Tag: Burning Spirit In Beppu

NJPW cancels Burning Spirit events due to typhoon

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Update:

NJPW has announced the September 19 event in Fukuoka has also been canceled.

Original story:

NJPW has canceled their show set for Sunday morning.

The company announced on their website that with Typhoon Nanmadol expected to make landfall in southern Japan, NJPW has decided to cancel Sunday’s Burning Spirit event that was scheduled to take place in Beppu’s B-Con Plaza. Refunds will be issued to all ticket holders, and those who require English assistance can fill out a contact form here.

Shows set to take place in Fukuoka on September 19 and Kumamoto on September 21 are currently scheduled to take place, however those attending are encouraged to check English and Japanese “web and social media” for the latest involving the typhoon.

The key match set for the show on the 18th was a tornado dog cage survival match for the NEVER Six-Man Openweight Tag Team titles, with champions Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI, and YOH defending against House of Torture members EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi, and SHO. The show was to be headlined by a ten-man tag team elimination match, with Tama Tonga, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Toru Yano, KUSHIDA, and Jado squaring off against Jay White, Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows, Taiji Ishimori, and Gedo.

‘Tornado Dog Cage Survival Match’ set for NJPW Burning Spirit in Beppu

Posted on by Joseph Currier

NJPW has added a stipulation to its next NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Championship match.

Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & YOH will defend their NEVER Six-Man Tag Team titles against EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi & SHO in the first-ever “Tornado Dog Cage Survival Match” at NJPW’s Burning Spirit tour show in Beppu on Sunday, September 18. The show will air live on NJPW World.

NJPW described the stipulation for the match:

For the first time ever, this unique bout will see tornado rules apply- there will be no tags, and submissions and pinfalls can count by anyone on anyone. Additionally, in each of the four sides of the ring at ringside will be a dog cage. Teams can opt to lock an opponent inside one of the four cages to eliminate them from the match. Should all three members of a team be shut in a cage, the match will end. 

Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & YOH won the NEVER Six-Man Tag Team titles from EVIL, Yujiro & SHO this July.

The dog cage stipulation for their rematch stems from how that July match played out. After Toru Yano defeated Dick Togo in a dog cage match, the dog cage was used throughout Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & YOH vs. EVIL, Yujiro & SHO. The match ended with SHO being pinned after his House of Torture stablemates were locked in the dog cage.