New Japan Pro Wrestling 11/3/2026 Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2026
Aaron Wolf, KUUKAI & Master Wato vs. United Empire (Francesco Akira, Jakob Austin Young & Zane Jay)
Akira dropicks Wolf and hits rapid slaps on him. Wolf shoulders him over. Wolf catches Akira's flying headscissors. Akira dropkicks Wolf then Wolf slams him. Kuu and Wato hit stereo flying headscissors.
Akira takes a double running back elbow and a double basement dropkick for 2. Akira chops Kuu and Kuu spin kicks him in the gut. Akira leg lariats Kuu. Zane comes in and running back elbows Kuu.
Kuu chops Zane and dropkicks him. Wolf corner lariats Zane then suplexes him. Wolf elbow drops him for 2. Zane hits punches on Wolf then chokes him. Zane fallaway slams Wolf. Jake shining wizards Wolf then hits mounted shots on him.
Jake eye rakes Wolf. Wolf powerslams Jake for 2. Wato and Kuu hit stereo slingshot plancha's outside. Jake roll up Wolf for 2. Wolf shoulder throws him and armbars him. Wolf then submits him.
Thoughts: It was a shorter one. What we got was alright but the time wasn't there for this to be anything great sadly. Kuukai was a bit fired up here which was nice.
KUSHIDA, Masatora Yasuda & Mistico vs. Unbound Co. (Daiki Nagai, Gedo & Titan)
Mist wants Nagai to fight him but Nagai won't. Mist and Titan shake hands. Titan takes him down then Mist armdrags him. Mist spinning reverse headscissors him. Titan cartwheels, flips and armdrags him. Mist flying headscissors him. Mist then walks up the buckles and top rope diving corkscrew armdrags him.
Mist topes Titan over the rails outside. Mist then hiptosses Titan on the floor. Masa and Nagai trade forearms. They forearm each other in the corner. Nagai foot chokes him then corner dropkicks him for 2.
Masa blue thunders Nagai. Kush and Gedo get in. Gedo side headlocks him. Gedo sunset flips him and tries to pin him. Kush hits legsweeps. Gedo rolls up Kush for 2. Gedo rolls up Kush for 2.
Nagai and Titan hit stereo topes outside. Gedo jawbreakers Kush. Kush kicks him in the arm and hoverboard locks him. Masa crabs Nagai at the same time. Mist then la mistica's Titan. Kush gets the submission on Gedo and his team wins.
Thoughts: Like the opener, it was a shorter one. What we got looked okay but it was a waste of these days. We barely saw Titan at all here.
The Swirl (Blake Christian & Lee Johnson) vs. TMDK (Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa)
Oiwa wristlocks Lee. Lee side headlocks him and Oiwa reverses it. Oiwa shoulders Lee over and side headlocks him. Lee takes a double shoulderblock then a double elbow drop. Hart splashes Lee.
Blake spears Oiwa on the apron and Lee tope con hilos Oiwa. Oiwa's head is banged off the buckles. Blake punches Oiwa in the gut and pulls on his face. Blake rakes Oiwa's back.
Lee stomps Oiwa in the corner. Blake low dropkicks Oiwa. Oiwa suplexes Blake. Hart comes in and shoulders over his opponents. Hart hits corner attacks then double lariats his opponents. Hart is held for a Lee dropkick. Oiwa is put in tree of woe and takes a 619. Blake asai moonsaults out. Oiwa then takes a reverse ddt + springboard splash combo.
Blake springboard dropkicks Hart off the apron. Oiwa is then held for a dropkick to the back. Oiwa back body drops Blake out. Lee superkicks Oiwa then helluva kicks him. Oiwa side headlocks Lee. Oiwa lariats him down for 2. Oiwa side headlocks Lee again and Lee taps out.
Thoughts: I didn't like this that much. The work was fine, but everything else sucked. Oiwa just won the G1 and he got his butt kicked by two juniors in a low-card match on a big show. Then Lee completed disregarded his side headlock only to tap out to it seconds later.
MJF does a video with a version of the AEW Title that he doesn't currently hold. He calls Japan a third world country. He says he has beaten every big name in wrestling. He says he's giving Oiwa a chance to wrestle for his "Triple B" title and offers it at Wrestle Kingdom. He says he will beat him with a move as simple as a side headlock takeover. He says Oiwa will have embarrassed himself and country when he's done with him.
