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4/20/21 Results for New Japan's Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2021 - Korakuen Hall, Tokyo Japan:
Tomoaki Honma, SHO and YOH vs. Minoru Suzuki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru and El Desperado. El Desperado and YOH faced off at the start. Desperado attacked the left leg and the ACL of YOH. Desperado trapped YOH in Numero Dos, but YOH got to the ropes. Kanemaru and Suzuki tagged in and continued to punish the leg of YOH. YOH was able to tag in Honma. Honma and Suzuki threw wicked open handed slaps in each other's face. SHO and YOH tagged back in and were about to finish off Kanemaru. Kanemaru rolls up SHO in a victory roll for the pinfall win.
SHO and YOH looked upset in the defeat. El Desperado laughed at them and continued to talk trash as they exited the ringside.
DOUKI, Zack Sabre Jr. and Taichi vs. Jado, Tanga Loa and Tama Tonga. Both teams attacked at the bell. Tama Tonga started choking Taichi. Jado started beating DOUKI with the kendo stick. DOUKI got his metal pipe and knocked Jado in the face and started choking Jado with the pipe. The referee saw all of this. But there was no disqualification. The match reverted to a regular tag match with G.O.D. beating down DOUK. I do not understand why the referee did not call for the bell. DOUKI made the hot tag to Taichi who choked out everyone. ZSJ and Tanga Loa paired off and they had a stiff battle. ZSJ worked over the arm but Tanga Loa kept escaping the submissions. Great stuff! ZSJ trapped Tanga Loa in an Octopus Lock. Tanga Loa powered out, lifted ZSJ on his should and dropped him with Apesh**. Wow! Tanga Loa pins ZSJ. ZSJ laid in the ring, not moving.
Tanga Loa takes the mic. Tanga Loa tells ZSJ that if he can beat him in a singles match , then they can challenge G.O.D. BUT, if he loses they can no longer challenge them for the Tag Titles anymore. Jado continued to beat down DOUKI. Taichi tries to grab the throats of Tama Tonga. G.O.D. hits a Magic Killer on Taichi. ZSJ rolled out of the ring and slowly crawled out back to the dressing room, to sell the beating.
Tanga Loa vs. ZSJ and Tama Tonga vs. Taichi should be awesome. They have built up the drama perfectly.
Toru Yano and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Gedo and EVIL, with Dick Togo. Bullet Club focused on Yano and beat down on him outside of the ring. With all the men all over ringside, Gedo went to get his brass knuckles. Gedo tried to hit Tanahashi but got kicked in the stomach, and dropped the knuckles. Tanahashi picked them and was threatening to hit Gedo, but EVIL hit Tanahashi with a low blow. Yano tried to make the save but EVIL hit Yano with a low blow. Togo jumps in the ring to kick Yano when he is down. Gedo gets the brass knuckles back and blasts Tanahashi in the head. In front of the referee. Referee calls for the bell. WHAT?!?
How can the same thing happen in two matches but get the different result? The Booker Men (Gedo and Jado, ironically) messed up here.
With Tanahashi knocked out, Bullet Club attacks Yano. Togo puts a hood over Yano's head. EVIL takes Yano's KOPW trophy and spay paints it black. The announcers were reacting with shock and awe over the the disrespect. One of the young lions takes off the hood on Yano. Yano sees his trophy painted black and he start crying and screaming. The crowd laughed and applauded Yano at the same time.
BUSHI, SANADA, Tetsuya Naito and Shingo Takagi vs. Jeff Cobb, Aaron Henare, Great O-Khan and Will Ospreay. Naito came to the ring wearing a Great O-Khan T-Shirt. He posed next to O-Khan in the ring. Funny. O-Khan no-sold Naito's shenanigans. United Empire attacked at the bell. Fights all over the ringside area. Another fast paced match, following their great match from last night. With LIJ being held from coming into the ring, O-Khan hit the Eliminator on BUSHI and gets the pinfall win.
Naito and O-Khan have a staredown in the ring. These teams really work well together. Everyone looks strong.
NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Championship Match: YOSHI-HASHI, Tomohiro Ishii and Hirooki Goto vs. Taiji Ishimori, Yujiro Takahashi and KENTA. KENTA comes to the ring with the Bo Staff (Bo Chan) and kisses it. KENTA teases that he will start the match against YOSHI-HASHI, but he tags out to Ishimori. Goto tags in and attacks Ishimori. All six men jump in the ring and fight to the outside. Another fast paced match. Too much to recap here. Goto is stunned in the ring. Takahashi is distracting with Red Shoes, the referee. KENTA brings Bo Chan in the ring. KENTA tries to hit Goto, but Ishii pushes Goto out of the way and Ishii takes Bo Chan to his head. Goto tries to attack KENTA, but KENTA hits Goto in the head with Bo Chan, and Ishimori rolls up Goto. YOSHI-HASHI breaks up the count. YOSHI-HASHI points out KENTA with Bo Chan, to Red Shoes. Red Shoes tries to take Bo Chan away, but KENTA pushes him to the mat. KENTA tries to hit YOSHI-HASHI but YOSHI-HASHI kicks him in the gut. KENTA drops Bo Chan and YOSHI-HASHI picks it up. Takahashi tried to hit YOSHI-HASHI with his pimp stick. YOSHI-HASHI takes Takahashi out with his Staff, then hits Ishimori. KENTA and YOSHI-HASHI get into a tug of war with the Staff. YOSHI-HASHI blasts KENTA in the head. Both men roll to the outside. Goto and Ishimori face off. Ishimori rolls him out for a two count. Goto goes for a GTR but Ishimori reverses into a backslide. Ishii breaks the count. Ishimori takes out Ishii with a running lariat. Ishimori hits a high knee to Goto. Ishimori tries for a Bloody Cross, but Goto reverses out, but Ishimori drops him with another high knee. Ishimori tries to apply the YES Lock but Goto drops him with a headbutt. Goto hits a GTW on Ishimori. Goto picks up Ishimori and hits a GTR. Goto pins Ishimori. CHAOS retains the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Champions. Great match! Both teams told good stories in their single matches last night (and during this tour), which led to this match. Awesome!
After the match, KENTA goes to take Bo Chan. YOSHI-HASHI grabs his Staff out of his hands. KENTA goes to grab the Staff but Ishii and Goto are standing there to back up their partner. KENTA retreats back to the dressing room.
Goto takes the mic and congratulates YOSHI-HASHI. He thanks the fans and his partners.
In the interview area, KENTA confronts YOSHI-HASHI. Ishii comes out of nowhere and throws KENTA out of the interview area.
The Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2021 will continue.
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