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5/6 NJPW ROAD: IGNITION TO DOMINION IN SAGA, JAPAN RESULTS

1 - Ryusuke Taguchi and Tasei Nakahara vs. SHO and Yoshinobu Kanemaru

SHO forces Nakahara to submit to a Boston Crab.

2 - Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI and Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Toru Yano, YOH and Master Wato

Wato hits a springboard uppercut on Matsumoto and gets the pin.

3 - Shota Umino and Tomoaki Honma vs. Taichi and El Desperado

Taichi pins Honma with a cradle.

4 - Yuya Uemura and Masatora Yasuda vs. Ryohei Oiwa and Kosei Fujita

Fujita forces Yasuda to submit to the Nemosu Special (Indian Deathlock into a surfboard).

5 - Aaron Wolf, Boltin Oleg and Tiger Mask vs. Ren Narita, Yujiro Takahashi and Dick Togo

Wolf forces Togo to submit to a Triangle Choke.

After the match, Tiger Mask says good bye to the crowd in Saga.

6 - Yuto-Ice, OSKAR, Gedo, Taiji Ishimori and Daiki Nagai vs. HENARE, Great O-Khan, Francesco Akira, Jacob Austin Young and Zane Jay

No Will Ospreay.   This means the NEVER Openweight 6-man titles will be defended on Ospreay's schedule.   

Young pins Gedo after hitting Another One Bites the Dust.

HENARE and Yuto continue to brawl after the match.

7 - Shingo Takagi and Yota Tsuji vs. Callum Newman and Jake Lee

Tsuji hits a Gene Blaster on Newman and gets the pin.

Yota Tsuji earns a IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Match at Dominion on June 14.  

Tsuji makes sense as he deserves a rematch.    However, Newman still needs the title and he should not be losing it this early.  Tsuji is a credible challenger for either top title in New Japan.  However, New Japan lacks a major babyface draw, on the level of Hiroshi Tanahashi or Kazuchika Okada.    In the G1 Climax, it will be important for the new babyfaces like Shota Umino, Ryohei Oiwa, or Yuya Uemura to step up their game and inspire fans to rally behind them, to take down Newman and the United Empire.

Best of the Super Jr. 33 begins on May 14.

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