New Japan Pro Wrestling 10/6/2026 Road to King of Pro Wrestling 2026 Day 1

New Japan Pro Wrestling 10/6/2026 Road to King of Pro Wrestling 2026 Day 1

 
El Desperado, Oleg Boltin, Taichi, Taisei Nakahara & Yuya Uemura vs. House Of Torture (DOUKI, SANADA, SHO, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Yujiro Takahashi)

Sho talks on the mic before the match, calling the crowd country hicks. The heels then attack as usual. Oleg chops Sho down. The heels hit Oleg from behind. Oleg rams Douki into his partners. Sho tries to flying spear Oleg but Oleg doesn't budge. Oleg karelin's lifts Sho.

Yuya wristlocks Sho and Sho ropebreaks. Yuya's arm is chopped off the top by Douki. Douki wristlocks him. Yuya snapmares him into an armlock. Douki takes a double shoulderblock. Despy armlocks Douki. Despy is sent into the exposed buckle. Sanada beats up Yuya in the stands. Douki eye rakes Despy.

Kanemaru gets a 2 count on Despy, sends him into the exposed buckle and back body drops him for 2. Despy's head is banged off the exposed buckle and Yujiro falling headbutt drops him. Yujir facekicks Despy and camel clutches him.  

San boots Despy in the gut. San is sent into the exposed buckles. Taichi hits Kawada kicks on San then side kicks him. Taichi enzugiri's Yujiro. Taichi is double teamed by HoT then Taichi double lariats them down. Taichi is tripped from the outside then dropkicked in the knee. Kanemaru stomps Taichi's leg. Kanemaru eye rakes him. Taichi running facekicks Kanemaru.

Taisei tags in. Kanemaru takes running corner attacks then a Taisei dropkick. Taisei crabs Kanemaru. Taisei chops and forearms Kanemaru. Kanemaru dropkicks him in the knee and bangs his knee off the mat. Kanemaru kneebreakers him and pulls on the leg. Kanemaru hits Taisei in the back of the knee with a whiskey bottle. Kanemaru submits him with a figure four.

Thoughts: It was an average bout here. House of Torture won by cheating but at least their cheating wasn't too silly here. It wasn't much of note.

Taichi grabs Kanemaru after and is thrown down. Taichi asks if Kanemaru was satisfied with that and if he will end his career like that. He challenges him to be part of a tag match on 10/17 but Kanemaru walks away.

Unbound Co. (Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori) vs. Goto Revolutionary Army (Tatsuya Matsumoto & YOH)

X armdrags Yoh then goes up and over him. X forearms him and Yoh ducks a corkscrew kick. Tat comes in and hits forearms on TI. He then shoulders him over. Tat is sent out then chopped by X. Tat takes a double team then X is flipped onto him for 2. TI 2nd rope double axe handles Tat's arm.

TI bangs Tat's arm off his shoulder. X is pushed into TI and Tat double dropkicks them. Sho comes in and dragon screws X. Sho flying back elbows him then double underhook suplexes him for 2. X pele kicks Sho. 

Tat running euros TI twice for 2. Tat rolling leglocks TI. TI jumping knees him. TI la mistica's him into a border city stretch. TI submits Tat.

Thoughts: It was a short waste of time and ended before it could get a good finishing run. Tat hit a nice dropkick but that was all that was of note here.

Master Wato, Shota Umino & Toru Yano vs. House Of Torture (Dick Togo, Ren Narita & Shun Skywalker)

The heels jump the faces before the bell as always. Shun chops Yano outside. Wato dropkicks Ren then Togo eye rakes Wato. Wato tilt-a-whirl backbreakers him. Yano throws a turnbuckle pad at Togo and slaps his head. Yano is sent out then sent into the rails. 

Togo armlocks Yano. Shun stands on Yano's arm and pulls. Shun boots Wat ooff the apron. Yano is thrown out and chaired by Shun. Shun stands on a chair that is wrapped around Yano's arm. Ren pulls Yano's arm around the ropes and Yano pulls him down by the hair. 

Shota comes in. He knocks Ren over twice then forearms him down hard. Shun comes in and slaps around Shota. Shota hits a big forearm on him. Shota forearms and chops Ren in the corner. Shota running euros him in the corner and fisherman suplexes him for 2. 

Ren chokes Shota and eye rakes him. Shota is sent into the exposed buckle and explodered for 2. Shota tornado ddt's Shun. Wato flying back elbows Shun. Wato flying back elbows Shun and bulldogs him for 2. 

Wato is tripped and takes a basement dropkick. Wato takes a running back elbow. Ren is sent into Shun. Wato sunset flips Shun into a double arm and neck hold. Ren distracts the ref and Togo chokes Wato with a weapon. Wato takes a 2nd rope chop to the nuts.