Oiwa says he will submit MJF in the Tokyo Dome and says not to disrespect NJPW.
Kazuma Sumi, Ryusuke Taguchi, Toru Yano & Yuya Uemura vs. House Of Torture (DOUKI, Ren Narita, Shun Skywalker & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
The heels attack before the bell. Shun stomps Yano in the ring and eye rakes him. Yano is tied up in the ropes and booted. Shun headlocks Yano in Tana's face.
Shun eye rakes Yano. Kanemaru stomps on Yano then Ren joins in. Ren back elbows Yano and double axe handles him. Yano's head is banged off the buckles. Yano is hit in the gut with a chair outside. Douki stomps Yano.
Yano pulls Douki down by the hair. Sumi comes in and running back elbows Douki. Sumi springboard dropkicks Douki. Sumi spin kicks Douki then is tripped. Taguchia then trips Kanemaru. Sumi spinning ddt's Douki. Douki gets his knees up on his asai moonsault and goes for the douki chokey. Sumi ropebreaks.
The heels stomp Sumi's back. Sumi then jumps off Taguchi's back and flying headscissors Ren. Yuya side headlock takeovers Ren and Ren headscissors him. Ren hammerlocks him. Ren dropkicks Yuya in the knee then Yuya's knees are banged off the mat.
Kanemaru yanks on Yuya's leg then figure fours him. Yuya armbars Kanemaru. Kanemaru rolls up Yuya for 2 counts. Yuya front suplexes Kanemaru. Yuya top rope crossbodies Kanemaru and pins him.
Thoughts: The faces got a lot of offense in and the heels didn't which was nice. Sumi got to show off a bit. It was an average match though.
Yano points at Shun's NJPW TV Title in front of Tana after and Shun takes the title from him.
Hyo, Shota Umino & YOH vs. House Of Torture (Dick Togo, SHO & Yujiro Takahashi)
The heels bring out a cage with Hyo's stuffed animals in it. SHO then talks on the mic.
The heels attack before it starts. Yuijiro stomps Shota. and the other heels join in. Shota thwarts the heels and dropkicks Yujiro down. Yujiro's head is banged off the buckles. Yujiro is then tripped into a basement dropkick.
The faces free Hyo's stuffed animals then he gets hit. Yoh and Hyo are sent into the rails. Yujiro hits Yoh in the corner then diving headbutt drops him for 2. Togo chokes Yoh with a weapon. Sho yanks on Yoh's arm. Sho hits kicks on him and gets dragon screwed.
Hyo comes in and scares the heels. Hyo goes up and over Sho. Hyo walks on all four's around the ring and dropkicks Sho. Togo grabs Hyo's toy and Sho pulls down Hyo from behind. Hyo takes running corner attacks. Hyo is held upside down and chopped in the crotch by Togo.
Togo grabs a weapon and the ref and Hyo chase him on all four's. Hyo sunset flips Togo for 2. Hyo stunners him and rolls him up. Hyo then pins Togo.
Thoughts: It was a shorter bout. It wasn't good and had comedy with Hyo trying to retrieve his stuffed animals and walking on all fours.
Hyo gets his toys back after. The faces tell Togo he's under arrest then they handcuff him.
A mystery person does a video claiming he hasn't fought Yoh. He wants a Tokyo Dome match for the Jr. Title and says if the person loses to him, he will be thrown out of NJPW. The mystery guy hits Yoh from behind then Yoh low blows him. Yoh then unmasks the mystery guy and it's SHO. Yoh accepts the title match challenge but says SHO must be thrown out of House of Torture if he loses. He says SHO then will have to team with him again.
The Death Riders (Jon Moxley & Wheeler Yuta) vs. Unbound Co. (Jeff Cobb & Shingo Takagi)
Shingo headbutts Mox and shoulderblocks him. Mox shoulders him back. They trade forearms. Mox knees him in the body. Shingo shoulders him over. Yuta dropkicks Shingo then JC. JC no sells it. Yuta chops JC.
Yuta is caught off the 2nd rope and JC throws him. Mox's head is banged off the apron. Mox and Shingo duel chairs. Mox throws a chair at his face and sends him into the post.
Shingo's head is banged off the post. Mox hits punches on Shingo. Shingo is busted open. Mox gets a 2 count on Shingo then puts his fingers in Shingo's cut. Yuta stomps Shingo. Mox pulls Shingo's arms back.
