\nWith Takashi Iizuka retiring in ten days\u2019 time, you\u2019ve got to expect something here involving Tenzan\u2026 and sure enough, he was out with a t-shirt from the dark ages (relatively speaking), commemorating his former team with Iizuka.<\/p>\n
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Yeah, it led to a jump start with Tenzan and Iizuka putting the boots to each other before Tenzan\u2019s shoulder tackle got him ahead. Liger\u2019s in, throwing Iizuka outside for a baseball slide dropkick, before Don Callis ran away. Ah, he was only on fleetingly too.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve more bedlam on the outside as Suzuki whipped Liger into the guard rails, before he went into the crowd as the camera crew badly struggled to keep up. Iizuka whacks a chair on Tenzan on one side of the arena, before we returned to the ring, with Liger getting caught in a hanging armbar as Suzuki got involved from the apron. Some biting from Iizuka keeps Liger at bay, before Iizuka went over to nibble away on Tenzan\u2019s mullet. There\u2019s some for Kojima too, before Suzuki came in and grabbed hold of the Liger by the horns.<\/p>\n
The exchanges between Liger and Suzuki were fun to watch, but probably not to take as a snapmare and a PK gets Suzuki a near-fall, before TAKA came in and scored a two-count from a knee strike. A Shotei from Liger sends TAKA flying, before tags bring in Kojima and Suzuki to tee off on each other, with machine gun chops just being laughed off. So Suzuki gets more of them.<\/p>\n
Suzuki and Kojima continue to tee off on each other, until Suzuki\u2019s smacking elbows ranga round the arena. Poor Kojima. A rear naked choke\u2019s next, but Iizuka tags in for some more biting on Kojima only to get cut-off with a Koji cutter. Tenzan\u2019s back in to get a near-fall from a suplex to Iizuka, before a Mountain Bomb and an Anaconda Vise caused the ring to fill to break up the hold.<\/p>\n
Suzuki takes some Mongolian chops that send him outside, before a Ten-Koji Cutter dropped Iizuka once more. Tenzan gets that old t-shirt and tries to wake up Iizuka with it, only for Suzuki to kick him away to prevent the brainwashing. A chair\u2019s brought in\u2026 but Iizuka gets in Suzuki\u2019s way to stop him from using it\u2026 because he wanted to whack Tenzan himself\u2026 and there\u2019s your DQ! Ah, you big tease! This was okay, but this was all about building up to Iizuka\u2019s retirement, complete with the Iron Finger shot to Tenzan afterwards. **\u00bd<\/p>\n
After the match, Iizuka and Suzuki rip apart the signed t-shirt that Tenzan had, as Suzuki-gun wandered to the back.<\/p>\n
Ayato Yoshida & Shota Umino vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (EVIL & SANADA)<\/strong> The Young Lion team get into it before the bell, as we start with EVIL just charging down Yoshida\u2026 only for the K-DOJO trainee to come back with some forearms as a double-team shoulder tackle knocked EVIL to the mat. Umino tags in to drop EVIL with a slam, only for EVIL to sidestep him as he turned the match back around with a slam of his own.<\/p>\n SANADA\u2019s in next for a slam, then quickly back out as Umino was being used as a slamming tackling dummy. Quick tags and quick slams! Osaka were finding this comedic, although Yoshida did have to dive in to make a save when EVIL went for a cover. EVIL keeps up the pressure, wringing the arm of Umino in the corner, only for the Young Lion to get free and respond with a missile dropkick before Yoshida got the tag in.<\/p>\n Yep, Yoshida knocks SANADA off the apron before he lit up EVIL with chops\u2026 there\u2019s similar treatment for SANADA as my browser froze for a spell, before Umino returned in to knock down SANADA with a back elbow. A vertical suplex is good for a two-count, before Umino and Yoshida double-teamed SANADA en route to another missile dropkick. EVIL breaks that one up, before a bridging German suplex from Umino almost led to the upset as SANADA barely kicked out in time.<\/p>\n Umino goes for a Fisherman\u2019s suplex, but SANADA gets free, only to run into another dropkick. Another crack at the Fisherman\u2019s suplex is nicely flipped out of and into a Skull End, but Umino slips out and chains together some flash roll-ups for two-counts as he sensed a weakness\u2026 and then EVIL comes in to even things up. A belly-to-back suplex from SANADA gets him a two-count, and once Yoshida was dispatched to the outside, a Magic Killer gets SANADA the win – but my God, this was not convincing at all on his part. ***\u00bc<\/p>\n Suzuki-gun (Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & Shingo Takagi)<\/strong> We had a jump start too, as Taichi went after Naito at the bell, taking him outside and into the guard railings, then into the ring post as the rest of Suzuki-gun went after BUSHI and Shingo away from the camera\u2019s view. A chairshot to Naito almost took us to a count-out, but Taichi throws Naito back inside, where Desperado was waiting for him with a neckbreaker.