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NJPW ROAD TO DESTRUCTION RESULTS FROM TOKYO'S KORAKUEN HALL

Results from New Japan’s Road to DESTRUCTION From Korakuen Hall, Tokyo Japan:

Boltin Oleg injured his leg due to a bacterial infection.    He was supposed to battle Zack Sabre Jr. for the New Japan World Television Title.   Ryohei Oiwa will be the replacement.

1 - Yoshinobu Kanemaru and DOUKI vs. Ryusuke Taguchi and YOH

YOH comes to the ring honoring the great Terry Funk in a “Funk U” T-shirt.

Kanemaru pins Taguchi with a figure four clutch.

2 - Shota Umino, Oskar Leube, Master Wato and Yuji Nagata vs. Ren Narita, Tomoaki Honma, El Desperado and Minoru Suzuki

Narita forces Oskar to tap out to a Cobra Twist.

3 - Shane Haste, Mikey Nichols and Bad Dude Tito vs. Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI and Hirooki Goto

Haste pins Yano after a double suplex with Nichols.

4 - Tiger Mask, Togi Makabe, Satoshi Kojima and Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Yuto Nakashima, Tomohiro Ishii, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kazuchika Okada

Ishii and Tenzan get into a choking fight.   The referee declares the match a “no contest”.

Ishii and Tenzan continue fight after the match and had to be separated.   

5 - Great O-Khan, HENARE, Jeff Cobb and Callum Newman vs. Yota Tsuji, Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito

Callum Newman was described as a protege of Will Ospreay and the newest member of United Empire. 

Newman’s speed off the ropes was awesome.  He had a nice showcase of his ability in a New Japan ring.

Tsuji hits a spear on Newman and gets the pin.

6 -New Japan World Television Championship:  Ryohei Oiwa vs. Zack Sabre Jr.

Kaito Kiyomiya accompanied Oiwa to the ring.  Oiwa graduated from Young Lion status and joined Pro Wrestling NOAH at the request of Kiyomiya.

ZSJ gets the win with a double arm submission. 

Zack Sabre Jr has 13 successful title defenses since winning the TV Championship in January.   

7 - SHO and EVIL, with Dick Togo vs Tachi and SANADA, with TAKA Michinoku

SHO and EVIL come to the ring with the KOPW belt and the IWGP World belt which they stole at G1 Climax Finals.

The referee bumps.   EVIL hits a low blow on Taichi, then SHO hits him with his wrench.   EVIL hits SANADA in the face with the IWGP World belt.   EVIL hits Everything is Evil on SANADA.

EVIL pins SANADA

SHO hits a Shock Arrow on Taichi.   House of Torture beats them down and Kanemaru and DOUKI make the save.

This will be the main event storyline heading to DESTRUCTION in Ryogoku on October 9.

Thank you for reading.

James Kurokawa

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