Mox headbutts Shingo. Mox hits mounted corner punches on Shingo and Shingo sweeps him on the buckles. JC comes in and double crossbodies his opponents. JC takes running corner attacks. Yuta 2nd rope dropkicks JC. Mox splits JC's fingers.
Yuta elbow drops JC then he basement dropkicks him. JC gets his legs split. Mox crossfaces JC and sleepers him. JC superkicks Mox. Shingo corner lariats Mox then hits punches and chops. Shingo hits running corner lariats. Shingo then hits a flatliner + ddt combo on the two of them. Shingo suplexes Mox for 2.
Shingo hits downward elbows on Mox and Mox curbstomps him. Mox and Shingo trade lariats and chops. Mox bites Shingo's head. Mox facekicks him and germans him. Shingo backdrops Mox. Mox and Shingo lariat battle. Mox cutters him and Shingo lariats him down.
Yuta comes in and hits chops and forearms on JC. JC back body drops him. JC hits corner spears on him. JC flying corner euros him. JC throws Yuta then misses a standing moonsault. Yuta la magistral's JC into an armbar. Mox does a hold on Shingo and JC breaks it by powerbomb Yuta onto them. JC does a tour of the islands spinning slam on Yuta. JC then pins Yuta.
Thoughts: It was acceptable. They didn't quite get to go all out here and do a great match. What we got was really more of a preview than anything else. Unbound winning was a bit of a suprise. Shingo got busted open during this one.
Shingo and Mox fight after. Shingo bites him and Mox leaves. Shingo then hits his own death rider variation on Yuta.
Shingo gets on the mic after and says it doesn't end with this. He challenges Mox for 1/4.
IWGP Tag Team Title Match - Knockout Brothers (OSKAR & Yuto-Ice) (c) vs. United Empire (Callum Newman & Will Ospreay)
CN nails Oskar before it starts. Will drops Ice with a forearm. CN and Will sargue. Ice takes a backdrop and a standing corkscrew moonsault from Will. Ice is thrown out and Will slingshot plancha's him. Oskar is pushed into the rails and CN facekicks Oskar down from the rails.
Ice is dropped gut first on Will's knees for 2. Cn facekicks Will on accident. Ice boots and foot chokes Will in the corner. CN sweeps and kicks Ice. Will knees Ice in the ribs. Will forearms Ice in the gut and drops him. Will does an abdominal stretch to Ice. CN hits Ice in the gut. CN then kneels on Ice's ribs.
CN enzugiri's Will in the corner on accident. Ice throws CN down backwards. Oskar comes in and shoulders over both opponents. Oskar slams Will and elbow drops CN's back for 2.
Oskar chops CN and sends him chest first into the buckles. Oskar back body drops CN for 2. CN takes a backbreaker into a running knee for 2. Will handspring double pele kicks his opponents. Ice takes kicks from his opponents in the corner and takes a double stomp to the back. CN lariats Ice down for 2.
Will hits Kawada kicks on Ice. Will forearms him in the gut. Will forearms Ice in the gut. Will hits kicks on Ice and gets slapped. Will spinning forearms Ice in the back of the neck. CN jumps on Os's back with a sleeper.
Will step up enzugiri's Oskar then germans him. Ice drops CN with a forearm. Ice gordbusters Will and superkicks him in the face. Will powerbombs Ice and hurricanrana's Oskar into a styles clash for 2.
Ice takes shots from his opponents. CN low blows Oskar. CN grabs a chair but Will blocks him. CN tries to hit Will with a chair but Will blocks it and drops him with a forearm. Ice hits slaps on Will then he buzzsaw kicks him. Will takes a double team powerbomb for 2. Oskar powerbombs Will for 2.
CN and Ice trade shots. Ice blocks CN's low blow. Ice pop-up knees CN in the face. Will hidden blade's Ice then Oskar. CN swings a chair at Will, Will ducks and Oskar gets hit. CN and Will are DQ'd.
Thoughts: This was all about Will and Newman not getting along. That was to be expected and was not surprising. It was mostly a free-for-all though. Tag team rules weren't respected much and it was people doing what they wanted. The selling wasn't the best either. It was what it was and I thought it was average.
Newman throws a chair at Oskar's face after. Will and Newman push and slap each other. United Empire breaks them up then CN hits forearms on Will. CN drops Akira with a shot. Will hits mounted shots on CN. Newman gets on the mic after. He says Will thinks he is the leader and thinks he can do what he wants. Newman then challenges Will for the Tokyo Dome.