<\/p>\n Naito gets tossed outside again, this time with Kanemaru throwing him into the guard rails ahead of a step-up leg drop as LIJ were really having a hard time here, with Naito\u2019s taped-up shoulder having a particular bull\u2019s eye on it. Taichi comes in to remove, then choke Naito with the trainer\u2019s tape, and before long it\u2019s time to whip off the trousers.<\/p>\n A buzzsaw kick from Taichi fells Naito for a two-count, before a \u2018rana helped Naito tag out as we got to Desperado and BUSHI, with the latter scoring a missile dropkick. Shingo\u2019s in next to try and chop his way through Desperado, who punches back, before landing a spear as Kanemaru returned to dropkick the knee away from Shingo.<\/p>\n Kanemaru looks for a Deep Impact DDT, but he\u2019s just caught and suplexed by Shingo, who then went for a Pumping Bomber, only to have to settle for a deadlift suplex after Kanemaru went for the eyes. Naito\u2019s back in to go for a Combinacion Cabron to Kanemaru, with a shot at Taichi in the middle of it, as things broke down a little. Taichi breaks up a Gloria attempt as the ring started to fill-up\u2026 BUSHI heads outside with Desperado in a plancha, while Kanemaru finally takes a Pumping Bomber, ahead of a Destino as Naito left with the W. This was pretty decent, but you know my takes on these sorts of matches – it\u2019s very unlikely we\u2019re going back to these matches after the New Beginning ends, so it just felt very\u2026 superfluous? ***\u00bc<\/p>\n After the match, SHO & YOH met Shingo and BUSHI on the aisle and started to beat them down. The crowd booed that as they took their belts, then ran into the ring as they asked for a title shot\u2026<\/p>\n Bullet Club (Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens) vs. Tomoaki Honma & YOSHI-HASHI<\/strong> We miss the jump start as the production crew was showing us Jushin Thunder Liger on the commentary row, and we start with Yujiro taking Honma into the corner for a big boot to the face. Honma rebounds with a shoulder tackle, before he slammed Yujiro\u2026 only for CHase Owens to interfere to stop Kokeshi.<\/p>\n This crowd is dead for this match. Like, more than usual. Mounted punches from Yujiro keep Honma down, before Chase comes in and punches Honma in the throat, having distracted the referee with a phantom hair pull. Yujiro came in and almost pinned Honma, before a suplex from Honma showed he had enough fight left in him to make the tag out to YOSHI-HASHI.<\/p>\n YOSHI-HASHI gets whipped into the corner, but comes back with a chop and a shoulder tackle before Chase trips him to the outside. Not to worry, Chase gets suplexed on the floor before YOSHI returned to score with a Head Hunter running Blockbuster for a near-fall. A sliding dropkick from Yujiro looked to lead to a Fisherman buster, but instead YOSHI-HASHI countered with a suplex that he lost, then came back with a Bunker Buster\u2026 that gets countered into a Fisherman buster by Yujiro.<\/p>\n A rear spin kick from YOSHI-HASHI gets him some breathing room as tags take us back to Honma and Owens. Chase gets slammed then railed on in the corner ahead of a bulldog and\u2026 a missed Kokeshi. Yeah. Never change, Honma. Forearms and boots trap Honma in the ropes before a running knee from Owens nearly ends it, before Honma fought back with a headbutt and a leaping Kokeshi. YOSHI-HASHI runs in with a knee strike ahead of a Kokeshi for Honma, who nearly got the win, before he got up and began to chop away at Owens some more.<\/p>\n Double-teaming with Yujiro led to a back suplex\/neckbreaker combo, before a Final Cut got Owens a near-fall\u2026 as a package piledriver ended up doing the trick with the Bullet Club getting the win. Well, this dragged a little, with the crowd seemingly not caring much. I don\u2019t know what you do, but that\u2019s two matches in a row that YOSHI-HASHI has looked particularly unstable in, which must be becoming a concern. **\u00bd<\/p>\n SURPRISE KOTA IBUSHI! He\u2019d been out of action since WrestleKingdom with a concussion – and as he\u2019s reportedly not under a New Japan deal, some had been tagging him with a possible move to AEW\u2026 but he declares that he\u2019s not going anywhere, he\u2019s staying in New Japan! Especially because he wants to be a part of next month\u2019s New Japan Cup. Cue a sigh of relief…<\/p>\n Togi Makabe & Toru Yano vs. Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa)<\/strong> The Guerrillas charge Makabe into the guard rails as the pre-match beating gave them a huge advantage. Tanga Loa rolls Yano into the ring to start off, as some double-teaming almost ends this quickly, only for Togi Makabe to break up a Magic Killer as the match then spilled into the crowd.