, then lines up a shot. Ren whips and BOWLS Oleg into chairs! STRIKE! The fans rally for Oleg while he’s down on the floor, but Ren leaves him behind to roll into the ring.
The ring count climbs while Ren catches his breath. Oleg rises at 6 of 20, hobbles his way over, and rolls in at 12. Ren is right on Oleg with a whip and NECKBREAKER DROP! Cover, TWO! Oleg survives but Ren drags him back up. Ren wrenches the arm and bends the fingers before hitting an ELBOW BREAKER! Ren wrenches for another ELBOW BREAKER! Oleg drops to his knees but Ren wrenches the arm again. Ren hammerlocks the arm and RAMS it into bare buckles! Dick helped pull off the House Special! Ren drags Oleg up, clamps onto the arm, but Oleg stays up. Ren puts Oleg in a corner but the ref counts. Ren lets go at 4, but snapmares Oleg into the corner.
Ren goes outside, he CLAWS Oleg’s face, then bends the bad arm against the crossbar! The fans boo and the ref counts, but Ren lets go at 4. Oleg clutches his elbow while Ren grins an evil grin. Ren stalks Oleg, stomps him around, then eggs him on. Oleg rises up but Ren kicks him. Oleg ROCKS Ren with the good arm! And ROCKS him again, and again, and again! Ren wrenches the bad arm to another ELBOW BREAKER! Ren wraps the bad arm around ropes, stops as the ref counts, but Dick HOTSHOTS the arm in the distraction! Ren hits as FLYING ARMBAR TAKEDOWN! The fans rally for Oleg as he fights around.
Oleg high stacks Ren, then deadlifts for a POWERBOMB! The fans cheer while both men are down! Oleg rises first and the fans rally behind him. Oleg drags Ren up, but Ren fights the gut wrench to have the bad arm! ELBOW BREAKER! Ren RAMS shoulders with Oleg, RAMS again, then whips, but Oleg reverses to BELLY2BELLY! The fans fire up as Oleg rises again! Oleg drags Ren up with the gut wrench, for the Shake, Shake, Shake, and THROW! Oleg kips up, the fans fire up, and Oleg shakes out the bad arm. Oleg runs corner to corner but Ren dodges! Ren runs up, but Oleg scoops! And he THROWS Ren again!
Oleg runs, runs, and BOLTIN PRESS! Cover, TWO! Ren survives but the fans rally behind Oleg again. Oleg storms over to Ren, drags him up, and reels him in, only for Ren to fight the lift. Oleg CLUBS Ren, but Ren CHOKES Oleg! Oleg breaks free to CHOP Ren! Oleg winds up, but Ren uses the ref as a shield! Oleg stops short, helps Marty Asami duck, and then he CHOPS Ren after all! Ren complains to the ref, but blocks a kick! Ren hands it to the ref so he can hit an ARMBAR TAKEDOWN! The fans rally for Oleg as he powers right out! Both men rise up, and Oleg runs at Ren, only for Ren to DUMP him out!
Ren kicks Oleg, grabs a chair, and he puts the chair around the arm! Dick distracts the ref while Ren- NO, Oleg blocks the Pillmanizing! Oleg ROCKS Ren, then CHAIR LARIATS! The fans fire up as the “Chairiat” takes Ren down! Oleg kicks the chair away, then drags Ren up. The fans cheer as Oleg puts Ren in the ring, then storms over to him. Oleg drags Ren up, gut wrenches again, for more Shake, Shake, Shake, and the DOCTOR- NO! Ren fights the bomb! Ren is free but he flounders to a corner. Oleg runs up to SPLASH! Then Oleg torture racks, but Ren CLAWS Oleg’s eyes! Ren whips Oleg into the ref!
Ren CLAWS Oleg’s face, then Yoshinobu Kanemaru appears! The fans boo as the Heel Master kicks Oleg down! Kanemaru uncorks his whiskey bottle to take a big swig! Kanemaru aims, but Oleg smothers the mist! Oleg fireman’s carries Kanemaru, but Dick runs in! Dick kicks Oleg but he doesn’t budge! Oleg then squeezes Kanemaru and the WHISKEY MIST hits Dick!! But Ren is up, only for Oleg to THROW Kanemaru onto him! The fans fire up for Oleg, and he calls to the ref before grabbing Ren’s legs. Oleg YANKS Ren right up, into the POWERBOMB!! High stack, TWO!! Ren survives the #BoltinBomb but the fans rally for Oleg!
