NJPW has recently held the first night of the NJPW Road to Tokyo Dome. CHAOS & Hiroshi Tanahashi join forces to battle Suzuki-Gun in 6-Man Tag Team action, Ren Narita & Tomoaki Honma take on Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr, a 4-Way Tag Team showdown and more.
Welcome to another edition of Wrestling Republic’s coverage of New Japan Pro-Wrestling. This time, we’ll put the focus on the promotion’s 2022 NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome tour.
The promotion has recently held the first night of the NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome 2022, which took place from the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan and presented some very interesting in-ring action. So, with nothing else to say, here are the full results of the December 22nd NJPW event:
- Singles Match: Francesco Akira defeated Kosei Fujita – Akira pinned Fujita after hitting Speed Fire.
- Singles Match: Aaron Henare defeated Yuto Nakashima – Henare submitted Nakashima with Ultima.
- Singles Match: Great-O-Khan defeated Ryohei Oiwa – Great-O-Khan submitted Oiwa with an Head & Arm Choke.
- Singles Match: Jeff Cobb defeated Tomoaki Honma – Cobb pinned Honma after hitting Tour Of The Island.
- Before the next match started, NJPW announced that the 2023 KOPW Title will be presented as a championship belt. An NJPW Ranbo on January 4th will determine the participants that will fight for the honor of being the KOPW 2023 Champion.
- 6-Man Tag Team Match: Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi & SANADA) defeated Satoshi Kojima, Shota Umino & Togi Makabe – Shingo pinned Makabe after hitting Last Of The Dragon.
- Tag Team Match: Dangerous Tekkers (Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr) defeated Ren Narita & Jado – Taichi pinned Jado after hitting the Yokozuna Style Elbow.
- 4-Way Tag Team Match: Suzuki-Gun (El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) defeated Six Or Nine (Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi), BULLET CLUB (Taiji Ishimori & Gedo) & Los Ingobernables de Japon (Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI) – Desperado pinned Gedo after hitting Pinche Loco.
- 6-Man Tag Team Match: CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada & YOH) & Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Suzuki-Gun (Minoru Suzuki, Lance Archer & DOUKI) – YOH pinned DOUKI after hitting the DIRECT DRIVE.
This is all for our coverage of Night 1 of the NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome 2022. Stay tuned to Wrestling Republic, as we’ll keep you updated with everything you need to know about NJPW and the world of Japanese wrestling.
Where Can You Watch The 2022 NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome Events?
Fans will be able to watch the 2022 NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome events -as well as any other NJPW show- on the company’s official streaming platform, NJPW World.
You can also visit NJPW’s official website -as well as their Japanese & English Twitter accounts- for more information about the promotion, wrestlers, merchandise, fan club and details about their upcoming shows.
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