New Japan are now on the road to January 4th’s Tokyo Dome show. Wrestle Kingdom is the biggest event in NJPW’s calendar and the traditional ‘Road To’ shows will be taking place this weekend.
Here’s the results for Night 1 (12/14) from Korakuen Hall:
- Tiger Mask, KUSHIDA, Jushin ‘Thunder’ Liger and Tomoaki Honma b. Yuya Uemura, Ren Narita, Ayato Yoshida and Toa Henare – Tiger Mask took the win after hitting the Tiger Driver on Uemura
- Shingo Takagi b. Shota Umino – Takagi took the win after hitting the Last of the dragon
- Rocky Romero and Hirooki Goto b. Takahashi Iizuka and Minoru Suzuki – Romero rolled up Iizuka with a Schoolboy for the win
- Tomohiro Ishii, SHO and YOH b. El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Taichi – Ishii took the win after hitting the Vertical Brain Buster on Kanemaru
- Tanga Loa, Tama Tonga, Taiji Ishimori and Bad Luck Fale b. BUSHI, SANADA, EVIL and Tetsuya Naito – Loa took the win following the Super Powerbomb on BUSHI
- Kazuchika Okada b. Gedo – Okada took the win over his former manager after hitting the Rainmaker
- Will Ospreay, Toru Yano, Togi Makabe and Hiroshi Tanahashi b. Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi, Kota Ibushi and Kenny Omega – Ospreay took the win after hitting the Storm Breaker on Owens