January 4th, 2022 (NJPW, NOAH, TJPW, BJW)

 New Japan Pro Wrestling

 

NJPW "WRESTLE KINGDOM 16 in Tokyo Dome", 1/4/2022 [Tue] 17:00 @ Tokyo Dome in Tokyo
12,047 Spectators

(0) KOPW 2022 ~ New Japan Rumble:
~ Last 4 advance to compete on 1/5 show.
~ Match ended with Chase Owens, Minoru Suzuki, Toru Yano, and CIMA (STRONGHEARTS) in the ring, so the match ended as all 4 advance to tomorrow's show.

~ Antonio Inoki kicked off the show with a video message, only fitting as he started it all 50 years ago.

(1) YOH vs. SHO
◆ Winner: YOH (12:32) with the Five Star Clutch.
(2) Hiroshi Tanahashi, Ryusuke Taguchi & Rocky Romerro vs. KENTA, Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo
◆ Winner: KENTA (8:40) via foul from Tanahashi.
(3) Tetsuya Naito, SANADA & BUSHI vs. Jeff Cobb, Great-O-Khan & Will Ospreay
◆ Winner: Ospreay (9:27) with the Hidden Blade on BUSHI.
(4) Catch Wrestling Rule: Katsuyori Shibata vs. Ren Narita
◆ Winner: Shibata (11:46) following a PK.

(5) NEVER Openweight Championship Match: [34th Champion] Tomohiro Ishii vs. [Challenger] EVIL
◆ Winner: EVIL (12:10) following the EVIL.
~ Champion falls on his 1st title defense. EVIL becomes the 35th champion.

(6) IWGP Tag Championship Match: [91st Champions] Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr. vs. [Challenger] Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI
◆ Winner: YOSHI-HASHI (15:27) following the Naraku on Taichi.
~ Champions fall on their 2nd title defense. HASHI & Goto become the 92nd champions.

(7) IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [91st Champion] El Desperado vs. [Challenger] Hiromu Takahashi
◆ Winner: Desperado (16:18) with the Pinche Locho.
~ 1dt title defense.

(8) IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Match: [3rd Champion] Shingo Takagi vs. [Challenger] Kazuchika Okada
◆ Winner: Okada (35:44) following the Rainmaker.
~ Champions falls on his 4th title defense. Okada becomes the 4th champion.
~ Will Ospreay came out and confronted the new IWGP Champion as he flashed his IWGP Championship that he never lost.

~ Updated full card for tomorrow's show...

NJPW "WRESTLE KINGDOM 16 in Tokyo Dome", 1/5/2022 [Wed] 17:00 @ Tokyo Dome in Tokyo

(1) IWGP Junior Tag Championship 3WAY Match: [68th Champions] Robbie Eagles & Tiger Mask IV vs. [Challengers] Ryusuke Taguchi & Rocky Romero vs. [Challengers] Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo
~ 1st title defense.

(2) Stardom Offer Match: Mayu Iwatani & Starlight Kid vs. Tamu Nakano & Saya Kamitani
(3) KOPW 2022 4WAY Match: Chase Owens vs. Minoru Suzuki vs. Toru Yano vs. CIMA

(4) NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Championship Match: [22nd Champions] EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi & SHO vs. [Challengers] Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & YOH
~ 1st title defense.

(5) SANADA vs. Great-O-Khan
(6) Tetsuya Naito vs. Jeff Cobb

(7) IWGP US Heavyweight Championship Match: [11th Champion] KENTA vs. [Challenger] Hiroshi Tanahashi
~ 1st title defense.

(8) IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Match: [4th Champion] Kazuchika Okada vs. [Challenger] Will Ospreay
~ 1st title defense.

