NJPW Road To New Beginning In Sapporo Night 1 Results – January 24, 2023
Great O Khan vs. Ryohei Oiwa
Ryohei Oiwa locks in a Boston Crab but Great O Khan powers out. Oiwa got a sunset flip for a near fall before O Khan hits Pancake Hold to get the win.
Winner: Great O Khan (6:47)
Rate: 5
Tag Team Match
Bullet Club (Taiji Ishimori & Gedo) vs. Master Wato & Jado
Bullet Club attacks Master Wato & Jado at the bell and they brawled on the floor. Taiji Ishimori & Master Wato traded some offences. Jado locks in the OJK Crossface on Gedo while the referee was distracted, Gedo nails Jado with brass knuckles to score the win.
Winners: Bullet Club (7:31)
Rate: 3
Tag Team Match
United Empire (Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion Francesco Akira & Aaron Henare) vs. Just 4 Guys (Douki & Taka Michinoku)
Francesco Akira & Douki starts this match off before Taka Michinoku & Aaron Henare entered and Michinoku tried shoulder tackles, which of course didn’t budge Henare. Henare hit a suplex for a near fall and some blows to the chest as Michinoku was tied in the ropes before Douki tags in and hit a hurricanrana on Akira then a double stomp to the chest for a near fall.
Akira hit a snap German suplex. Douki hit a northern lights suplex and they were both down. Michinoku tagged in and batted Henare again. Taka hit a running knee to the head for a near fall. Henare hit a hard punch to the gut and a spin kick and he was fired up. Henare locks in Ultima dropped to the mat and Michinoku had no choice but to tap out.
Winners By Submission: United Empire (9:16)
Rate: 5
8 Man Tag Team Match
Chaos (IWGP Tag Team Champions Hirooki Goto & Yoshi Hashi & Tomohiro Ishii) & Oskar Leube vs. TMDK
Oskar Leube & Kosei Fujita kick this match off before TMDK began working over Leube on the floor and they kept him in their corner. Zack Sabre Jr grounded him with an anklelock, and he taught Fujita how to apply it with the same pressure.
Yoshi Hashi finally made the hot tag and he hits a basement dropkick on Shane Haste’s knee. Hirooki Goto entered and hit a bulldog. ZSJ & Tomohiro Ishii finally entered to face each other but neither could hit a big move. Ishii finally hit a back suplex then they took turns kicking each other in the back, then they began trading chops. ZSJ applied a cross armbreaker and he hit a spin kick that drops Ishii.
Fujita tags in and hit some forearm shots on Ishii. Ishii was ticked off and hit his own forearm shots. Fujita hit a dropkick and applied a Boston Crab but Leube made the save. Haste & Mikey Nicholls hit a team neckbreaker move on Leube.
Goto hits reverse GTR. Fujita hit a belly 2 belly suplex on Ishii for a 2 count. ZSJ accidentally kicks Fujita then Ishii hit a German suplex on Fujita for a near fall. Ishii then applies a Boston Crab on Fujita for the submission win.
Winners By Submission: Chaos & Oskar Leube (11:59)
Rate: 6
Tag Team Match
Bullet Club (Kenta & El Phantasmo) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Hiroyoshi Tenzan
Kenta & Hiroshi Tanahashi started but Kenta tags out before they locked up. However, he jumps Tanahashi from behind so Bullet Club got an early advantage. Hiroyoshi Tenzan hit his Mongolian Chops on El Phantasmo. ELP ties up Tenzan on the mat and pulled on his mullet. ELP did his cartwheels, only to eventually rake Tenzan’s back. Tanahashi finally made the hot tag and he traded offense with Kenta.
Tanahashi hit a dragon screw before they traded forearm shots. ELP tagged in he & Tanahashi twisted each other’s nipples. Tenzan tags in and he clotheslines Phantasmo for a near fall and he hit more Mongolian Chops. He tied up ELP in a submission hold on the mat, but Phantasmo reached the ropes before he nails Tenzan with Sudden Death for the win.
Winners: Bullet Club (13:21)
Rate: 5
Tag Team Match
Los Ingobnrables De Japon (Junior Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi & Bushi) vs. Yoh & Ryusuke Taguchi
Match starts off with Hiromu Takahashi & Yoh trading hard overhand chops. Ryusuke Taguchi enters and hit some butt bumps on Takahashi. Taguchi got crotched on the ropes. Bushi grabs Taguchi’s legs and pulled him into the corner, crotching him more against the ring post. Los Ingobnrables De Japon began working over Taguchi. Taguchi hits a butt bump and finally tags in Yoh & he hits a flying clothesline on Takahashi.