Oleg grits his teeth, shakes out his bad arm, then torture racks Ren! Ren flails as Oleg bends him back! But now SHO is here! Sho distracts right as Ren TAPS! Oleg would’ve won! Oleg sees Sho, runs him off, but Sho eggs Oleg on. But then WOLF is here! The fans cheer as Aaron Wolf kicks Sho, then hauls him away! But then Ren kicks Oleg’s legs out, and has him in the GUILLOTINE! But Oleg powers up, powers out, and suplexes Ren! Ren slips free, kicks low and DOUBLE CROSSER! Cover, TWO!! Oleg survives and Ren is beside himself! The fans cheer Oleg on as he and Ren stir. Ren crawls to ropes, drags himself up, and vows to end this!
Ren climbs the corner, takes aim from up high, for HELL’S- NO, Oleg catches Ren for a SNAP KAMIKAZE!! But the bad arm holds him back! Oleg can’t make the cover as he clutches the shoulder in pain! The fans rally even harder as Oleg rises again. Oleg roars, drags Ren up, and fireman’s carries! VERDICT!! Ren flounders but Oleg makes the cover this time, ROPEBREAK!! Ren survives by fingertips, and Oleg is frustrated with his miscalculation. Oleg roars again, he brings Ren back up, and the fans cheer the fireman’s carry. But Ren grabs ropes! Oleg can’t pry Ren free, so he just goes up! But Ren CLAWS Oleg’s eyes!
The ref reprimands but Ren goes up, up, and SUPER ARMBAR TAKEDOWN!! Oleg flails, reaches out, but Ren pulls on the bad arm! The fans cheer as hard as they can for Oleg as he fights around! Oleg reaches out, but he’s still so far away! Oleg kicks, kicks, kicks, and has the ROPEBREAK! The fans cheer as Oleg survives by a literal foot! Ren drags Oleg up, brings him to the corner, and climbs up. Ren vows to end it now! DOWN TO DIE on the arm! DISARMER!! Oleg endures the mounted armbar, but then powers through, only to end up in an ARMBAR!! Ren puts on the pressure, but Oleg again powers up! Deadlift, but Kanemaru distracts the ref!!
DICK LOW BLOWS OLEG!! The ref misses all that, and Ren drags Oleg back down!! Oleg TAPS, Ren wins!!
Winner: Ren Narita, by submission (still NEVER Openweight Champion)
Another day, another way for Ren to cheat and steal this title away! Then the House stomps away on Oleg! Wolf returns to run them off, but he was not enough to even the odds during the match. Wolf grabs a mic to tell Ren, “What do you think you’re playing at? See if you can step on me one more time! Put that belt on the line and fight me! I promise to take back that title!” The Wolf has eyes on his prey, but will he huff ‘n’ puff and blow the House of Torture down? Or will they stack the deck too high for anyone to overcome?
IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship: Yota Tsuji VS Andrade El Idolo!
What was meant to be former friends settling a grudge is now a second chance for a “Real Latino Man.” Gabe Kidd is hurt, so Andrade is back again, but will he redeem himself from the New Beginning in USA? Or will Gene Blast still be golden?
President Hiroshi Tanahashi is here to give the formal introductions and raise the belt as we see if history repeats itself!
The bell rings and the fans rally as the two stare down. The fans cheer on “YO~TA! YO~TA!” but Andrade ignores that as the two circle. They tie up, are in a deadlock, but Yota’s height becomes his leverage. Yota puts Andrade on the ropes, but lets off cleanly. The fans applaud and Andrade shakes it off. The two reset and circle again. They tie up, are in another deadlock, but Andrade pushes Yota to the ropes. Andrade lets off, but CHOPS! Yota CHOPS, but Andrade headlocks. Yota endures the grind, but Andrade hits a takeover. Yota headscissors, Andrade kips free, but Yota hits the takeover, only for Andrade to handspring through!
Andrade returns to RANA, but Yota handsprings through! The fans cheer as the two stare down again. They circle, feel things out, and tie up with knuckle locks. They go shoulder to shoulder but Andrade wrenches to headlock. Yota powers up but can’t power out as Andrade pulls hair! Yota powers up and out this time, but Andrade RUNS him over! The fans cheer, and Andrade runs, only for Yota to hurdle over. Andrade leaps over, Yota sidesteps, but Andrade springboards to CROSSBODY! Andrade then LARIATS Yota up and out! The fans fire up, and Andrade builds speed! But Yota slips in, dodges Andrade, and slips around to arm-drag!
