NJPW New Japan Road Results (7/5) CHAOS Wins Big In Korakuen
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Six or Nine (Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi) vs. Kosei Fujita & Ryohei Oiwa
The young lions test their meddle against Wato and Wato keeps them at bay. Taguchi tags in and almost gets submitted by the Young Lions. The same happens to Wato, but he fights back with a Crucifix Driver for the pinfall in 10:43.
Winners: Six or Nine (Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi)
GBH (Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe) vs. Ten-Cozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima)
Mostly a showcase for the reunited Ten-Cozy. Tenzan helps out Kojima with a number of tag moves, but it's mostly Kojima's show. GBH try to fight back but Tenzan holds back Makabe long enough for Kojima to flatten Tenzan with a Lariat for the pinfall in 10:23.
Winners: Ten-Cozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima)
Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii & Alex Zayne vs. Yuji Nagata, The DKC & Clark Connors
The match quickly breaksdown into variations of Nagata vs. Okada, Ishii vs. DKC and Connors vs. Zayne. Zayne and Connors, well familiar with each other from "NJPW Strong" have an especially thrilling middle section. DKC tries to whittle away at Ishii but Ishii puts him down with the Vertical Drop Brainbuster for the pinfall in 10:57.
Winners: Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii & Alex Zayne
Hiroshi Tanahashi, KUSHIDA & Jado vs. Bullet Club (KENTA, Taiji Ishimori & Gedo)
KUSHIDA is out for blood and immediately goes after Ishimori's arm. Wild brawl on the outside to start. Bullet Club eventually isolates Jado. Jado takes the punishment and finally fights back. KUSHIDA and Ishimori tag in to deal more damage out to each other. Tanahashi and KENTA has some fast and furious exchanges while KUSHIDA and Ishimori take their fight to the outside. Gedo tags in and is quickly overcome by the babyface trio. Tanahashi locks in a Cloverleaf on Gedo for the submission in 10:31.
Winners: Hiroshi Tanahashi, KUSHIDA & Jado
There is a brief intermission.
Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi) vs. Suzuki-gun (Taichi, Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & TAKA Michinoku)
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Hiromu submitted TAKA via D in 15:15. Most of the match was teases for the upcoming G1 Climax.
Winners: Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi)
Dog Cage Match: Toru Yano vs. Dick Togo
Slugfest to start, with both men trading blows. Yano exposes the turnbuckle. Togo takes the match to the outside, where the two men fight around the dog cage. Togo soon plays a cat & mouse game with Yano, hiding from him under the ring. Yano fights back against the nefarious ways of Togo. House of Torture comes out to assist Togo, but are immediately fought off by Goto, YOH & YOSHI-HASHI.
CHAOS wins the battle against HoT and Yano tosses Dick Togo in the dog cage and locks the door for the win in 7:20.
Winner: Toru Yano
Both factions fight in the ring, spilling into the main event...
NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Championship Match: House of Torture (EVIL, SHO & Yujiro Takahashi) (c) vs. CHAOS (Hirooki Goto, YOH & YOSHI-HASHI)
SHO takes advantage of the chaos to attack YOH. YOH is dismantled to start the match. YOSHI-HASHI tags in but during more frenzied action, Yujiro Takahashi finds the time to unlock Dick Togo from his dog cage. Goto and EVIL have a thrilling exchange that see both men almost get the win for their team.
SHO tags in. YOH tags in. YOH nearly gets a pinfall on SHO from a Falcon Arrow. YOH fights off a flurry of vicious offense and hits a lariat. YOH folds up SHO with a Dragon Suplex but all of House of Torture breaks up the pin. Wild brawl ensues. YOH nearly gets the win but the referee is taken out. Yujiro lays out YOH with a cane. House of Torture lock everyone except YOH up in the dog cage.
YOH is nearly defeated but CHAOS is broken out of the dog crate and lock everyone but SHO in the dog crate. CHAOS beats the snot out of SHO. Goto and YOSHI-HASHI hit GYR followed by an assisted-Ushiguroshi with YOH. YOH hits Direct Drive on SHO for the pinfall
Winners and NEW NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Champions: CHAOS (Hirooki Goto, YOH & YOSHI-HASHI)
After the match, the new champs celebrated in the ring, while the old champs were stuck in a dog crate.