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AJ Styles defeated Kazuchika Okada to become the new IWGP Heavyweight champion at New Japan Pro Wrestling's annual Wrestling Dontaku event in Fukuoka, Japan today. Styles captured the belt with the Styles Clash to become the 60th champion.
With the title change, Styles will now go into the ROH-New Japan event in NYC defending the championship against Michael Elgin.
Complete results of the New Japan event, courtesy PuroresuFan.com:
*Captain New Japan, El Desperado, BUSHI & Mascara Dorada beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Tiger Mask, KUSHIDA & Yohei Komatsu () when Desperado used the Guitarra de Angel on Komatsu.
*IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson (c) beat Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov (9:15) when Matt pinned Romero after the More Bang For Your Buck (4th defense).
*Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka beat Minoru Suzuki & Shelton Benjamin (9:02) when Suzuki was DQ’d.
*NWA Heavyweight Title: Satoshi Kojima (c) beat Wes Brisco (9:25) with a lariat (3rd defense).
*Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata beat Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi (10:50) when Goto used a Scorpion Deathlock on Nakanishi.
*IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kota Ibushi (c) beat Ryusuke Taguchi (14:03) with a Phoenix splash (3rd defense).
*NEVER Openweight Title: Tomohiro Ishii (c) beat Tomoaki Honma (14:07) with a brainbuster (3rd defense).
*Special Elimination Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe, Tetsuya Naito & Jushin Thunder Liger beat Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows, Bad Luck Fale & Tama Tonga () when Tanahashi used the High Fly Flow on Gallows.
*Wrestling vs. Jiu-jitsu MMA Fight: Daniel Gracie & Rolles Gracie beat Shinsuke Nakamura & Kazushi Sakuraba (8:30) when Rolles used a sleeper hold on Sakuraba.
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