August 26th New Japan

New Japan Results

Check below for the August 26th New Japan Results. They go up live starting at 5:30 AM Eastern.

Yoshi-Hashi, Ishii, Goto defeat Uemura, Tsuji, Nagata – 10:39

• The NEVER Six-Man Championships are not on the line in this match.
• Yoshi-Hashi used the butterfly lock to get a submission victory over Uemura.

Wato, Tenzan, Ibushi, Tanahashi defeat Douki, Kanemaru, ZSJ, Taichi – 10:06

• Hiroshi Tanahashi connected with High Fly Flow on Douki for the pinfall victory.

El Desperado defeats Satoshi Kojima – 14:14

• This is an Interim KOPW Championship Qualifying Match. The winner advances to a four way match on 8/29 to compete for the Interim KOPW Championship.
• The match is contested with the stipulation that neither man can use their established finishing moves. Satoshi Kojima cannot use the lariat and El Desperado cannot use pinche loco.
• At the 13 minute mark, Kojima got a submission victory but the referee was previously knocked out.
• El Desperado wisely hit Kojima with 2-3 clotheslines that Kojima no-sold. This led to Kojima showing him how it’s done by hitting a clothesline of his own. Of course that is Kojima’s finisher and the referee saw it, which led to a DQ victory for Desperado.

Toru Yano defeats Bushi – 04:44

• This is an Interim KOPW Championship Qualifying Match. The winner advances to a four way match on 8/29 to compete for the Interim KOPW Championship.
• This match is contested with the stipulation that pinfalls occur with a two count instead of the traditional three count.
• About four minutes into the match, Bushi managed to get Yano’s tape away from him. Bushi taped his legs together and went for a magistral roll for the pinfall, but Yano shifted his weight and pinned Bushi’s shoulders for a two count.
• Counting Yano’s final attempt, it was the seventh roll-up or cradle attempt in the 4 minute 44 second match.

Sanada defeats Sho – 10:36

• This is an Interim KOPW Championship Qualifying Match. The winner advances to a four way match on 8/29 to compete for the Interim KOPW Championship.
• This match is contested with the stipulation that victory can only be achieved through submission.
• After working over Sho’s legs and knees for the majority of the match, Sanada used the Figure Four to secure the submission victory.

Kazuchika Okada defeats Yujiro Takahashi, Gedo, Jado – 15:26

• This is an Interim KOPW Championship Qualifying Match. The winner advances to a four way match on 8/29 to compete for the Interim KOPW Championship.
• This match is contested under handicap match rules. Yujiro Takahashi teams with Jado and Gedo to take on Kazuchika Okada in a 3 on 1 situation.
• Kazuchika Okada cinched in the money clip on Gedo for the submission victory.

Post Match Comments (Translation From @NJPWGlobal on Twitter):

• Okada: Desperado, Yano, SANADA. Everyone’s all together. The villains of pro-wrestling? With me KOPW definitely stands for King of Pro Wrestling. This title is for all of you, and thank you for taking part. Tomorrow is different, but Saturday, enjoy

August 26th New Japan Preview

New Japan has a six match show with four qualifying matches for the KOPW Championship match on Saturday.

All matches are listed below with the 2020 win-loss record for each individual or team.

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Preliminary Matches

• Uemura, Tsuji, Nagata v. Yoshi-Hashi, Ishii, Goto
• Wato, Tenzan, Ibushi, Tanahashi v. Douki, Kanemaru, ZSJ, Taichi

Satoshi Kojima v. El Desperado

• Kojima
  • Singles Wins:
  • Singles Losses:
    • Ultimo Guerrero on 1/20.
    • Evil on 6/23.
• El Desperado
  • Singles Wins:
  • Singles Losses:
    • Tomohiro Ishii on 6/16.
    • Shingo Takagi on 7/25.

Bushi v. Yano

• Bushi
  • Singles Wins:
    • Yoh on 6/23.
  • Singles Losses:
    • Yoshi-Hashi on 7/1.
• Yano
  • Singles Wins:
    • Jado on 6/16.
  • Singles Losses:
    • Hiromu Takahashi on 6/24.

Sanada v. Sho

• Sanada
  • Singles Wins:
    • Ryuske Taguchi on 6/22.
    • Sho on 7/1.
    • Taichi on7/2.
  • Singles Losses:
    • Zack Sabre Jr on 1/5.
    • Jay White on 2/9.
    • Evil on 7/3.
• Sho
  • Singles Wins:
    • Shingo Takagi on 6/22.
  • Singles Losses:
    • Sanada on 7/1.
    • Sho on 7/12.

Yujiro Takahashi v. Kazuchika Okada

• Kazuchika Okada
  • Singles Wins:
    • Taichi on 2/2.
    • Kota Ibushi on 1/4.
    • Gedo on 6/22.
    • Yuji Nagata on 6/24.
    • Taiji Ishimori on 7/2.
    • Hiromu Takahashi on 7/3.
    • Yujiro Takahashi on 7/25.
  • Singles Losses:
    • Naito on 1/5.
    • Evil on 7/11.
• Yujiro Takahashi
  • Singles Wins:
  • Singles Losses:
    • Goto on 6/23.

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