12/22/22 Results for New Japan's Road to Tokyo Dome from Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan:
They show a video package of the highlights of the past year.
1 - Kosei Fujita vs. Francesco Akira
Akira pins Fujita after hitting Speed Fire.
2- Yuto Nakashima vs. Aaron Henare
Henare forces Nakashima to tap out to Ultima.
3 - Ryohei Oiwa vs. Great O-Khan
Oiwa taps out to O-Khan’s head and arm choke.
4 - Tomoaki Honma vs. Jeff Cobb
Cobb pins Honma after a Tour of the Islands.
They showed a video showing the history of the KOPW Trophy. There will be a KOPW match at Wrestle Kingdom. They announced that there will be a belt awarded to the winner of the KOPW 2023.
New Japan has too many belts. This could be a bad idea.
5 - Shota Umino, Satoshi Kojima and Togi Makabe vs. SANADA, Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito
Takagi pins Makabe after hittiing Last of the Dragon.
6 - Ren Narita and Jado vs. Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.
Taichi pins Jado after hitting a Yokozuna Elbow.
After the match, ZSJ and Taichi exchange words and hugged each other. This may be the last time that Dangerous Tekkers team together.
7 - 4 way Tag Match: Master Wato and Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru and El Desperado vs. BUSHI and Hiromu Takahashi vs. Gedo and Taiji Ishimori
Desperado pins Gedo after hitting Pinche Loco.
8 - YOH, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kazuchika Okada vs. DOUKI, Lance Archer and Minoru Suzuki
YOH pins DOUKI after a Direct Driver.
Good match. All of Suzuki-Gun had solid performances tonight. Tomorrow will be their special tag team match in Korakuen Hall.
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