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NOAH "NEW SUNRISE 2022", 1/4/2022 [Tue] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
405 Spectators 

(1) Kai Fujimura vs. Yasutaka Yano
◆ Winner: Yano (6:29) with a Rolling Clutch Hold.
(2) King Tani & Muhammad Yone vs. Junta Miyawaki & Kinya Okada
◆ Winner: YYone (7:12) following the Kinniku Buster on Kinya.
(3) NOSAWA Rongai & Eita vs. Haoh & Nioh
◆ Winner: Eita (3:44) following the Trauma on Haoh.
(4) Atsushi Kotoge vs. Seiki Yoshioka
◆ Winner: Kotoge (7:11) following the Killswitch.
(5) Takashi Sugiura, Kazushi Sakuraba & Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Masato Tanaka, Masaaki Mochizuki & Daiki Inaba
◆ Winner: Sugiura (15:40) following the Olympic Qualifying Slam on Inaba.

(6) Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenoh, Manabu Soya, Tadasuke & Aleja vs. Naomichi Marufuji, Masa Kitamiya, Yoshiki Inamura, Daisuke Harada & Hajime Ohara
◆ Winner: Kitamiya (15:35) following a Saito Suplex on Nakajima.
~ Kitamiya declared that he wants a shot at the GHC Heavy belt, while Kenoh and Soya stated their intentions for the GHC Tag belts. Both matches were announced to be held on 1/16 in Sendai.

(7) Go Shiozaki vs. Kaito Kiyomiya
◆ Winner: Kiyomiya (13:32) with a Tiger Suplex Hold.

(8) GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Championship Match: [47th Champions] Yoshinari Ogawa & HAYATA vs. [Challengers] Kotaro Suzuki & YO-HEY
◆ Winner: HAYATA (19:27) following the Headache on Kotaro.
~ 1st successful title defense.
~ HAYATA remains as the junior double crown champion.

~ The card for tomorrow's Korakuen Hall show will be announced before the show.

NOAH "REBOOT 2022", 1/5/2022 [Wed] 15:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(-) To be announced...

~ Then following is the first run of N Innovation with the U-CUP...

DAY1 U-CUP, 1/6/2022 @ Yokohama Radiant Hall in Kanagawa
(-) Junior Rumble : Winners earns right to challenge for the GHC Jr. on 1/10.
(-) Tag Match: STINGER vs. PERROS DEL MAL DE JAPON
(-) Tag Match: NOAH vs. Kongo
(-) Tag Match: STINGER vs. Kongo
(-) Tag Match: NOAH vs. PERROS DEL MAL DE JAPON

DAY 2 U-CUP, 1/7/2022 @ Yokohama Radiant Hall in Kanagawa
(-) 6 Man Tag Match: PERROS DEL MAL DE JAPON vs. Kongo
(-) 6 Man Tag Match: NOAH vs. STINGER
(-) 4WAY Match: NOAH vs. STINGER vs. Kongo vs. PERROS JAPON
(-) U-CUP Championship Decision Match: 1st Point Team vs. 2nd Point Team

DAY 3 U-CUP, 1/10/2022 @ Yokohama Radiant Hall in Kanagawa
(-) U-CUP Unit Shuffle Tag Match: (featuring the first 4 eliminated from the junior rumble on 1/6)
(-) GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [Champion] (Winner of 1/1 Defense) vs. [Challenger] 1/6 Junior Rumble Winner

NOAH "BUMPER CROP 2022 in SENDAI", 1 1/16/2022 [Sun] 15:30 @ Sendai Sunplaza Hall

(-) GHC Tag Championship Match: [57th Champions] Keiji Muto & Naomichi Marufuji vs. [Challenger] Kenoh & Manabu Soya
~ 2nd title defense.

(-) GHC Heavyweight Championship Match: [36th Champion] Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. [Challenger] Masa Kitamiya
~ 4th title defense.

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TJPW, 1/4/2022 [Tue] 11:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
[695 Spectators]

(6) International Princess Championship Match: [5th Champion] Hikari Noa vs. [Challenger] Maki Ito
◆Winner: Ito (16:09) with the Ito Deluxe.
~ Champions falls on her 6th title defense. Ito becomes the 6th champion.

(7) Princess of Princess Championship Match: [9th Champion] Miyu Yamashita vs. [Challenger] Mizuki
◆Winner: Yamashita (19:12) following the Crash Rabbit Heat.
~ 4th succesful title defense.

