New Japan Pro-Wrestling welcomed fans back to Korakuen Hall for the first time since February 22nd for New Japan Road. The show was headlined by Los Ingobernables de Japon getting a chance at revenge against the traitorous EVIL and his new friends Dick Togo & Taiji Ishimori.
A preview of this Saturday’s Sengoku Lord event, Monday’s show was stacked with tag matches. Shingo Takagi tried to reclaim his stolen NEVER title belt from El Desperado, but will have to wait until Sengoku Lord to get the physical belt back. Kazuchika Okada got a measure of revenge on Yujiro Takahashi for costing him the New Japan Cup. The two will face at Saturday’s event.
Elsewhere on the card, Young Lions like Tsuji & Uemura got time to shine, and the oft-injured YOSHI-HASHI returned. The entire event is available on NJPWWorld.com
7/20
New Japan Road
- Ten-Cozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima) def. Yota Tsuji & Yuya Uemura by pinfall. (10:27)
Satoshi Kojima pinned Yuya Uemura via Western Lariat. - CHAOS (SHO, YOSHI-HASHI, Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano) def. Gabriel Kidd, Ryusuke Taguchi, Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma by pinfall. (11:58)
Toru Yano pinned Gabriel Kidd via School Boy. - Los Ingobernables de Japon (Shingo Takagi & SANADA) def. Suzuki-gun (El Desperado & DOUKI) by submission. (12:40)
SANADA submitted DOUKI via Skull End.
After the match, Takagi took his NEVER Openweight Title back from El Desperado, but Desperado attacked Takagi and stole the title back. - CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada & Hirooki Goto) def. Bullet Club (Yujiro Takahashi & Gedo) by pinfall. (11:48)
Hirooki Goto pinned Gedo via GTR. - Suzuki-gun (Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr., Minoru Suzuki & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) def. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kota Ibushi, Yuji Nagata & Master Wato by pinfall. (12:05)
Yoshinobu Kanemaru pinned Master Wato via Touch Out.
After the match, both teams brawled. - Bullet Club (EVIL, Dick Togo & Taiji Ishimori) def. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi) by pinfall. (14:03)
EVIL pinned BUSHI via EVIL.
After the match, Togo choked out Hiromu with a garrote and EVIL teased hitting his finisher.
