Live Coverage Begins around 11:30pm Pacific Time/2:30am Eastern With the Free Pre-Show
UPDATEX3: The Tokyo Dome is Reportedly Sold Out! 30,000
Pre-Show:
A) Tama Tonga, Wataru Inoue and Captain New Japan vs. Jado, YOSHI-HASHI and Tomohiro Ishi
Tonga pins Jado
B) Jushin Liger, Tiger Mask and Hiromu Takahashi vs. BUSHI, KUSHIDA and Ryusuke Taguchi
BUSHI pins Takahashi
AND WE’RE OFF!
1) Strong Man, MVP, Manabu Nakanishi and Akebono vs. Yujiro Takahashi, Takashi Iizuka, Toru Yano and Bob Sapp
-Announcer Nogami escorting the babyface team to the ring. Stand up for yourself and fight!
Nakanishi submits Iizuka
2) NEVER Title: Masato Tanaka(c) vs. Shelton Benjamin
Tanaka retains with interference from Yujiro Takahashi
3) IWGP Tag Team Titles: Killer Elite Squad of Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer(c) vs. Guns and Swords of Hirooki Goto and Karl Anderson
-Killer Elite Squad had one of the best tag entrances in recent memory. Both had masks, Archer came out on his motorcycle, and both guys looked bad ass.
Killer Elite Squad retain when Harry Smith Jr. pinned Hirooki Goto
4) Minoru Suzuki vs. Yuji Nagata
-Oh snap, live performance of Minoru Suzuki’s entrance music!
Nagata pins Suzuki in a great back and forth match.
5) IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title 3-Way Match: Prince Devitt(c) vs. Kota Ibushi vs. Low Ki
-Low Ki comes out dressed like a gangster with suit and guns. Uh, I guess Low KI IS WRESTLING IN THE SUIT!
Check out some awesome animated gifs of this here
Devitt pins Ibushi to retain
INTERMISSION
6) TenKoji of Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima vs. Shinjiro Otani and Keiji Muto
-Otani comes out to Shinya Hashimoto’s theme music and Daichi Hashimoto escorts him to the ring.
Tenzan pins Otani
7) Togi Makabe vs. Katsuyori Shibata
-Makabe put powerbombed Shibata through a table on the ramp!
Makabe pins Shibata
8) IWGP Intercontinental Title: Shinsuke Nakamura(c) vs. Kazushi Sakuraba
-Nakamura looked like he legit got knocked for a few moments when Sakuraba kneed him in the face.
Nakamura retains after 2 1/2 Boom-A-Ye’s
Handshake afterwards
9) IWGP Heavyweight Title: Hiroshi Tanahashi(c) vs. Kazuchika Okada
Tanahashi retains after a 2nd High-Fly Flow.
A) Tama Tonga, Wataru Inoue and Captain New Japan over Jado, YOSHI-HASHI and Tomohiro Ishi
B) BUSHI, KUSHIDA and Ryusuke Taguchi over Jushin Liger, Tiger Mask and Hiromu Takahashi
1) Strong Man, MVP, Manabu Nakanishi and Akebono over Yujiro Takahashi, Takashi Iizuka, Toru Yano and Bob Sapp
2) NEVER Title: Masato Tanaka(c) over Shelton Benjamin
3) IWGP Tag Team Titles: Killer Elite Squad of Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer(c) over Guns and Swords of Hirooki Goto and Karl Anderson
4) Yuji Nagata over Minoru Suzuki
5) IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title 3 Way Match: Prince Devitt(c) over Kota Ibushi and Low Ki when Devitt pinned Ibushi
6) TenKoji of Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima over Shinjiro Otani and Keiji Muto
7) Togi Makabe over Katsuyori Shibata
8) IWGP Intercontinental Title: Shinsuke Nakamura(c) over Kazushi Sakuraba
9) IWGP Heavyweight Title: Hiroshi Tanahashi(c) over Kazuchika Okada