New Japan Pro-Wrestling continued their Summer Struggle tour on Saturday. The event was headlined by the semi-finals of the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Title Tournament, with both teams from CHAOS advancing to the finals of the tournament.
The night was an emotional one for perennial underdog YOSHI-HASHI, who picked up the win for his team and is just one more match away from winning his first championship in his 12-year professional wrestling career. YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto & Tomohiro Ishii will face stablemates Kazuchika Okada, SHO & Toru Yano on Sunday for the vacant six-man belts.
YOSHI-HASHI: We're in uncertain times. I've been uncertain all the way through my career here. I'm uncertain now! But tomorrow I want to show you a dream come true! Remember these words after the main tomorrow! Life can change in an instant!
LIVE: https://t.co/wQuyAUB33S#njsst— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) August 8, 2020
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- Taiji Ishimori def. Yuya Uemura by submission via YES! Lock. (8:14)
- Bullet Club (Yujiro Takahashi & Gedo) def. Gabriel Kidd & Yota Tsuji by pinfall. (7:51)
Yujiro Takahashi pinned Gabriel Kidd via Pimp Juice. - Suzuki-gun (Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr. & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) def. Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & Yuji Nagata by submission. (10:35)
Taichi submitted Tomoaki Honma via Modified Stretch Plum. - Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Ryusuke Taguchi def. Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado & DOUKI) by pinfall. (9:38)
Satoshi Kojima pinned DOUKI via Lariat.
After the match, Kojima announced that he will compete in KOPW 2020, and will face El Desperado. - NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Title Tournament Semifinal: CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, SHO & Toru Yano) def. Los Ingobernables de Japon (SANADA, Shingo Takagi & BUSHI) by countout. (13:07)
Toru Yano tied the strings to BUSHI’s mask to the guardrail for the countout. - NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Title Tournament Semifinal: CHAOS (Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI) def. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kota Ibushi & Master Wato by pinfall. (17:11)
YOSHI-HASHI pinned Master Wato via Karma.
