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[MightyHealthy]

It might be just me but those aren't five star matches. Like, those were some really good matches,but not five stars. He throws them around too often. A five star match should be rare..

For me, how rare those matches were, the stories they told, and how they delivered...yeah.

Five star matches should be rare, but that's what happens when you have so much incredible talent, and you're competent enough at the book.

 

[Jmare007]

For me, how rare those matches were, the stories they told, and how they delivered...yeah.

Five star matches should be rare, but that's what happens when you have so much incredible talent, and you're competent enough at the book.

I honestly don't care about star ratings unless it's to make fun of them, but I don't see how those matches were rare. Like, at all.

 

[Jmare007]

Destruction tour is up next for NJPW, right? Do we get televised events for any of those shows leading up to the major show?

Yes and yes. Which dates get taped for TV and/or streamed on New Japan World I'm not sure but once they announce the cards for each show it should be clear by then.

Most dates are already on Schedule | NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING but again, once they reveal the matches and talent you should have a clearer picture of everything.

 

[MightyHealthy]

IWGP Jr. Title UPDATE:Hiromu can't defend title within six months, so it's been vacated.

There will be a three match tournament for the title.

Participants are last four title holders.

Event details in Twitter post.

I honestly don't care about star ratings unless it's to make fun of them, but I don't see how those matches were rare. Like, at all.

Okada still in crisis...Tana's last roar...Omega/Ibushi happens often? Considering the series, using rarity was a poor choice of words.

Unique...perhaps?

My first live NJPW main event was G1 25 night 1. Tana vs. Ibushi. The match has happened like, twice since, the stories have been different. The feel between the two matches is night and day.

I don't know if it's because WWE is so comparatively and starkly opposite, but compare Lesnar's reign ending versus Okada's. The stories that were told. Even challenges from Shibata and Sanada had considerable weight.

G1 always has the valid criticism that too many great matches get shoved into a small window, and that such a schedule is dangerous to the performers. I'll agree with that.

It's like going from a restaurant that, if it's lucky, makes one good course from its entire menu...and then hitting up a five star buffet. A viewer can only stomach so much, even the best food.

 

[Jmare007]

Okada still in crisis...Tana's last roar...Omega/Ibushi happens often? Considering the series, using rarity was a poor choice of words.

Unique...perhaps?

My first live NJPW main event was G1 25 night 1. Tana vs. Ibushi. The match has happened like, twice since, the stories have been different. The feel between the two matches is night and day.

Ah, that makes more sense. I thought you were talking about how the work in the matches was rare.

 

[Jmare007]

New Japan's cards for the Destruction tour are out

*Omega vs Ishii was booked for Hiroshima Ishii is tagging with Ospray to fight Golden Lovers as a way to keep building to the title match.

*Naito vs MiSu will main event the Beppu show, with Goto vs Taichi underneath. MiSu tends to tank on the box office, let's see if Naito can still bring the big bucks as he did last year vs Juice.

*Kobe World Hall will be headlined by Okada vs Tanahashi and there's nothing else that can draw big for that show. A lot of faith in that matchup, let's see how that pans out.

*The Long Beach show will have Ospray vs Scrull, Young Bucks vs BCOG and Juice vs Cody as he big matches. Interested to see if there's any late ticket sales, seems solid enough to warrant it.

*Seems like Ayato Yoshida will get the Ibushi treatment. He's been heavily booked lately, Taka probably pushing for him hard but the company is clearly showing interest.

Full schedule and cards here @Bryan Danielson @Cobratron :

Spoiler: New Japan Schedule

NJPW "ROAD TO DESTRUCTION", 05.09.2018
Nagoya International Conference Hall Event Hall

1. Shota Umino & Yuya Uemura vs. Ren Narita & Yota Tsuji
2. Yujiro Takahashi vs. Ayato Yoshida
3. Juice Robinson, Michael Elgin, David Finlay & Toa Henare vs. Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Taji Ishimori
4. Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Takashi Iizuka & Taichi
5. Tetsuya Naito, "King of Darkness" EVIL, SANADA & BUSHI vs. Minoru Suzuki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Desperado & TAKA Michinoku
6. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma vs. Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano & Gedo
7. Tomohiro Ishii, Beretta & Will Ospreay vs. Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi & Chase Owens