Andrade bails out and now Yota builds speed! The fans cheer, but Andrade is back! Yota blocks the boot, but Andrade whips, only for Yota to reverse. Andrade goes tranquilo in the ropes! The fans cheer, but Yota nods and raises his own LIJ fist. Yota then BOOTS Andrade to the floor! Yota goes out after Andrade, puts him in the ring, and the fans rally again. Yota drags Andrade up, KNEES him low, then KNEES him again. Andrade fires elbows, swings, but into a half nelson! GUT BUSTER! The fans cheer while Andrade goes to a corner. Yota runs in for a STINGER SPLASH! Yota then climbs up, and the fans cheer as he rains down elbows!
Yota goes to nine, winds up, but Andrade YANKS Yota down before ten! Andrade then stomps away on Yota, drags him up, and scoops to SLAM! The fans cheer again while Andrade snarls. Andrade storms back over to Yota, drags him up, and snapmares. Andrade runs to basement DROPKICK! Cover, TWO! Andrade clamps onto Yota with a headlock and grinds him down. The fans rally as Yota endures, and Yota fights his way back up. But Andrade wrangles Yota down and puts on more pressure. The fans rally more as Yota keeps fighting around. Yota kicks his way forward to the ROPEBREAK!
The fans cheer as Andrade lets go, but Yota coughs and sputters as he catches his breath. Andrade grabs legs, and he stomps Yota in the stomach! Andrade looms over Yota, drags him back up, and puts him in the corner to CHOP! Yota is stinging, but also grinning! Yota eggs Andrade on, so the gloves literally come off! Andrade CHOPS Yota! The fans cheer and Yota keeps smiling! Andrade says uno mas, or perhaps moikai, and he kicks instead! Andrade wags his finger, then ROCKS Yota! Andrade whips corner to corner, then runs up, but Yota puts him on the apron! But Andrade blocks the enzigiri to put Yota in the Tree of Woe!
Andrade goes up, WOE STOMPS! Cover, TWO!! Yota survives but Andrade says it was that close. Andrade then drags Yota up in the corner, ROCKS him with forearm after forearm, but Red Shoes reprimands. Andrade backs off, but he rallies the fans as he goes corner to corner and back again, CIEN- NO, Yota ducks the knees to sunset flip! TWO, and Andrade ROCKS Yota! Yota ROCKS Andrade! They go forearm for forearm, then Andrade CHOPS! And CHOPS! Andrade runs, but Yota scoops to BACKBREAKER! The fans cheer while both men are down! The fans rally again, and Yota rises first. Yota is grinning again, he’s enjoying this.
Yota stands Andrade up to CHOP! Andrade wobbles, then drops to a knee, but Yota stands him up again. Yota CHOPS again, then brings Andrade around. Yota winds up, but Andrade blocks and CHOPS! And CHOPS! Andrade runs, but Yota ELBOWS him! And CHOPS! Yota roars, runs, but Andrade catches him on the second rope for the INVERTED SPANISH FLY! Both men are down and the fans fire up again! The fans rally as both men stir, and Andrade stands first. Andrade brings Yota up, and snap suplexes! But that’s just Uno Amigo! Andrade suplexes again, but Yota slips out! Yota waistlocks but Andrade ELBOWS free!
Andrade runs up but into a BOOT! Andrade comes back, but into another BOOT! Yota goes up, up, and FLYING ARM-DRAGS! Yota keeps going, tilt-o-whirls and arm-drags again! Andrade tumbles out of the ring but the fans rally behind Yota as he builds speed! And this time, Yota DIVES! Direct hit at the ramp! The fans cheer as Yota stands tall going up the ramp. Yota goes back for Andrade, brings him back to the ring, and the fans applaud. Yota aims as Andrade rises, and he runs corner to corner for the GENE TRIGGER! Yota hauls Andrade up top, then climbs up to join him! The fans rally as Yota sets up for the SUPER STEINER! Cover, TWO!
Andrade survives but Yota just keeps on him! Yota has the legs but Andrade resists the turnover. Andrade BOOTS Yota away, but Yota storms back up. Yota reels Andrade in, but Andrade hits a snap suplex! Then another, that’s Dos Amigos! Yota fights the third, but Andrade dodges the lariat to then FLYING FOREARM! Both men are down again and the fans rally back up! Yota crawls to a corner, but Andrade pounds the mat. The fans clap along, “SI! SI! SI!” Andrade runs corner to corner and back again, CIEN KNEES! Cover, TWO!! Yota survives and the fans fire up again! Andrade drags Yota to a drop zone, then goes up the corner!
