Author: Walter Yeates
Walter Yeates
Walter Yeates is an actor, journalist, novelist, and lifelong wrestling fan. He is the co-host of the Kayfabe Brothers' Podcast, and brings his journalism experience to wrestling. He specializes in Lucha Libre and Puroresu.
The headline tournament match of the event saw former IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions and CHAOS members “Stone Pitbull” one-third of the reigning NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano face the Los Ingobernables de Japon (LIJ) team of Sanada and reigning NEVER Openweight Champion “The Dragon” Shingo Takagi.
The third tournament match of the event saw former IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champion FinJuice (Juice Robinson/David Finlay) against the Bullet Club tandem “King of Darkness” Evil and “Tokyo Pimps” Yujiro who was accompanied by manager “The Spoiler” Dick Togo.
The second tournament match of the event saw the CHAOS team of two-thirds of the reigning NEVER Openweight 6-Man Champions Hirooki Goto/Yoshi-Hashi attempt to pick up their first points of the tournament against the Empire team of Jeff Cobb/Great-O-Khan.
The first tournament match of the event saw a battle between two Bullet Club teams. The former six-time IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions and two-thirds of three NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion teams Guerillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga/Tanga Loa) [Guerillas of Destiny] took on the duo of “Rogue General” Bad Luck Fale/”Crown Jewel” Chase Owens.
On November 19th, officials from New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and parent company Bushiroad led a contingent of Professional Wrestling and Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) based in Japan during a meeting with representatives from the Japanese House of Representatives (lower house of a national bicameral legislature).
The marquee match of the event and fifth BOSJ 27 match of the card saw reigning IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion and Bullet Club member “Bone Soldier” Taiji Ishimori face former three-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion and BOSJ 25 (2018) winner “Time Bomb” Hiromu Takahashi.
The headline match of the event and fifth WTL 2020 match of the card saw former six-time IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champion, two-thirds of three NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions, and Bullet Club member Guerillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga/Tanga Loa) [GOD] face off against former IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions and WTL 2019 trophy winners FinJuice (Juice Robinson/David Finlay).
The eighth match of the event and the fourth BOSJ 27 match of the card saw two-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion and BOSJ 19 (2012) winner, “Funky Weapon” Ryusuke Taguchi take on Suzuki-Gun member El Desperado.
The seventh match of the event and the fourth WTL 2020 match of the card saw the Los Ingobernables de Japon (LIJ) team of reigning NEVER Openweight Champion “The Dragon” Shingo Takagi and Sanada face the Bullet Club tandem of Evil and Yujiro, who were accompanied by “The Spoiler” Dick Togo.
The sixth match of the event and the third BOSJ 27 match saw former IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion and Los Ingobernables de Japon (LIJ) member Bushi face CHAOS member Sho.