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[Spoilers] Road to KOPW – Night Three (10/9) Results

  • October 9, 2025

Zane Jay, Katsuya Murashima def Tatsuya Matsumoto, Shoma Kato — (9:36, Boston Crab)

  • This time the shoving is between opposing classes; Murashima with Matsumoto and Zane with Kato, who decide to start.

  • Post match, Zane and Kato keep fighting at ringside, and Kato takes a rough-sounding bump into the padding (kind of looked like he might’ve hit his head but it wasn’t a great angle so don’t take that as gospel). But he got up and walked out fine.

  • Shoma Kato is attacked by Zane during his Backstage Comments. I feel like we have a YL Cup coming.

Yuya Uemura def Daiki Nagai — (8:24, arm lock)

  • This was good, but different vibes than the Shota match.

  • Post match, Nagai grabs Yuya’s ankle, then wills himself up to his feet and gets forehead-to-forehead with him. He tosses his ice pack at Yuya then leaves.

Yoshinobu Kanemaru, SANADA[tshirt version] def Clark Connors, Drilla Moloney — (5:51, the Guerrero spot)

  • Drilla and Clark wait out their entrance music for a minute, then run out to start a ringside brawl; Drilla wielding a guitar which he doesn’t get to use (yet?).

  • Clark and Nobu briefly get in the ring to officially start the match, then go back out for a Wheel-san appearance.

  • HoT Shenanigans level: moderate. SANADA did the Eddy Guerrero blame shift cheating spot for the finish, which was funny the first time but now is maybe the goofiest the refs ever look.

  • Post match, guitar-wielding Drilla chases SANADA out of the arena.

Ishikawa (where we are tonight) Governor/former wrestler Hiroshi Hase is here with some other local representatives. He gives a speech about how this is a charity show for Noto Earthquake relief, and thanks Tanahashi/NJPW.

Jado, El Phantasmo def Masatora Yasuda, Hiroshi Tanahashi — (10:03, Thunderkiss ’86)

  • Yasuda and Tana enter first. Tana on behalf of NJPW presents Hase with the earned charity money, and they do a photo op. Then Hase and the representatives present Tana and Yasuda with bags of locally-produced rice, and they do another photo op before the dignitaries leave the ring.

  • After their entrance, ELP tries to get Jado to take off his shirt and show his abs, even getting the crowd to chant for it; Jado instead assaults the ref by pulling up his shirt.

  • Tana and ELP start. Pre-lockup crowd poll isn’t 100% Tana, but pretty close.

  • The match opened with more ELP comedy, so your mileage will vary depending on how much you like that.

  • Post match, ELP and Tana shake hands and have some friendly banter about their upcoming TV title match.

  • Tana does a little bit of fanservice as he leaves. ELP has to search the crowd to find a young girl to give his title belt to. He also hugs and kisses a granny who was just sitting there minding her own business. Alright, then.

Dick Togo, SHO, DOUKI, Don Fale, EVIL def Tiger Mask, KUUKAI, El Desperado, Toru Yano, Boltin Oleg — (8:24, Magic Kller)

  • During the entrances, SHO once again steals the mic and announces EVIL as the WK20 main-eventer (which is something EVIL’s been saying in interviews, that he’ll main event with the NEVER title) and NEVER Champ (he still has physical possession of the belt).

  • SHO then runs down this shitty town and the hicks who live here, as well as their Junior Tag challengers (next show, the 11th) Despe and KUUKAI. Despe and KUUKAI run out and attack, but lose to the numbers game.

  • The rest of the faces come out to even the odds in a brawl on the outside. The Junior Tag Champs and challengers are left in the ring, the faces get control and then KUUKAI and SHO are left in the ring to officially start.

  • HoT Shenanigans level: moderate. There was Dick-to-Tiger and a Tiger choke.

  • Post match, EVIL stands on Tiger and the puts him in the Scorpion. Oleg ones in for the save and Shakes EVIL, then finally repossess his belt.

Knock Out Brothers (OSKAR, Yuto-Ice) def Tomoaki Honma, Shota Umino — (11:16, Cruella [a “jumping boot” that kind of just looked like a one-legged dropkick to the legs; which yes is probably named after the 101 Dalmatians character])

  • Yuto’s in a bit of a foul mood after his first loss post-excursion; flipping off crowd members as he walks by. His left arm is taped up to sell that match. I think OSKAR’s chest hair is gone again. (My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.)

  • After their entrances K.O.B attack to jumpstart the match, OSKAR and Shota stay in the ring.

  • This isn’t the first time K.O.B have been in front of a more rural crowd, but this one was funny because they were much more into OSKAR than Yuto. But Honma was the most over guy in the match.

  • Bomboclaat level: 1

  • Post match, we get a weird close-up of OSKAR’s tits (which actually might have a little stubble on them?) before he goes and grabs Shota and drags him back to the ring. He and Yuto beat Umino down (Shota did get a brief hope spot) until Yuya comes out to make the save.

  • Yuya takes care of Ice and then he and Shota take care of OSKAR. Shota grabs the tag belts and they taunt K.O.B with them from inside the ring, then give them back.

  • Shota and Yuya briefly celebrate, and they both go out into the crowd for some fanservice.

Titan, Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi, Yota Tsuji def Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, David Finlay, Gabe Kidd — (12:55, Diving Foot Stomp)

  • As usual lately Gabe goes out into the crowd during the Dogs’ entrance.

  • After Finlay leads the barking, Gabe and then Finlay both mock the old LIJ fistbump. Shingo leads an Oi chant. Hiromu again throws Finlay’s shirt into the crowd, Finlay gets mad and gets it back from the YL, then throws it at Hiromu.

  • Hiromu and Gedo start. They do the beard comedy.

  • Post match, Gabe taunts Tsuji from in the crowd with the Global belt.

  • All the Unaffilliated cut celebratory promos; including Titan, who does speak some rudimentary Japanese, and Nagai. Tsuji closes it out and gets his music played, though they do switch to Titan’s to close out the night.

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by EffingKENTA