NJPW Battle Autumn Final Night Results – November 5, 2022

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Ethan Black
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NJPW Battle Autumn Night 16 Results – November 5, 2022

Location: Osaka Japan
Venue: Edion Arena Osaka
Attendance: 4,006

Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match
United Empire (Francesco Akira & TJP) (c) vs. Los Ingobnrables De Japon 

Los Ingobnrables De Japon would start this match off fast with tandem dropkicks, sending United Empire to the floor before dual dives. TJP would avoid a double team in the corner, before Francesco Akira would help him to gain control of the match. A slingshot dropkick on the floor stunned Bushi & Akira dove onto both challengers.

Bushi would be hit with an electric chair launched senton from Akira with TJP getting a two count. A facebuster would see Titan have to make the save, before Akira would take Titan to the floor and drive him into the barricade. TJP would pull the t shirt off Bushi and use it to choke him, before some face washes in the corner grinding the boot across the face.

Bushi would hit a basement dropkick before lunging for a tag with Akira yanking Titan off the apron. Titan would get back up as Bushi hit a double rana, and the tag was completed. Titan would rope walk with an assist in balance from TJP, before leaping off into a dropkick on Akira. TJP would be pulled from the ring, with Akira tripped up and sent out with his partner before Titan nailed a dive over the top rope.

Titan would nail some fast kicks in the ring, before a short range Tornado DDT for a two count. Akira would get the blind tag, allowing United Empire to get the edge over Titan for a moment, before he’d hit a split leg dropkick taking down United Empire. Bushi got the tag, hitting the pendulum kick before the springboard dropkick and swinging neckbreaker for a two count.

LIJ would have some Poetry In Motion in the corner, before a dropkick from Titan would assist Bushi in a spinebuster on Akira. Thrust kicks would fly from all 4 men before Akira would block the codebreaker, and instead took the Rewind Kick. Akira would hit the United Empire taunt chops before a wheelbarrow roll through into a double stomp.

Bushi would drop Akira with a dropkick, and he’d roll to the apron where Titan nailed a double stomp. Akira would be set up in the ring, with Titan nailing a splash before Bushi hit the codebreaker. TJP would block Titan from completing the tag team finisher, before Akira nailed Speed Fire and United Empire hit tandem knee strikes with Titan saving the match.

Titan would avoid a lariat with a matrix dodge only to be caught and hit with a double stomp. Leaning Tower on Bushi connects to get the win.

Winners & Still Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions: United Empire (11:36) (STILL CHAMPIONS!!!)
Rate: 7

8 Man Tag Team Match
United Empire (Mark Davis,Kyle Fletcher,Aaron Henare & Gideon Grey) vs. Be Bop Tag Team,Alex Zayne & David Finlay

Aaron Henare would kick things off with David Finlay, overpowering him to the ropes but Finlay escaped the unclean break. Henare would run him down with a shoulder tackle, before Finlay got a one count off a small package. Spinning Backdrop would follow getting a two count on Henare.

Alex Zayne would get the tag, and hit the Baja Blast on Henare before the springboard knee drop and running Cinnamon Twist. Some heavy forearm smashes would follow, before Henare would shove Zayne away from the corner for the springboard roundhouse kick. United Empire would run down their opponents on the floor, as Henare nailed a powerful mid kick.

Aussie Open would work together on a delayed vertical suplex, with Mark Davis dropping Zayne before missing a running senton splash. Zayne would hit a Pele Kick, and complete the tag to Hiroshi Tanahashi. dragon screw would send Henare from the ring, and Gideon Grey rushed Tanahashi and was knocked out with a slap. Davis would take the somersault senton before a Slingblade attempt was blocked.

Kyle Fletcher got the tag, and took the Twist & Shout. Toru Yano would get the tag, and blamed Fletcher for exposing a corner, before running him into it and getting a deep roll up for a two count. United Empire would work together to run down Yano in the corner with Grey holding him in place. Aussie Open hit the Dental Plan on Yano, with Tanahashi making the save.

Double roll up from Be Bop Tag Team would follow, before Aussie Open would crush them with spinebusters. Yano would find himself isolated, and Corealis gets United Empire the win.

