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04/30/25 Results from New Japan's Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2025, Best of the Super Junior Blocks Announced - Kumamoto, Japan:
1 - Katsuya Murashima vs. Daiki Nagai
Murashima forces Nagai to tap out to an arm submission.
2 - Master Wato, YOH and Boltin Oleg vs. Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles and Hartley Jackson
Oleg pins Jackson after a Kamikaze.
3 - Toru Yano and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Ryohei Oiwa and Zack Sabre Jr.
ZSJ pins Yano with a backslide.
4 - Taiji Ishimori, Clark Conners and Drilla Moloney vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru, SHO and SANADA
All men brawl. Match ruled a no contest. The rest of both teams come out to the ring.
5 - Gedo, Gabe Kidd and David Finlay vs. Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita and EVIL
All twelve men fight into the crowd. Crazy brawl. House of Torture corners Gedo and beat him down. EVIL was about to finish Gedo, but Finlay attacks him with a metal sheet to the back. Finlay hits everyone around him with the metal sheet. Finlay hits the referee and the match is ruled a no contest. More brawling. Finlay was about to put Togo through a table but EVIL hits Finlay with a kendo stick. EVIL hand cuffs Finlay to the turnbuckle. EVIL powerbombs Gedo into a table, while Finlay watches.
SHO takes the mic and talks trash to the Kumamoto crowd. EVIL badmouths Finlay and House of Torture stands tall in the ring.
They play a video showing the Blocks for the Best of the Super Juniors:
A Block:
KUSHIDA
Master Wato
Ninja Mack
Hiromu Takahashi
Kosei Fujita
Francesco Akira
Clark Conners
Robbie X
Yoshinobu Kanemaru
Dragon Dia
B Block:
El Desperado
Ryusuke Taguchi
YOH
Kevin Knight
Titan (replacing BUSHI)
Robbie Eagles
Taiji Ishimori
SHO
Nick Wayne
MAO
On May 10, the first night of the tournament will see the following:
KUSHIDA vs. Hiromu Takahashi
Dragon Dia vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
El Desperado vs. Titan
Nick Wayne vs. SHO
Kosei Fujita vs. Francesco Akira
On May 11, the second night of the tournament will see the following:
Ninja Mack vs. Robbie X
Kevin Knight vs. MAO
Master Wato vs. Clark Conners
Ryusuke Fujita vs. Taiji Ishimori
YOH vs. Robbie Eagles
The full card lineup will be on http://www.njpw1972.com.
6 - TAKA Michinoku, Taichi, Tomohiro Ishii, Shota Umino and Yuya Uemura vs. BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi and Yota Tsuji
Interesting note: When Shota Umino's music played, the camera panned the crowd in Kumamoto. No one was cheering for Umino. That is a major concern. If Umino is supposed to lead Hontai in the future, the crowd is not buying it yet. Considering they were facing Los Ingobernales de Japon and one of the most popular wrestlers (Naito) is leaving the company, Umino is in a bad spot.
Massive pop for Naito's entrance.
The match quickly breaks down into a brawl, specifically Hiromu vs. Ishii, Tsuji vs. Uemura and Takagi vs. Umino. LIJ put on a show for the fans.
Tsuji hits a Gene Blaster on TAKA and gets the pin.
After the match, Takagi hits Umino with a chair and fight into the crowd.
Naito has been getting massive pops from the New Japan crowds. He is still popular and the fans are letting him know they appreciate him. It will be interesting how New Japan builds their current stars to replace these departures. With multiple losses in recent years of top wrestlers and 8 months away from Hiroshi Tanahashi's retirement, New Japan really needs to establish their next stars who can be household names and major draws, not just small crowds in small arenas, but the Tokyo Dome.
7 - Ryusuke Taguchi, El Phantasmo, YOSHI-HASHI and Hirooki Goto vs. Jakob Austin Young, Francesco Akira, Great O-Khan and Callum Newman
BIshomon hits a Shoto on Young. Goto pins Young.
Goto thanks the crowd and says the Goto Revolution will continue.
Wrestling Dontaku 2025 will be two nights on May 3 and 4 in Fukuoka, Japan. Best of the Super Juniors begin on May 10.
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