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NJPW Best Of The Super Juniors 33 Night 5 Results – May 22, 2026

On May 22nd, 2026 NJPW aired the 5th night of the 33rd annual Best Of The Super Juniors live in Osaka Japan inside Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in front of 1,192 fans & can watch it on NJPW World.

Tag Team Match
Unbound Company (Taiji Ishimori & Gedo) defeated Tatsuya Matsumoto & Taisei Nakahara via Bone Lock on Nakahara (5:58)

Tag Team Match
United Empire (Jakob Austin Young & Zane Jay) defeated Daisuke Sasaki & Masatora Yasuda via Jakobs Ladder on Yasuda (6:33)

6 Man Tag Team Match
TMDK (Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Robbie Eagles) defeated Chaos (Toru Yano & Yoh) & Tiger Mask IV via TM Clutch on Tiger Mask IV (7:36)

6 Man Tag Team Match
Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion El Desperado, Kushida & HYO defeated House Of Torture (Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Dick Togo & Sho) via Inside Cradle on Dick Togo (8:25)

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Nick Wayne (6) defeated Daiki Nagai (0) via Wayne’s World (5:24)

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Titan (10) defeated Ryusuke Taguchi (6) via Llave Inmortal (7:31)

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Francesco Akira (4) defeated Valiente Jr (2) via Crown Fall (9:42)

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Jun Kasai (6) defeated Robbie X (4) via Reverse Tiger Suplex (12:06)

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Master Wato (6) defeated Kosei Fujita (4) via Tsutenkaku German Suplex (14:30)

Block A Standings After Night 5

1st Place- Titan (10 Points) (5-0)

2nd Place- Ryusuke Taguchi, Master Wato & Nick Wayne (6 Points) (3-2) & Jun Kasai (6 Points) (3-1)

3rd Place- Francesco Akira, Kosei Fujita & Robbie X (4 Points) (2-3)

4th Place- Valiente Jr (2 Points) (1-3)

Last Place- Daiki Nagai (0 Points) (0-5) (Eliminated)

May 22, 2026
NJPW Best Of The Super Juniors 33 Night 4 Results – May 20, 2026

On May 20th, 2026 NJPW aired the 4th night of the 33rd annual Best Of The Super Juniors live in Tokyo Japan inside Korakuen Hall in front of 1,257 fans & can watch it on NJPW World.

Block B Match Of The 2026 Best Of The Super Juniors
Jakob Austin Young (2) defeated Kushida (2) via Bites The Dust (3:03)

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Jun Kasai (2) defeated Daiki Nagai (0) via Gouin G My Way (4:46)

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Yoshinobu Kanemaru (4) defeated Robbie Eagles (2) via Roll Up (6:42)

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Nick Wayne (4) defeated Ryusuke Taguchi (6) via Wayne’s World (2:52)

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Taiji Ishimori (4) defeated Daisuke Sasaki (6) via Gedo Clutch (11:36)

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Titan (8) defeated Valiente Jr (2) via Gideon 1.21 (7:44)

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Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion El Desperado (4) defeated HYO (2) via Numero Dos (12:16)

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Master Wato (4) defeated Francesco Akira (2) via Tsutenkaku German Suplex (11:09)

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Yoh (6) defeated Sho (6) via DQ (13:22)

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Robbie X (4) defeated Kosei Fujita (2) via X Express (16:57) (Recommend)

Standings After Night 4

Block A

1st Place- Titan (8 Points) (4-0)

2nd Place- Ryusuke Taguchi (6 Points) (3-1)

3rd Place- Nick Wayne, Master Wato, Kosei Fujita & Robbie X (4 Points) (2-2) & Jun Kasai (4 Points) (2-1)

4th Place- Francesco Akira (2 Points) (1-3) & Valiente Jr (2 Points) (1-2)

Last Place- Daiki Nagai (0 Points) (0-4)

Block B

1st Place- Daisuke Sasaki, Sho & Yoh (6 Points) (3-1)

2nd Place- Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion El Desperado & Taiji Ishimori (4 Points) (2-2) & Yoshinobu Kanemaru (4 Points) (2-1)

Last Place- Jakob Austin Young, Robbie Eagles & Kushida (2 Points) (1-3) & HYO (2 Points) (1-2)

May 21, 2026
NJPW Best Of The Super Juniors 33 Night 3 Results – May 17, 2026

On May 17th, 2026 NJPW aired the 3rd night of the 33rd annual Best Of The Super Juniors live in Tokyo Japan inside Yoyogi National Stadium in front of 1,664 fans & can watch it on NJPW World.

