New Japan Pro Wrestling 4/29/2025 Hizen no Kuni

New Japan Pro Wrestling 4/29/2025 Hizen no Kuni

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Masatora Yasuda

They lock up and trade waistlocks and wristlocks. Tana trips him then facelocks him. Masa hits a big chop on the break then hits forearms. Tana slams him three times. Tana sinle leg crabs him and Masa ropebreaks.

Masa hits chops and forearms. They slap each other and Masa dropkicks him. Masa back elbows him in the corner, hiptosses him then elbow drops him for 2. Masa slams him then crabs him.

Masa misses a dropkick and avoids a texas cloverleaf. Tana hits a twist and shout. Tana slingblades him. Tana cloverleafs him and Masa taps out.

Thoughts: It wasn't much of note here. Masa got a little offense in before being put down as expected. It was your usual young lions squash.

Katsuya Murashima, Oleg Boltin & Toru Yano vs. TMDK (Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr.)

KM = Katsuya Murashima

KM waistlocks Zack. Zack wristlocks him. KM wristlocks him back then Zack cravates him. KM hits forearms and takes euros. Zack facekicks him then KM shoulders him over. Zack neck twists KM then guillotines him. KM suplexes him.

Yano comes in, takes a turnbuckle pad off and throws it at Zack. Zack gives it to the ref. Yano hits Zack from behind. Zack then cobra twists him. Oiwa gets in back elbows then splashes Yano. Oiwa elbow drops Yano's leg.

Hart legdrops Yano for 2. Zack twists Yano's ankle then stomps on it. Hart goes into the exposed corner when Yano moves. Oleg then gets in. Oleg corner splashes Hart. Hart hits euros on him and Oleg belly to belly suplexes him. Oleg slams Oiwa.

Zack comes in and takes a karelin's lift from him. Oleg then suplexes Hart. Hart germans Oleg then elbow drops him for 2. Oleg hits a nice dropkick on Hart then Hart crossbodies him. Hart and Oleg double clothesline each other. 

KM and Oiwa trade forearms. KM flying forearms him. Oiwa hiptosses KM. KM back body drops Oiwa. KM powerslams Oiwa for 2. Oiwa suplexes KM for 2. KM rolls up Oiwa for 2. Oiwa blocks KM's cradle then he slams him. Oiwa does a backdrop on KM for 2. Oiwa spinning lariats KM and wins.

Thoughts: It was your usual undercard trios match. KM got some shine against Oiwa which was nice. Hart and Oleg continues to look like it'll be a worthy match. What we got was fine here.

Oiwa and Oleg talk after.

Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito & Yota Tsuji) vs. Just 4 Guys (Taichi, TAKA Michinoku & Yuya Uemura), Shota Umino & Tomohiro Ishii

LIJ jumped their opponents befoe it started. Shota and Shingo paired off to fight outside. Yota beat up Yuya on the ramp. HT boots Ishii out of the corner then they trade forearms. HT goes down then brainbusters him. Ishii and HT shoulder each other over.

Ishii shoulders over HT then Naito. Tai facekicks Naito. Naito step up enzugiri's him. Tai takes a double lariat. Shota and Shingo go at it. Shota hits forearms and they lariat each other on the ropes. They lariat each other at the same time. Shota is sent out and Shingo rams him into the apron. Shingo is then sent into the rails.

Shota lariats Shingo. Yota and Taka go at it. Taka hits punches and takes a knee to the gut. Taka eye pokes him then pump kicks him. Yuya gets in. Yuya goes up and Yota, armdrags him and dropkicks him.
Yuya backdrops Yota for 2. Yota facekicks Yuya then does hits flatliner + curbstomp combo. Bushi dropkicks Yuya in the knee then does it to Ishii. Bushi topes Yuya into the rails. Bushi rewind kicks Yuya then Yuya dropkicks him. Bushi takes a triple boot. Yuya front suplexes Bushi and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a shorter tag but it was solid. Everyone got to pair off with their rival for the 5/3 show and they kept things moving. Shota looked good here. It's too bad this didn't get more time. Naito did nothing of note here.

Shingo swings and throws a chair at Shota after. Ishii and HT fight in the aisle after.

