Bullet Club was the theme of the first half of this year’s Wrestling Dontaku, as they defended the Never trios titles against… themselves, while the “Civil War” continued with a pair of matches that sadly under-delivered.
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…or “Wrestling Fire Country”, as Google Translate conveniently tells us! It’s the latest round of the Dontaku tour, and we’re building heavily off of LIJ vs. Suzuki-gun.
Will Ospreay and Marty Scurll stole the show as Zack Sabre Jr. received his New Japan Cup reward, challenging for the IWGP Heavyweight title at Sumo Hall.
New Japan returned to the US for a show that wasn’t fleshed out until late on, as the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach played host to the latest chapter in the Bullet Club saga.
Night two of Honor Rising saw the Golden☆Lovers main event again, as the Cody/Kenny story took another step forward at Korakuen Hall – with a dream match getting teased right at the end!
The Golden☆Lovers teamed for the first time in over three years at Korakuen Hall, as New Japan’s annual mash-up with Ring of Honor had a distinct flavour of Bullet Club to it.
The last Korakuen Hall stop before Osaka saw Los Ingobernables de Japon put their IWGP tag titles on the line – holding up their end of the bargain ahead of their singles title shots.
With Osaka firmly on the horizon, New Japan’s warm-up for Saturday saw the return of their elimination match – and the latest step of Jay White’s development as Switchblade!