New Japan Pro Wrestling 11/8/2025 Road In Anjo 2025

New Japan Pro Wrestling 11/8/2025 Road In Anjo 2025

Katsuya Murashima vs. Tatsuya Matsumoto

KM grabs a leg early. They do some mat wrestling. KM slams him down by the leg. KM fireman's carry takedowns him and shoulder throws him twice. KM side headlock takeovers him twice. Tat chops him and is forearmed down. Tat fights back and rolls him into a leglock.

Tat boots him in the leg and slams him three times for 2. KM flying forearms him. KM chops him on the ropes. Tat rolling leglocks him and KM ropebreaks. KM slams him. KM back body drops him for 2. KM crabs Tat. Tat tries to reach the rope but KM cranks on the hold and Tat taps out.

Thoughts: It was your usual rookies match here. Tat worked the leg some with rolling leglocks. KM is best when he gets to fire up and didn't really get to do that here. KM is the more experienced young lion so he won here. 

Shoma Kato & Zane Jay vs. Masatora Yasuda & Taichi

Zane and Masa go at it. They mat wrestle and Zane cheapshots Tai on the apron. Masa side headlocks Zane then shoulders him over. Masa dropkicks Kato off the apron. Masa clubs Zane. Zane hits shots on Tai. Tai leg kicks him and kicks him in the back. Tai does a lion tamer and half crabs him. 

Masa boots Zane and chops him in the corner. Masa hiptosses him for 2. Masa stomps him. They trade forearms. Zane running shoulders him. Kato comes in and hits forearms on Masa. Kato dropkicks him for 2.

Kato chops him then flying forearms him in the corner. Kato hiptosses him for 2. Kato chops him then Masa flying headscissors him. Masa dropkicks him. Tai is tagged in. He hits Kawada kicks on Kato. Kato fires back with forearms and takes a back hand. Kato armdrags him into a dropkick. 

Zane chops Tai. Zane goes up and over then rolls up Tai. Tai boots him away. Zane hits a nice dropkick on him for 2. Zane hits forearms on Tai. Tai side kicks him for 2. Zane rolling kimura's Tai. 

Tai takes a double dropkick for 2. Zane cradles Tai for 2. Tai facekicks him then lariats him. Tai backdrops him and gets the pin.

Thoughts: It was a fun rookies and vets match. Tai got hit with a lot of offense. The rookies only did the basics but they did them well.

Oleg Boltin, Tiger Mask & Tomoaki Honma vs. United Empire (Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan & Jakob Austin Young)

Oleg shoves Khan to start. They grapple. Oleg rolls him and they both back off. Khan pulls his hair then trips him. Khan then rolls him up for 2 and chinlocks him. Oleg hits shots to the gut. Khan punches him and side headlocks him. Oleg goes for karelin's lift. 

They shoulder battle. Khan grabs him by the ear and Oleg shoulders him over. Oleg does karelin's lift to him. Tiger comes in and hits shots on a downed Khan. Khan grabs his mask. Tiger forward rolls and double mule kicks him. Jake kicks Tiger as he runs the ropes then Khan shoulders Tiger over.

Tiger is put in a chair outside and CN running dropkicks him. Khan stomps Tiger in the ring and foot chokes him. Khan mongolian chops Honma and uppercuts him. Tiger's head is banged off the buckles and Khan sits on his neck. Khan then pulls on his arms.

Jake snapmares Tiger and baseball slides him in the back. Jake neckbreakers Tiger for 2. Jake chops Tiger. Tiger spin kicks him in the gut. Tiger hits a tiger driver. CN and Honma get in. Honma hits a ddt.

Honma hits forearms in the corner on him. Honma running back elbows him then bulldogs him. Honma misses a falling headbutt. Khan corner lariats Honma. CN PK's Honma for 2. Khan shoulder throws Oleg into a basement dropkick from CN. Honma rolls up CN for 2. Honma battering rams CN. CN high kicks him then running knees him. CN does a cross-legged fisherman suplex on Honma and pins him.

Thoughts: It wasn't much of note. Khan was a bit rough with Oleg here. The heels controlled a lot of this before winning. It went under 10 minutes.

House Of Torture (DOUKI, SHO & Yujiro Takahashi) vs. BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Gedo & Taiji Ishimori) & Shingo Takagi

Shingo's got odd partners here. Sho talks on the mic pre-match then the heels attack before the bell.

TI hits punches on Douki and gets eye raked. TI handspring corkscrew kicks him. Douki takes a sandwich lariat from Gedo and Shingo for 2. Gedo hits punches on Douki. Douki uppercuts Gedo. Douki foot chokes Gedo. 

