Promotion: New Japan Pro Wrestling
Date: January 4, 2025
City: Tokyo, Japan
Venue: Tokyo Done
TV station/network: NJPWWorld.com
Commentary by: Chris Charlton, Walker Stewart
Overall Show Score: 9/10
Pros: El Phantasmo picks up the win and mange to get his first single belt in new Japan. Hiroshi Tanahashi beat evil. Konosuke Takeshita make history holding both the Never Openweight and AEW International Championships. Yota Tsuji becoming the IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion. Tetsuya Naito beat Hiromu Takahashi & this all event had huge justification for the next one.
Cons: That women’s title match didn’t blow away. That deathmatch simulation wasn’t really needed. Douki sadly got himself injured again & Shota Umino didn’t win the IWGP World Championship.
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Matches:
New Japan Ranbo to determine the #1 contender for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship:
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Oleg Boltin. Winner: Hirooki Goto won the New Japan Ranbo. Rating: Descent
Main-Show:
Matches:
Four-way tag team ladder match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship:
Intergalactic Jet Setters (Kevin Knight and Kushida) (c)
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Ichiban Sweet Boys (Robbie Eagles and Kosei Fujita)
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Catch 2/2 (TJP and Francesco Akira)
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Bullet Club War Dogs (Clark Connors and Drilla Moloney). Winners: Ichiban Sweet Boys won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. Rating: Good
Singles match for the IWGP Women’s Championship:
Mayu Iwatani (c)
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AZM. Winner: Mayu Iwatani keep her IWGP Women’s championship by pinfall. Rating: Fine
Four-way match for the NJPW World Television Championship:
Ren Narita (c)
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El Phantasmo (w/Jado)
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Ryohei Oiwa (w/Hartley Jackson). Winner: El Phantasmo won the NJPW World Television Championship by pinfall. Rating: Really Good
Lumberjack Deathmatch[10]
If Tanahashi loses, he must retire from in-ring competition.
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Evil. Winner: Hiroshi Tanahashi won by pinfall. Rating: Really Good
Winner Takes All match for the NEVER Openweight Championship and AEW International Championship:
Shingo Takagi (NJPW)
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Konosuke Takeshita (AEW) (with Don Callis). Winner: Konosuke Takeshita keep his AEW International Championship and won the NEVER Openweight Championship by pinfall. Rating: Very Good
Singles match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship:
Douki (c)
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El Desperado. Winner: El Desperado won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship by referee stopped. Rating: Disappointment.
Singles match for the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship:
David Finlay (c) (with Gedo)
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Yota Tsuji. Winner: Yota Tsuji wins the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship by pinfall. Rating: Great
Singles Match:
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Hiromu Takahashi. Winner: Tetsuya Naito won by pinfall. Rating: Great
Main Event:
Singles Match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship:
Zack Sabre Jr. (c) (with Hartley Jackson, Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles, and Ryohei Oiwa)
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Shota Umino. Winner: Zack Sabre Jr. keep his IWGP World Heavyweight Championship by pinfall. Rating: Very Good