Block A Match Of The 2026 Best Of The Super Juniors
Titan (6) defeated Daiki Nagai (0) via Gideon 1:21 (4:35)

Block B Match Of The 2026 Best Of The Super Juniors
Yoshinobu Kanemaru (2) defeated Jakob Austin Young (0) via Headscissors (2:50)

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Ryusuke Taguchi (6) defeated Valiente Jr (2) via Referee Stoppage (0:49)

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Sho (6) defeated Kushida (2) via Snake Bite (9:45)

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Francesco Akira (2) defeated Nick Wayne (2) via Roll Up (10:08)

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Daisuke Sasaki (6) defeated HYO (2) via Crossface (9:34)

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Master Wato (2) defeated Robbie X (2) via Recientemente (9:10)

Block B Match Of The 2026 Best Of The Super Juniors
Yoh (4) defeated Taiji Ishimori (2) via Direct Drive (12:24)

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Jun Kasai (2) defeated Kosei Fujita (4) via Inside Cradle (12:28)

Block B Match Of The 2026 Best Of The Super Juniors
Robbie Eagles (2) defeated Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion El Desperado (2) via Hyperion (17:50) (Recommend)

Standings After Night 3

Block A

1st Place- Ryusuke Taguchi & Titan (6 Points) (3-0)

2nd Place- Kosei Fujita (4 Points) (2-1)

3rd Place- Francesco Akira, Nick Wayne, Master Wato & Robbie X (2 Points) (1-2) & Valiente Jr & Jun Kasai (2 Points) (1-1)

Last Place- Daiki Nagai (0 Points) (0-3)

Block B

1st Place- Daisuke Sasaki & Sho (6 Points) (3-0)

2nd Place- Yoh (4 Points) (2-1)

3rd Place- Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion El Desperado, Taiji Ishimori, Robbie Eagles & Kushida (2 Points) (1-2) & Yoshinobu Kanemaru & HYO (2 Points) (1-1)

Last Place- Jakob Austin Young (0 Points) (0-3)

May 17, 2026
NJPW Best Of The Super Juniors 33 Night 2 Results – May 16, 2026

On May 16th, 2026 NJPW aired the 2nd night of the 33rd annual Best Of The Super Juniors live in Tokyo Japan inside Esforta Arena in front of 1,076 fans & can watch it on NJPW World.

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Valiente Jr (2) defeated Daiki Nagai (0) via Valiente Special (4:50)

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Ryusuke Taguchi (4) defeated Master Wato (0) via Recientemente (2:10)

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Yoh (2) defeated Jakob Austin Young (0) via Direct Drive (5:18)

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Robbie X (2) defeated Francesco Akira (0) via Xecution (8:53)

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Daisuke Sasaki (4) defeated Kushida (2) via Crossface (7:17)

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Titan (4) defeated Jun Kasai (0) via Llave Inmortal Variation (9:08)

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Sho (4) defeated Robbie Eagles (0) via Shock Arrow (12:10)

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Kosei Fujita (4) defeated Nick Wayne (2) via Thrill Ride (11:38)

Block B Match Of The 2026 Best Of The Super Juniors
Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion El Desperado (2) defeated Taiji Ishimori (2) via Numero Dos (15:01) (Recommend)

Standings After Night 2

Block A

1st Place- Ryusuke Taguchi, Kosei Fujita & Titan (4 Points) (2-0)

2nd Place- Nick Wayne & Robbie X (2 Points) (1-1) & Valiente Jr (2 Points) (1-0)

Last Place- Francesco Akira, Master Wato & Daiki Nagai (0 Points) (0-2) & Jun Kasai (0 Points) (0-1)

Block B

1st Place- Daisuke Sasaki & Sho (4 Points) (2-0)

2nd Place- Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion El Desperado, Taiji Ishimori, Kushida, HYO & Yoh (2 Points) (1-1)

Last Place- Jakob Austin Young & Robbie Eagles (0 Points) (0-2) & Yoshinobu Kanemaru (0 Points) (0-1)

May 16, 2026
NJPW Best Of The Super Juniors 33 Night 1 Results – May 14, 2026

On May 14th, 2026 NJPW aired the 1st night of the 33rd annual Best Of The Super Juniors live in Tokyo Japan inside Korakuen Hall in front of 1,445 fans & can watch it on NJPW World.

