(I and the other person who had started doing them when I stopped am not doing detailed Results posts anymore, but I think people liked having a general place to talk about the show so let’s see how these more basic ones go over.)
David Finlay def Fred Rosser — (12:20, Overkill)
- Finlay worked heel. Post match he got a mic, but dropped it without saying anything. K.O.B met him on the ramp and they all did the dog pound version of the 2 sweet. Finlay led the crowd in the bark, kind of sounded like he said “one last time” but lolNJoAproductionvalue.
STRONG Openweight title: Boltin Oleg def Tomohiro Ishii[c] — (14:02, Kamikaze)
AEW National title: Ricochet[c] def Taiji Ishimori — (14:29, Spirit Gun)
- GoA came out with Ricochet, but didn’t accompany him to the ring.
KUSHIDA, El Desperado def The Bustah and The Brain (Alec Price, Jordan Oliver) — (13:57, Pinche Loco)
- In their Backstage Comments, Price and Oliver receive invites to DEATH VEGAS Invitational.
NJPWWorld TV title: El Phantasmo[c] vs KONOSUKE TAKESHITA[w/Rocky Romero] — (Time Limit Draw, 15:00)
- Post match, ELP gets a mic he says the draw sucks and asks the crowd if they want 5 more minutes. TAKE teases not accepting, but he does go back to the ring and the match is re-started with 5 minutes on the clock.
NJPWWorld TV title: KONOSUKE TAKESHITA[w/Rocky Romero] def El Phantasmo[c] — (2:43, Raging Fire)
IWGP Tag titles: Knock Out Brothers (OSKAR, Yuto-Ice)[c] def Gates of Agony (Toa Liona, Bishop Kaun) — (17:58, K.O.B)
IWGP Women’s title: Syuri[c] def Athena — (17:56, Syu-Sekai)
- Post match, Syuri offered a handshake but Athena slapped it away. Syuri then picked up the ROH Women’s title and held it up before giving it back to Athena.
Once Syuri is on the ramp, they air a video package for Alex Windsor, who says she’s Syuri’s next challenger for the STRONG Women’s title at EVE’s Wrestle Queendom on March 8th. (EVE is a UK women’s promotion that Ospreay is involved with.)
IWGP Global title: Yota Tsuji[c] def Andrade El Idolo — (26:44, Boston Crab)
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Post match Tsuji promo, in decent English. He says he always says that NJPW isn’t AEW’s farm, but thanks Andrade for coming to NJPW and wrestling him. Andrade takes the mic and thanks him, they bow to each other, Andrade leaves.
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In English, Tsuji introduces himself to the crowd. They start to play his music too early. Tsuji isn’t the future, it’s his time now, it’s his era, it’s his ring, this is New Japan Pro-wrestling. There’s a lot of great wrestling promotions; WWE, AEW, TNA, MLW, ROH, but he believes NJPW is the best. He thanks the US fans for coming. “Are you ready?”
by EffingKENTA