NJPW celebrated its 50th Anniversary today by holding a special event at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan. A ceremony was held to honor the stars (and legends) of NJPW’s past. The NJPW Legends that appeared included former NJPW President Seiji Sakaguchi, former IWGP Heavyweight champion Riki Choshu, Akira Maeda, Kuniaki Kobayashi, Keiji Muto, and Jushin “Thunder” Liger.
There were approximately 3,182 fans in attendance for the show.
Here are the results:
* House of Torture (SHO, Yujiro Takahashi, & EVIL) beat Ryohei Oiwa, YOH & Tiger Mask at 6:35.
* Bullet Club (El Phantasmo, Taiji Ishimori ,& Bad Luck Fale) beat Minoru Tanaka, TAKA Michinoku, & Taichi at 9:50.
* Stronghearts (El Lindaman, T-Hawk, & CIMA) beat Suzuki-Gun (El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, & DOUKI) at 9:22.
* United Empire (Aaron Henare, Jeff Cobb, Great-O-Khan, & Will Ospreay) beat Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima, Yuto Nakashima, & Kosei Fujita at 9:20.
* Los Ingobernables De Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi, BUSHI, SANADA, & Hiromu Takahashi) beat Shiro Koshinaka, Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii, Tomoaki Honma, & Togi Makabe at 12:38. Norio Honaga served as the special guest referee.
* Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) beat Six or Nine (Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi) at 15:04.
* Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi, & Tatsumi Fujinami beat Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr., & Yoshiaki Fujiwara at 18:12.
Okada got on the microphone and spoke about the responsibility of carrying NJPW to the company’s 60th, 70th, and 100th anniversaries. Also, Tatsumi Fujinami delivered a special message to Antonio Inoki, with the team and the crowd raising their hands to Fujinami’s “1-2-3 Daa!”
You can check out the highlights below:
#NJPW's 50th Anniversary in the Nippon Budokan, LIVE in English on New Japan World!
A special celebration of legends will kick off an incredible night!
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