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12/22 NJPW ROAD TO TOKYO DOME RESULTS FROM TOKYO, JAPAN

By James Kurokawa on 2022-12-23 03:11:00

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.

Thank you for reading.

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