NJPW has recently held the second night of the NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome. Suzuki-Gun members have their final match together when they collide in 8-Man Tag Team action, Kazuchika Okada & YOH join forces with Master Wato to battle BULLET CLUB, L.I.J competes in trios action 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 Road To Tokyo Dome 2022 tour.
The promotion has recently held the second 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 NJPW’s final event of the year:
- Tag Team Match: HOUSE OF TORTURE (Yujiro Takahashi & SHO) defeated Jado & Yuto Nakashima – Yujiro pinned Nakashima after hitting Pimp Juice.
- Tag Team Match: CHAOS (Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano) defeated Ryohei Oiwa & Kosei Fujita – Ishii submitted Oiwa with the Boston Crab.
- 8-Man Tag Team Match: United Empire (Great-O-Khan, Aaron Henare, Jeff Cobb & Francesco Akira) defeated Ren Narita, Tiger Mask, Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe – Akira pinned Tiger Mask after hitting Fireball.
- Tag Team Match: Los Ingobernables de Japon (Shingo Takagi & Hiromu Takahashi) defeated HOUSE OF TORTURE (EVIL & Dick Togo) – Shingo pinned Togo after hitting the Sliding Lariat.
- Tag Team Match: Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) defeated Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan – Goto pinned Tenzan after he and YOSHI-HASHI hit the GYR/Shoto.
- 6-Man Tag Team Match: Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, SANADA & BUSHI) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, Shota Umino & Ryusuke Taguchi – Naito pinned Taguchi after hitting Destino.
- 6-Man Tag Team Match: CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada & YOH) & Master Wato defeated BULLET CLUB (Taiji Ishimori, El Phantasmo & Gedo) – YOH pinned Gedo after hitting the DIRECT DRIVE.
- Shortly after the match ended, one half of the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions, Francesco Akira, attacked YOH from behind. Akira hit YOH with Fireball, sending a clear message to one of his opponents for Wrestle Kingdom 17.
- Suzuki-Gun Final Match, 8-Man Tag Team Match: Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI defeated Minoru Suzuki, Lance Archer, El Desperado & TAKA Michinoku – Suzuki received a 7 on 1 beatdown before ZSJ hit the Zack Driver and pinned him while saying ‘Thank you Suzuki’.
- Shortly after the match ended, all Suzuki-Gun members grabbed the mic to deliver some thankful words to their leader, ‘The King’ Minoru Suzuki, for all their experiences during the past years and posed together one last time.
This is all for our coverage of Night 2 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 NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome 2022?
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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