Kenny Omega vs. Yota Tsuji vs. Oleg Boltin
Yota is in the on the buckles and KO nails him from behind. KO swings a title belt at Oleg. KO takes a double shoulderblock. Yota hits Oleg in the gut and Oleg slams him for 2. Oleg and KO trade forearms and chops.
The three chop each other. KO eye rakes both opponents. Yota suplexes KO for 2. Oleg splashes KO. Yota flying headscissors Oleg then Oleg shoulders him and KO over. Oleg karelin's lifts KO.
Yota dropkicks Oleg. KO boots Yota out of the corner. KO hurricanrana's him then hurricanrana's Oleg. Yota tilt-a-whirl backbreakers KO. Yota topes Oleg. KO top rope moonsaults outside.
KO over the back fameassers Yota for 2. Yota curbstomps KO then flatliners Oleg. Yota germans Oleg. Yota flying pumping knees KO in the corner. KO pulls Yota down face first on the buckles. KO flying pumping knees Yota from behind.
KO 2nd rope electric chairs Yota but Oleg germans KO in the process. KO ends up taking a bad looking bump on his neck. Oleg then gets 2 counts on his opponents. KO and Oleg trade forearms.
KO knees him in the face and Oleg dropkicks him. Oleg double chops Yota. Yota superkicks him then Oleg belly to belly suplexes Yota twice. Oleg finlay rolls Yota. KO top rope dropkicks Oleg and sentons Yota in the process. KO dragon suplexes both opponents.
KO hits pumping knees on his opponents. Oleg tries to finlay roll KO but Yota spears Oleg in the process. Yota uranage backbreakers KO. Yota runs at Oleg and is lariated. Oleg F-5's KO for 2.
Oleg powerbombs KO and Yota top rope double stomps Oleg as he goes for the pin. Yota headbutts Oleg. Yota fireblasters Oleg for 2. KO jay drillers Yota for 2.
KO hits an OWA on Oleg. KO pumping knees Yota then he hits an OWA on him. KO pins Yota.
Thoughts: I didn't like it that much. That 2nd rope electric chair drop spot was super dangerous and a terrible idea. They had some creative spots, but none of them meant much. It wasn't boring as it had a lot of action, but it was not really a smart match. I also really don't understand why Kenny is doing matches in Japan instead of AEW if he's healthy.
Kenny talks on the mic after. He says he wants the IWGP Title on 1/4.
Super Junior Tag League 2026 Final Match - Ichiban Sweet Boys (Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles) vs. Unbound Co. (Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori)
The four go at it to start at a fast pace. X is knocked off the apron and Kosei spaceman plancha's out onto his opponents. TI takes a double back elboew and a double kick. X takes a chop into a hard backdrop.
Kosei boots TI in the corner. Kosei stomps TI's arm into the mat. Kosei is flatlinered into the buckles by TI. X springboard dropkicks RE. X handspring kicks Kosei off the apron. RE springboard corkscrew dives outside.
RE rolls up X for 2. X backslides RE for 2. X backflips into a sitout powerbomb on RE for 2. X is rammed into the corner and takes an enzugiri. X double hurricanrana's his opponents. TI 2nd rope asai moonsaults RE.
TI sliding germans Kosei. X standing ssp's Kosei. TI and X put submissions on their opponents at the same time. Kosei ropebreaks. X chops Kosei. They trade forearms. X is back body dropped out. RE then tope con hilos through the ropes.
TI hits forearms on his opponents. TI eye rakes RE. TI takes a t-gimmick and a double kick for 2. TI is held in the air for a cutter + big ending for 2.
X double pele kicks his opponents and TI gets a 2 count on Kosei. X handspring cutters RE. KF germans X. TI backcrackers KF. TI jumping knees KF. TI rolls up KF off a burning hammer attempt and pins him.
Thoughts: It was alright. It was high speed juniors craziness here. It was almost all high flying and action. There wasn't a lot of selling as expected but they didn't do a bunch of dangerous or big moves at least.
Mistico comes out with the junior tag titles. Mistico talks on the mic. Mistico gives them the titles as he says him and El Desperado have to vacate the titles due to Desperado's injury. They agree to a 3-way match with Kosei and Eagles, though I'm not sure how it is supposed to work out since Mistico doesn't have a partner now.
