New Japan Pro-Wrestling began their Summer Struggle tour, building to their return to Jingu Stadium at the end of August. Sunday’s show featured a bevy of tag matches for a semi-full Korakuen Hall. The entire event is available on NJPWWorld.com, with English commentary coming in a few days.
7/26
NJPW Summer Struggle
Night 1
- Satoshi Kojima, Ryusuke Taguchi & Togi Makabe def. Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii & Gabriel Kidd by pinfall. (9:14)
Satoshi Kojima pinned Gabriel Kidd via Lariat. - Los Ingobernables de Japon (Shingo Takagi & SANADA) def. CHAOS (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) (9:00)
Shingo Takagi pinned YOSHI-HASHI via Made In Japan. - Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki & DOUKI) def. Yuji Nagata & Yuya Uemura by pinfall. (11:16)
Minoru Suzuki pinned Yuya Uemura via Gotch Piledriver.
After the match, Nagata & Suzuki brawled. - Suzuki-gun (Zack Sabre Jr., Taichi, El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) def. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kota Ibsuhi, Master Wato & Hiroyoshi Tenzan by submission. (13:34)
Zack Sabre Jr. submitted Hiroyoshi Tenzan via Headscissors & Armbar.
After the match, Kanemaru beat up Wato and Taichi attacked Tanahashi. - CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada & SHO) def. Bullet Club (Yujiro Takahashi & Gedo) by submission. (10:30)
Kazuchika Okada submitted Gedo via Cobra Clutch. - Bullet Club (EVIL, Dick Togo & Taiji Ishimori) def. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi) by pinfall. (13:01)
Taiji Ishimori pinned BUSHI via Bloody Cross.
After the match, Ishimori challenged Hiromu for his IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship
Ishimori: Look at you Hiromu, you're beaten up! OK, what do you think I have to say? The answer- I'm challenging for that belt!
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