Block B Match Of The 2026 Best Of The Super Juniors
Taiji Ishimori (2) defeated Jakob Austin Young (0) via Bone Lock (8:10)

Block B Match Of The 2026 Best Of The Super Juniors
Sho (2) defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru (0) via DQ (3:25)

Block A Match Of The 2026 Best Of The Super Juniors
Ryusuke Taguchi (2) defeated Daiki Nagai (0) via Dodon (6:02)

Block B Match Of The 2026 Best Of The Super Juniors
HYO (2) defeated Yoh (0) via Samson Driver (2:36)

Block A Match Of The 2026 Best Of The Super Juniors
Nick Wayne (2) defeated Robbie X (0) via Wayne’s World (7:30)

Block B Match Of The 2026 Best Of The Super Juniors
Kushida (2) defeated Robbie Eagles (0) via Back to the Future (9:11) (Recommend)

Block A Match Of The 2026 Best Of The Super Juniors
Titan (2) defeated Master Wato (0) via Gideon 1:21 (8:43)

Block B Match Of The 2026 Best Of The Super Juniors
Daisuke Sasaki (2) defeated Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion El Desperado (0) via Crossface (16:10)

Block A Match Of The 2026 Best Of The Super Juniors
Kosei Fujita (2) defeated Francesco Akira (0) via Thrill Ride (16:56)

Standings After Night 1

Block A

1st Place- Ryusuke Taguchi, Kosei Fujita, Nick Wayne & Titan (2 Points) (1-0)

Last Place- Francesco Akira, Master Wato, Robbie X & Daiki Nagai (0 Points) (0-1) & Valiente Jr & Jun Kasai (0 Points) (0-0)

Block B

1st Place- Taiji Ishimori, Daisuke Sasaki, Kushida, Sho & HYO (2 Points) (1-0)

Last Place- Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion El Desperado, Jakob Austin Young, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Robbie Eagles & Yoh (0 Points) (0-1)

May 14, 2026
Hiroyoshi Tenzan Announces Retirement

On May 11th, 2026 NJPW President Hiroshi Tanahashi & Hiroyoshi Tenzan to announce that Tenzan is retiring from wrestling on August 15th.

The reason Tenzan is retiring is due to a lower back injury as well as numbness & tingling in his legs.

He will have his retirement match on August 15th during the G1 Climax tour in Tokyo Japan inside Ryogoku.

Here are Tenzan’s Accomplishments in wrestling

AJPW

2x Real World Tag League Winner (2006 & 2008 with Satoshi Kojima)

CWA

2x Junior Heavyweight Champion

NWA

1x NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion

1x NWA World Tag Team Champion (with Satoshi Kojima)

NJPW

4x IWGP Heavyweight Champion

12x IWGP Tag Team Champion (5x with Masahiro Chono, 6x with Satoshi Kojima & 1x with Osamu Nishimura)

3x G1 Climax Winner (2003, 2004 & 2006)

3x G1 Tag League Winner (2001 & 2008 with Satoshi Kojima & 2003 with Osamu Nishimura)

1995 Super Grade Tag League Winner with Masahiro Chono

1993 Young Lion Cup Winner

2008 Yuke’s Cup Tag Tournament with Shinjiro Otani

2004 10,000,000 Yen Tag Tournament with Shinsuke Nakamura

2x MVP Award Winner (2003 & 2004)

2x Best Singles Bout (2003 with Jun Akiyama on August 17th & 2004 with Hiroshi Tanahashi on August 15th)

3x Best Tag Team Bout (2000 with Satoshi Kojima vs. Manabu Nakaninishi & Yuji Nagata on October 9th, 2002 with Masahiro Chono vs. Manabu Nakaninishi & Osamu Nishimura on June 5th & 2004 with Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Katsuyori Shibata & Hirooki Goto on October 24th)

Nikkan Sports

2008 Tag Team Of The Year with Satoshi Kojima

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

#223 in the PWI 500 in 2003

#10 in the PWI 500 in 2005

Tokyo Sports

2004 Fighting Spirit Award Winner

3x Tag Team Of The Year (1995, 1996 & 2000)

Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards

2001 Tag Team Of The Year with Satoshi Kojima

1996 Best Gimmick Award (New World Order)

1996 Feud Of The Year (NWO vs. WCW)

Factions

TenKoji (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima) (1998-2026)

Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Masahiro Chono (1995-2008)

Tag Teams

Ookami Gundan (Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito) (1995-1997)

NWO Japan (Masahiro Chono, Keiji Muto/The Great Muta, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, Scott Norton, Hiro Saito, nWo Sting, Michael Wallstreet, Brian Adams, Big Titan, Marcus Bagwell) (1997-2000)

Team 2000 (Masahiro Chono, Scott Norton, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, Don Frye, Koji Kanemoto, AKIRA, Hiro Saito, Tatsutoshi Goto, Michiyoshi Ohara, Michael Wallstreet, Jado, Gedo, nWo Sting, Giant Silva, Giant Singh, Eddie Guerrero, Scott Hall, Black Tiger, Goku Do) (1999-2003)

GBH (Togi Makabe, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Shiro Koshinaka, Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano, Tomoaki Honma, Jado, Gedo, Karl Anderson, Takashi Iizuka & Giant Bernard) (2006-2007)

Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Shiro Koshinaka, Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano, Tomoaki Honma, Jado, Gedo, Karl Anderson, Takashi Iizuka & Giant Bernard) (2006-2009)

Myself & Bodyslam.net would like to congratulate Tenzan on his retirement.

May 13, 2026
Fans Will Get the Chance to Vote for Special Awards during BOTSJ

As Best of the Super Juniors 33 is about to start, a press conference was held in Tokyo with the participants and President Hiroshi Tanahashi. President Tanahashi made an announcement that will allow fans to be more involved during the tournament. This involvement includes voting for three special awards based on tournament performance.

These awards are:

The Outstanding Performance Award will go to the wrestler who fans felt best exhibited their full potential and ability in the ring throughout the league.

The Fighting Spirit Award will go to the wrestler who fans feel exhibits a never say die attitude in the face of overwhelming odds.

The Technique Award will go to the wrestler who best shows creative offensive flair within their matches.

Voting will take place after the tournament and before the semifinal and final matches. Stay tuned to NJPW and NJPW’s socials to find out how to vote.