Winners: United Empire (9:50)
Rate: 5

NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Champion Yujiro Takahashi vs. Hikuleo

Yujiro Takahashi would flee the ring before the bell, allowing Sho to attack from behind with a chop block. House Of Torture would double team Hikuleo, all before the bell rang. Hikule’o would hit the big boots, before ringing their heads with headbutts. The bell was rung, and a snap powerslam and a chokeslam puts away Takahashi.

Winner: Hikuleo (0:28)
Rate: 2

Semi Final Match Of The Television Title Tournament
Sanada vs. Ren Narita

Match starts off with Sanada going for a lock up and Ren Narita able to keep up as they grappled. Sanada would be forced over the to the ropes, but he’d turn it around on Narita and offer a cocky but clean break. Narita would swing wild with a forearm, and nearly end up in the Skull End but got the ropes.

Sanada would get Narita in the Paradise Lock and would pose on Narita before a dropkick to the rear. Narita would roll right to his feet and hit a snapmare before a PK across the shoulder blades. Sanada would take the fight to the floor, and used the barricade to set up the magic screw neckbreaker.

A piledriver out on the floor would follow, Sanada looking for a countout victory. In the ring, Sanada took a breather while Narita tried to find his feet and the ring making it back in for the count of 15. Narita would be tied up in the ropes with the Paradise Lock, and would free him sending him to the floor and Sanada kept the pressure on with a vaulting body press.

Back in the ring, Sanada would apply the rear chinlock, rising into a headlock as Narita found his feet. An uppercut would land from Sanada before Narita launched him with a belly 2 belly. Spinning back elbow in the corner would be followed by the half hatch Suplex for a two count.

Cross arm breaker would be applied with Sanada getting the bottom rope before Narita got the full extension. Narita would kick away at the arm of Sanada before looking for the Cobra Twist in the middle of the ring but taking a hip toss instead. Sanada would nail a dropkick before looking for a backdrop with Narita landing on his feet before applying the Cobra Twist.

Narita would be unable to keep Sanada away from the ropes, and a rope break forced the Cobra Twist to be released. Sanada would be kicked into the corner, before Narita put his weight on the shoulders. Narita would run into the Skull End attempt, but countered before blocking the TKO into a Cobra Twist attempt. Sanada would work into Skull End, locking it in dead center in the ring.

Sanada would let it go before the rounding body press would lead to the knees up. Narita got a near fall off an O’Connor Roll before trading forearm shots with Sanada in the middle of the ring. Narita Special #4 would be blocked with a headbutt from Sanada before the springboard dropkick.

O’Connor Roll was blocked into a rear naked choke from Narita, with Sanada rolling through into Skull End. Narita would wrestle free and go back to the rear naked choke. Sanada would take an exploder suplex before taking a rolling elbow and catching Sanada with the Narita Special #4 for the win.

Winner: Ran Narita (14:31) 
Rate: 6

Semi Final Match Of The Television Title Tournament
Zack Sabre Jr vs. NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag team Champion Evil

Evil & Dick Togo would take down Kosei Fujita before the bell then someone in a shirt saying I Am Also ZSJ would come out, and it was Ryohei Oiwa distracting Togo & Evil. In the ring, Zack Sabre Jr would get Evil with a crucifix pin for a two count. A brawl broke out on the floor,with Oiwa & Fujita slammed onto him.

ZSJ would use a chair placed around his neck as a weapon, before sitting Evil in the time keepers table and smashing Togo into the table, crashing it over to the glee of the fans in the arena, getting justice for timekeeper Abe. Fujita was used to spear ZSJ on the floor, before Evil looked for the Darkness Scorpion, with ZSJ countering into a heel hook.

Togo would grab Evil from under the ring, thinking he got ZSJ before Evil took a PK in the ring. European Clutch would get a near fall before ZSJ applied an ankle lock. Oiwa & Fujita took Dick Togo out, but Evil hit a low blow in the ring for a two count. The STO was blocked into the Ground Cobra to get the victory.

Winner: Zack Sabre Jr (4:48) (He will face Narita in the Finals on Jan 4th)
Rate: 4

Tag Team Match
Junior Heavyweight Champion Taiji Ishimori & Hiromu Takahashi vs. Master Wato & El Desperado

Match starts off with Master Wato kicking away at Hiromu Takahashi before blocking a hurricanrana by landing on his feet only to be run down with a back elbow. Taiji Ishimori refused to make a tag, leaving Takahashi to beat down Wato himself.

