Promotion: New Japan Pro Wrestling
Date: February 23, 24. 2024
Venue: Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center
TV station/network: TV Asahi
Commentary by: Chris Charlton, Walker Stewart,
Night 1:
Overall Show Score: 7/10
Pros: This was a solid farewell In first of Kazuchika Okada’s final two matches. Matt Riddle won the NJPW World Television Championship & Nic Nemeth won the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship.
Cons: I’m sick seeing House Of Torture in anything. A lot of repeat interference on this event & I’m wasn’t a fan to that finish to that IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship match being a countout.
Night 2:
Overall Show Score: 6/10
Pros: I liked how they ended both Kazuchika Okada and Tama Tonga runs with the promotion in the right way. I liked the tag team match involving two Guerrillas Of Destiny teams & I didn’t dislike any of the performances on this event.
Cons: This took me many days to completely watch it all thee way through and Yuya Uemura didn’t shave all his hair off.
Night 1:
Matches:
Kickoff Frontier Zone Tag Team Match: Tomoya & Toru Yano vs. Shoma Kato & Tomoaki Honma. Winners: Tomoya & Toru Yano Rating: Fine
Singles Match:
vs.
Zack Sabre Jr. Winner: Zack Sabre Jr won by submission. Rating: Descent
Six Man Tag Team Match: Oleg Boltin, Ryusuke Taguchi & Tomoaki Honma vs. House Of Torture (Ren Narita, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Yujiro Takahashi). Winners: House Of Torture Rating: Bad
Eight Man Tag Team Match: CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii, YOH & YOSHI-HASHI) vs. United Empire (Callum Newman, Francesco Akira, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb). Winners: Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii, YOH & YOSHI-HASHI Rating: alright
Ten Man Tag Team Match: Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito & Yota Tsuji) vs. Just 5 Guys (DOUKI, SANADA, Taichi, TAKA Michinoku & Yuya Uemura). Winners: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito & Yota Tsuji) Rating: Fine
Singles match for the IWGP Women’s Championship: Mayu Iwatani (c) vs. Mina Shirakawa. Winner: Mayu Iwatani still the IWGP Women’s Champion. Rating: Okay
Singles match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
Had Sho lost, he would have had to join Strong Style.
El Desperado (c)
vs.
SHO. Winner: Sho won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship by countout. Rating: Bad
Singles match for the NEVER Openweight Championship:
vs.
Shota Umino. Winner: Evil keep his NEVER Openweight Championship. Rating: Good
Singles Match for the NJPW World Television Championship:
vs.
Matt Riddle. Winner: Matt Riddle won the NJPW World Television Championship Rating: Good
Singles Match for the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship:
David Finlay (w/Gedo) (c)
vs.
Nic Nemeth. Winner: Nic Nemeth became the 2nd IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion. Rating: Really Good
Night 2:
Matches:
Kickoff Frontier Zone Tag Team Match: Tomoya & Toru Yano vs. Katsuya Murashima & Tomoaki Honma. Winners: Tomoya & Toru Yano Rating: meh
Ten Man Tag Team Match: El Desperado, Oleg Boltin, Shota Umino, Togi Makabe & YOH vs. House Of Torture (Dick Togo, EVIL, Ren Narita, SHO & Yujiro Takahashi). Winners: El Desperado, Oleg Boltin, Shota Umino, Togi Makabe & YOH Rating: Fine
Ten Man Tag Team Match: CHAOS (Hirooki Goto, Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI) & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. United Empire (Francesco Akira, Great-O-Khan, HENARE & Jeff Cobb) & Matt Riddle. Winners: Chaos Rating: Very Good
Tag Team Match with Jado as the special guest referee. Guerrillas Of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) vs. Guerrillas Of Destiny (El Phantasmo & Hikuleo). Winners: Guerrillas Of Destiny (El Phantasmo & Hikuleo) Rating: Really Good
Tag Team Match: Nic Nemeth & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. BULLET CLUB War Dogs (David Finlay & Gedo). Winners: Nic Nemeth & Ryusuke Taguchi Rating: solid
Singles Match: TAKA Michinoku vs. BUSHI. Winner: Bushi won by submission. Rating: Descent
Singles Match: Hiromu Takahashi vs. DOUKI. Winner: DOUKI Rating: Really Good
Singles Match: Taichi vs. Shingo Takagi. Winner: Taichi Rating: Good
Hair Vs. Hair Match: Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura. Winner: Yota Tsuji Rating: Good
Main Event
Singles Match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Sanada. Winner: Tetsuya Naito keep his IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. Rating: Good