Monday, January 4, 2021

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15 Night 1

-Toru Yano, Bad Luck Fale, Bushi, and Chase Owens co-won the New Japan Rumble with the winners advancing to a four-corner match on Night Two to determine the 2021 King Of Pro Wrestling trophy holder.  Order of entry:  Owens, NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Co-Champion Tomohiro Ishii, Minoru Suzuki, Yuji Nagata, Toa Henare, NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Co-Champion Hirooki Goto, Yujiro Takahashi, NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Co-Champion Yoshi-Hashi, Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Rocky Romero, Douki, Sho Tanaka, Bushi, Tiger Mask IV, Fale, Gabriel Kidd, Yuya Uemura, Yota Tsuji, and Yano.  Eliminations:  Nagata & Suzuki by Henare, Henare by Ishii, Goto & Hashi by Makabe, Makabe by Tenzan & Honma, Douki disqualified for hitting opponents with a metal pipe, Takahashi by Bushi, Ishii by Fale, Tenzan by Fale, Romero by Fale, Sho by Fale, Tiger Mask by Fale, Kidd by Fale, Uemura by Fale, and Tsuji by Fale.
-Hiromu Takahashi d. El Phantasmo by countering the Canadian Revolution II(package face-first piledriver) into a rana pin.
-The Guerrillas Of Destiny(Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) d. Zack Sabre Jr. & Taichi Ishikari to win the IWGP Tag Team Titles when Loa pinned Taichi after the sitout Tombstone.
-KENTA Kobayashi d. Satoshi Kojima with the Go 2 Sleep to retain his IWGP U.S. Title challenger briefcase.
-Hiroshi Tanahashi d. "The Great O-Khan" Tomoyuki Oka after the High Fly Flow(Frog splash).
-Kazuchika Okada d. Will Ospreay with the Rainmaker(windup short-arm lariat).
-Kota Ibushi d. Tetsuya Naito after the Kamigoye(trapped-arm knee strike) to win the IWGP Heavyweight & Intercontinental Titles.

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