<\/p>\n Tama throws chairs and\u2026 a fan\u2019s bag onto Toru Yano, before he proved his bad guy credentials by emptying out said bag. The crowd booed more for that than anything in the prior match! Yano barely beats the count-out, but the tide doesn\u2019t change as Tanga Loa throws him into the corner before Tama continued the beat down. Eventually Yano tried to get back into it, pulling down Tanga Loa by his trimmed man bun, before tagging in Makabe, who was full of the proverbial piss and vinegar.<\/p>\n Corner-to-corner clotheslines led to mounted punches for Tanga, before clattering clotheslines led to Tanga Loa slamming Makabe. A tag\u2019s made to Yano, who goes straight for the turnbuckle pads\u2026 Tama stops himself from running into the exposed corner, but can\u2019t stop it a second time as Yano followed up with a turnbuckle pad shot to Tama. Jado threatens with his Kendo stick, which distracts Yano long enough for Tama to come back in with a dropkick, as a double-team neckbreaker nearly ended the match.<\/p>\n In the end, Jado manages to crack Makabe with the Kendo stick\u2026 but he\u2019s not legal, and after Yano shoved Tama Tonga into the referee, we get a low blow for Tanga Loa\u2026 before Tama uses the Kendo stick on Yano ahead of a Gun Stun for the win. This was fine, but it says a lot when emptying out a fan\u2019s bag draws the biggest heat. Still, it\u2019s establishing a more violent Tama Tonga, even if you can\u2019t quite do anything with him with his. Unless they\u2019re planning a singles run? **\u00bd<\/p>\n IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Taiji Ishimori (c)<\/strong> Don\u2019t worry, underneath those dungarees, Taguchi has regular gear on – he\u2019s not doing a TK Cooper! Taguchi goes for the leg early on, only for Ishimori to grab a wrist as he found a way to subdue his challenger, before a roll through to avoid a leapfrog led to Ishimori getting caught in an ankle lock.<\/p>\n Ishimori scuttles outside and actually applauds the Sailor Boy dance Taguchi does, before they swap places as Ishimori faked out\u2026 then did the dance himself. Well, he\u2019s owning the mind games here, and Taguchi is beside himself!<\/p>\n Back inside, Ishimori puts the boots to Taguchi, before he turned up the speed en route to a springboard seated senton. A cravat keeps Taguchi grounded, before a chinlock\/backbreaker drew a near-fall, before a chinlock takedown took Taguchi into a crossface in the middle of the ring.<\/p>\n Taguchi breaks free and heads outside for Ishimori with a body press to the floor, before returning inside with a missile dropkick\u2026 that takes Ishimori back outside ahead of a tope con giro to the outside! Inside again, a kick from Taguchi drops Ishimori, only to get caught with a baseball side German suplex as the momentum continued to shift, with Taguchi quickly coming back with an ankle lock out of nowhere.<\/p>\n A shinbreaker from Taguchi, then a front suplex leaves him down as we\u2019re back to the \u201cOh My Garankle\u201d ankle lock, only for Ishimori to get to the ropes as he\u2019s right back in with a tombstone gutbuster. Another ankle lock follows as Taguchi just walks Ishimori from the ropes, then cinches down on the hold before he pulled Ishimori into a Dodon to come within a hair\u2019s breadth of winning the title!<\/p>\n Taguchi fires up as he looked for a Burning Hammer, only for Ishimori to come back with a clothesline, before a death valley driver (that almost ended in a Jackhammer) drew Ishimori a near-fall. An enziguiri out of nowhere opened it up for another Dodon, only for Ishimori to strike back with a Bloody Cross to end the Taguchi resistance. This was all kinds of fun – having gone into this not expecting Taguchi to win, I was really into the near-falls at the end, but in the end, there was really no way Ishimori was losing. ****\u00bc<\/p>\n After the match, Jushin Thunder Liger leaves the commentary table\u2026 and he\u2019s challenged by Taiji Ishimori as Liger\u2019s 30th year in wrestling could well end with him winning gold?!<\/p>\n Bad Luck Fale vs. Kazuchika Okada<\/strong> We\u2019ve a hot start too, as Okada\u2019s jumped by Fale, before he took him outside for a plancha as the match broke down. Fale uses a chair behind the ref\u2019s back, which just meant that when he stood on Okada seconds later, we were getting a bit of a theme developing, as Fale looked to wear out Okada\u2019s lower back.<\/p>\n A beautiful back body drop sent Okada into the skies, almost leading to him landing on his head as Okada rolled outside to cough up a lung or something. It almost led to the count-out, but Okada rolls back in and tries to fight back, clocking Fale with some forearms before stupidly going for a body slam, with Fale falling back onto him.