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New Japan Need To Watch (5/3) Wrestling Dontaku Night 1 *No Spoilers*

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1st MATCH: Tomoaki Honma, Shota Umino & Ren Narita vs. Toa Henare, Yuya Uemura & Yota Tsuji

Young Lions are starting to mature as in-ring talent. Narita, Uemura & Tsuji stand out especially in this match.

Need To Watch Rating: (6.0)

2nd MATCH: YOSHI-HASHI, Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, TAKA Michinoku, El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)

Suzuki and Liger are bringing out the worst in each other, in the best possible way. TAKA and Tiger Mask are sending messages to the younger BOSJ competitors that they can still go. Taguchi’s ass remains as powerful as ever.

Need To Watch Rating: (6.9)

3rd MATCH: Togi Makabe, Toru Yano & Will Ospreay vs. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Hikuleo

Hectic, hard-hitting six-man action. Lots of fun. Lots of shenanigans.

Need To Watch Rating: (4.9)

4th MATCH: Kota Ibushi, SHO & YOH vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi & BUSHI)

Everyone in this match takes pleasure from both dishing out and receiving an ass kicking. Definitely worth checking out.

Need To Watch Rating: (7.5)

5th MATCH: Hirooki Goto, Juice Robinson & Mikey Nicholls vs. Bullet Club (Jay White, Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens)

All of these feuds are starting to age like milk, however they get one more surprisingly good tag match out of it.

Need To Watch Rating: (4.0)

6th MATCH: CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (EVIL & SANADA)

Tantalizing previews of Night 2’s Semi-Main & Main Event. Ishii and EVIL are devoted to finding new ways to murder each other with just their elbows.

Need To Watch Rating: (8.0)

7th MATCH: NEVER Openweight Championship Match: Jeff Cobb (c) vs. Taichi

This. Match. Ruled. Taichi was in Big Match form and Jeff Cobb has grown into a bonafide main eventer. This is everything one wants from both men, and a sign that the new NEVER Openweight division has never been stronger.

Need To Watch Rating: (10.0)

MAIN EVENT: IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship Match: Dragon Lee (c) vs. Taiji Ishimori

Absolute Match Of The Year Contender. Lee & Ishimori have truly spectacular chemistry, and attack each other with similar reckless abandon. Probably one of the better IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship Matches of the past decade.

Need To Watch Rating: (11.5)

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