Shun hits a skyfall on Wato and pins him.

Thoughts: It was similar to the other matches with the heels doing basic heel stuff and picking up the win. Shota had a good showing here with some nice strikes, but it wasn't that good as usual.

Shun then yells on the mic after.

United Empire (Callum Newman & Zane Jay) vs. Unbound Co. (Daiki Nagai & Jeff Cobb)

Zane and Nagai shove each other. Zane then goes out to stall. CN shoulders Nagai over and Nagai kips up. CN takes a hurricanrana then a dropkick. Nagai running dropkicks him down. Nagai gets knocked down by Zane then Nagai is sent into the rails. 

CN kicks Nagai in the back then Zane hits mounted shots on Nagai. Zane slams Nagai. CN suplexes Nagai for 2. CN PK's Nagai. Zane chops Nagai in the corner. Nagai hits forearms on him. Nagai spinebusters Zane.

JC comes in and back body drops Zane. JC shoulders CN over. JC spinning uranage's Zane then standing moonsaults him for 2. CN knees JC in the face and Nagai spinning ddt's CN out of the ring. Zane and Nagai trade shots. Zane lariats him down. Zane fallaway slams JC for 2.

Zane top rope elbow drops JC in the head. Zane runs into a superkick. JC drops Zane chest first on the mat. JC spinning slams him and pins him.

Thoughts: I didn't like it that much. CN did a wild sell on a spinning ddt that sent him out and into the front row. Cobb had some nice offense here. It just got off to a slower start and didn't find a good rhythm. It also ended a little early. 

Aaron Wolf, Hechicero & Masatora Yasuda vs. TMDK (Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles & Zack Sabre Jr.)

Wolf and Kosei go at it. Wolf ducks kicks. Kosei slaps him and they trade forearms. Wolf throws him down off his shoulders and shoulders him over. Wolf elbow drops him and Kosei tries an armbar off of it. 

Kosei PK's Wolf and Wolf asks for another. Kosei ducks a lariat. Rob and Masa go at it. Rob boots him in the face and spin kicks him in the gut. Masa slams him. Rob backdrops him then kicks him in the back. Masa takes a double back elbow, gets his legs split and takes a double kick.

Kosei chops Masa in the corner then hip throws him for 2. Zack does a grounded octopus variation on Masa and pulls back on both arms. Zack hits euros on Masa and Masa dropkicks him. Hech tags in and he tilt-a-whirl backbreakers Zack and Kosei. Hech step up knees Kosei in the corner. Hech pulls Rob down and rolls him around the ring. Zach then stomps on Hech.

Zack hits euros on Hech and Hech dropkicks him. Hech rolls him and 2nd rope elbow drops him for 2. Zack facekicks Hech. Hech rolls him and Zack does a bridge pin for 2. Zack flying headscissors Hech and twists his neck with his feet. Rob hits chest kicks on Hech. Hech dragon screws him. Rob rolls up Masa for 2. Masa forearms him then suplexes him for 2.

Masa crabs Rob. Kosei slaps Masa. Kosei and Wolf trade shots. Wolf is sent into the rails by Kosei. Hech and Zack trade shots. Masa sunset flips Rob. Rob kicks him in the leg and Masa cradles him for 2. Rob ddt's Masa then step up enzugiri's him. Rob then pins him.

Thoughts: They had a lot of different pieces here and they weren't quite get them all together on the same page. It wasn't bad, but they did't use their time wisely and the various matchups were too differnet from each other to get anything going.

Wolf and Kosei fight after. Wolf sleepers him.

TMDK (Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa) vs. Unbound Co. (Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji)

Oiwa and Yota go at it. Yota pumping knees him and chops him in the corner. Oiwa shoulders Yota over. Yota hammerlocks him and Oiwa side headlock takeovers him. Oiwa dropkicks him in the knee. Oiwa elbow drops Yota's leg and pulls on it. Oiwa butt drops Yota's leg. 

Hart comes in and slams Yota. Hart elbow drops Yota's leg. Hart misses a senton. Shingo tags in. He corner lariats Hart then hits chops and punches on him in the corner. Shingo knees Hart in the chest. They shoulder battle and Hart shoulders him over. 

Shingo suplexes Hart. Shingo lariats Hart down twice. Oiwa comes in with Yota. Oiwa shoulders him over and dropkicks him in the knee twice. Oiwa falling splashes him for 2. 

Yota half-nelson gutbusters Oiwa. Yota corner splashes Oiwa then Oiwa running lariats him. Yota pumping knees Oiwa in the corner for 2. Oiwa side headlocks Yota. Yota superkicks him. Oiwa does a reverse dragon screw then figure fours him. Hart sentons Yota.

