New Japan Pro Wrestling is coming into your home live from Long Beach, California tonight at 8PM Eastern / 5PM Pacific, by way of AXS TV for US viewers, Fight Network in Canada, and NJPW World everywhere else (where the show will also be available internationally in the archive as a VOD like any other New Japan show).
It’s a packed card dominated by the first round of the eight-man tournament to crown the first-ever IWGP United States Champion, but that’s not all they have in store for you. Bullet Club vs. Chaos rolls on in ten-man tag form, Los Ingobernables de Japon face down three of CMLL’s best and the legendary Jushin Liger, and Billy Gunn and Hiroshi Tanahashi captain opposing teams ahead of their clash for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship tomorrow.
Plus two defenses of existing titles, as War Machine get their rematch against Guerrillas of Destiny for the IWGP Tag Team Championship, and the freshly crowned Ring of Honor World Champion and grandson of a plumber Cody Rhodes takes a crack at the Rainmaker’s IWGP Heavyweight Championship in a rare trans-Pacific champion vs. champion matchup.
For now, you can check out our photos and video from yesterday’s press conference here, or check out the official English-language preview on NJPW’s website here, but be sure to come back and hang out to talk about all the action while it’s going down.
NJPW G1 Special Results
- Chaos (Beretta, Jay Briscoe, Mark Briscoe, Rocky Romero, & Will Ospreay) over Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Marty Scurll, Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson, & Yujiro Takahashi) by pinfall with a victory roll pin from Rocky on Nick Jackson as a counter to an Indytaker.
- Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, EVIL, Hiromu Takahashi, & SANADA) over Dragon Lee, Jushin Liger, Titan, & Volador, Jr. by pinfall with Time Bomb from Hiromu on Titan.
- Jay Lethal over Hangman Page (IWGP United States Championship Tournament First Round Match)
- Zack Sabre, Jr. over Juice Robinson by submission with Hurrah! Another Year, Surely This One Will Be Better Than The Last; The Inexorable March of Progress Will Lead Us All to Happiness (IWGP United States Championship Tournament First Round Match)
- David Finlay, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Jay White, & KUSHIDA over Billy Gunn, Tempura Boyz (Sho Tanaka & Yohei Komatsu), & YOSHITATSU by pinfall with a reverse STO from White on YOSHITATSU.
- War Machine (Hanson & Ray Rowe) over Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Roa) (c) by pinfall with Fallout through a table, winning the IWGP Tag Team Championship. (No Disqualification Match)
- Tomohiro Ishii over Tetsuya Naito by pinfall with the vertical drop brainbuster. (IWGP United States Championship Tournament First Round Match)
- Kenny Omega over Michael Elgin by pinfall with One-Winged Angel. (IWGP United States Championship Tournament First Round Match)
- Kazuchika Okada (c) over Cody Rhodes, retaining the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.