NJPW "ROAD TO DESTRUCTION", 07.09.2018
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Shota Umino & Ren Narita vs. Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens
2. Juice Robinson, Michael Elgin, David Finlay & Ayato Yoshida vs. Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Taji Ishimori
3. Toa Henare vs. Beretta
4. Hirooki Goto & Gedo vs. Taichi & TAKA Michinoku
5. Tetsuya Naito, "King of Darkness" EVIL, SANADA & BUSHI vs. Minoru Suzuki, Takashi Iizuka, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado
6. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma vs. Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI
7. Special Tag Match: Tomohiro Ishii & Will Ospreay vs. Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi


NJPW "ROAD TO DESTRUCTION", 08.09.2018
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Shota Umino & Yuya Uemura vs. Ren Narita & Yota Tsuji
2. Chase Owens vs. Ayato Yoshida

3. Togi Makabe, Michael Elgin, David Finlay & Toa Henare vs. Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Taji Ishimori
4. Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Taichi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
5. Tetsuya Naito, "King of Darkness" EVIL, SANADA & BUSHI vs. Minoru Suzuki, Takashi Iizuka, El Desperado & TAKA Michinoku

6. Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano & Will Ospreay vs. Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi & Yujiro Takahashi
7. Special Tag Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Juice Robinson vs. Kazuchika Okada & Beretta


NJPW "ROAD TO DESTRUCTION", 09.09.2018
Togane Arena

1. Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura
2. Michael Elgin, Ayato Yoshida , Shota Umino & Ren Narita vs. Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Taji Ishimori
3. Hirooki Goto & Gedo vs. Taichi & El Desperado
4. Tetsuya Naito, "King of Darkness" EVIL, SANADA & BUSHI vs. Minoru Suzuki, Takashi Iizuka, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & TAKA Michinoku
5. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toa Henare vs. Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI
6. Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano, Beretta & Will Ospreay vs. Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi, Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens
7. Satoshi Kojima Return Match: Yuji Nagata, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma, Juice Robinson & David Finlay

- Die Show in der Togane Arena wird traditionell von Yuji Nagata produziert. Togane ist der Geburtsort von Nagata.


NJPW "ROAD TO DESTRUCTION", 11.09.2018
Yokkaichi Central Green Arena #2

1. Shota Umino & Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura & Ren Narita
2. Chase Owens vs. Ayato Yoshida

3. Tomoaki Honma, Juice Robinson, Michael Elgin & David Finlay vs. Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Taji Ishimori
4. Hirooki Goto & Gedo vs. Takashi Iizuka & Taichi
5. Tetsuya Naito, "King of Darkness" EVIL, SANADA & BUSHI vs. Minoru Suzuki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Desperado & TAKA Michinoku

6. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe & Toa Henare vs. Kazuchika Okada, YOSHI-HASHI & Beretta
7. Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano & Will Ospreay vs. Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi & Yujiro Takahashi


NJPW "ROAD TO DESTRUCTION", 12.09.2018
Kyoto City Gymnasium (Hannaryz Arena)

1. Shota Umino & Ren Narita vs. Ayato Yoshida

& Yota Tsuji
2. Juice Robinson & David Finlay vs. Bad Luck Fale & Taji Ishimori
3. Togi Makabe & Toa Henare vs. Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa
4. Hirooki Goto & Gedo vs. Taichi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
5. Tetsuya Naito, "King of Darkness" EVIL, SANADA & BUSHI vs. Minoru Suzuki, Takashi Iizuka, El Desperado & TAKA Michinoku

6. Special Tag Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Michael Elgin vs. Kazuchika Okada & Beretta
7. Elimination Match: Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI & Will Ospreay vs. Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi, Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens


NJPW "ROAD TO DESTRUCTION", 13.09.2018
Osaka City Central Gymnasium Sub Arena

1. Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura
2. Shota Umino & Ren Narita vs. Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens
3. Juice Robinson, Michael Elgin, David Finlay & Ayato Yoshida

vs. Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Taji Ishimori
4. Hirooki Goto & Gedo vs. Taichi & TAKA Michinoku

5. Tetsuya Naito, "King of Darkness" EVIL, SANADA & BUSHI vs. Minoru Suzuki, Takashi Iizuka, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado
6. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & Toa Henare vs. Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI & Beretta
7. Special Tag Match: Tomohiro Ishii & Will Ospreay vs. Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi


NJPW "DESTRUCTION IN HIROSHIMA", 15.09.2018
Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall

1. Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask & KUSHIDA vs. Ricky Romero, SHO & YOH
2. Toa Henare vs. Bad Luck Fale
3. Michael Elgin & Ayato Yoshida

vs. Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr.
4. Beretta, Chuckie T & Will Ospreay vs. Kota Ibushi, Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens
5. NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Title: Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Taiji Ishimori (c) vs. Juice Robinson, David Finlay & Ryusuke Taguchi
6. Hirooki Goto, Toru Yano & Gedo vs. Takashi Iizuka, Taichi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
7. Tetsuya Naito, "King of Darkness" EVIL, SANADA & BUSHI vs. Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr., El Desperado & TAKA Michinoku

8. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma vs. Kazuchika Okada, Jay White & YOSHI-HASHI
9. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Kenny Omega (c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii


NJPW "ROAD TO DESTRUCTION", 16.09.2018
Strait Messe Shimonoseki

1. KUSHIDA & Yuya Uemura vs. Ryusuke Taguchi & Shota Umino
2. Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask & Ren Narita vs. Ricky Romero, SHO & YOH
3. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Ayato Yoshida

vs. Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi & Toa Henare
4. Will Ospreay & Gedo vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado
5. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe, Juice Robinson & David Finlay vs. Kazuchika Okada, Jay White, Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI
6. Hirooki Goto, Beretta & Chuckie T vs. Lance Archer, Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Taichi
7. Tetsuya Naito, "King of Darkness" EVIL, SANADA & BUSHI vs. Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr., Takashi Iizuka & TAKA Michinoku

NJPW "DESTRUCTION IN BEPPU", 17.09.2018
Beppu B-Con Plaza

1. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Yota Tsuji vs. Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi & Yuya Uemura
2. David Finlay & Ren Narita vs. Toa Henare & Shota Umino
3. Takashi Iizuka vs. Ayato Yoshida

4. Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask, KUSHIDA & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Will Ospreay, Ricky Romero, SHO & YOH
5. Beretta & Chuckie T vs. Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr.
6. "King of Darkness" EVIL, SANADA & BUSHI vs. Zack Sabre Jr., Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado
7. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & Juice Robinson vs. Kazuchika Okada, Jay White, Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI
8. NEVER Openweight Title: Hirooki Goto (c) vs. Taichi
9. Special Singles Match: Tetsuya Naito vs. Minoru Suzuki


NJPW "ROAD TO DESTRUCTION", 18.09.2018
Gran Messe Kumamoto

1. Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura
2. Ryusuke Taguchi & Ayato Yoshida vs. Shota Umino & Ren Narita
3. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & David Finlay vs. Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi & Toa Henare
4. Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask & KUSHIDA vs. Ricky Romero, SHO & YOH
5. Beretta, Chuckie T & Will Ospreay vs. Lance Archer, Davey Boy Smith Jr. & El Desperado
6. Tetsuya Naito, "King of Darkness" EVIL, SANADA & BUSHI vs. Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr., Yoshinobu Kanemaru & TAKA Michinoku
7. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe & Juice Robinson vs. Kazuchika Okada, Jay White & YOSHI-HASHI


NJPW "ROAD TO DESTRUCTION", 20.09.2018
Yamaguchi Butterfly Arena (Yanai City Gymnasium)

1. Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura
2. Ayato Yoshida

& Shota Umino vs. SHO & YOH
3. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Tiger Mask vs. Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi & Ren Narita
4. Juice Robinson, David Finlay & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Jushin Thunder Liger, KUSHIDA & Toa Henare
5. Beretta, Chuckie T & Will Ospreay vs. Lance Archer, Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
6. Tetsuya Naito, "King of Darkness" EVIL, SANADA & BUSHI vs. Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr., El Desperado & TAKA Michinoku

7. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma vs. Kazuchika Okada, Jay White & YOSHI-HASHI


NJPW "ROAD TO DESTRUCTION", 21.09.2018
Saijo City General Sports Hall

1. Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura
2. David Finlay & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Ayato Yoshida

& Shota Umino
3. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Ren Narita vs. Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi & Toa Henare
4. Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask & KUSHIDA vs. Ricky Romero, SHO & YOH
5. Beretta, Chuckie T & Will Ospreay vs. Lance Archer, Davey Boy Smith Jr. & El Desperado
6. Tetsuya Naito, "King of Darkness" EVIL, SANADA & BUSHI vs. Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr., Yoshinobu Kanemaru & TAKA Michinoku

7. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe & Juice Robinson vs. Kazuchika Okada, Jay White & YOSHI-HASHI


NJPW "DESTRUCTION IN KOBE", 23.09.2018
Kobe World Memorial Hall

1. Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura
2. Shota Umino & Ren Narita vs. SHO & YOH
3. Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado
4. Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma, Ryusuke Taguchi & Ayato Yoshida

vs. Yuji Nagata, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Manabu Nakanishi
5. Beretta & Chuckie T vs. Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr.
6. Juice Robinson, David Finlay & Toa Henare vs. Jay White, YOSHI-HASHI & Will Ospreay
7. Tetsuya Naito, "King of Darkness" EVIL & SANADA vs. Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr. & TAKA Michinoku

8. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title Tournament - Semi Final: KUSHIDA vs. BUSHI
9. Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Title Contendership: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada


NJPW "FIGHTING SPIRIT UNLEASHED", 30.09.2018
Long Beach Walter Pyramid, Kalifornien, USA

- IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title Tournament - Semi Final: Will Ospreay vs. Marty Scurll
- IWGP Tag Team Title: Nick Jackson & Matt Jackson (c) vs. Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa
- IWGP US Heavyweight Title: Juice Robinson (c) vs. Cody

 

[WhatsGoodTy]

I like NJPW,but to keep it a buck I can't sit through all those tag team matches.

 

[Jmare007]

Death Vegas card is out too, the c*ntoff, the 6 man tag and Hideki vs Nakanoue too bad it's wasted in Yokohama, but they should be fun to watch regardless.

BJW "BIG JAPAN DEATH VEGAS", 16.09.2018 (Samurai! TV LIVE)
Yokohama Bunka Gymnasium

1. The Young BJ: Masaki Morihiro & Akira Hyodo vs. Takuho Kato & Yuki Ishikawa
2. Tatsuhiko Yoshino & Kota Sekifuda vs. Kankuro Hoshino & Takumi Tsukamoto

3. The Strong BJ: Daisuke Sekimoto, Daichi Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani vs. Ryota Hama, Ryuichi Kawakami & Kazumi Kikuta
4. Saikyou Tag League - Strong Block: Takuya Nomura & Fuminori Abe

vs. Kazuki Hashimoto & Yuya Aoki
5. Saikyou Tag League - Death Match Block: Masaya Takahashi & Kyu Mogami

vs. Takayuki Ueki & Toshiyuki Sakuda
6. Saikyou Tag League - Death Match Block: Abdullah Kobayashi & Yoshihisa Uto vs. Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka

7. BJW Strong World Heavyweight Title: Hideki Suzuki (c) vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue
8. BJW Death Match Heavyweight Title: Masashi Takeda (c) vs. Ryuji Ito

ALSO, Masato Tanaka is running a 25th Anniversary show in Korakuen Hall on 9/30, the main event? Well...

Masato Tanaka & Takashi Sugiura vs Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Hino

@Scottie Drippin

 

[Scottie Drippin]

Death Vegas card is out too, the c*ntoff, the 6 man tag and Hideki vs Nakanoue too bad it's wasted in Yokohama, but they should be fun to watch regardless.



ALSO, Masato Tanaka is running a 25th Anniversary show in Korakuen Hall on 9/30, the main event? Well...

Masato Tanaka & Takashi Sugiura vs Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Hino

@Scottie Drippin

AHHH

 

[Jmare007]

AHHH

If politics don't get in the way and we actually get a finish, that shyt has big chances of being MOTY. A 30 minute draw could lead to dope stuff like Sekimoto/Sato vs Okabayashi/Shingo last year, but a 20 minute match could be off the fukking charts

 

[Scottie Drippin]

If politics don't get in the way and we actually get a finish, that shyt has big chances of being MOTY. A 30 minute draw could lead to dope stuff like Sekimoto/Sato vs Okabayashi/Shingo last year, but a 20 minute match could be off the fukking charts

Facts.

