NJPW Road to The New Beginning: Osaka Results
Six-Man Tag Match: Ryusuke Taguchi, Jushin Thunder Liger, & Tiger Mask vs. Ren Narita, Tetsuhiro Yagi, & Syota Umino
Liger and Narita started things off. Liger had a kimura, but Narita reached the ropes. Liger then worked the leg of the Young Lion.
Yagi and Tiger Mask traded shots, but Mask’s kicks were a bit too much. He capitalized with a DDT. Mask followed that up with a knee drop.
Umino was tagged in and knocked Taguchi down with a forearm. Liger broke up Umino’s Boston Crab. The match ended when Taguchi nailed the Dodon for the three-count.
Winners: Ryusuke Taguchi, Jushin Thunder Liger, & Tiger Mask
Tag Team Match: Tomoyuki Oka & Manabu Nakanishi vs. HIKULEO & Yujiro Takahashi
Oka was double teamed early. HIKULEO sent him to the outside and threw him into the guardrail. He then sent his back crashing into the ring post.
Eventually, Oka hit a judo throw and tagged in Nakanishi. HIKULEO kicked out of a splash. Nakanishi went for the torture rack, but Yujiro dropkicked his knee.
Oka and Yujuro exchanged biting fingers in the ring. Yujiro hit the fisherman buster, but Oka kicked out. Oka couldn’t kick out of the DDT.
Winners: HIKULEO & Yujiro Takahashi
Singles Match: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Katsuya Kitamura
Tenzan went for a running shoulder tackle, but Kitamura wouldn’t budge. He suckered Kitamura into trying to do a shoulder block and kicked him. Kitamura bounced back and nailed the shoulder block.
The action spilled to the outside. Tenzan chopped Kitamura near the guardrail. He then threw his opponent into the ring post. Back in the ring, Tenzan hit a flapjack.
Kitamura knocked Tenzan down to gain back some steam. He hit a powerslam for a two-count. He connected with the spear, but couldn’t get the win. Tenzan avoided the Jackhammer and landed a DDT.
Kitamura barely kicked out of a spinning wheel kick. Tenzan hit a sitout side slam and locked in the Anaconda Vise to force the tap.
Winner: Hiroyoshi Tenzan
Six-Man Tag Match: Roppongi 3K (Sho & Yoh, Rocky Romero) vs. TAKA Michinoku, El Desperado, & Taichi
Right away, Sho, Yoh, and Rocky were attacked by their opponents. Sho fought off El Desperado and TAKA in the ring and dropkicked Taichi. Sho went for a German Suplex, but Taichi grabbed referee Tiger Hattori and Sho’s back gave out.
Back to the outside, Taichi nailed Sho with chair shots to the back. El Desperado made sure Yoh was neutralized, while TAKA worked on Rocky. Taichi hit Sho with his hammer.
After a suplex, Sho was able to tag in Rocky, who made El Desperado do a split. He then landed his trademark clotheslines in the corner after hitting Taichi with a hurricanrana.
Yoh was in the ring and after some minor success, he got triple teamed. With Hattori distracted, El Desperado tried hitting Yoh with one half of the IWGP Junior Tag Titles. The plan failed and TAKA was later hit with 3K and couldn’t kick out.
Winners: Roppongi 3K
Tag Team Match: Toa Henare & Juice Robinson vs. Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii
Juice and Yano got things started. Juice did an airplane spin on Yano, which ended as you’d expect. Henare was tagged in and went to knock Ishii off the apron. Ishii didn’t move an inch.
On the outside, Ishii grabbed Yano’s chair and nailed Henare in the ribs with it. Yano removed the padding in the corner and threw Henare into the exposed turnbuckle. Finally, Henare got an edge with a shoulder block over Yano.
Juice mocked Yano’s taunt and nailed him with his signature strikes. Yano was thrown into Ishii and Juice hit a spinebuster. He followed that up with a cannonball in the corner.
Yano hit an atomic drop and tagged in Ishii. Juice landed a backdrop and tagged in Henare. Ishii locked in a Boston Crab, but Henare reached the ropes. Ishii kicked out of a top rope shoulder block.
Henare was fired up and hit some hard strikes and even a lariat. The end came when Ishii hit his own lariat, followed by the Brainbuster for a three-count.
Winners: Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii
Six-Man Tag Match: KUSHIDA, Michael Elgin, & Togi Makabe vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Takashi Iizuka, & Minoru Suzuki
As expected, Kanemaru, Iizuka, and Suzuki attacked their opponents before the bell rang. Makabe threw Suzuki into the guardrail. KUSHIDA and Kanemaru were the legal men to start.
