NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome Night 1 Results – December 21, 2023
Location: Tokyo Japan
Venue: Korakuen Hall
Tag Team Match
Masked Horse & Masked Boltin vs. Tiger Mask IV & Toru Yano
Masked Horse & Toru Yano used the corner pads before Masked Boltin flips Yano around in his arms.
Masked Horse hits butt bumps on Tiger Mask IV then rolls up Tiger Mask IV for the win.
Winners: Masked Horse & Masked Boltin (4:21)
Rate: 3
Tag Team Match
TMDK (Television Champion Zack Sabre Jr & Kosei Fujita) vs. Young Blood (Yuto Nakashima & Oskar Leube)
Kosei Fujita & Yuto Nakashima starts this match and immediately traded forearm strikes before Zack Sabre Jr got in and TMDK kept Nakashima in their corner.
Oskar Leube got in and hits a bodyslam before ZSJ hits some European uppercuts on Leube.
Leube hits a powerslam on ZSJ then ZSJ locks in a sleeper on Leube as they fell to the mat then ZSJ turns it into a Dragon Sleeper and Leube taps out.
Winners By Submission: TMDK (10:27)
Rate: 7
6 Man Tag Team Match
Bullet Club (Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors & Gedo) vs. United Empire (2023 Super Junior Tag League Winners Francesco Akira & TJP & Callum Newman)
United Empire rolls to the floor and both teams brawled at ringside to start this match then Drilla Moloney & Callum Newman traded forearm strikes in the ring and Newman hits some roundhouse kicks to the chest.
Gedo chokes Newman in the corner and BC works Newman over before Newman finally hits a running boot on Moloney. TJP enters and hits a top rope crossbody on Moloney & Connors.
TJP hits facewash in the corner on Moloney then Clark Connors pops up and hits a powerslam on TJP before Catch 22 hits Gedo with 2/2 to score the win.
Winners: United Empire (9:40)
Rate: 6
After the match Bullet Club attacks Catch 22 then Catch 22 challenges Moloney & Connors to a Coffin match for Night 2.
6 Man Tag Team Match
House Of Torture (Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita & Evil) vs. Master Wato, Shota Umino & Tomoaki Honma
Match starts off with both teams brawled then Ren Narita beats up Shota Umino on the floor then in the ring Sho was working over Master Wato.
Umino hits an exploder suplex on Evil then a tornado DDT and they were both down.
Tomoaki Honma enters and hit some chops on Evil then hits Kokeshi for a near fall.
Honma hits a flying headbutt on Evil for a near fall then Evil sets up for Everything Is Evil but Honma blocks it.
Narita hits Honma in the back with a weapon while the ref was distracted then Evil immediately hits Everything Is Evil for the win.
Winners: House Of Torture (8:35)
Rate: 4
After the match Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa hits the ring and attacks House Of Torture as Umino finally got Narita alone in the ring and got in some blows before House of Torture scampered to the back. Umino shook hands with both Kiyomiya & Oiwa.
Tag Team Match
Los Ingobernables De Japon (NEVER Openweight Champion Shingo Takagi & Junior Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi) vs. Satoshi Kojima & El Desperado
Hiromu Takahashi & El Desperado starts this match and they traded forearm strikes before Desperado hits a spinebuster then Satoshi Kojima & Shingo Takagi enters and Kojima drops him with a shoulder tackle and hits Machine Gun Chops in the corner.
Takagi hits a sliding clothesline on Kojima for a near fall then hits Pumping Bomber then a cover but Desperado made the save then Kojima hit a Lariat but Takagi hits 1 more Pumping Bomber for the win.
Winners: Los Ingobnrables De Japon (7:43)
Rate: 7
6 Man Tag Team Match
Just 5 Guys (IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Sanada, Yuya Uemura & Douki) vs. Los Ingobernables De Japon (2023 G1 Climax Winner Tetsuya Naito, Yota Tsuji & Bushi)
Yuya Uemura & Yota Tsuji starts this match before everyone brawled to the floor with Bushi whipping Sanada into the guardrail then in the ring LIJ works over Douki.