Yoh hit a swinging neckbreaker and a northern lights suplex on Hiromu for a near fall. Yoh hits a dropkick Hiromu immediately hit a Falcon Arrow and they were both down. Taguchi hit a butt bump on Bushi then the 3 Amigos for a 2 count. He locks in Oh My & Garankle on the mat. Bushi hit a Lung blower to the chest then MX on Taguchi for the win.
Winners: Los Ingobnrables De Japon (10:23)
Rate: 6
Tag Team Match
United Empire (Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion TJP & Will Ospreay) vs. Just 4 Guys (Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Taichi)
Will Ospreay & Taichi gets this match started by trading Mafia Kicks then spin kicks to each other’s thighs. Taichi hit a back suplex. Yoshinobu Kanemaru hit a running kick to the side of Ospreay’s head then a DDT onto the thin mat on the floor. Just 4 Guys kept Ospreay in their corner and worked him over. Kanemaru hit an enzuigiri and a DDT. Taichi applied a half crab but Ospreay reached the ropes.
Ospreay finally hit a handspring back enziguiri on Taichi and they were both down. He tags in TJP & he hits a twisting springboard clothesline on Kanemaru. TJP hit a Facewash in the corner and a back suplex. However, he misses the Mamba Splash. Kanemaru hit a basement dropkick on TJP’s knee, and he began targeting the knee. Kanemaru applied a Figure 4 with TJP reaching the ropes.
Kanemaru hit a moonsault for a near fall. Ospreay tags back in & he hits a Falcon Arrow on Kanemaru for a near fall. Kanemaru avoided the Hidden Blade. TJP connects with Final Cut. Kanemaru hit a tornado DDT on Ospreay. Kanemaru went for a move off the ropes but Ospreay caught him with a spin kick. Ospreay immediately hits the Hidden Blade on Kanemaru for the win.
Winners: United Empire (13:10)
Rate: 7
6 Man Tag Team Match
Los Ingobnrables De Japon (KOPW 2023 Champion Shingo Takagi,Sanada & Tetsuya Naito) vs. Chaos (IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada & Toru Yano) & Shota Umino
Shingo Takagi & Kazuchika Okada started with intense standing switches then Tetsuya Naito enters the match to face Shota Umino but Naito tags out to Sanada before locking up. Umino hit a hurricanrana and a flying forearm on Sanada then he goes after Naito on the ring apron but Naito hopped to the floor. Toru Yano enters and tried to apply the Paradise Lock but he couldn’t figure it out. Sanada, of course, quickly tied him in the Paradise Lock and he swatted him in the butt with the ring’s corner pad to free him.
LIJ began working over Yano in their corner with Takagi hitting a snap suplex and a senton for a near fall. Naito hit a sliding dropkick to Yano’s face in the corner. Yano yanks Naito the mat by his hair and he tags in Okada who clears the ring. Okada hit a running back elbow on Naito, then a DDT for a 2 count. He applied a Money Clip on Naito but Takagi made the save. Naito hit a swinging neckbreaker on Okada.
Takagi hits a suplex for a 2 count and some elbows to the side of Okada’s head. Okada went back to the Money Clip. Okada hit a neckbreaker over his knee on Shingo, and they were both down. Umino made the hot tag and he hits some forearm shots on Takagi then a fisherman’s suplex for a near fall. Takagi fired back with a DDT. Sanada entered and hit a dropkick and a plancha on Umino.
Back in the ring Umino hit an exploder suplex on Sanada for a near fall. Sanada locks in Skull End on Umino. However, Sanada misses a moonsault and Takagi immediately hit a spinning neckbreaker then a side slam for a near fall. Naito hits an enziguri on Umino but he couldn’t hit a Destino and Umino immediately hits the Death Rider on Naito before he hits a Death Rider on Sanada for the win.
Winners: Chaos & Shota Umino (14:40)
Rate: 7
After the match and Umino hits a Death Rider on Naito then he got on the mic and told Naito he will be applying more and more pain to him. A Young Lion & Takagi had to help Naito from the ring as Naito was really selling the Death Rider. Umino told Naito he just got laid out by someone you didn’t even have on your radar. He said he would make a paradigm shift happen in New Japan in 2023, so don’t lose sight of him.
