Friday, January 5, 2024

NJPW New Year's Dash

-NJPW T.V. Champion/NEVER Openweight Trios Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi d. Ryusuke Taguchi to retain the T.V. Title by reversing a sunset flip intoa jackknife cradle for the pin. Afterwards, “The Original Bro” Matt Riddle challenged Tanahashi via video.
-Bishamon(Hirooki Goto & Yoshi-Hashi) d. “Supernova” Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa; Goto pinned Oiwa after he and Hashi hit the Shoto(double-team Eye Of The Hurricane).
-IWGP/NJ Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions The Guerrillas Of Destiny v2.0(Hikuleo & El Phantasmo) d. Young Blood (Oskar Leube Yuto Nakashima); E.L.P. pinned Nakashima after he and Hikuleo hit the Thunderkiss ‘86(flying splash off Hikuleo's shoulders).
-”Shooter” Shota Umino, NEVER Openweight Champion Tama Tonga, IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion El Desperado, “The Unchained Gorilla” Togi Makabe, & Tomoaki Honma d. The House Of Torture(Takaaki “Evil” Watanabe, “Souled Out” Ren Narita, Sho Tanaka, “The Tokyo Pimp” Yujiro Takahashi, & Dick Togo) when Umino pinned Togo after the Death Rider(double-underhook DDT).
-The United Empire("The Aerial Assassin" Will Ospreay, Jeff Cobb, IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Catch-22(T.J. Perkins & Francesco Akira), & Aaron Henare) fought The Bullet Club War Dogs(IWGP Global Champion "The Rebel" David Finlay, Alex Coughlin, Gabe Kidd, "The Wild Rhino" Clark Connors, & "Drilla" Dan Moloney) to a no-contest when everyone brawled and the referees were knocked down as well.
-Just 5 Guys(Seiya Sanada, Taichi Ishikari, "Heat Storm" Yuya Uemura, Douki, & TAKA Michinoku) d. Los Ingobernables De Japon(IWGP Heavyweight Champion Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi, Hiromu Takahashi, "Gene Blast" Yota Tsuji, & Bushi) when TAKA pinned Bushi with the Michinoku Driver.
-"Bone Soldier" Taiji Ishimori won a four-corner ten-minute scramble match with "The Great O-Khan" Tomoyuki Oka, Toru Yano, & Yohei Komatsu to become the new King Of Pro Wrestling Champion (last man to score a pinfall in the time limit is the winner), scoring the last fall on O-Khan via low blow and rollup.
-The Mighty Don't Kneel(Zack Sabre Jr., "Hysterical" Shane Haste, "Mad" Mikey Nicholls, & Kosei Fujita) d. NEVER Openweight Trios Co-Champions CHAOS("The Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada & "The Stone Pitbull" Tomohiro Ishii), "The American Dragon" Bryan Danielson, & Jon Moxley; Haste pinned Ishii after he and Nicholls hit the Tank Buster(Big Ending/jumping DDT combo).

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