House Of Torture (EVIL, Ren Narita, SANADA, SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) vs. BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Clark Connors, David Finlay, Drilla Moloney, Gabe Kidd & Taiji Ishimori)

DF brings a trash can with weapons out with him. Evil and Ren have chairs. Everyone fights to start and immediately goes out. Evil hits people with a trash can lid. Sanada hits Drilla with a drink. Sanada's head is banged off a chair then he is hit with a drink.

DF is hit in the gut with a trash can lid by Evil. Ren chokes Taiji in the ring and the match officially starts. Taiji is sent into the exposed buckles. Yujiro chairs Taiji in the gut outside.

Kanemaru sends Taiji into the exposed buckle for 2. Kanemaru slams him. Ren back elbows Taiji for 2. Evil then rings the bell. Taiji sends Ren into Kanemaru then handspring corkscrew kicks him. Taiji then handsprings into the ref when the ref is pushed into him.

Kanemaru spits whiskey at Taiji. We get a bunch of weapons shots with Sanada hitting people with a guitar case. Sanada then pulls a new guitar out and low blows the ref. Th eref then throws the match out. DF hits Sanada with a cookie sheet. DF's team then all grabs weapons and Evil's team heads out.

Thoughts: It was what you would expect and what it should have been with the heels cheating, losing control and using weapons. Was it great or must see? Not really. I popped for Sanada using a guitar case though. That's a new one.

DF gets on the mic after and says the steel cage match should be "Loser Leaves Bullet Club". They agree to it. DF then throws a guitar case at Evil.  DF then throws a table at him. 

Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. United Empire (Callum Newman, Francesco Akira & Jakob Austin Young)

Goto and CN go at it. Goto shoulders him over then CN running facekicks him. Jake gets in. He hits chops on Goto then takes a double shoulderblock. Goto suplexes CN onto Jake. RT tries to do a hip attack but lands on Akira's knee.

Goto's team does a group clubbing on Jake. RT butt drops Jake's gut then he slingshot butt drops him. Yoshi chops Jake over then suplexes him for 2. Jake top rope dropkicks Yoshi.

Akira comes in and chops up Yoshi. Akira flying headscissors him out then plancha's him. Akira top rope crossbodies Yoshi for 2. Akira standing moonsaults Yoshi for 2.

Akira superkicks Yoshi then Yoshi lariats him. Goto and CN get in then lariat battle. They trade forearms. CN dropkicks him. CN corner facekicks Goto then PK's him. CN superkicks Goto then Goto running lariats him. 

RT corner hip attacks CN. RT bangs CN's head off his butt. RT rolls into a hip attack on CN for 2. RT ankle locks CN. Akira germans Yoshi then is lariated by Goto. CN high Goto. RT rolls up CN for 2. CN PK's RT on the ropes then twisting fisherman busters him for the win.

Thoughts: It was another okay match. There was nothing wrong with this and they did a decent job of getting you interested in CN vs Goto. Goto was pushed a little stronger here than usual.

NJPW World TV Title - Great O'Khan vs El Phantasmo

Khan takes him down and they roll on the mat. They trade forearms. Khan double chops him then is hit with a headbutt in the gut. ELP grabs his nipples and twists them. Khan gyrates at him and is thrown out. Khan slams ELP on the apron then stretches him inside.

Khan takes him over the monkey flips him. Khan then hits a hip throw for 2. Khan then mongolian chops him. Khan uppercuts ELP then sits on his neck in the corner. ELP flips over Khan's back and flying headscissors him. ELP lariats him over the top. ELP plancha's him outside.

ELP topes him into the rails outside. ELP then top rope moonsaults him outside. ELP does a springboard swanton into an asai moonsault for 2. Khan germans ELP. Khan then hits a flatliner. ELP flips out of a chokeslam. Khan punches him as he springboards then hits a chokeslam for 2. They go outside and ELP ddt's Khan on the floor.

ELP hits a CR2 on Khan for 2. ELP then hits a TTD for a nearfall. ELP superkicks him and Khan powers through it. ELP hits more superkicks then springboard crossbodies him. ELP springboard splashes him and wins.

Thoughts: We've seen this match previewed a lot so we knew what to expect. It was a decent and athletic match here with ELP doing his flying and Khan shockingly being the underdog against him at times. Khan lost in his first defense here which made that title run pointless.  ELP being champ again doesn't really accomplish a lot though.

