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10/11/25 Results from New Japan's Road to King of Pro Wrestling - Saitama, Japan
1 - Tatsuya Matsumoto and Shoma Kato vs. Zane Jay and Masatora Yasuda
Kato forces Jay to submit to a Boston Crab.
2 - Shota Umino vs. Katsuya Murashima
Umino pins Murashima after hitting a lariat.
3 - Clark Conners and Drilla Moloney vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru and SANADA
SANADA hits Moloney with a low blow. Moloney went nuts and grabbed SANADA's guitar. SANADA escaped the ring and refused to come back in the ring. Conners hit a Gore on Kanemaru and War Dogs beat down Kanemaru. Moloney said he will destroy Kanemaru with the guitar unless SANADA accepts the No DQ match at King of Pro Wrestling. SANADA refused and gets counted out. Moloney goes to hit Kanemaru, but SANADA begged him to stop. SANADA says that guitar costs more than Moloney makes in a year. Moloney does not care and goes to hit Kanemaru. SANADA begs him to stop and accepts the No DQ Match. The reacts to the acceptance and Moloney says it is on. Moloney smashes the guitar on Kanemaru's head anyway.
4 - Tiger Mask, Toru Yano and Boltin Oleg vs. Dick Togo, Don Fale and EVIL
Fale hits a Hand Grenade on Tiger Mask. EVIL puts the Darkness Scorpion on Tiger Mask.
EVIL gets the submission win.
After the match, House of Torture lays out Oleg and EVIL steals the NEVER Openweight belt. EVIL will face Boltin Oleg at King of Pro Wrestling for the Championship.
5 - Tomoaki Honma and Yuya Uemura vs. OSKAR and Yuto-Ice
OSKAR trapped Honma in Sleeper. Yuto beat down Uemura and made him watch as OSKAR spun Honma in a Hanging Sleeper.
Honma passes out and the referee stops the match.
OSKAR and Yuto beat down Uemura and are about to hit K.O.B. Shota Umino makes the save. But Knockout Brothers double team Umino and they hit the K.O.B. on Umino. The challengers are laid out by the champions.
OSKAR and Yuto are being booked very well here as brawlers and killers in the Bullet Club. However they still seem isolated on an island by themselves. This team will make World Tag League very interesting.
6 - Daiki Nagai, Titan, Shingo Takagi and Yota Tsuji vs. Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, David Finlay and Gabe Kidd
Finlay pins Nagai after hitting Into Oblivion.
7 - IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: KUUKAI and El Desperado vs. DOUKI and SHO
House of Torture pulls out their tricks and weapons. KUUKAI and Desperado are fighting from behind. SHO hits KUUKAI with a chair. DOUKI tosses Desperado into the crowd. They fight back and KUUKAI hits a Torneo Suicida on DOUKI and SHO. DOUKI is able to recover and traps KUUKAI in the Darkness Stretch and goes for Suplex de La Luna. KUUKAI avoids it and they exchange reversals. They go to the floor. Desperado and SHO battle in the ring. SHO goes for a cross arm breaker. Desperado reverses into a Stretch Muffler, they trade reversals. Rope break. SHO hits a lariat. Two count. SHO hits a spear. Desperado fights both men. KUUKAI evens it up and ties DOUKI into an Indian Death Lock into a Surfboard. Referee bumps. SHO low blows Desperado. KUUKAI blocks a low blow by SHO and hits a superkick. KUUKAI with a backcracker on DOUKI. KUUKAI hits a moonsault on DOUKI with a moonsault. Two count. More House of Torture tricks. SHO hits KUUKAI in the head with a metal sheet. DOUKI rolls him up for a cradle pin.
DOUKI and SHO retain the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.
SHO cuts a short promo on Desperado and KUUKAI and escapes the ring.
Desperado has been in two Jr. Championship matches against DOUKI and lost. New Japan is building DOUKI back up to be a top heel. El Desperado and Hiromu Takahashi are still the kings of the Jr. Division. However, they both need more wrestlers to be at their level. DOUKI is getting there slowly. Now with SHO and DOUKI as tag champs, all teams will be chasing them when Super Jr. Tag League begins later this month.
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