NJPW Kizuna Road 2019 Tour + Southern Showdown in Australia (June 29 & 30)

[Ill Lou Malnati]

Short tour before G1 kicks off in Dallas, Texas on July 6.

Notable matches:​

June 16
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship:
SHO & YOH (c) vs. El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori

June 17
NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Championship:
Ryusuke Taguchi, Toru Tano & Togi Makabe (c) vs. El Phantasmo, Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi

10-Man Elimination Match:
Chaos
(Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii, SHO, YOH & Yoshi-Hashi)
vs.
Suzuki-gun
(Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr, Taichi, Lance Archer, Yoshinobu Kanemaru)

June 25
RevPro British Junior Heavyweight Championship:
El Phantasmo (c) vs. Ryusuke Taguchi

RevPro British Heavyweight Championship:
Zack Sabre Jr (c) vs. Yoshi-Hashi

Notable matches:

Melbourne - June 29
Rocky Romero vs. El Phantasmo

IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship:
Will Ospreay (c) vs. Robbie Eagles

Kazuchika Okada & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Jay White & Bad Luck Fale

Sydney - June 30
Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Will Ospreay vs. Jay White, Bad Luck Fale & Robbie Eagles​

 

[Ill Lou Malnati]

Fairly low-key stuff before G1 starts, but I'm looking forward all of the Phantasmo matches. I've become a huge fan of his during BOSJ.

Happy to see Eagles getting a title shot. That should be a great match against Ospreay. I expect Eagles won't remain in Bullet Club for much longer. Maybe even getting kicked out/quitting in his home country.

I wish he and ELP could get on the same page.

10-man elimination matches are pure fun to me. Maybe not five-star affairs, but I like them.

The return of the Tokyo Pimp better mean the return of the Tokyo Latina.

 

[krackdagawd]

Yeah ill watch these i took a break from all their tag matches for a while but ima peep this......hopefully we get some new surprises to the g1

 

[Ill Lou Malnati]

Yeah ill watch these i took a break from all their tag matches for a while but ima peep this......hopefully we get some new surprises to the g1

Announcement-wise? Yeah, I'm sure we will.

Ospreay said he wants in too What was the point of him and Shingo in the BOSJ finals if they were going to jump into the G1 to compete as heavyweights? Your top two junior heavyweights don't want to be junior heavyweights. Weird.

So far, we've got: Moxley, Shingo, Kenta & Ospreay. Looks like it'll be an interesting G1.

 

[The Rainmaker]

Tacos main eventing a show. NJ always sending their best to international affairs

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Announcement-wise? Yeah, I'm sure we will.

Ospreay said he wants in too What was the point of him and Shingo in the BOSJ finals if they were going to jump into the G1 to compete as heavyweights? Your top two junior heavyweights don't want to be junior heavyweights. Weird.

So far, we've got: Moxley, Shingo, Kenta & Ospreay. Looks like it'll be an interesting G1.

I don't think Ibushi or Tanahashi will miss the G1 but it's possible both seem like they are fukked up so this could be another reason why they are loading up with junior stars

 

[Ill Lou Malnati]

Tacos main eventing a show. NJ always sending their best to international affairs

Who?

 

[The Rainmaker]

Who?

YOSHI-HASHI. Tacos was the nickname Nakamura gave to him.

 

[Ill Lou Malnati]

YOSHI-HASHI. Tacos was the nickname Nakamura gave to him.

They're actually blessing their Japanese fans with that one to close out the Kizuna tour. Australia shows are 29th & 30th only.

Can't stand that guy. I wish HHH's greed would get the better of him again and he'd sign him to NXT.

 

[Jmare007]

Yeah ill watch these i took a break from all their tag matches for a while but ima peep this......hopefully we get some new surprises to the g1

KENTA, Shingo and Moxley are more than anything we've gotten in a LONG ass time breh. 2016 had Maru and Nakajima and before that you have to go the last decade to find 3 big new participants in the tourney and division. If they book anyone else it would be legit historic.

 

[krackdagawd]

KENTA, Shingo and Moxley are more than anything we've gotten in a LONG ass time breh. 2016 had Maru and Nakajima and before that you have to go the last decade to find 3 big new participants in the tourney and division. If they book anyone else it would be legit historic.

The roster is kinda thin w the elite bouncing they could afford to drop in another surprise or two ....im not as big on Moxley as some are here so that announcement was whatever to me.

 

[Ill Lou Malnati]

KENTA, Shingo and Moxley are more than anything we've gotten in a LONG ass time breh. 2016 had Maru and Nakajima and before that you have to go the last decade to find 3 big new participants in the tourney and division. If they book anyone else it would be legit historic.

The roster is kinda thin w the elite bouncing they could afford to drop in another surprise or two ....im not as big on Moxley as some are here so that announcement was whatever to me.

What if the G1.... had a Real-1?

 

[JerseyBoy23]

Ok I'm lost, I thought you only tagged with people in your "unit" if you're in one. But now I'm (seeing) Okada is tagging with Tanahashi.

How does this work?

 

[Ill Lou Malnati]

Ok I'm lost, I thought you only tagged with people in your "unit" if you're in one. But now I'm Okada is tagging with Tanahashi.

How does this work?

I think that's how it used to work, but I'm not a New Japan expert. Chaos seems to really exist in name only at this point. Those guys are often teaming with the regular New Japan guys. They should go ahead and announce Chaos is finished. Bullet Club, Suzuki-gun and LIJ is more than enough and still ties up half the roster.

 

[Jmare007]

Ok I'm lost, I thought you only tagged with people in your "unit" if you're in one. But now I'm (seeing) Okada is tagging with Tanahashi.

How does this work?

Well, they started tagging late last year when building up the feuds for WK. And now they ran that angle at the end of Dominion so it kinda makes sense.