New Japan Pro-Wrestling held it’s NEW JAPAN ROAD event on November 17th at the Yamagata Big Wing. The event featured two championship matches.
The NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Champions Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tomohiro Ishii were able to turn back the challenge of Tomoaki Honma, Ren Narita & Ryusuke Taguchi to retain their titles.
The KOPW 2023 Championship changed hands as Taichi defeated SHO in a Yoshinobu Kanemaru Referee Match to become the new titleholder.
Here are the full results courtesy of purolove.com for NJPW NEW JAPAN ROAD:
- Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Togi Makabe defeat Yuto Nakashima, Oskar Leube & Oleg Boltin (6:20) after a Lariat by Kojima against Nakashima.
- Toru Yano & Master Wato defeat Taiji Ishimori & Gedo (7:09) when Gedo was disqualified.
- Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & YOH defeat Great-O-Khan, HENARE & Callum Newman (10:28) as Goto Newman pinned after the Shoto.
- Yuji Nagata, Minoru Suzuki, Shota Umino & Tiger Mask defeat Shingo Takagi, Yota Tsuji, Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI (9:05) after Umino’s Blaze Blade against BUSHI.
- “King of Darkness” EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Dick Togo defeat SANADA, Yuya Uemura, DOUKI & TAKA Michinoku (9:31) after a Reverse Figure-Four Cradle by Kanemaru against TAKA.
- NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Title: Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tomohiro Ishii (c) defeat Tomoaki Honma, Ren Narita & Ryusuke Taguchi (25:37) after an inside cradle by Tanahashi against Narita (6th defense).
- KOPW 2023, Yoshinobu Kanemaru Referee Match: Taichi defeats SHO (c) (20:47) with a Taichi-style Last Ride.
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