ELP talks on the mic after and says Konosuke Takeshita is his first challenger. He then says we will do it for his title in the match after. He says Takeshita will never beat him again. 

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match - Ichiban Sweet Boys (Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles) (c) vs. Master Wato & YOH

Wato and Rob go at it. Wato side headlocks him and shoulders him over. They trade armdrags and legsweep each other. They dropkick each other at the same time then headflip up together. Rob uses the ropes and armdrags him. Roby flying headscissors him.

Rob chops him then Rob takes a double japanese armdrag. KF takes a bad double facebuster. KF double springboard swantons his opponents. KF chops Wato in the corner. KF slams him then Wato leg lariats him. Yoh comes off the top and hits a swanton on the standing KF.

Yoh slams KF and splashes him. Yoh hits chops then takes offense from both opponents. Wato is double kicked in the back and has his legs split. Rob slaps Yoh's head. Yoh hits forearms and is chopped over. Rob corner meteora's him for 2. 

Rob does the Ron Miller special and KF is rolled onto him to break the hold up. Rob kicks Yoh in the back. Yoh hits a double ddt off a t-gimmick. Wato comes in. He hits tilt-a-whirl backbreakers on both opponents. 

Wato hits kicks on KF then springboard euros him. Wato tope con hilos both opponents outside. Wato backdrops him for 2. Kosei flying step up enzugiri's him. Yoh and Rob trade forearms. Rob chest kicks him down. Yoh jumping knees him then spinning forearms him. Yoh does like an ushigoroshi on Rob then does the anaconda vice.

KF moonsaults off the apron onto Wato. KF then springboard dropkicks Yoh. Yoh takes a t-gimmick for 2. We get some fast paced action and Rob backdrops Yoh. KF is popped up into a ddt on Yoh. Rob then does a top cone hilo out.

KF stretches Yoh with a surfboard. Yoh jumps off Wato's abck with an elbow on KF. KF takes a falcon arrow and a top rope double stomp for 2. Rob springboard dropkicks Yoh's knee. Wato superkicks Rob. Yoh poisonrana's Rob.
 
KF germans Yoh then germans Wato for 2. KF and Rob both take double superkicks. KG takes a lariat + legsweep for 2. KF takes a brainbuster on the knee + kick and is pinned.

Thoughts: It wasn't anything too special. It got more time than it needed here at over 22 minutes. There weren't any clear faces or heels and it never really got as fast as you would expect a junior tag match to get. It wasn't awful or anything but there wasn't any great thought put behind this.

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match - El Desperado (c) vs. Templario

Temp clean breaks him to start. Temp handstands out of Despy's headscissors. They evade each other and stand off. They chop each other. Temp walks up the ropes and springboard dropkicks Despy. Temp topes Despy. Despy's arm is banged off the rails. Despy's arm is then pushed into the post. The rail door is slammed onto Despy's arm.

Temp stomps on Despy's arm and splashes it. Temp codebreakers the arm. They trade forearms. Temp hits kicks to the arm. Despy spinebusters him. Despy kneebreakers Temp.

They go outside and Despy is sent into the rails. Temp is dropped face first on the apron then Despy tope con hilos him through the ropes. They trade on the apron. Despy is gordbustered on the apron. Temp then flying space tigers him. 

Temp rope walks and dives at him but is speared. They fight on the buckles and Temp top rope hurricanrana's him. Despy blocks a fireman's carry gutbuster. Despy then dragon screws him and goes for the stretch muffler. Temp ropebreaks. Temp ties up Despy's arms and legs. Temp fireman's carry gutbusters him.

Temp pumping knees him then wheelbarrow germans him for 2. Despy hits an angel's wings on Temp for 2. Despy jay drillers him. Temp hits some shots then Despy hits an angel's wings and wins.

Thoughts: It was just an average match. Temp worked on Despy's arms some here but it didn't mean too much as Despy got the win. We did get some high flying but there was nothing too special about it.

Despy talks to Temp after. Temp then talks on the mic.

Overall thoughts: It was an average show overall.  Some of the undercard tags were okay and ELP/Khan was fine but there was nothing you really needed to see here. I'd give this a 5 out of 10 and wouldn't recommend it.