May 13, 2026
NJPW New Japan Road Results – May 6, 2026
On May 6th, 2026 NJPW aired New Japan Road live in Saga, Japan inside Karatsu City Cultural Gymnasium in front of 757 fans & is available to watch on NJPW World.
- Tag Team Match
  House Of Torture (Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho) defeated Ryusuke Taguchi & Taisei Nakahara via Boston Crab on Nakahara (8:47).
- 6 Man Tag Team Match
  Chaos (Toru Yano & Yoh) & Master Wato defeated Goto Revolutionary Army (Tatsuya Matsumoto, Hirooki Goto & Yoshi Hashi) via Springboard Uppercut on Matsumoto (7:15).
- Tag Team Match
  Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion El Desperado & Taichi defeated Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino via Pole Star Pin on Honma (11:26).
- Tag Team Match
  TMDK (Ryohei Oiwa & Kosei Fujita) defeated Masatora Yasuda & Yuya Uemura via Nemos Special on Yasuda (10:34).
- 6 Man Tag Team Match
  Strong Openweight Champion Boltin Oleg, Tiger Mask IV & Aaron Wolf defeated House Of Torture (NEVER Openweight Champion Ren Narita, Yujiro Takahashi & Dick Togo) via Head & Arm Triangle on Dick Togo (8:40).
- 10 Man Tag Team Match
  United Empire (NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Champions Great O Khan & Henare, Francesco Akira, Jakob Austin Young & Zane Jay) defeated Unbound Company (IWGP Tag Team Champions Yuto Ice & Oskar, Taiji Ishimori, Daiki Nagai & Gedo) via Bites The Dust on Gedo (13:56).
- Tag Team Match
  Unbound Company (Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji) defeated United Empire (IWGP Heavyweight Champion Callum Newman & Jake Lee) via Gene Blaster on Newman (18:56) (Since Tsuji got the pinned he gets a IWGP Heavyweight Title Match at Dominion).
May 6, 2026
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku Night 2 Results – May 4, 2026
On May 4th, 2026 NJPW aired the 2nd & final night of Wrestling Dontaku live in Fukuoka Japan inside Fukuoka Convention Center in front of 3,603 fans & can watch it on NJPW World.
- Masatora Yasuda defeated Taisei Nakahara via Boston Crab (7:15) (Pre Show).
- Television Title Match
  Konosuke Takeshita (c) defeated Chase Owens via Raging Fire (11:32) (STILL CHAMPION!!!!).
- Tag Team Match
  Unbound Company (Daiki Nagai & Gedo) defeated Tatsuya Matsumoto & Ryusuke Taguchi via Diving Headbutt on Matsumoto (6:50).
- Non Title Match
  IWGP Tag Team Champions Knockout Brothers (Yuto Ice & Oskar) defeated Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino via Nightmare Sleeper on Honma (9:01).
- 10 Man Tag Team Match
  Chaos (Toru Yano & Yoh), Tiger Mask IV, Master Wato & Aaron Wolf defeated House Of Torture (NEVER Openweight Champion Ren Narita, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi, Don Fale & Sho) via Angle Slam on Takahashi (10:02).
- Tag Team Match
  Yuya Uemura & Taichi defeated TMDK (Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa) via Black Mephisto on Jackson (13:49).
- 8 Man Tag Team Match
  Unbound Company (Drilla Moloney, Taiji Ishimori, Robbie X & Yota Tsuji) defeated United Empire (Jakob Austin Young, Francesco Akira, Zane Jay & Jake Lee) via Boston Crab on Zane Jay (8:25).
- Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles Match
  El Desperado & Mistico defeated Ichiban Sweet Boys (Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita) (c) via Numero Dos on Fujita (20:07) (NEW CHAMPIONS!!!!) (Recommend).
- NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Titles Match
  United Empire (Will Ospreay, Great O Khan & Henare) defeated Strong Openweight Champion Boltin Oleg & Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & Yoshi Hashi) (c) via Great Blade Bomb on Yoshi Hashi (24:06) (NEW CHAMPIONS!!!!) (Recommend).
- IWGP Heavyweight Title Match
  Callum Newman (c) defeated Shingo Takagi via Make Way (35:20) (STILL CHAMPION!!!!) (Recommend).
May 4, 2026
NJPW Road To Wrestling Dontaku Night 7 Results – May 1, 2026
On May 1st, 2026 NJPW had their 7th & final night of Road To Wrestling Dontaku live in Kagoshima Japan inside Beeline Sports Park Aira in front of 1,311 fans.
- Daiki Nagai defeated Taishi Nakahara via Boston Crab (8:25).
- Non Title Match
  IWGP Tag Team Champions Knockout Brothers (Yuto Ice & Oskar) defeated Tomoaki Honma & Toru Yano via Nightmare Hold on Honma (8:03).
- 6 Man Tag Team Match
  House Of Torture (Yujiro Takahashi, Chase Owens & Sho) defeated Ryusuke Taguchi, Shota Umino & Yoh via Big Juice on Taguchi (10:04).
- 6 Man Tag Team Match
  United Empire (Francesco Akira, Great O Khan & Henare) defeated Goto Revolutionary Army (NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Champions Hirooki Goto & Yoshi Hashi & Tatsuya Matsumoto) via Fireball on Matsumoto (11:07).
- 8 Man Tag Team Match
  TMDK (Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita, Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa) defeated Masatora Yasuda, Yuya Uemura, Master Wato & Taichi via Turbo Backpack on Yasuda (13:48).
- 8 Man Tag Team Match
  NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Champion & Strong Openweight Champion Boltin Oleg, Tiger Mask IV, Aaron Wolf & Mistico defeated House Of Torture (NEVER Openweight Champion Ren Narita, Dick Togo, Don Fale & Sho) via La Mistica on Dick Togo (10:17).
- 8 Man Tag Team Match
  Unbound Company (Global Champion Yota Tsuji, Taiji Ishimori, Shingo Takagi & Robbie X) defeated United Empire (IWGP Heavyweight Champion Callum Newman, Jakob Austin Young, Jake Lee & Zane Jay) via Pumping Blaster (14:32).
May 3, 2026