Thursday, January 4, 2024

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18

-"Bone Soldier" Taiji Ishimori, "The Great O-Khan" Tomoyuki Oka, Toru Yano, & Yohei Komatsu were the final four of the "New Japan Rambo" Rumble(eliminations by pin/submission/over the top rope).  Other participants:  "The Crown Jewel" Chase Owens, Gabe Kidd, Alex Coughlin, Jeff Cobb, Aaron Henare, NEVER Openweight Trios Champion "The Stone Pitbull" Tomohiro Ishii, "Mad" Mikey Nicholls, "Hysterical" Shane Haste, "The Tokyo Pimp" Yujiro Takahashi, "Master Wato" Hirai Kawato, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho Tanaka, Fujita "Jr." Hayato, Douki, Takashi Iizuka, and Taichi Ishikari.
-Catch-22(T.J. Perkins & Francesco Akira) d. The War Dogs("The Wild Rhino" Clark Connors & "Drilla" Dan Moloney) to win the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Titles; T.J.P. pinned Moloney after he and Akira hit the 2/2(stereo basement knee strikes).
-NEVER Openweight Trios Champion HIroshi Tanahashi d. Zack Sabre Jr. with a crossed-leg victory roll to win the T.V. Title.
-"Heat Storm" Yuya Uemura d. "Gene Blast" Yota Tsuji via deadbolt suplex(bridging trapped-arm belly-to-belly suplex).
-Takaaki "Evil" Watanabe & "Souled Out" Ren Narita d. "Supernova" Kaito Kiyomiya & "Shooter" Shota Umino when Narita pinned Umino after the Double Cross(sitout faceslam).
-Tama Tonga d. Shingo Takagi with the Dive Shack Driver(double-underhook piledriver) to win the NEVER Openweight Title.
-Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions The Guerrillas Of Destiny v2.0(Hikuleo & El Phantasmo) d. IWGP Tag Team Champions Bishamon(Hirooki Goto & Yoshi-Hashi) to unify the titles; Hikuleo pinned Goto after the Thunder Struck '91(top-rope splash).
-El Phantasmo d. Hiromu Takahashi via Pinche Loco(double-underhook sitout faceplant) to win the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title.
-David Finlay won a triple threat match with Jon Moxley and "The Aerial Assassin" Will Ospreay(C) after a suplex-lift Go To Sleep to win the former IWGP U.S. Title, becoming the first IWGP Global Champion.  Finlay got into a post-match confrontation with Nic Nemeth(fka Dolph Ziggler) at ringside.
-NEVER Openweight Trios Champion "The Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada d. "The American Dragon" Bryan Danielson after the Rainmaker(ripcord lariat).
-Tetsuya Naito d. Seiya Sanada with the Destino(standing sitout Sliced Bread #2) to win the IWGP Heavyweight Title.  Takaaki "Evil" Watanabe tried to ruin Naito's celebration, but Sanada fought him off and left the ring to the winner and his Los Ingobernables De Japon rollcall.

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