NJPW’s Summer Struggle tour wrapped up today with a Korakuen Hall finale.
Hirmou Takahashi returned after being sidelined with a torn pectoral. He took on Suzuki-gun’s DOUKI in the main event.
Hiromu’s Wrestle Grand Slam opponent, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Robbie Eagles, faced Master Wato in the semi-main.
Kazuchika Okada and Jeff Cobb’s tag team series continued. Okada and Togi Makabe faced Cobb and Great-O-Khan. Okada and Cobb will face off at Wrestle Grand Slam on September 4.
A preview of the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match at Wrestle Grand Slam was featured in the second match of the night. Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI and Ryusuke Taguchi took on Minoru Suzuki and IWGP Tag champs Zack Sabre Jr. and Taichi.
The opener featured new Young Lions Ryohei Oiwa and Kosei Fujita meeting for the fourth time in as many nights.
Below are results from today’s show.
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Ryohei Oiwa drew with Kosei Fujita (10:00)
The Young Lions went to their fourth consecutive time limit draw.
Eagles won by submission with the Ron Miller Special.
Hiromu Takahashi defeated DOUKI (29:43)
Hiromu won with Time Bomb.
These guys tore the house down. DOUKI works harder than anyone on every show he’s on and Hiromu was great in his comeback match.
Eagles and Hiromu had a brief staredown after the match. Hiromu cut a promo on the IWGP Junior title. Eagles left, then Hiromu addressed the crowd for a long time as the show closed. His promo might still be going on.
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Here are the announced lineups for Wrestle Grand Slam:
NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam in MetLife Dome night one, Saturday, September 4, 4 a.m. Eastern time on NJPW World —
IWGP United States Championship: Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Kota Ibushi
Kazuchika Okada vs. Jeff Cobb
Provisional KOPW 2021 No DQ, I Quit match: Chase Owens (c) vs. Toru Yano
NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam in MetLife Dome night two, Sunday, September 5, 2 a.m. Eastern time on NJPW World —
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Shingo Takagi (c) vs. EVIL
IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Tetsuya Naito & SANADA
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: Robbie Eagles (c) vs. Hiromu Takahashi
NJPW’s Summer Struggle tour continued today with the third of four straight nights in Korakuen Hall.
Jeff Cobb and Great-O-Khan took on Kazuchika Okada and Satoshi Kojima in the main event. Cobb and Okada will square off at Wrestle Grand Slam on September 4.
Bullet Club took on Suzuki-gun in the semi-main event, a preview of an upcoming IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship battle.
The opener featured new Young Lions Ryohei Oiwa and Kosei Fujita meeting for the third time in as many nights.
Below are results from today’s show.
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Ryohei Oiwa drew with Kosei Fujita (10:00)
The Young Lions went to their third consecutive time limit draw.
NJPW’s Summer Struggle tour continued today with the second of four straight nights in Korakuen Hall.
Members of CHAOS took on a Suzuki-gun squad in an elimination match main event, while Jeff Cobb and Great-O-Khan faced Kazuchika Okada and Tomoaki Honma in the semi-main.
KOPW 2021 Chase Owens and his next challenger Toru Yano were in action on the undercard, as were IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Taiji Ishimori and El Phantasmo.
The opener featured new Young Lions Ryohei Oiwa and Kosei Fujita meeting for the second consecutive night. They drew in Tuesday’s opener.
NJPW’s Summer Struggle tour continued today with the first of four straight nights in Korakuen Hall.
Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI and Robbie Eagles of CHAOS took on Suzuki-gun’s Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr. and DOUKI in the six-man tag main event.
Kazuchika Okada and Jeff Cobb were on opposite sides of a tag match in the semi-main event. Okada and Cobb will battle on night one of Wrestle Grand Slam in MetLife Dome on September 4.
Provisional KOPW 2021 Chase Owens teamed with Jado against Toru Yano and Ryusuke Taguchi. Owens will defend the KOPW title against Yano at Wrestle Grand Slam.
The opener featured the debut of new Young Lions Ryohei Oiwa and Kosei Fujita.
NJPW has announced the cards for the final four Summer Struggle events of 2021.
Hiromu Takahashi’s return match after being sidelined with a torn pectoral muscle headlines the final leg of the tour. He will take on DOUKI in the main event of the Friday, August 27 show.
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Robbie Eagles will take on Master Wato in a tuneup match on the same show. Eagles will defend his title against Hiromu on the second night of Wrestle Grand Slam in MetLife Dome on Sunday, September 5.
IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, BUSHI, EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi, Gedo and Dick Togo are all absent from the lineups. Shingo and BUSHI tested positive for COVID-19 last week, while the others were pulled from subsequent events due to close contact.
Two new Young Lions will also debut at Summer Struggle. Ryohei Oiwa and Kosei Fujita will face each other in singles matches on each of the four nights.
Here are the full lineups:
NJPW Summer Struggle, Tuesday, August 24, 5:30 a.m. Eastern time on NJPW World —
Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Robbie Eagles vs. Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr. & DOUKI
Kazuchika Okada & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Jeff Cobb & Great-O-Khan
Toru Yano & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Chase Owens & Jado
Satoshi Kojima & Master Wato vs. Tomoaki Honma & Tiger Mask
Ryohei Oiwa vs. Kosei Fujita
NJPW Summer Struggle, Wednesday, August 25, 5:30 a.m. Eastern time on NJPW World —
Elimination match: Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI, Robbie Eagles & Tiger Mask vs. Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr., El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
Kazuchika Okada & Tomoaki Honma vs. Jeff Cobb & Great-O-Khan
Toru Yano & Togi Makabe vs. Chase Owens & Jado
Minoru Suzuki & DOUKI vs. Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo
Ryohei Oiwa vs. Kosei Fujita
NJPW Summer Struggle, Thursday, August 26, 5:30 a.m. Eastern time on NJPW World —
Kazuchika Okada & Satoshi Kojima vs. Jeff Cobb & Great-O-Khan
El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Minoru Suzuki vs. Taiji Ishimori, El Phantasmo & Jado
Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Tiger Mask vs. Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr. & DOUKI
A pair of NJPW Dojo Young Lions will make their debuts at Tuesday’s Summer Struggle event.
Ryohei Oiwa and Kosei Fujita will make their Korakuen Hall debuts this week, facing each other in singles matches on each of the four Summer Struggle shows scheduled for this week on August 24, 25, 26 and 27.
Both Oiwa and Fujita were part of December 2020 NJPW tryouts. Both also joined the NJPW Dojo in April 2021.
Oiwa, 22, is 5’10” and weighs in at 198 pounds, according to NJPW. He has an amateur wrestling background, wrestling throughout middle school and through his college career. He placed third in the 2018 JOC nationals in the 86 kg weight class.
Fujita, 19, is also 5’10” and weighs 183 pounds. He also has an amateur background, claiming the JOC Western and Central Japan freestyle tournament in the 80 kg weight class in high school.
Oiwa and Fujita will fill the void left when Yuya Uemura and Yota Tsuji graduated from the NJPW Dojo and were sent on international excursion earlier this month.
There are new Super Junior Tag League winners after today’s NJPW Summer Struggle event.
El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru defeated IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Taiji Ishimori in the main event of today’s show to win the 2021 Super Jr. Tag League. Kanemaru used a schoolboy to pin Ishimori and win the tournament.
Both teams involved in today’s final finished the tournament with eight points, but Desperado and Kanemaru took the tiebreaker by virtue of the head-to-head win.
The two teams have spent the bulk of the last year trading the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag titles, with both teams having two reigns with the titles since September 2020. They will meet again at a later date in another title match.
Here are the final standings for the tournament:
Final Super Jr. Tag League 2021 standings —
El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru 8 points (4-1) *winners*
The NJPW Super Junior Tag League wrapped up today at Summer Struggle at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Seven wrestlers being pulled from the card due to COVID-19 protocols forced a series of changes to the event.
Shingo Takagi and BUSHI missed a third straight show awaiting the results of PCR testing after both had fevers and were pulled from Sunday’s event.
Shingo, BUSHI, Tetsuya Naito and SANADA faced EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi, Gedo and Dick Togo in an eight-man tag on Saturday’s untelevised Summer Struggle show. Shingo, BUSHI, Naito, SANADA, Gedo, Togo, and Yujiro were pulled from today’s show.
A double forfeit took place on the final night of Super Jr. Tag League. With Gedo and Togo unable to compete and SHO and YOH dissolving as a team yesterday, their bout was ruled a double forfeit.
The other two scheduled Super Jr. Tag League matches went on as planned, with El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru facing Taiji Ishimori and El Phantasmo in the main event, plus Robbie Eagles and Tiger Mask taking on Ryusuke Taguchi and Master Wato.
COVID-19 protocols have forced changes to an NJPW event for a third consecutive day.
IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, BUSHI, Yujiro Takahashi, Gedo and Dick Togo were all originally scheduled to take place in Tuesday’s Summer Struggle event at Korakuen Hall. All have been pulled from the show.