That match is gonna be a goddamn clobbering. I think Hino is there to eat that L in Tanaka's honor

 

[julesocean]

Once you break the scale, then continue to keep breaking it, the scale itself becomes even more arbitrary than it was to begin with. The whole point of a scale is to avoid doing that in the first place. It was just opinion based to begin with so it really never meant anything, but now it aggressively means nothing lol

Exactly. All he has to do is put an asterisk on his ratings that they are rated according to that era's standards. He acts like the kind of people who are looking up his ratings aren't going to realize that a 5 star match back then is different than a 5 star match today.

 

[Scottie Drippin]

@Jmare007 very interested to see what A. Yoshida is gonna become

Best Friends back

Real talk I need Trent in the G1 next year. If he got the matchups Page got he'd have the internet going nuts at least a few times

 

[SubZeroDegrees]

New Japan's cards for the Destruction tour are out

*Omega vs Ishii was booked for Hiroshima Ishii is tagging with Ospray to fight Golden Lovers as a way to keep building to the title match.

*Naito vs MiSu will main event the Beppu show, with Goto vs Taichi underneath. MiSu tends to tank on the box office, let's see if Naito can still bring the big bucks as he did last year vs Juice.

*Kobe World Hall will be headlined by Okada vs Tanahashi and there's nothing else that can draw big for that show. A lot of faith in that matchup, let's see how that pans out.

*The Long Beach show will have Ospray vs Scrull, Young Bucks vs BCOG and Juice vs Cody as he big matches. Interested to see if there's any late ticket sales, seems solid enough to warrant it.

*Seems like Ayato Yoshida will get the Ibushi treatment. He's been heavily booked lately, Taka probably pushing for him hard but the company is clearly showing interest.

Full schedule and cards here @Bryan Danielson @Cobratron :

Spoiler: New Japan Schedule

NJPW "ROAD TO DESTRUCTION", 05.09.2018
Nagoya International Conference Hall Event Hall

1. Shota Umino & Yuya Uemura vs. Ren Narita & Yota Tsuji
2. Yujiro Takahashi vs. Ayato Yoshida
3. Juice Robinson, Michael Elgin, David Finlay & Toa Henare vs. Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Taji Ishimori
4. Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Takashi Iizuka & Taichi
5. Tetsuya Naito, "King of Darkness" EVIL, SANADA & BUSHI vs. Minoru Suzuki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Desperado & TAKA Michinoku
6. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma vs. Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano & Gedo
7. Tomohiro Ishii, Beretta & Will Ospreay vs. Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi & Chase Owens


NJPW "ROAD TO DESTRUCTION", 07.09.2018
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Shota Umino & Ren Narita vs. Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens
2. Juice Robinson, Michael Elgin, David Finlay & Ayato Yoshida vs. Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Taji Ishimori
3. Toa Henare vs. Beretta
4. Hirooki Goto & Gedo vs. Taichi & TAKA Michinoku
5. Tetsuya Naito, "King of Darkness" EVIL, SANADA & BUSHI vs. Minoru Suzuki, Takashi Iizuka, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado
6. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma vs. Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI
7. Special Tag Match: Tomohiro Ishii & Will Ospreay vs. Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi


NJPW "ROAD TO DESTRUCTION", 08.09.2018
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Shota Umino & Yuya Uemura vs. Ren Narita & Yota Tsuji
2. Chase Owens vs. Ayato Yoshida

3. Togi Makabe, Michael Elgin, David Finlay & Toa Henare vs. Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Taji Ishimori
4. Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Taichi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
5. Tetsuya Naito, "King of Darkness" EVIL, SANADA & BUSHI vs. Minoru Suzuki, Takashi Iizuka, El Desperado & TAKA Michinoku

6. Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano & Will Ospreay vs. Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi & Yujiro Takahashi
7. Special Tag Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Juice Robinson vs. Kazuchika Okada & Beretta


NJPW "ROAD TO DESTRUCTION", 09.09.2018
Togane Arena

1. Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura
2. Michael Elgin, Ayato Yoshida , Shota Umino & Ren Narita vs. Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Taji Ishimori
3. Hirooki Goto & Gedo vs. Taichi & El Desperado
4. Tetsuya Naito, "King of Darkness" EVIL, SANADA & BUSHI vs. Minoru Suzuki, Takashi Iizuka, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & TAKA Michinoku
5. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toa Henare vs. Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI
6. Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano, Beretta & Will Ospreay vs. Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi, Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens
7. Satoshi Kojima Return Match: Yuji Nagata, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma, Juice Robinson & David Finlay

- Die Show in der Togane Arena wird traditionell von Yuji Nagata produziert. Togane ist der Geburtsort von Nagata.