Gedo is sent into the post then his crotch is rammed into it. Yujiro bangs Gedo's head off the post. Gedo avoids being counted out. Gedo has all 4 limbs pulled on at the same time. Yujiro then pulls on Gedo's nose.

Yujiro headbutt drops Gedo then lariats him for 2. Yujiro forearms Gedo in the corner. Gedo kicks Yujiro in the gut. Shingo pulls a turnbuckle pad off while Gedo pretends that he is taking another turnbuckle pad off. Yujiro is then thrown into the exposed buckle.

Shingo comes in and cleans house on HoT. He goes for a sharpshooter and Douki breaks it. Shingo does a ddt + flatliner combo on Douki and Yujiro. Yujiro bites Shingo's hand then stun gun's him. Sho stomps on Shingo. Shingo knees Sho in the gut. TI pulls Sho's throat down over the top rope. Shingo then lariats Sho over.

TI corner meteora's Sho then flips him over by the wrist. The ref is pulled into TI's way and then Sho spears TI. TI takes corner attacks and takes a headbutt drop to the crotch from Yujiro for 2. TI low blows Douki, Yujiro and Sho. He underhook codebreakers Sho and pins him.

Thoughts: Shingo helping Gedo cheat was something different was entertaining. Other than that, it was standard HoT stuff with them cheating. Only this time, they had opponents who actually cheated back. It was average.

TI calls out Douki on the mic after. El Desperado goes up to Douki from behind. Despy then talks to him on the mic.

Ryusuke Taguchi, Shota Umino & Yuya Uemura vs. Daiki Nagai, OSKAR & Yota Tsuji

RT and Oskar go at it. RT isn't sure about this and tries to tag out. He begs his partners to tag in but they cheer him on. Oskar pushes him down off the lock-up. RT does Yuto Ice's taunt and Oskar isn't amused. Oskar misses a shot and is hit in the gut. RT does boxing footwork and punches him. RT then tomps his foot.

Oskar grabs him by the throat and backs him up in the corner. RT flying hip attacks him twice then Oskar facekicks him for 2. Oskar chokes RT. Oskar then grabs the ref by the collar. Oskar chops him down and tries a pin with his foot. 

Nagai comes in and spanks RT. Yota boots RT in the corner. Rt hits chops and a hip attack. Yota forearms him in the butt. RT rolls into a hip attack on him. Shota comes in and shoulders Yota over. He slams Nagai and dropkicks Oskar. Shota dropkicks Yota. 

Shota fisherman suplexes Yota for 2. Shota sunset flips him then Yota flatliners him. Yota drives Shota's face into the mat, gordbusters him and boots him for 2. Shota tornado ddt's Yota. Yuya and Nagai get in. Nagai hits forearms. Nagai dropkicks him.

Naga slams Yuya. Yuya takes corner attacks then Oskar spinning slams him for 2. Daiki crabs Yuya.  
Yuya backdrops Nagai then does a kimura on him. Yuya then taps him out.

Thoughts: It wasn't much of note here with Nagai tapping out. Everyone got their section in and not much more.

Oskar attacks ring boys after while chasing Taguchi.

Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) & El Desperado vs. TMDK (Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr.)

Goto and Zack go at it. They lock up. Zack hits him in the gut and Goto shoulders him over. Zack tries to stomp his arm into the mat but misses. Zack headbutts him in the gut and hits euros. Zack is then hit with a double shoulderblock. Yoshi and Oiwa are thrown onto Zack. Despy then tries to join in for the clubbing spot but Hart stops it.

Despy takes corner attacks. Hart corner splashes Despy. Hart chops Despy down and suplexes him. Hart then knocks over Despy's partners. Oiwa side headlocks Despy. Despy knee breakers Oiwa then Oiwa rolls him up for 2. Oiwa side headlocks him. Despy cutters Oiwa. Yoshi comes in. He superkicks Oiwa in the gut and swinging neckbreakers him.

Yoshi chops Oiwa then Oiwa backdrops him. Hart and Goto go at it. Hart hits a corner splash and lariats Goto for 2. Goto takes a double shoulderblock then Hart sentons Goto. Despy spinebusters Zack. Hart double lariats Goto and Despy. Yoshi superkicks Hart then Hart takes a russian legsweep + headhunter. Hart takes a double team elbow slice bomb and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was another short one here that went around 10 minutes. It didn't really get enough time. Everyone got their section in and not much else. 

NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Title Match - Master Wato, Toru Yano & YOH (c) vs. House Of Torture (Dick Togo, EVIL & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)

Aaron Wolf is with the faces. The faces attack before the bell. The faces then get sent into the rails outside. Wato boots and bulldogs Kanemaru. Wato then tilt-a-whirl backbreakers Togo. Wato is pulled over the top and sent into the rails by Evil. Kanemaru suplexes Wato for 2. Kanemaru slams Wato and throws him out. 

Evil suplexes Wato for 2. Togo stomps on Wato and fist drops him for 2. Togo elbows Wato in the head then sentons him for 2. Wato suplexes Kanemaru. Evil chops down Wato and suplexes him for 2. Togo punches Wato and rakes him with his foot. Kanemaru then does the same. 

Kanemaru eye rakes Wato then Wato leg lariats him. Wato top rope flip dives Kanemaru then corkscrew flying forearms him. Wato slams him then elbow drops him. Wato splashes him for 2. Kanemaru dropkicks Wato in the knee. Wato then dropkicks Evil in the knee. 

Yano comes in and goes into the exposed turnbuckle. Evil chokes Yano with a towel. Yano takes a corner lariat then Togo 2nd rope chops him in the crotch. Yano tries to low blow Evil but Evil stops him. Yano pulls Evil down by the hair.

Wato hits forearms on Togo. Wato misses a dropkick and Togo stomps him. Wato flyign back elbows him then Yoh jumps off Wato's back with a back elbow on Togo. Togo is hit with a double suplex. Yoh blocks Togo's low blow. Wato then sunset flips Togo into a double arm and neck hold. Kanemareu then breaks it up.

The ref is sent out. Evil grabs a chair and Aaron Wolf gets on the apron. Evil chairs Wato and Wolf tries to protect Wato. He then gets chaired. Yano low blows Evil, Kanemaru and Togo. Yoh spits whiskey in Kanemaru's eyes. Wato top rope diving euros Togo. Wato crucifix bombs him and subits him with a neck and double arm hold to win.

Thoughts: It was the usual HoT match with lots of shenanigans. The faces did cheat some too here though. It was just average though Wato tried.

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Yuto-Ice 

They trade forearms to start. Ice fires up and they trade more. Ice running boots him over. Ice hits a bunch of forearms in the corner and downs him. Tana back elbows him then 2nd rope twisting crossbodies him. Ice throws him into the rails outside. Ice kicks him outside and knocks him over. Ice then knee lifts him outside.

Ice hits forearms then kicks him in the back. Ice hits chest kicks on Tana in the corner. Ice does his taunt and corner meteora's Tana. Tana hits forearms. Ice knees him in the gut. Tana flying forearms him. 

Tana hits shots to the gut and slams Ice. Tana 2nd rope swantons Ice for 2. Tana dropkicks Ice in the knee then dragon screws him. Ice eye rakes him then hits a lariat. Tana headbutts Ice in the face several times. Tana dragon screws him then reverse dragon screws him. Tana texas cloverleafs him.

Ice hits a straight punch on Tana then PK's him. Tana slingblades him. Tana tries a high fly flow but Ice gets his knees him. Ice dropkicks him from behind. Tana and Ice trade forearms. Ice punches Tana and drops him then hits a kick/knee to the face for 2. Ice boots him in the chest then Tana lariats him. Tana slingblades him for 2.

Tana top rope frogsplashes Ice for 2. Tana hits 2 more and wins.

Thoughts: It was a decent main. Ice got a decent bit in before going down. Tana worked the knee a little to ground him and lariat hit high fly flows for the win. Ice did his usual taunting and heel offense. 

Tana talks on the mic after and plays air guitar. Kazuchika Okada then comes out and talks. They set up their Tokyo Dome match on 1/4/26 then Gedo talks. They then do their poses at each other. Tana then talks more and greets the fans to end the show.

Thoughts: Okada was pretty much the logical choice if they were going for an outsider since they could bring him in due to their AEW partnership. There were rumors about them trying to get Nakamura in but that was always a long shot. I'm sure Tana/Okada will be fine and it'll be a nice way to set up Tana. Hopefully it'll open up more Okada appearances down the line.

Overall thoughts: We had some unusual pairings here with Oskar and Yota teaming up and Shingo teaming up with War Dogs. The show was just average. Nothing here except for the main got a lot of time and with it being a smaller show, we weren't getting the best out of these wrestlers. The big news here was Okada returning and challenging Tanahashi for The Dome. I liked the main event best here but I thought it was average and would give this a 5 out of 10 total.