The fans rally as Andrade DROPDOWN MOONSAULTS, into BOOTS! Yota then has Andrade in the ropes for a KICK! Yota goes from the corner, but Andrade manages a SNAP POWERSLAM! The fans are stunned as Yota hits apron then the floor! Daiki Nagai fans Yota off, but Andrade TRIANGLE JUMP TORNILLOS! Down goes Yota and the fans fire up again! Andrade snarls, then brings Yota up and into the ring. Andrade climbs up, up, and MOONSAULT DOUBLES! Cover, TWO! Andrade is surprised, but he can’t help but smile. The fans rally more and more as Andrade brings Yota up, and underhooks!
Yota fights The Message, RAMS Andrade into a corner, but then Andrade hoists Yota up top! Andrade CHOPS again, then climbs up after Yota. Andrade brings Yota up, up, and SUPER DUPER PLEXES!! And then he just rolls through! That’s just Uno Amigo! Then a snap suplex for Dos Amigos! And then- ORANGE CRUSH from Yota!! Cover, TWO!! Still no third amigo but both men are down again! The fans rally even harder as Yota drags himself to the ropes. Yota nods, and even manages a smile. He uses this energy to rise again! Yota brings Andrade up, then goes up the corner! MARLOWE- NO, Andrade is after him again!
Yota fights the Spanish Fly, Andrade fires body shots of his own, but Yota kicks the legs out! Andrade dangles, Yota adjusts, DRAPING MARLOWE CRUSH! Cover, TWO!! Andrade survives and the fans fire up again! Andrade goes to the apron but Yota follows him outside. Yota stands Andrade up, but Andrade fires an elbow! Yota fires a forearm, Andrade fires back, and the two brawl on the edge. Yota laughs, then GENE TRIGGER! And then RANA to the floor!! The fans are thunderous for that wild gamble of an attack! Yota roars as he rises and the fans are with him! Yota drags Andrade up, brings him around, and POSTS him!
Yota pushes Andrade to the apron, then steps back inside. Yota climbs the corner, brings Andrade up to join him, but Andrade fires hands. Yota CLUBS away on Andrade, but Andrade fights the clinch! Andrade looks to the outside?! Yota fights the suplex to go to the very top! And he brings Andrade up, SUPER SPANISH FLY!! Cover, TWO!! Andrade survives and the fans cheer, but Yota isn’t done with him! Yota stands Andrade up, pump handles, but Andrade fights with elbows! Yota ROCKS Andrade in the back! Yota back suplexes, but Andrade lands out! Yota mule kicks, runs, and LARIATS! Andrade stays standing!?
Andrade SHOVES Yota, eggs him on, so Yota runs, and he avoids the Shadow Elbow! GENE TRIGGER! Then the pump handle, the lift, and the SILVER LINING SLAM!! Cover, TWO!! Andrade survives again but Yota powers up! The fans cheer as Yota hits his three point stance and waits on Andrade. Andrade rises, Yota runs in, GENE- SHADOW ELBOW!!! Both men are down and the fans fire back up! Red Shoes checks both men, they’re both still in this, so a standing count begins! Both men are still down at 5 of 10 while the fans rally harder and harder. They’re still down at 7! At 8! Both men sit up at 9! But then they flop back over!
Red Shoes lets the match continue from here, as we’re already 25 minutes deep. Andrade and Yota sit up again, and they stare down as they rise up. Andrade eggs Yota on, so Yota winds up to CHOP! Andrade wobbles, but he walks that one off. The fans rally as Andrade winds up to CHOP! The sweat is seen flying off Yota, then he drops to his knees! And yet, Yota grins again! Yota stands back up, winds up, and CHOPS! The favor has been returned as Andrade is now stinging. Andrade stands back up, and he nods before he CHOPS! Yota drops to his knees, then falls back! But he gets up quickly enough as the fans rally again.
Yota storms up, winds up, and CHOPS! Andrade’s chest is getting red, as is Yota’s, but Andrade- YOTA HEADBUTTS! Yota changes things on Andrade, then reels him in! POWER- SUNSET BOMB!! Cover, TWO and Yota has it! TWO and Andrade has it! TWO, Yota has it again, TWO! Andrade dodges, springboards, into a GENE BLASTER!!! Cover, TWO?!? Andrade survives the anti-air attack but Yota crawls his way to the corner. Yota loads up but he demands Andrade stand again! Andrade rises, Yota runs in, GENE- NO, Andrade hurdles over! Then he rolls Yota up, and deadlifts for a POWERBOMB! Cover, TWO!!