IWGP Global Heavyweight Title Match - Gabe Kidd (c) vs. Taichi
Gabe lariats him down before the match starts. Gabe tries to pin him but the ref won't count. Gabe gets on the mic and calls Tai a b!tch. He says he's not on his level. The bell rings. Gabe forearms and backdrops him.
Tai is thrown out and Gabe stomps him outside. Tai is sent into the rails. Gabe pounds on him in the front row and throws a young lion into the seated. They go back in and Gabe does jumping jacks. Tai running facekicks him.
Gabe forearms him down for 2. Gabe humps the mat and chops him down. Tai boots him out of the corner and Gabe oklahoma stampede's him for 2. Gabe does a stretch plum.
Gabe hits Kawada kicks. Gabe hits slaps. Tai forearms him down and buzzsaw kicks him in the corner. Tai hits chest and back kicks on Gabe. Tai enzugiri's him in the corner. Tai boots and kicks him while he's down. Tai then does head stomps.
Tai enzugiri's him. Tai takes his pants off. Gabe piledrivers him. Tai sliding lariats him. Tai then flips him with a lariat. Gabe then goes out and flops down on the floor. Gabe hits him in the gut and back with a chair.
Gabe sets up a table outside and facekicks a young lion. Gabe piledrivers him off the apron through the table. Gabe gets busted open on his shoulder from this. Gabe headbutts him. Tai blocks a rebound lariat and backdrops him. Tai dropkicks Gabe.
Tai lariats him down. Gabe drops him with a lariat. Gabe misses a top rope moonsault. Tai flying facekicks him and backdrops him for 2. Gabe piledrivers him. Gabe running knees him in the chest. Tai hits kawada kicks. Tai then ganso bombs him. Tai folding powerbombs him for 2.
Tai spinning forearms him. Gabe hits forearms. Tai suplex lift emerald flowsion's him for 2. Tai stretch plum's him and Gabe ropebreaks. Gabe forearms him and Tai enzugiri's him. Gabe backdrops him. Tai no sells it and Gabe lariats him. Gabe gotch style piledrivers him twice for 2. Tai blocks a sunset flip and gets a 2 count on him. Tai superkicks him for 2.
Gabe 2nd rope canadian destroyers him. Gabe runs the ropes and rebound lariats him. Gabe package pildrivers him for 2. Gabe fisherman busters Tai and pins him.
Thoughts: I didn't like it. The story of Tai trying to survive Gabe was nice but they did way too much here with 2nd rope canadian destroyers and freaking ganso bomb's not being enough to put people down. They just went too far with this one.
Gabe gets on the mic and tells Hiroshi Tanahashi to put the title around his waist. Tana does. Gabe offers a handshake then drops Tana with a forearm. Gabe then throws the title down. Gabe piledrivers Tana. Yuya Uemura comes out, spears Gabe and hits mounted forearms on him. Yuya says he will put an end to him and tells him to fight him.
Jon Moxley gets in the ring. He boots Yuya and hits a death rider ddt on him. Yuya is double teamed. Shingo comes out to help. Gabe forearms Shingo and Mox death rider ddt's Shingo. Gabe piledrivers Yuya. Mox says if you want respect from them, you have to earn it. Mox says he will see them on 1/4. Gabe says it's The Death Riders vs New Japan and The Death Riders vs The World.
Thoughts: Gabe should really be fired from NJPW for piledriving Tana or Tana needs to come back and fight him. It would really be hard to buy any other result here. The NJPW faces looked bad for not coming out to help here.
Overall thoughts: It was a longer show. The undercard was pretty large here. They had a ton of guests from AEW here and it's was nearly an AEW vs NJPW show. They heavily focused on building up the Tokyo Dome show here with multiple matches being made for it. The undercard had shorter matches as usual with none really getting the time to be great. I didn't like Oiwa's or Hyo's matches at all. The Death Riders' tag match was acceptable. The IWGP Tag Title match was more story focused and was average. Kenny Omega took a horrible looking bump in his match. They didn't sell much in it but it was full of action. The semi-main was fine. They went too far in the main event and I didn't like it. This is a hard show for me to rate. I feel like NJPW did everything they were supposed to do here, but I didn't actually love any of the matches that much. That has to play a role in this rating. I'd give the show a 6 out of 10 overall mostly for effort, but the wrestling here could have been better. It was acceptable.

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