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                    June 15th New Japan Special

                    June 15th New Japan Special

                    June 15th New Japan Special

                    June 15th New Japan Special Results

                    Life Results for the June 15th New Japan Special will begin at 6:00 AM Eastern.

                    New Japan has not released the card for today’s show, but they will when the show begins.

                    English commentary will not be provided live.

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                    Wrestlers Come to the Ring Led by Tanahashi

                    • Tanahashi speaks and the whole group poses together.

                    Announced Matches

                    • Yota Tsuji vs. Gabriel Kidd
                    • Tomohiro Ishii and Yuya Uemura vs El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru
                    • Hirooki Goto, Toru Yano, Yoshi-Hashi, Tomoaki Honma vs. Taiji Ishimori, Jado, Gedo, Yujiro Takahashi
                    • Evil, Sanada, and Bushi vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, and Ryuske Taguchi
                    • Douki, Taichi, Zack Sabre Junior, Minoru Suzuki vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Yuji Nagata, Togi Makabe, Kota Ibushi
                    • Kazuchika Okada, Sho, and Yoh vs. Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi, and Hiromu Takahashi

                    Yota Tsuji defeats Gabriel Kidd – 8:41

                    • Match Rating 7 out of 10
                    • Gabriel Kidd tapped out to Tsuji’s Boston Crab.

                    Desperado, Kanemaru defeat Ishii, Uemura – 13:00

                    • Rating 7 of 10
                    • This match previews some New Japan Cup Matches
                      • El Desperado vs. Tomohiro Ishii
                      • Yuya Uemura vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
                    • Uemura submitted to El Desperado

                    Ishimori, Jado, Gedo, Yujiro defeat Goto, Yano, Yoshi-Hashi, Honma – 13:18

                    • Rating 7 of 10
                    • This Match Previews some New Japan Cup Matches
                      • Yano vs. Jado
                      • Yujiro Takahashi vs. Hirooki Goto
                    • Yujiro Takahashi defeated Honma by pinfall after hitting him with a brain buster.

                    Video Package for “Way to the Grand Master”

                    • Coming Soon
                    • Not Sure About that

                    Intermission

                    • Young Lions are ringside in face masks
                    • Other people are shown wearing PPE cleaning railings and things at ringside.

                    Tenzan, Kojima, Taguchi defeat Evil, Sanada, Bushi – 13:34

                    • Rating 7 out of 10
                    • This match previews some New Japan Cup Opening Round Matches
                      • Evil vs. Kojima
                      • Sanada vs. Ryuske Taguchi
                    • Ryuske Taguchi secured the victory for his team when he got Bushi to submit to the ankle lock.

                    Tanahashi, Nagata, Makabe, Ibushi defeat Douki, Taichi, ZSJ, Suzuki – 13:03

                    • Rating 7
                    • This match previews three New Japan Cup opening matches
                      • Ibushi vs. ZSJ
                      • Tanahashi vs. Taichi
                      • Suzuki vs. Nagata
                    • Suzuki Gun comes to the ring using Zack Sabre’s theme music (not Suzuki’s).
                    • Per usual, Suzuki Gun attacked before the bell. I forgot they do that every match. Nice to know that some things don’t change.
                    • Makabe pinned Douki using the King Kong knee drop from the top rope.

                    Naito, Takagi, Hiromu defeat Okada, Sho, Yoh – 14:17

                    • This match previews Sho vs. Shingo Takagi from the opening round of the New Japan Cup.
                    • Tetsuya Naito picked up the pinfall victory over Yoh after hitting Destino

                    Naito Cut In-Ring Promo After the Match

                    Some Overall Notes

                    • The show didn’t seem to be hurt by the lack of fans.
                      • Camera angles were kept fairly tight and the arena was dark.
                      • They did not use wrestlers in the audience
                      • Cleaning occurred during intermission
                      • Several New Japan matches were previewed with tag matches per the New Japan Tradition.
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