Andrade drags Yota up, underhooks, but Yota defies the Message! So Andrade hammerlocks, LA SOMBRA DDT!! Cover, TWO?!? Yota survives and Andrade is beside himself, but the fans are thunderous! Andrade rises, he vows to end this, and he underhooks Yota. Yota fights The Message, but Andrade powers up! Andrade shifts, for a TIGER DESTROYER!! Then Andrade hauls Yota up to the corner, still underhooking the arms! But Yota NORTHERN LIGHTS! Double cover, TWO!! Yota clinches, BACKBREAKER! FLATLINER! STOMP!! The Gene Combination hits as we hit 30 minutes! Then Yota hits the JUMBO PLEX!!
Yota drags Andrade by the legs, then fires up as he turns Andrade! BOSTON CRAB!! The fans are thunderous as Andrade endures! Andrade reaches out but Yota drags him to center! Yota sits deep on the hold, but Andrade still fights! Andrade scrambles his way to the ROPEBREAK! The fans are thunderous as Yota lets go in frustration. Yota and Andrade sit up, and Yota still smiles. The fans rally behind Yota as he brings Andrade up and places him up top. Yota climbs up behind Andrade, then dragon sleepers! The fans rally as Andrade fires elbows! Andrade turns around, and he has the facelock, DDT on the post?!?
Andrade falls to the floor but that’s the lesser of the damage! He hurries back inside, he hauls Yota back up, for THE MESSAGE!!! Cover, ANDRADE WINS!!!
Winner: Andrade El Idolo, by pinfall (NEW IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion)
An instant classic and an absolute shocker at the same time as Andrade has his revenge! Yota went from two belts to none, what will his journey of redemption look like?
As for Andrade, Tanahashi presents him with the belt, and Andrade holds it high. This is not only a win for the United Empire, but a win for AEW and the Don Callis Family. Andrade grabs a mic to say, “I did it.” The fans applaud, and Andrade continues by saying, “I wanna say thank you. Yota Tsuji is good, he’s an amazing talent, but Andrade El Idolo was better tonight.” The fans applaud again, and Andrade says he knows many know he is an AEW talent, but this title is NJPW’s. So Andrade will now officially be working in both companies, both companies are in his blood. And he wants to thank everyone here in Japan for watching.
Andrade says he now has a question, and it is a simple one: Who wants to challenge him? The fans applaud, and Andrade drops the mic. Andrade holds up the belt again, but wait! Stepping out in a nice suit is Drilla Moloney. But then Shota Umino is also here, still in ring gear. Andrade likes where this is going as the two challengers talk on stage. 44 Caliber and Roughneck both go to the ring, and Andrade asks if they heard what he said. So Drilla wants this title? And Shota wants it, too? Then he has an idea.
If they want this title, HIS title, why not this just be a Triple Threat for the Global Heavyweight Championship? Just say where, when, and what time. Then The RRRREAL~ Latino Man will be there! The fans cheer as Andrade is already raising the bar on this belt! Andrade says just call and he’ll be there. Andrade tells the fans, “Arigato!” The fans cheer, but will Andrade regret stacking the odds for his first defense? When and where will we see this shootout happen?
My Thoughts:
A great start to the Wrestling Dontaku double event, and quite the surprising result for the main event. While House of Torture shenanigans were 1000% expected for Narita VS Oleg, that was still a great match. But at the same time, as great as Oleg is, he was not going to become a TRIPLE champion between the NJPW Strong and both NEVER Openweight titles. Aaron Wolf stepping up to Ren is good stuff, but seriously, can Tanahashi use his authority to put ringside bans up? It’s actually bad kayfabe logic from management to not see that as an option.
But as I was saying, amazing main event, and Yota losing is pretty wild. I suppose even if this was Yota Tsuji VS Gabe Kidd, Gabe winning would’ve worked in story, too, positioning this title as a crossover title between NJPW and AEW. Yota’s story of making a comeback will be an intriguing one. Perhaps he uses the G1 Climax as his road back. As for Andrade being up for the Triple Threat with Shota and Drilla, that’s pretty cool, too. I don’t see Andrade losing his first defense, but a Triple Threat is a classic way to keep all parts strong no matter the result.
My Score: 8.9/10
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