Tetsuya Naito challenges Kota Ibushi for the IWGP Intercontinental Title, the vacated IWGP Jr. Heavyweight is decided in a three way match between El Phantasmo, El Desperado, and BUSHI, and more on a great night of NJPW action in the second night of Castle Attack!
SANADA challenges Kota Ibushi for the double championship, and Bullet Club challenges Chaos for the NEVER 6-Man Tag Titles in a good finale to The New Beginning tour.
Hiromu Takahashi challenges EVIL for the IWGP IC & Heavyweight Double Title, and El Desperado challenges Shingo Takagi for the NEVER Openweight Title in a very good night of NJPW wrestling at Sengoku Lord!
KENTA challenges Tetsuya Naito for both the IWGP Intercontinental and Heavyweight Titles in the main event of a fun night in NJPW’s NEW BEGINNING in OSAKA!
The first IWGP US Heavyweight Champ is crowned in the finale of a highly entertaining tournament, Billy Gunn challenges Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP IC Title, The Young Bucks put their Jr. Heavyweight Tag Titles on the line against Roppongi Vice once again, and more on the second of two nights for NJPW in the USA.
There were a lot of big expectations going in to many of the matches at Dominion, and I think they were met and in some cases exceeded. This was a great show top to bottom.
New Japan started the wrestling year with a highly entertaining show that all wrestling fans should see. I was lucky enough to be able to be there in person to experience it. Here are my thoughts.