NJPW "ROAD TO DESTRUCTION", 11.09.2018
Yokkaichi Central Green Arena #2

1. Shota Umino & Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura & Ren Narita
2. Chase Owens vs. Ayato Yoshida

3. Tomoaki Honma, Juice Robinson, Michael Elgin & David Finlay vs. Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Taji Ishimori
4. Hirooki Goto & Gedo vs. Takashi Iizuka & Taichi
5. Tetsuya Naito, "King of Darkness" EVIL, SANADA & BUSHI vs. Minoru Suzuki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Desperado & TAKA Michinoku

6. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe & Toa Henare vs. Kazuchika Okada, YOSHI-HASHI & Beretta
7. Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano & Will Ospreay vs. Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi & Yujiro Takahashi


NJPW "ROAD TO DESTRUCTION", 12.09.2018
Kyoto City Gymnasium (Hannaryz Arena)

1. Shota Umino & Ren Narita vs. Ayato Yoshida

& Yota Tsuji
2. Juice Robinson & David Finlay vs. Bad Luck Fale & Taji Ishimori
3. Togi Makabe & Toa Henare vs. Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa
4. Hirooki Goto & Gedo vs. Taichi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
5. Tetsuya Naito, "King of Darkness" EVIL, SANADA & BUSHI vs. Minoru Suzuki, Takashi Iizuka, El Desperado & TAKA Michinoku

6. Special Tag Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Michael Elgin vs. Kazuchika Okada & Beretta
7. Elimination Match: Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI & Will Ospreay vs. Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi, Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens


NJPW "ROAD TO DESTRUCTION", 13.09.2018
Osaka City Central Gymnasium Sub Arena

1. Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura
2. Shota Umino & Ren Narita vs. Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens
3. Juice Robinson, Michael Elgin, David Finlay & Ayato Yoshida

vs. Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Taji Ishimori
4. Hirooki Goto & Gedo vs. Taichi & TAKA Michinoku

5. Tetsuya Naito, "King of Darkness" EVIL, SANADA & BUSHI vs. Minoru Suzuki, Takashi Iizuka, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado
6. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & Toa Henare vs. Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI & Beretta
7. Special Tag Match: Tomohiro Ishii & Will Ospreay vs. Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi


NJPW "DESTRUCTION IN HIROSHIMA", 15.09.2018
Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall

1. Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask & KUSHIDA vs. Ricky Romero, SHO & YOH
2. Toa Henare vs. Bad Luck Fale
3. Michael Elgin & Ayato Yoshida

vs. Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr.
4. Beretta, Chuckie T & Will Ospreay vs. Kota Ibushi, Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens
5. NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Title: Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Taiji Ishimori (c) vs. Juice Robinson, David Finlay & Ryusuke Taguchi
6. Hirooki Goto, Toru Yano & Gedo vs. Takashi Iizuka, Taichi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
7. Tetsuya Naito, "King of Darkness" EVIL, SANADA & BUSHI vs. Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr., El Desperado & TAKA Michinoku

8. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma vs. Kazuchika Okada, Jay White & YOSHI-HASHI
9. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Kenny Omega (c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii


NJPW "ROAD TO DESTRUCTION", 16.09.2018
Strait Messe Shimonoseki

1. KUSHIDA & Yuya Uemura vs. Ryusuke Taguchi & Shota Umino
2. Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask & Ren Narita vs. Ricky Romero, SHO & YOH
3. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Ayato Yoshida

vs. Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi & Toa Henare
4. Will Ospreay & Gedo vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado
5. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe, Juice Robinson & David Finlay vs. Kazuchika Okada, Jay White, Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI
6. Hirooki Goto, Beretta & Chuckie T vs. Lance Archer, Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Taichi
7. Tetsuya Naito, "King of Darkness" EVIL, SANADA & BUSHI vs. Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr., Takashi Iizuka & TAKA Michinoku

NJPW "DESTRUCTION IN BEPPU", 17.09.2018
Beppu B-Con Plaza

1. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Yota Tsuji vs. Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi & Yuya Uemura
2. David Finlay & Ren Narita vs. Toa Henare & Shota Umino
3. Takashi Iizuka vs. Ayato Yoshida

4. Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask, KUSHIDA & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Will Ospreay, Ricky Romero, SHO & YOH
5. Beretta & Chuckie T vs. Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr.
6. "King of Darkness" EVIL, SANADA & BUSHI vs. Zack Sabre Jr., Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado
7. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & Juice Robinson vs. Kazuchika Okada, Jay White, Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI
8. NEVER Openweight Title: Hirooki Goto (c) vs. Taichi
9. Special Singles Match: Tetsuya Naito vs. Minoru Suzuki


NJPW "ROAD TO DESTRUCTION", 18.09.2018
Gran Messe Kumamoto

1. Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura
2. Ryusuke Taguchi & Ayato Yoshida vs. Shota Umino & Ren Narita
3. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & David Finlay vs. Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi & Toa Henare
4. Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask & KUSHIDA vs. Ricky Romero, SHO & YOH
5. Beretta, Chuckie T & Will Ospreay vs. Lance Archer, Davey Boy Smith Jr. & El Desperado
6. Tetsuya Naito, "King of Darkness" EVIL, SANADA & BUSHI vs. Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr., Yoshinobu Kanemaru & TAKA Michinoku
7. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe & Juice Robinson vs. Kazuchika Okada, Jay White & YOSHI-HASHI


NJPW "ROAD TO DESTRUCTION", 20.09.2018
Yamaguchi Butterfly Arena (Yanai City Gymnasium)

1. Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura
2. Ayato Yoshida

& Shota Umino vs. SHO & YOH
3. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Tiger Mask vs. Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi & Ren Narita
4. Juice Robinson, David Finlay & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Jushin Thunder Liger, KUSHIDA & Toa Henare
5. Beretta, Chuckie T & Will Ospreay vs. Lance Archer, Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
6. Tetsuya Naito, "King of Darkness" EVIL, SANADA & BUSHI vs. Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr., El Desperado & TAKA Michinoku

7. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma vs. Kazuchika Okada, Jay White & YOSHI-HASHI


NJPW "ROAD TO DESTRUCTION", 21.09.2018
Saijo City General Sports Hall

1. Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura
2. David Finlay & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Ayato Yoshida

& Shota Umino
3. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Ren Narita vs. Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi & Toa Henare
4. Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask & KUSHIDA vs. Ricky Romero, SHO & YOH
5. Beretta, Chuckie T & Will Ospreay vs. Lance Archer, Davey Boy Smith Jr. & El Desperado
6. Tetsuya Naito, "King of Darkness" EVIL, SANADA & BUSHI vs. Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr., Yoshinobu Kanemaru & TAKA Michinoku

7. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe & Juice Robinson vs. Kazuchika Okada, Jay White & YOSHI-HASHI


NJPW "DESTRUCTION IN KOBE", 23.09.2018
Kobe World Memorial Hall

1. Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura
2. Shota Umino & Ren Narita vs. SHO & YOH
3. Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado
4. Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma, Ryusuke Taguchi & Ayato Yoshida

vs. Yuji Nagata, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Manabu Nakanishi
5. Beretta & Chuckie T vs. Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr.
6. Juice Robinson, David Finlay & Toa Henare vs. Jay White, YOSHI-HASHI & Will Ospreay
7. Tetsuya Naito, "King of Darkness" EVIL & SANADA vs. Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr. & TAKA Michinoku

8. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title Tournament - Semi Final: KUSHIDA vs. BUSHI
9. Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Title Contendership: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada


NJPW "FIGHTING SPIRIT UNLEASHED", 30.09.2018
Long Beach Walter Pyramid, Kalifornien, USA

- IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title Tournament - Semi Final: Will Ospreay vs. Marty Scurll
- IWGP Tag Team Title: Nick Jackson & Matt Jackson (c) vs. Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa
- IWGP US Heavyweight Title: Juice Robinson (c) vs. Cody

Henare got another singles match in Korakuen
We about to eat off this one

I wonder they looking Yoshida as a junior or prepping him for as a heavy.

 

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Henare got another singles match in Korakuen
We about to eat off this one

I wonder they looking Yoshida as a junior or prepping him for as a heavy.

You are right I missed that. And a good opponent in Trent too


Yoshida will be a heavy for sure, dude already looks bigger than a lot of the Jrs and it seems he's being prepped as Umino's rival.