Shingo and BUSHI presented with fevers at Sunday’s untelevised show and were pulled from that event. The two underwent PCR tests, but NJPW said in a statement that they are still awaiting the results of the tests. The other five were close contacts after sharing a ring with them on Saturday, so they were pulled from Monday and Tuesday’s shows, though those five were allowed to work Sunday’s event. EVIL was pulled from Monday’s event, but was not scheduled to wrestle on Tuesday’s show.
Gedo and Togo were already mathematically eliminated from the Super Junior Tag League, but were forced to forfeit Monday’s tournament match. Their scheduled tournament match for Tuesday has been ruled a double forfeit following SHO and YOH’s dissolution as a team on Monday’s show.
Shingo is currently still scheduled to defend the IWGP World Heavyweight title against EVIL in the main event of Wrestle Grand Slam in MetLife Dome on Sunday, September 5.
Here is the updated card for Tuesday’s show:
NJPW Summer Struggle, Tuesday, August 17, 5:30 a.m. Eastern time on NJPW World —
Super Jr. Tag League: Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo (4-0) vs. El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru (3-1)
Super Jr. Tag League: Robbie Eagles & Tiger Mask (3-1) vs. Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato (2-2)
Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs. Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr., Minoru Suzuki & DOUKI
A major angle closed today’s NJPW Summer Struggle event in Korakuen Hall.
Roppongi 3K split in the midst of losing their Super Junior Tag League match to El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru when SHO turned on YOH.
The Roppongi 3K duo have been on a losing streak, now losing all four of their Super Jr. Tag League matches. The two worked as a unit for the bulk of the match, but Desperado and Kanemaru worked over YOH’s left knee. YOH missed a year of action due to a torn ACL in the knee.
SHO entered the match to perform a tandem move on Desperado. As YOH ran the ropes, his knee buckled.
From that point on, SHO gave up on the match.
Desperado put YOH in his Numero Dos stretch muffler submission hold. SHO jumped in as if to save, but then backed away and allowed Desperado to continue using the hold. YOH fought for a rope break, but then fell to Desperado’s Pinche Loco finisher.
After the bout, SHO hit YOH with his Shock Arrow cross-armed piledriver to cement the turn on his tag partner.
SHO and YOH both joined the NJPW Dojo in 2012. They were opponents and tag partners as Young Lions, eventually forming something of a permanent unit in 2014.
The duo were sent to CMLL and ROH for their international excursion in 2016 at the conclusion of the NJPW/CMLL Fantastica Mania tour. They worked as The Tempura Boyz in ROH.
They returned to the main NJPW roster in October 2017 with the Roppongi 3K name, managed by Rocky Romero. They defeated Ricochet and Ryusuke Taguchi to claim the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship at King of Pro Wrestling in their first match back in Japan.
Roppongi 3K are one of the most decorated junior heavyweight teams in NJPW history, with five IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship reigns and three Super Jr. Tag tournament wins. Only three teams have more combined days as IWGP Jr. Tag champs. Only The Young Bucks have more IWGP Jr. Tag title reigns as a unit.
Three teams remain alive heading in to tomorrow’s final night of Super Junior Tag League action.
Taiji Ishimori and El Phantasmo remain undefeated following today’s NJPW Summer Struggle show in Tokyo. They defeated the previously unbeaten Robbie Eagles and Tiger Mask. El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru also won, meaning that tomorrow’s main event could decide the tournament winner.
Here are the scenarios:
If Ishimori and ELP defeat Desperado and Kanemaru tomorrow, they win the tournament.
If Desperado and Kanemaru beat Ishimori and ELP tomorrow and Eagles and Tiger lose to Ryusuke Taguchi and Master Wato, Desperado and Kanemaru will win the tournament.
If Desperado and Kanemaru win and Eagles and Tiger also win, there would be a three-way tie at the top of the block by virtue of Eagles and Tiger holding a win over Desperado and Kanemaru.
A playoff match three-way would then likely be announced for next week’s Summer Struggle events.
Here are the updated standings and schedule for the tournament:
The NJPW Super Junior Tag League continued today at Summer Struggle at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Eight wrestlers being pulled from the card due to COVID-19 protocols forced a series of changes to the event.
Shingo Takagi and BUSHI missed a second straight show awaiting the results of PCR testing after both had fevers and were pulled from Sunday’s event.
Shingo, BUSHI, Tetsuya Naito and SANADA faced EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi, Gedo and Dick Togo in an eight-man tag on Saturday’s untelevised Summer Struggle show.