~ Following the match, Shoko Nakajima came out to challenge the champion. The title defense has been set for March 19th at Ryogoku.

TJPW "GRAND PRINCESS '22", 3/19/2022 [Sat] 14:00 @ Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo

(-) Princess of Princess Championship Match: [9th Champion] Miyu Yamashita vs. [Challenger]Shoko Nakajima
~ 5th title defense.

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 BJW "Deathmatch King Death", 1/4/2022 [Tue] 12:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
[234 Spectators]

(1) Kosuke Sato vs. Satsuki Nagao
◆Winner: Kosuke (9:32) with a Front Neck Lock.
(2) Kazumi Kikuta & Kazumasa Yoshida vs. Takuho Kato & Hiroyuki Sasaki
◆Winner: Hiroyuki (9:39) following a Lariat on Yoshida.
(3) Daichi Hashimoto & Kazuki Hashimoto vs. Yuya Aoki & Shigehiro Irie (STRONGHEARTS)
◆Winner: Irie (8:45) following the Beast Bomber on Kazuki.
(4) Takuya Nomura, Fuminori Abe & Kota Sekifuda vs. Yuji Okabayashi, Daisuke Sekimoto & Yasufumi Nakanoue
◆Winner: Okabayashi (11:39) with an Argentine Backbreaker on Sekifuda.

(5) TLC Tag Deathmatch: Jaki Numazawa & Abdullah Kobayashi vs. Hideyoshi Kamitani & Masaya Takahashi
◆Winner: Masaya (10:45) with a Jackhammer on Numazawa, onto a ladder.

(6) Barbed Wire Board Tag Deathmatch: Masashi Takeda & Takumi Tsukamoto vs. Drew Parker & Yuki Ishikawa
◆Winner: Takeda (13:11) with a Vertical Drop style Reverse U-Crash on Ishikawa, onto a barbed-wire board.

(7) Yuko Miyamoto BJW Return Fluorescent Light-tube 6 Man Tag Death Match: Yuko Miyamoto, Isami Kodaka & Ryuji Ito vs. Kankuro Hoshino, Akira Hyodo & Michio Kageyama
◆Winner: Kodaka (6:31) via referee stop, Kageyama was forced to leave the match due to blood loss.
~ Miyamaoto & Kodaka vs. Hoshino & Hyodo agreed to continue the match.
◆Winner: Miyamoto (6:31) with a Moonsault Press on Hyodo.

~ The Ikkitosen 2022 ~ strong climb ~ begins tomorrow and runs through February 20th...

A BLOCK
~ Yuji Okabayashi
~ Takuya Nomura
~ Yasufumi Nakanoue
~ Hideyoshi Kamitani
~ Kota Sekifuda
~ Takuho Kato

B BLOCK
~ Daisuke Sekimoto
~ Daichi Hashimoto
~ Kazumi Kikuta
~ Yuya Aoki
~ Kazuki Hashimoto
~ Kosuke Sato

BJW, 1/5/2022 [Wed] 11:30 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

(1) Kazuki Hashimoto & Kosuke Sato vs. Fuminori Abe & Kazumasa Yoshida
(2) G-Shock Tag Deathmatch: Drew Parker & Yuki Ishikawa vs. Kankuro Hoshino & Akira Hyodo
(3) Barbed Wire Board Tag Deathmatch: Abdullah Kobayashi & Jaki Numazawa vs. Ryuji Ito & Isami Kodaka
(4) Daisuke Sekimoto, Takuho Kato & Hiroyuki Suzuki vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue, Shigehiro Irie & Kazumi Kikuta

(5) Ikkitosen 2022 ~ strong climb ~ A Block Match: Yuji Okabayashi vs. Kota Sekifuda
(6) Ikkitosen 2022 ~ strong climb ~ B Block Match: Daichi Hashimoto vs. Yuya Aoki
(7) Ikkitosen 2022 ~ strong climb ~ A Block Match: Takuya Nomura vs. Hideyoshi Kamitani

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