Yota does a curbstomp combo on Oiwa. Shingo sentons Oiwa. Shingo hits elbows on his neck. Shingo headbutts him and back elbows him. Oiwa backdrops him.

Hart corner splashes Shingo then lariats him down for 2. Shingo hurricanrana's him. They lariat each other at the same time. Shingo lariats him on the ropes and Hart crossbodies him. Shingo takes running back elbows in the corner then a double team powerbomb for 2.

Hart slams Shingo. Shingo superplexes Hart. Shingo sliding lariats Hart for 2. Shingo lariats Oiwa over the top. Yota topes Oiwa. Shingo hits running lariats on Hart. Shingo punches Hart then running lariats him. Hart takes a spear + lariat combo and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was an alright tag. It could have used a little speed boost here and there but it was fine otherwise. The four worked well together here.

IWGP Tag Team Title Match - United Empire (Great-O-Khan & HENARE) (c) vs. Knockout Brothers (OSKAR & Yuto-Ice)

The four trade shots to start and go out. Oskar clubs on Khan's back. Hen grabs Ice by the throat. Oskar is hit with a chair in the back of the leg. Oskar's leg is wrapped around the post and Khan puts a chair in his throat. Hen is sent into the seats. Khan hits Ice in the gut with a chair then hits him in the back with it.

Hen chops and clubs on Ice. Hen shoulders Ice over. Khan mongolian chops Ice. Khan sits on Ice's neck in the corner. Hen knees Ice in the gut and hits 3 sentons for 2. Ice's head is banged off the buckles.  

Khan sends Ice into the rails. Khan trips Ice and laughs. Ice throws Khan down backwards. Os comes in. He tries to slam Khan but holds his knee. Os chops and boots him. Khan over the shoulder dragon screws Os. Khan then ties his legs up and pulls his hair. 

Khan stomps Os' leg. Os bangs his opponents heads together and shoulders Khan over. Khan bangs Os' knee off the mat. Os backdrops Khan. Ice and Hen get in. They butt heads and forearm each other. Ice runs into a forearm then hits his own. Ice kicks him in the gut and running knees him in the head. Ice knees him in the gut several times. Ice running knees him in the face in the corner for 2. 

Ice and Hen trade chest kicks. Hen is on his knees and Ice drops him with a chest kick. Hen spinning heel kicks him. Hen PK's him. Hen berzerker bombs him for 2. Ice hits slaps on Hen. Hen punches him in the gut and forearms him in the face. Ice high kicks Hen then buzzsaw kicks him for 2. 

Khan grabs a chair on the outside then nails Ice with it. Hen hits a lanzarse on Ice for 2. Ice takes a step up knee in the corner then a kick to the back + TTD combo for 2. Khan and Hen run into each other. Os tags in and forearms both opponents. Os back body drops Hen. Os elbow drops Khan's back for 2.

Hen kicks Os in the back of the leg. Os sleepers Khan. Khan bites Os' arm. Khan sends the ref into Os and clips him. Khan chairs Os' leg. Khan takes off Os' leg brace. Ice then jumps on the leg to shield it and takes chair shots from Khan. 

Os grabs Khan by the throat. Hen hits leg kicks on Os. Os takes an assisted powerbomb for 2. Khan leglocks Os. Hen full nelson's Ice while Khan keeps his leg lock on Os. Os' leg is pump kicked by Khan. Os knees Khan in the face. Hen suplexes Os. Ice and Hen trade forearms. They punch each other. Ice knees him in the gut. 

Khan drops Os with a straight punch. Os is held in the air for a cutter for 2.  Os sitout double arm chokeslams Hen. Ice eye rakes Khan. Khan takes a kick + tombstone and is pinned.

Thoughts: It went longer than it needed to here and got a little boring. We have 3 guys who can strike here so they opted for more of a "work the body part" style match that took away from this more than it added. I would have been fine with it if they cut 10 minutes from this but I thought it was just acceptable only. It's not like they did anything wrong, but this should have been a much stronger match.

Ice talks on the mic after. He ends up calling out Jeff Cobb. Jeff comes out and seems to join Yuto's crew. They all shake hands and pose together.

Overall thoughts: The 1st and 3rd matches the usual House of Torture matches and nothing that good. Robbie X's match was a waste of time. I didn't like Newman's tag much. TMDK's trios match was acceptable but could have been better. I liked the semi-main and thought it was the best match on the show. The main was acceptable enough but it dragged and got a little boring at times. I'd give this a 4 out of 10 overall as it was average and not that great. I wouldn't recommend this one.