Despite Naito, SANADA, Gedo, Togo, Yujiro and EVIL all working on Sunday, a day after their close contact with Shingo and BUSHI, they were pulled from today’s show.
Ryusuke Taguchi and Master Wato were awarded two points in a forfeit win over Gedo and Dick Togo in the Super Junior Tag League. Taguchi and Wato then worked today’s opener against Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma.
After not being scheduled for this leg of the tour, Kazuchika Okada was called into action for today’s show, teaming with Toru Yano against Chase Owens and Jado.
The other two scheduled Super Jr. Tag League matches went on as planned, with El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru facing SHO and YOH in the main event, plus Robbie Eagles and Tiger Mask taking on Taiji Ishimori and El Phantasmo in a matchup of the two remaining undefeated teams in the tournament.
Following the main event, SHO turned on YOH, laying him out with a Shock Arrow.
COVID-19 protocols continue to force changes to NJPW cards.
Eight wrestlers have been pulled from Monday’s NJPW Summer Struggle event at Korakuen Hall. IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Shingo Takagi and BUSHI will miss the show after also missing Sunday’s Summer Struggle event due to having fevers. Both have undergone PCR testing and are waiting for the results.
The other six wrestlers who were in the ring with Shingo and BUSHI on Saturday’s event have been pulled from Monday’s show due to contact tracing. Those talents are Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi, Gedo and Dick Togo.
Naito, SANADA, EVIL and Yujiro worked on Sunday’s event despite being in close contact with Shingo and BUSHI on Saturday.
Gedo and Togo had been slated to participate in a Super Junior Tag League match on Monday’s show. Instead, they will forfeit the match to Ryusuke Taguchi and Master Wato. Taguchi and Wato will now face Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma in the opener.
Originally not slated to wrestle on this leg of the tour, Kazuchika Okada will now team with Toru Yano against Chase Owens and Jado on the show.
Shingo is currently still scheduled to defend the IWGP World Heavyweight title against EVIL in the main event of Wrestle Grand Slam in MetLife Dome on Sunday, September 5.
Here is the updated card for Monday’s event:
NJPW Summer Struggle, Monday, August 16, 5:30 a.m. Eastern time on NJPW World —
Super Jr. Tag League: El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. SHO & YOH
Super Jr. Tag League: Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo vs. Robbie Eagles & Tiger Mask
Kazuchika Okada & Toru Yano vs. Chase Owens & Jado
Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr, Minoru Suzuki & DOUKI
NJPW has pulled IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Shingo Takagi and BUSHI from today’s Summer Struggle event due to both having a fever.
NJPW announced that the two would be undergoing PCR tests and would be absent from the show. They were scheduled to take part in an eight-man tag main event on the untelevised event in Shizuoka.
Shingo and BUSHI are currently also scheduled to take part in eight-man tags at Monday and Tuesday’s Summer Struggle events in Korakuen Hall. No announcement has been made regarding their status for those shows.
Both appeared on Saturday’s untelevised show in Nagano. They teamed with Tetsuya Naito and SANADA in the main event, defeating EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi, Gedo and Dick Togo.
Shingo is still currently scheduled to defend the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship against EVIL in the main event of night two of Wrestle Grand Slam in MetLife Dome in Saitama on Sunday, September 5.
This was a fine little opener that didn’t overstay its welcome.
Suzuki-gun attacked before the opening bell. Coach Taguchi tried to call some plays, but Suzuki-gun cut him off and spent the first half of the match working him over.
Wato got a hot tag and had a solid sequence with Desperado. Desperado hit a spinebuster and tagged out. Suzuki ate a flying kick from Wato. Wato tagged Honma for the closing stretch.
Suzuki avoided a kokeshi. Honma hit a second kokeshi, but Kanemaru and Desperado saved Suzuki.
Suzuki used a misdirection spot to set up a rear naked choke and a Gotch-style Piledriver on Honma for the pin.
Eagles and ELP started off and had a crazy sequence of drop-downs and kip-ups and dropkick feints. This was cool.
Tiger and Ishimori got tags. Tiger was only in for a few spots, then it was back to Eagles. Eagles was cut off and worked over by Bullet club.
Yano and Owens got tags and did some comedy with the turnbuckle pads. Yano made a tag to Tiger. Tiger hit a tiger driver for a near fall. Ishimori and ELP cut Tiger off as he teased a dive off the top.
Owens hit a jewel heist, a pump knee and a package piledriver to pin Tiger.
