Promotion: New Japan Pro Wrestling
Date: April 6, 2024
Venue: Ryōgoku Kokugikan
TV station/network: TV Asahi
Commentary by: Chris Charlton, Walker Stewart,
Overall Show Score: 5/10
Pros: I’ve impressed with the line-up for the 31th Best of the Super Juniors Tournament. Shingo Takagi winning the NEVER Openweight championship & Tetsuya Naito retain his World Heavyweight Championship.
Cons: It’s a shine the Jr Heavyweight Title Match had to end with a referee stoppage. The openweight title match was overbooked with interference & my excitement for this event was wasn’t there because of being overshadowed by offers hearing Wrestlemanla weekend.
Matches:
6-Man Tag Team Match:
Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano) and Boltin Oleg
vs.
Ayato Yoshida, Takuro Niki and Chicharito Shoki. Winners: Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano) and Boltin Oleg by pinfall Rating: Descent
Tag Team Match:
El Desperado and Ryusuke Taguchi
vs.
TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr. and Kosei Fujita). Winners: TMDK Zack Sabre Jr. and Kosei Fujita by pinfall Rating: Okay
Tag Team Match:
Los Ingobernables de Japon (Bushi and Hiromu Takahashi)
vs.
Bullet Club War Dogs (David Finlay and Gedo). Winners: Bushi and Hiromu Takahashi won by submission. Rating: Fine
6-Man Tag Team Match: Just 5 Guys (Sanada, Yuya Uemura and Douki) vs. United Empire (Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb and Callum Newman). Winners: Sanada, Yuya Uemura and Douki by pinfall Rating: Not that good.
Three-way tag team match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship:
Bullet Club War Dogs (Drilla Moloney and Clark Connors) (c)
vs.
Intergalactic Jet Setters (Kushida and Kevin Knight)
vs.
Catch 2/2 (TJP and Francesco Akira). Winners: Drilla Moloney and Clark Connors keep their IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships by pinfall Rating: Alright
Tag team match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship:
Bullet Club (Kenta and Chase Owens) (c)
vs.
Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi). Winners: Bishamon won the IWGP Tag Team Championship Again by pinfall Rating: Good
Singles match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship:
Sho (c)
vs.
Yoh. Winner: Sho still the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion by referee stoppage Rating: Bad
Tag Team Match:
vs.
House of Torture (Ren Narita and Jack Perry). Winners: Jon Moxley and Shota Umino Rating: Pretty Good
Singles match for the NEVER Openweight Championship:
vs.
Shingo Takagi. Winner: Shingo Takagi won the NEVER Openweight championship by pinfall Rating: Bad
Main Event:
Singles match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship:
Tetsuya Naito (c)
vs.
Yota Tsuji. Winner: Tetsuya Naito keep his IWGP World Heavyweight Championship by pinfall Rating: Very Good