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NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku results: United Empire vs. LIJ

Posted on by Ethan Renner

NJPW continued the Road to Wrestling Dontaku tour today with a show at Korakuen Hall.

The top two matches pitted members of The United Empire against Los Ingobernables de Japon, with each unit winning a bout. 

The tour continues with an untelevised event in Tochigi on Friday, then returns to Korakuen Hall with a 5:30 a.m. Eastern time show on NJPW World on Sunday morning. 

Here are full results from today’s show:

Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru defeated Tomoaki Honma, SHO & YOH (12:02)

Suzuki submitted Honma with a heel hook.

Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Jado defeated Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr. & DOUKI (9:21)

Tama pinned DOUKI after hitting a Gun Stun.

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Toru Yano, Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI defeated EVIL, KENTA, Yujiro Takahashi, Taiji Ishimori & Gedo (15:25)

YOSHI-HASHI used the Butterfly Lock for the submission win over Gedo.

Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb defeated Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI (9:30)

Cobb pinned BUSHI after hitting a Tour of the Islands.

Shingo Takagi & SANADA defeated Will Ospreay & Aaron Henare (18:07)

Shingo pinned Henare after hitting Last of the Dragon.

Here is the lineup for Sunday’s show: 

NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku night six, Sunday, April 18, 5:30 a.m. Eastern time on NJPW World —

  • Tetsuya Naito & SANADA vs. Great-O-Khan & Aaron Henare
  • Shingo Takagi & BUSHI vs. Will Ospreay & Jeff Cobb
  • Hiroshi Tanahashi, Toru Yano, Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI vs. EVIL, KENTA, Yujiro Takahashi, Taiji Ishimori & Gedo
  • Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr. & DOUKI vs. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Jado 
  • Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Tomoaki Honma, SHO & YOH

NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku results: LIJ vs. United Empire

Posted on by Ethan Renner

NJPW continued the Road to Wrestling Dontaku tour today with a show at Korakuen Hall.

The main event pitted members of The United Empire against Los Ingobernables de Japon in an eight-man tag, with United Empire coming out on top. 

The big angle on the show took place in the semi-main, as EVIL helped Dick Togo defeat Toru Yano after turning the lights out. EVIL will challenge Yano for the KOPW 2021 provisional title on April 28 at Wrestling Satsuma no Kuni.

The tour continues Thursday with a 5:30 a.m. Eastern time show, again from Korakuen Hall. 

Here are full results from today’s show:

Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru defeated SHO, YOH & Gabriel Kidd (10:00)

Kanemaru pinned SHO after a ref bump, a low blow and a schoolboy.

Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Jado defeated Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr. & DOUKI (8:40)

Tanga Loa pinned DOUKI after hitting Apesh*t.

EVIL, KENTA, Yujiro Takahashi & Taiji Ishimori defeated Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii, YOSHI-HASHI & Tomoaki Honma (14:26)

EVIL used a Darkness Scorpion (scorpion deathlock) on Honma for the submission win.

Gedo & Dick Togo defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toru Yano (11:14)

EVIL was presumably under the ring for the match as Yano crawled under the ring and someone threw him back out. 

The lights went out after Yano put a hood over Togo’s head. A camera flash appeared to illuminate EVIL hitting Yano with Everything is EVIL while the lights were out. With the hood still on, Togo was placed on top of Yano. The lights came back on and Togo pinned Yano. 

EVIL put a hood on Yano and stomped him down after the match.

Will Ospreay, Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb & Aaron Henare defeated Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito, SANADA & BUSHI (16:16)

Cobb pinned BUSHI after hitting a Tour of the Islands.

Here is the lineup for Thursday’s show: 

NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku night four, Thursday, April 15, 5:30 a.m. Eastern time on NJPW World —

  • Will Ospreay & Aaron Henare vs. Shingo Takagi & SANADA
  • Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI vs. Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb
  • Hiroshi Tanahashi, Toru Yano, Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI vs. EVIL, KENTA, Yujiro Takahashi, Taiji Ishimori & Gedo
  • Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr. & DOUKI vs. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Jado 
  • Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Tomoaki Honma, SHO & YOH

New member of United Empire revealed at NJPW Sakura Genesis

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Toa Henare, under a new name, has joined The United Empire.

Henare, going under the name Aaron Henare, joined the group during tonight’s NJPW Sakura Genesis event, revealing himself as their mystery tag team partner. He teamed up with Jeff Cobb and The Great-O-Khan to take on the Los Ingobernables de Japon team of Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, and Shingo Takagi. He picked up the win for his team, pinning SANADA after a death valley driver.

After the match, Henare and Cobb held Naito down as Great O-Khan attacked Naito’s knee with a steel chair.

Henare had been doing a storyline earlier this year where he expressed frustrations about his recent losses. He mentioned on Twitter that he was not in Japan for the current tour and was back home in New Zealand under quarantine.

Starting off as a young lion in 2016 under the name Henare, he would later emerge out of his young lion stage without taking an excursion, going under the name Toa Henare. Despite no longer being a young lion, Henare has spent the last few years in NJPW’s midcard, usually taking the pin for more established stars.