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After the match, Owens hit a low blow on Yano, then pulled a strap from under the ring and beat Yano with it.
Owens then announced that the KOPW 2021 match with Yano at Wrestle Grand Slam will be a Texas strap match.
This will be the second Owens vs. Yano strap match of the year.
The only way I can explain this SHO and YOH losing streak story is that they have a lack of depth on the junior heavyweight side and are going to turn one on the other.
EVIL is a good heel in that there is nothing redeeming or entertaining about his matches. Togo is actually a heck of a worker in small doses. Gedo is a fun comedy heel or a heel manager. Put them all together? No. Dull, formulaic, uninspired, stale.
EVIL tripped SHO from the floor to turn the tide in Bullet Club’s favor early. EVIL bumped SHO into the barricade and the ring announcer. Gedo and Togo worked SHO over forever. SHO finally came back and hit a double spear.
Makabe was in briefly with EVIL and hit his ten punches in the corner. YOH got a tag and hit EVIL with a flying forearm.
EVIL cut YOH off and used a scorpion deathlock for the submission.
Shingo Takagi defeated Yujiro Takahashi by DQ (15:06)
Bad match, worse finish.
This was the worst Shingo match I’ve ever seen. Yujiro is just too slow at this stage of his career to keep up with Shingo’s agility, plus he isn’t a good enough worker to compensate in other ways. Shingo had to work at a fraction of his normal pace.
Shingo overcame an attack before the opening bell and controlled the first couple of minutes. After the fight went outside, Yujiro sent Shingo into the barricade for the heat. Back in, Yujiro used his plodding offense.
Yujiro hit a Miami Shine for a two count. Shingo stole Yujiro’s hand biting spot. Shingo tried a Pumping Bomber, but Yujiro kicked his arm away. Shingo hit noshigami and a sliding lariat for a pair of near falls.
EVIL and Togo ran in after two ref bumps. Shingo fought them off and avoided a cane shot from Yujiro. Shingo hit Yujiro with a Pumping Bomber.
Shingo hit Yujiro with Last of the Dragon. EVIL pulled the ref out of the ring at two. Shingo lifted EVIL for Last of the Dragon, but Togo saved with a low blow. EVIL hit Shingo with the IWGP title.
NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Championship: Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Tomohiro Ishii defeated Tetsuya Naito, SANADA & BUSHI to retain the titles (36:56)
This was super long. As always in these NEVER Six-Man matches, there was a great closing stretch, but I think you could have cut the first 20 minutes of the match and told the same story.
The condensed version of the first 20 minutes goes like this — LIJ worked over Ishii. CHAOS worked over Naito. YH blocked a Destino. LIJ worked over Ishii.
Ishii blocked an O’Connor roll. SANADA used Skull End. SANADA gave up the hold like he always does and got hit by a YH thrust kick. YH and Goto hit stereo planchas to BUSHI and Naito.
BUSHI got a tag. From here, this was basically an excellent BUSHI vs. Ishii singles match with some double and triple-team spots from both sides.
BUSHI threatened a ref bump. Ishii avoided black mist from BUSHI. BUSHI used a crucifix for a two count. LIJ went three-on-one on Ishii. Naito hit Ishii with Destino. BUSHI hit the MX, but Goto saved for Ishii.
Ishii avoided a top rope MX attempt. Goto hopped in. BUSHI fell victim to a thrust kick into an ushigoroshi. BUSHI fought out of a GYW. Goto hit lariats on Naito and SANADA. Goto and YH hit the GYW on BUSHI. Ishii followed with a sliding lariat for a near fall.
Ishii then hit the Vertical Drop Brainbuster for the pin.
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Here are the lineups for next week’s shows
NJPW Summer Struggle, Monday, August 16, 5:30 a.m. Eastern time on NJPW World —
Super Jr. Tag League: Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo vs. Robbie Eagles & Tiger Mask
Super Jr. Tag League: El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. SHO & YOH
Super Jr. Tag League: Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato vs. Gedo & Dick Togo
Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito, SANADA & BUSHI vs. EVIL, Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi & Jado
Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs. Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr., Minoru Suzuki & DOUKI
NJPW Summer Struggle, Tuesday, August 17, 5:30 a.m. Eastern time on NJPW World —
Super Jr. Tag League: Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo vs. El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
Super Jr. Tag League: Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato vs. Robbie Eagles & Tiger Mask
Super Jr. Tag League: SHO & YOH vs. Gedo & Dick Togo
Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs. Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito, SANADA & BUSHI