New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) began the Road to TOKYO DOME tour ahead of the two-night Wrestle Kingdom 15 event on January 4th and January 5th at the legendary Tokyo Dome in Miyagi, Japan. The matches continued at the Sendai Sunplaza Hall in Yamanashi, Japan in front of 897 fans. The crowd size was reduced due to the ongoing COVID-19 (Coronavirus, 2019) pandemic.
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The headline series match of the event saw the Bullet Club team of former six-time IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Guerillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga/Tanga Loa) [GOD] take on the Los Ingobernables de Japon (LIJ) team of Sanada/”The Dragon” Shingo Takagi.
New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) began the Road to TOKYO DOME tour ahead of the two-night Wrestle Kingdom 15 event on January 4th and January 5th at the legendary Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. The festivities continued at the Aimesse Yamanashi venue in Yamanashi, Japan in front of 692 fans. The crowd size was reduced due to the ongoing COVID-19 (Coronavirus, 2019) pandemic.
With a (2-3) record FinJuice was in desperate need of a victory to say their WTL 2020 campaign, as a loss to the (4-1) LIJ team would likely remove them from being able to gain a top-two finish and move on to the finals.
The marquee series match of the event saw the Los Ingobernables de Japon (LIJ) team of former two-time IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champion, WTL 2017 and WTL 2018 winner Sanada and “The Dragon” Shingo Takagi against two-thirds of the reigning NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions and CHAOS members Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi.
The opening series match of the event saw Los Ingobernables de Japon (LIJ) members two-time IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champion and two-time World Tag League winner (WTL 2017 & WTL 2018) Sanada and “The Dragon” Shingo Takagi (2-1) [4 points] take on the Bullet Club tandem of “Rogue General” Bad Luck Fale and “Crown Jewel” Chase Owens (0-3) [0 points].
The marquee series match of the event saw the reigning IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions and Suzuki-Gun members Dangerous Tekkers (Zack Sabre Jr/Taichi) take on Los Ingobernables de Japon (LIJ) team of Sanada/”The Dragon” Shingo Takagi.
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 undercard of New Japan Pro Wrestling’s (NJPW) Power Struggle feature event saw a trio of competitive singles matches. The Edion Arena Osaka #1 crowd was effectively built up to the two headline matches and marquee main event.
G1 Climax 30 Night 17 saw current NEVER Openweight Champion and Suzuki-Gun leader Minoru Suzuki take on the man he defeated for the title the former NEVER Openweight Champion and Los Ingobernables de Japon (LIJ) member Shingo Takagi.