New Japan Roundup from Niigata to Current

Hello Smarks! This was a long time coming but I finally had time to analyze the progress of (In my Opinion)The best televised promotion outside of WWE , New Japan Pro Wrestling. This will be concurrent with my latest Ring of Honor post considering that they have a talent share agreement and titles from both promotions are defended at both promotions. So, I'll be covering everything up to the end of May for both ROH and NJPW. This post is dedicated to the NJPW side of things. Therefore, the following shows will be analyzed.

The New Beginning in Niigata
Briscoe and Yano def. Bullet Club to become NEVER OPENWEIGHT 6 Man Champions!
Kenny Omega def. Hiroshi Tanahashi to become NEW IWGP Intercontinental Champion!
Honor Rising-
Night 1: Two major things happened: Jay Lethal joined Tetsuya Naito's stable: Los Ingovernables De Japon, and Tomohiro Ishii defeated Roderick Strong for the ROH TV Title.

Night 2:
Meiyu Tag and ReDRagon defeated the Bullet Club
The Elite win the NEVER OPENWEIGHT TRIOS TITLES, defeated Toru Yano and the Briscoes
Lethal defeated Tomoaki Homna to retain the ROH World Title.

Lion's Gate Project 1
The young boys and Jr. Heavyweights from around NJPW, Pro Wrestling NoAH, and a few other came for the first of the Lion's Gate Project events.
Ishimori (NoAH) def. David Finlay (NJPW)
Ogawa (NoAH) def. Jay White (NJPW)
Nakajima (NoAH) def. Juice Robinson (NJPW)
TenKoji (Tenzan and Kojima) def. Captain Gemba (Captain NoAH and Gemba) (NoAH)

ROH 14th Anniversary
Ishii def. Fish and Strong to retain ROH TV Title
Goto def. Dalton Castle
Okada def. Moose
The Elite def ACH, KUSHIDA, and Sydal to retain NEVER Openweight 6 man title

New Japan Cup 2016
Advancing past first round:Yano, Elgin, Tonga, Kojima, Goto, Naito, Ishii, Fale
Advancing to Semi Finals: Yano, Goto, Elgin, Naito
Finals match:Naito vs. Goto
WINNER and No.1 Contender to IWGP Heavyweight Championship:Tetsuya Naito!

Invasion Attack 2016
Roppongi Vice (Beretta and Romero) def. Sydal/Ricochet to become NEW IWGP Jr. Tag Team Champions!
KUSHIDA def. Will Ospreay to retain IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship
Tanahashi, Elgin, and Yoshitatsu def. THE Elite to win NEVER Openweight 6 man Tag Team Championships
Shibata def. Tenzan to retain NEVER Openweight Championship
Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) def. Great Bash Heel (Tomoaki Homna and Togi Makabe) to become the NEW IWGP Tag Team Champions!
Tetsuya Naito def. Kazuchika Okada to become the NEW IWGP HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION!


Wrestling Dontaku
Sydal/Ricochet def. Roppongi Vice to win back the IWGP Jr. Tag Team Championships
The Elite def. Tanahashi, Elgin, and Tatsu to win back the NEVER Openweight 6 man Championships
Yuji Nagata def. Katsuyori Shibata to win the NEVER Openweight Championship (NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!)
KUSHIDA def. Lyger to retain the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship
EVIL def. Goto
Okada def. Seiya SANADA
Naito. def Ishii to retain IWGP World Heavyweight Championship

Global Wars
Cheeseburger and Lyger def. The Addiction (Daniels and Kazarian)
Tetsuya Naito def. Kyle O'Reilly
Okada and Moose def. Tanahashi and Elgin
Fish def. Ishii to win ROH TV TITLE
Bullet Club def. Team ROH

War of the Worlds
Night 1
War Machine def. CHAOS
KUSHIDA def. Dalton Castle
ReDRagon def. Los Ingovernables de Japon
Bullet Club def. Team ROH

Night 2
The Elite def. Tanahashi, Elgin, and Tatsu
Okada def. Sydal
Castle def. Gedo
Naito def. Moose
O'Reilly def. KUSHIDA
Lion's Gate Project 2
Team ROH def. Bullet Club

Night 3
KUSHIDA def. Silas Young
MCMG def. CHAOS
Lyger and the Briscoes def Bullet Club
Tanahashi def. Sydal
Naito def. ACH
Team ROH def. Bullet Club and CHAOS