<\/p>\n More forearms from Okada led to him clattering into Fale with a back elbow ahead of a body slam\u2026 but it left Okada wracked in more pain, as he seemed to be a hair slower than usual. A low dropkick took Fale into the ropes, ahead of another back elbow and a DDT for a near-fall.<\/p>\n Fale\u2019s back with a shoulder charge and a Samoan drop for a near-fall, before he blasted thru Okada with some forearms. Okada\u2019s shotgun dropkick takes Fale back into the corner, ahead of a massive neckbreaker slam as Fale was forced to kick out to keep the match alive. A top rope elbow drop follows, ahead of a Rainmaker pose that prompted Chase Owens to bellow \u201che\u2019s going for the Rainmaker\u201d… which Fale just muscled out of as he lands his own clothesline for a near-fall.<\/p>\n Okada looked like he was running on fumes as he was sent into the corner, before a body splash and a big splash nearly put him away. A Bad Luck Fall looked to be next, but Okada wriggled onto the apron and hit a missile dropkick to weather the storm. Chase Owens comes in to interfere, only for Okada to knock him off\u2026 Fale pulls the referee into the path of an Okada forearm, and now we get the beatdown.<\/p>\n A Fisherman buster from Yujiro and a running knee from Owens before YOSHI-HASHI successfully negotiated the ramp and the ring apron to make the save. A Western Lariat dropped Owens, only for Fale to charge him out of the ring, before a spear smashed Okada in half.<\/p>\n Another Bad Luck Fall\u2019s avoided as Okada slipped free, then returned fire with a dropkick, only for a Rainmaker to get countered into a Grenade for a very close near-fall! From there, Fale threatens to give himself a nose bleed as he heads up top, only to get caught by an Okada superplex as Okada finally landed the Rainmaker. A second one followed for good measure, and that\u2019s enough to get the win. Solid stuff considering the limitations, but I genuinely expected there to be a twist in the tail here. ***\u00bd<\/p>\n There was no twist afterwards either, as YOSHI-HASHI celebrated with Okada as I genuinely think the \u201cCHAOS mole\u201d storyline\u2019s a goner.<\/p>\n IWGP Championship: Jay White vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (c)<\/strong> From the off, White instantly powders to the outside, demanding that we do things on his terms, before he hit the ring and locked-up with Tanahashi, trying to out-muscle him into the corners. Instead, we end up in the ropes as White looked to go for the champion\u2019s leg, before a drop-down from White was so telegraphed, Tanahashi was able to follow him down and into a headlock.<\/p>\n Tanahashi keeps hold of the headlock, but White got free and tried to go for the legs, dragging Tanahashi towards the ring post\u2026 but Tanahashi just pulls in into the post. They head outside, where White\u2019s tossed into the crowd barriers, before Gedo\u2019s attempt at a cheapshot just gave White plenty of time to recover.<\/p>\n A Saito suplex took Tanahashi from the ring to the floor after White\u2019d snuck back in, and that opened up the door for White\u2019s usual tactics, charging Tanahashi between the guard rails and ring apron repeatedly. Finally back inside, White chops out Tanahashi\u2019s knee, then suplexed the champion into the corner as he finally got his wish of slamming Tanahashi\u2019s leg into the ring post.<\/p>\n We\u2019re back outside as White suplexes Tanahashi over the guard rails and onto the commentary table. Somehow Tanahashi makes it back inside as he unloaded with some forearms, knocking White to the mat before he followed up with a scoop slam and a flip senton to crush White for a near-fall.<\/p>\n White again kicks out the knees of Tanahashi, immobilising the champion briefly before he ran into a low dropkick. Tanahashi teases a High Fly Flow crossbody, but he second guesses himself, instead coming down into the path of a sliding Flatliner from White before a brainbuster almost led to a new champion.<\/p>\n Chops trap Tanahashi in the ropes\u2026 but White spends too much time mouthing off as Tanahashi comes right back with a Dragon screw in the ropes. That took White outside and into the path of a High Fly Flow crossbody on the floor as Tanahashi damn near went coast-to-coast. Back inside, Tanahashi keeps going for a Twist and Shout, eventually nailing it.<\/p>\n My feed craps out again as White sank to his knees to avoid a Slingblade\u2026 if it were strategy, it backfired as a strait-jacket German suplex from Tanahashi almost ends it. Tanahashi heads up top as he looked for a High Fly Flow, but he has to deal with Gedo again before a High Fly Flow to the back crushes White. Not being Kamala, Tanahashi rolls over White and heads up again, but White rolls away and looked to go for the TTO\u2026 but Tanahashi swats him away instead.