Sunday’s Wrestling Dontaku was a big night for the Biz Cliz, as their newest member took aim at Tanahashi, Machine Gun went after a fellow founder, and the Switchblade set his sights on the top prize in New Japan.
Ian Hamilton checks in for a quick look at the opening night of the Road to Power Struggle tour, featuring the return of the Elimination match as Los Ingobernables de Japon take on Suzuki-gun.
The IWGP World Heavyweight Championship will be on the line in the main event of night two of NJPW Wrestling Dontaku.
Will Ospreay will defend the IWGP World title against Shingo Takagi. This will be Ospreay s first title defense since defeating Kota Ibushi for the Championship at Sakura Genesis.
The two have met three times in singles competition before. Ospreay holds a 2-1 edge over Shingo with his wins coming in the 2019 Best of the Super Juniors final and this year s New Japan Cup final. Shingo s victory came in the 2020 G1 Climax tournament.
Tonight s scheduled IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship match with El Desperado defending against YOH was pulled from the card as a precautionary measure. Contact tracing has also forced the change of two other matches on the card.
Quick Results
El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Minoru Suzuki submitted Tiger Mask, SHO & YOH in 9:15 ( ¾)
Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr. & DOUKI vs. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Jado was a no-contest (NR)
Toru Yano, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato pinned Dick Togo, EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi & Taiji Ishimori in 10:07 ( ¼)
Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito pinned Great-O-Khan & Will Ospreay in 21:51 ( ¼)
Kota Ibushi & Hiroshi Tanahashi pinned Aaron Henare & Jeff Cobb in 17:03 ( ¼)
We’re back the Nishihara Shokai Arena in Kagoshima…
Yota Tsuji & Yuya Uemura vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (SANADA & BUSHI)
We’ve a change in pace here to start as we go back to the “stars vs. Young Lions” opener…