Best of the Super Jr. 23
After the various tournament days, which included the Ricochet/Will Ospreay match going viral, here were the final standings
Block A:
BUSHI:8 Points (Finlay, KUSHIDA, Romero, Taguichi)
GEDO:2 points (Bushi)
KUSHIDA: 8 Points (Finlay, Gedo, Sydal, Taguichi)
Kyle O'Reilly: 8 Points (Bushi, Finlay, Gedo, KUSHIDA)
David Finlay (replacing Matt Jackson of the Young Bucks):2 Points (Gedo)
Matt Sydal: 10 Points (BUSHI, Finlay, Gedo, O'Reilly, Romero)
Rocky Romero: 8 Points (Finlay, Gedo, KUSHIDA, O'Reilly)
Ryusuke Taguchi: 10 Points (Finlay, Gedo, O'Reilly, Sydal, Romero)

Taguichi Advances to final via direct victory over Sydal.

Block B:
Beretta: 6 Points (Lyger, Volador Jr., Ospreay)
Bobby Fish:8 Points (Beretta, Owens, Tiger Mask IV, Volador Jr.)
Jushin Thunder Liger: 6 Points (Fish, Owens, Tiger Mask IV)
Chase Owens(replacing Nick Jackson of the Young Bucks): 6 Points (Beretta, Ospreay, Ricochet)
Ricochet: 8 Points (Beretta, Fish, Lyger, Tiger Mask IV)
Tiger Mask IV: 6 Points (Beretta, Owens, Ospreay)
Volador Jr.: 8 Points (Owens, Lyger, Ricochet, Tiger Mask IV)
Will Ospreay: 8 Points (Fish, Lyger, Ricochet, Volador Jr.)

Ospreay Advances to final via direct victories over Fish, Ricochet, and Volador Jr.

Final: Will Ospreay becomes the first British Best of the Super Jrs. Champion, defeating Ryusuke Taguichi.

NJPW Dominion
Tenkoji(Tenzan and Kojima) and Nakanishi defeat the Young Boys(Finlay, White, and Robinson)
Bullet Club (Fale, Adam (Hangman) Page, and Yujiro) def. Makabe, YoshiTatsu, and Captain New Japan
CHAOS (Ishii and YOSHI HASHI) Def. Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI and Sanada)
Goto def. EVIL
IWGP Jr. Tag Team Championships: Young Bucks def  Roppongi Vice (Beretta and Romero), ReDRagon (Fish and O'Reilly), and Sydal and Ricochet in a Four way eliminator to become 5 time Jr. tag Team Champions.
Jr. Heavyweight Championship: KUSHIDA retains over Will Ospreay
The Briscoe Brothers (Jay and Mark from ROH) def. The Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) to win the IWGP Tag Team Championships
NEVER Openweight Championship: Katsuyori Shibata def. Yuji Nagata to regain the NEVER Openweight Championship
Michael Elgin defeats Kenny Omega to win the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
Kazuchika Okada defeats Tetsuya Naito to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.


KIZUNA Road Results
Kizuna Road (winners in bold)

Chase Owens vs. David Finlay

Ryusuke Taguichi, Tiger Mask IV, Jyushin Lyger, and Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Trent Berreta, Rocky Romero, Tomohiro Ishii, and Kazushi Sakuraba

Captain New Japan and YoshiTatsu vs. The Hangman Adam Page and Yujiro Takahashi

Manabu Nakanishi and Yuji Nagata vs. Juice Robinson and Togi Makabe

Elimination Tag(eliminated if pinned, submitted, or thrown over the top rope and both feet hit the floor):

Okada and Naito eliminate each other

Evil eliminated Goto

YOSHI-HASHI eliminates EVIL

Sanada eliminates YOSHI-HASHI

Ospreay wins after eliminating both Sanada and BUSHI

Chaos(Kazuchika Okada, Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI, and Will Ospreay) vs. Los Ingovernables de Japon(Tetsuya Naito, Seiya Sanada, EVIL, and BUSHI)

NEVER Openweight 6 man Tag Team Championships

The Elite (Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks [Nick and Matt Jackson]) vs. Matt Sydal, Ricochet, and Satoshi Kojima (NEW CHAMPS!)

NEVER Openweight Championship

Katsuyori Shibata vs. Tomoaki Homna

When in doubt, watch Pro Wrestling and The WWE related stuff is up next!

OH! And Be on the lookout for the SUPER J CUP coverage coming soon!