<\/p>\n White locks in the TTO anyway, but Tanahashi eventually gets to the ropes as White recomposed himself. Tanahashi\u2019s pretty much dead weight as commentary surmised that we\u2019d be getting a ref stoppage, but instead White hauls up Tanahashi for a Saito suplex\u2026 then another\u2026 before a death valley bomb led to a near-fall. A Kiwi Krusher\u2019s next, as White\u2019s busting out everything here in search of the title\u2026 but Tanahashi kicks out and ends up taking a sleeper suplex for his troubles.<\/p>\n From there, White goes for a Blade Runner, but Tanahashi counters into a small package for a near-fall before he continued to swat away White. A low dropkick from Tanahashi saw him fake out a Dragon screw, as he then proceeded to Dragon screw White\u2019s leg into the mat ahead of a Cloverleaf\u2026 but they\u2019re painfully close to the ropes\u2026 so Tanahashi walks him away as White eventually got to the bottom strand.<\/p>\n Except Tanahashi just pulls him away as White is pulled into a head stand as Tanahashi switches it into a Styles Clash! Tanahashi tries for a Dragon suplex, but has to settle for a Slingblade when White looked to counter into a Blade Runner\u2026 a second Slingblade followed for a near-fall. A Dragon suplex is next for a near-fall, with Tanahashi unable to hold the bridge, before Tanahashi went up for a High Fly Flow crossbody\u2026 which White caught and turned into a Blade Runner\u2026 and that\u2019s it! On V0, we have a new champion, with Jay White crowning his rise to the top in monumental fashion.<\/p>\n Perhaps not a mat classic, but a very good match that played off of the past few tours of White antagonising and torturing Tanahashi led to him making the most of it\u2026 but by God, White was made to work for it. ****\u00bc<\/p>\n Post-match, White reminds us how his final match as a Young Lion came two and a half years ago at Osaka\u2019s Jo-Hall – before telling us that he won this in spite of the fans. Not sure they were meant to cheer that.<\/p>\n This perhaps wasn\u2019t a top-to-bottom, all time great show, but it\u2019s one that was monumental for the reasons you\u2019d expect. Is this Jay White, the transitional champion, or is this the start of the Cut Throat Era? 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\nWell isn\u2019t this the acid test? Yoshida and Umino finally started to pick up some wins on this tour, but against the IWGP tag team champions\u2026 it\u2019s going to be a hard ask, especially when they were pinned in less than ten minutes at World Tag League only a few months ago.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/newjapan-tnbosaka2019-yoshida.jpg?resize=700%2C389\")
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\nYeah, it\u2019s another one of these.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/newjapan-tnbosaka2019-taichi.jpg?resize=700%2C393\")
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\nRemember when YOSHI-HASHI beat Pete Dunne? That feels like a million miles away on this current form, especially given his recent struggle to beat Ren Narita\u2026<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/newjapan-tnbosaka2019-yoshihashi.jpg?resize=700%2C392\")
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\nNo longer a good boy, Tama Tonga\u2019s back to being what you usually tell your good boy to do. HEEL. Especially when he jumped his opponents in the aisle, barely seconds into Makabe\u2019s overdub.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/newjapan-tnbosaka2019-tamatonga.jpg?resize=700%2C394\")
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\nSomething tells me that Taguchi\u2019s still poking fun here\u2026<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/newjapan-tnbosaka2019-sailorboytaguchi.jpg?resize=700%2C392\")
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\nFale\u2019s out with Chase Owens and Yujiro Takahashi – and I guess that\u2019s why he\u2019s back to using the generic Bullet Club theme. Surprisingly, these guys are 3-3 in prior singles matches\u2026<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/newjapan-tnbosaka2019-fale.jpg?resize=700%2C392\")
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\nApparently Jay White\u2019s only been wrestling for six years. That\u2019s an insane turnaround considering he\u2019s gone through the Young Lion system and is already slotted in the main event\u2026![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/newjapan-tnbosaka2019-jaywhite.jpg?resize=700%2C390\")
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