Douki hits a handspring back elbow on Tetsuya Naito then Sanada got the hot tag and hits some dropkicks then a plancha to the floor on Naito. Sanada hits a hurricanrana on Tsuji.
Uemura got back in and hits chops on Tsuji and they traded roll ups before Bushi got in and hits a missile dropkick then Douki hits a dive to the floor.
In the ring Sanada ties Naito in the Paradise Lock & Uemura hits a top rope crossbody on Bushi then Deadbolt Suplex gets the win for Just 5 Guys.
Winners: Just 5 Guys (10:17)
Rate: 6
KOPW 2023 Title Whiskey Bottle Ladder Match
Taichi (c) vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
Taichi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru brawled on the floor and Kanemaru immediately got a ladder and tried to climb it but Taichi cuts him off then they brawled in the ring and Kanemaru jabbed a ladder into Taichi’s knee.
Kanemaru climbs the ladder and got the bottle of whiskey then he took a swig and sprayed it on Taichi’s face then pours it into Taichi’s mouth then locks in a half crab on the damaged knee.
Kanemaru applied a Figure 4 before he hits a basement dropkick on the damaged knee keeping Taichi grounded. Taichi got the whiskey bottle abut he tossed it to the floor rather than hitting Kanemaru with it.
He hits a Saito Suplex and set up for a powerbomb but the lights went out when the lights came back on Evil & Sho were in the ring and helping to beat down Taichi. Dick Togo leapt off the ladder and hits a knife edge chop to the groin of an upside down Taichi.
House Of Torture poured several bottles of alcohol into a big bucket and they shoved Taichi head first into the bucket. Taichi fired up and hit a clothesline on Kanemaru then a Saito Suplex for a near fall.
Kanemaru hits a low blow and a brainbuster for a near fall then he hits a top rope moonsault for a near fall. Kanemaru came off the ropes but Taichi caught him with a knee to the groin.
Kanemaru hits an inverted DDT for a near fall then picks up the bucket but Taichi kicks the bucket into Kanemaru’s face splashing it everywhere then immediately hits Black Mephisto for the win.
Winner & Still KOPW 2023 Champion: Taichi (25:24) (STILL CHAMPION!!!!)
Rate: 5
NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Titles Match
Chaos (Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii) & Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. United Empire (Great O Khan, Jeff Cobb & Henare)
Kazuchika Okada & Jeff Cobb starts this match and Cobb didn’t budge on shoulder tackle attempts and he bodyslams Okada then Tomohiro Ishii tags in and hits some shoulder tackles on Cobb.
Great O Khan hits Mongolian Chops on Ishii before Hiroshi Tanahashi made the hot tag and he hits Twist & Shout on O Khan before Okada enters and hits a DDT on O Khan for a near fall.
Cobb hits a standing moonsault on Tanahashi before O Khan applied a Claw on Okada and he bent Okada backward across the back. Okada & Tanahashi hits a double team faceplant move on O Khan for a near fall.
Okada hits a top rope elbow drop on O Khan and signaled for Rainmaker but O Khan ducks it. Okada hit a clothesline and they were both down. Ishii re enters but O Khan hits a gutbuster over his knee then a fallaway slam.
Henare hits a Berzerker Bomb on Ishii for a near fall before Ishii fired back with a back suplex and they were both down. Henare hits a Samoan Drop and a spinning kick to the head.
Okada hit a dropkick on Cobb. Ishii hits a German suplex on Henare then a Dragon suplex on O Khan and suddenly all 6 were down then Ishii hits a standing powerbomb for a near fall on Henare.
Henare hits a sit out powerbomb for a near fall on Ishii before Tanahashi accidentally hits Ishii follow by O Khan hits a back suplex on Tanahashi. Henare hits a uranage on Ishii for a near fall.
Cobb went for Tour Of The Islands on Okada but Okada escaped and hits a Tombstone Piledriver. Ishii hits a clothesline on Henare for a near fall.
Henare hits a uranage for another near fall then they traded headbutts before Ishii hits a sliding clothesline for a near fall then Ishii drills Henare with brainbuster for the win.
Winners & Still NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Champions Chaos & Hiroshi Tanahashi (33:31) (STILL CHAMPIONS!!!!)
Rate: 9 (Recommend)