Kanemaru was able to reach the ropes after being trapped in an armbar. Elgin held Kanemaru’s arm, allowing KUSHIDA to dropkick it. Iizuka hit KUSHIDA with a chair and the action spilled to the outside.
Suzuki choked Makabe with a chair in the crowd. He was then tagged in and locked up a heel hook on KUSHIDA. Suzuki used the rope to lock in an armbar on KUSHIDA.
Finally, Elgin was tagged in. He charged in and nailed Iizuka with clotheslines in the corner. Kanemaru interrupted but was hit with a press slam for his efforts. Elgin hit the Falcon Arrow on Iizuka for a two-count.
Makabe and Suzuki were tagged in. Suzuki landed a big boot in the corner. Makabe caught a kick and connected with forearms. He landed his signature punches in the corner and a Northern Lights Suplex for a near fall.
The two exchanged forearms with Suzuki appearing to have the edge. He went for the sleeper, but turned it into the Gotch Piledriver position. Makabe reversed it.
Makabe was triple teamed and Kanemaru hit Deep Impact. Elgin broke up the pin. Iizuka was going to use his iron glove to attack Makabe, but was cut off by KUSHIDA.
Makabe absolutely wrecked Kanemaru with a lariat. He landed the knee drop from the top rope and that’s all she wrote.
Winners: KUSHIDA, Michael Elgin, & Togi Makabe
After the match, Makabe challenged Suzuki for the IWGP Intercontinental title. This made Suzuki angry and he pelted a Young Lion with a chair. He then shoved play-by-play announcer Kevin Kelly.
Singles Match: “Switchblade” Jay White vs. David Finlay
White tried the Blade Runner early, but nothing doing. Finlay went for the Stunner, but was shoved off. They exchanged strikes and White landed two chops. Finlay landed a clothesline and they both tumbled to the outside.
Finlay threw White into the chairs in the crowd. White threw Finlay into the ring post and hit the Saito Suplex. White was dumped to the outside and Finlay hit a plancha.
Another Saito Suplex was there for White. Finlay responded with the ura-nage backbreaker. Finlay ran into a complete shot to German suplex.
White hit a suplex on the corner. He went for Blade Runner, but Finlay spat in his face. “Switchblade” was not happy and rammed his head into the corner. He did it again and then grabbed a chair.
White shoved Red Shoes. He swung the chair at Finlay, but was hit with a spear for a near fall. Finlay decided not to hit White with the chair. He reversed the Blade Runner into a backbreaker. White reversed the Stunner into the Blade Runner for the pin.
Winner: Jay White
After the bout White pretended to help Finlay, but knocked him unconscious with a series of elbows.
Special Elimination Tag Match: Gedo, Will Ospreay, Yoshi-Hashi, Hiroki Goto, & Kazuchika Okada vs. Bushi, Hiromu Takahashi, Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, & SANADA
Ospreay and Hiromu got things started, They charged at each other and Ospreay landed a dropkick. Hiromu followed up with a forearm in the corner. Ospreay hit an enzuigiri. Chaos teamed up on Hiromu and did their pose.
Hiromu tried sending Gedo over the top rope for an elimination, but Chaos members broke it up. SANADA and Okada took the action all the way up in the crowd. SANADA threw Okada into a wall.
Ospreay went for his finisher, but was shoved over the top rope. Ospreay held on, but Hiromu sacrificed himself by hopping over the top rope for a powerbomb to the outside on Ospreay. Both men were eliminated.
Elimination #1: Hiromu Takahashi
Elimination #2: Will Ospreay
Naito went for Destino on Yoshi-Hashi, but wound up on the apron. Yoshi-Hashi dropkicked Naito, but his feet were attached to the bottom rope to save him. Yoshi-Hashi dropkicked him again for the elimination.
Elimination #3: Tetsuya Naito
Gedo ripped off Bushi’s mask and was disqualified for the fourth elimination of the match. Yoshi-Hashi then sent Bushi over the top rope.
Elimination #4: Gedo
Elimination #5: Bushi
Okada and SANADA ended up on the apron after being over the top rope. SANADA reversed a tombstone into Skull End. Okada reversed with a backdrop and SANADA hit the floor for an elimination. EVIL ran in and bumped Okada off the apron.
Elimination #6: SANADA
Elimination #7: Kazuchika Okada
EVIL sent Yoshi-Hashi into Red Shoes. With the referee down, Evil placed a chair on Goto’s neck and whacked the chair with another chair. He then clotheslined Goto over the top rope.
Elimination #8: Hiroki Goto
Evil caught a clothesline attempt and hit Everything is EVIL on Yoshi-Hashi for the three-count and the final elimination
Final Elimination: Yoshi-Hashi
Winners: Bushi, Hiromu Takahashi, Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, & SANADA
