NJPW 12/19 Results

New Japan Pro Wrestling “Road to TOKYO DOME”, 12/19/2015 [Sat] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(1) Jushin Thunder Liger, KUSHIDA & Jay White vs. Tiger Mask IV, Ryusuke Taguchi & David Finlay Jr.
◆Winner: KUSHIDA (8:46) with a Moonsault Press on Finlay.
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~ KUSHIDA declared that he will recapture the IWGP Jr. belt. Liger shook his hand as well signaling that he wants to be his first challenger when he does win it.

(2) Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Yohei Komatsu vs. Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi & Sho Tanaka
◆Winner: Kojima (9:15) following a Lariat on Sho.
~ There appears to be a grudge forming between two of the NJPW veterans with Tenzan and Nakanishi.

(3) Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma vs. Kazushi Sakuraba & YOSHI-HASHI
◆Winner: Makabe (10:03) following the King Kong Knee Drop on HASHI.

(4) Hirooki Goto & Juice Robinson vs. Tetsuya Naito & EVIL
◆Winner: EVIL (9:05) following the EVIL on Robinson.
~ Naito further escalated the feud between himself and Goto, as he stated that he will make Goto become a new “Captain”, in the vein of Captain New Japan.



(5) CMLL World Welterweight Championship Match: [Champion] Mascara Dorada vs. [Challenger] BUSHI
◆Winner: BUSHI (12:12) with the MX.
~ BUSHI becomes the new champion.
~ BUSHI was dressed in the full “BLACK” BUSHI attire for the match.

(6) Shinsuke Nakamura & Toru Yano vs. Yujiro Takahashi & Cody Hall
◆Winner: Nakamura (10:39) following the BomaYe on Hall.
~ Yano officially unveiled his mystery partners for the Tokyo Dome to be ROH’s Briscoe Brothers.



(7) Hiroshi Tanahashi & Katsuyori Shibata vs. Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii
◆Winner: Shibata (23:02) following a P.K. on Ishii.
~ Shibata and Tanahashi celebrate the victory following the conclusion of the final prelude match before WRESTLE KINGDOM on 1/4.