El Desperado took a dropkick on the apron, as Wato was brutalised with some quick chops. Takahashi was pulled to the floor and driven into the apron, with Wato & Desperado getting into a fight on the floor with Wato kicking Desperado into the barricade. Desperado would tag in by slapping Wato across the face.

Takahashi would chop away at the chest of Desperado before being wiped out desperately needing a tag, but Ishimori was napping on the floor. Desperado would tag out by slapping Wato across the face, letting him deal with Takahashi in the ring instead, talking trash by asking how exactly Wato intended to defeat Takahashi in the middle of the ring.

Ishimori would tease accepting a tag, but again just left Takahashi to rot in the ring. Desperado instead pulled Takahashi to the floor, beating him around the barricade and dragging him up the ramp for a suplex and having to crawl to the ring. Wato would beat down Hiromu as he reached the ring, before being dropped with a hurricanrana.

He’d take down both opponents, and Ishimori was finally keen for a tag & the tag was a forearm to the face and dropkick off the apron. Hiromu tried to pin Ishimori, before the referee reminded him what was happening. Desperado got a blind tag, keen to steal the win before a spinebuster into Numero Dos countered into a Crossface as Wato applied Vendaval.

Ishimori tagged out to Takahashi, before Wato would dive over the top onto Ishimori, and Hiromu jumped onto them both. Feeling left out, Desperado dove onto the pile as well. Wato got the tag by kicking Desperado in the face, before an all out brawl in the ring. Takahashi & Ishimori pulled off a tag team move, and Bloody Cross took Desperado out before the Time Bomb from Takahashi was stopped by a jumping knee from Ishimori, allowing Wato to get the win for his team.

Winners: Master Wato & El Desperado (16:49)
Rate: 6

Tag Team Match
Bullet Club vs. 2022 G1 Climax Winner Kazuchika Okada & Tama Tonga

Kazuchika Okada & Jay White would lock up in the middle of the ring to get this match going with White winning out before striking Okada down into the corner and calling him a coward. White would be run down by a shoulder tackle, before a boot to the face and sliding dropkick from Okada sent White to the floor.

Kenta & Tama Tonga would get tags with White running a distraction to allow Kenta to take the edge before trading blows, ending with Tonga winning out with a dropkick. Okada got the tag, with Kenta dropped to the mat and still managing to kick Okada in the head. A snap DDT would land on Tonga before he was sent to the floor and choked by a camera cable.

Back in the ring Kenta hit a knee to the midsection, and would try to force the pinfall before White hit some aggressive shoulder tackles in the corner. Tama was isolated and mocked in the Bullet Club corner but the crowd remains behind him as he took a stiff kick to the spine. He’d fire up and complete the tag with Okada hitting the ring with the fast elbow smash to the face.

White was hit with a DDT with Okada getting a two count. Elbow drop was avoided, and White hit a DDT of his own. White would hit some stiff chops, before looking for the sleeper suplex and being driven into the corner as a counter. Kenta would go after Okada with a neckbreaker before mocking the Rainmaker pose and taking a boot to the face.

Tonga would get the tag and pummelled Kenta into the corner, risking a DQ to get some extra blows in and keeping White off the apron with a well timed punch. Kenta would manage to hit a DDT, before Bullet Club would look for a double team, Tonga taking the Complete Shot into a German suplex before the diving double stomp.

Running knee smash would land, with Okada saying the match. Go 2 Sleep was blocked, with Tonga hitting the Tongan Twist. Kenta would look for a roll up with his feet on the ropes but the referee caught this. Tama would hit Supreme Flow, before connecting with Gun Stun to get the win.

Winners: 2022 G1 Climax Winner Kazuchika Okada & Tama Tonga (17:34)
Rate: 6

IWGP Tag Team Title Match
FTR (c) vs. United Empire (Great O Khan & Jeff Cobb)

Cash Wheeler would start this match alongside Jeff Cobb then they lock up would see Wheeler shoved off with ease and a shoulder tackle would be shrugged off. Cobb would hit a hard mat return, and quickly moved into the front headlock.

Wheeler would show his wrestling ability, making his way free and taking Cobb down with a hurricanrana before tagging in Dax Harwood. Great O Khan would make his way into the ring, and was forced into the corner before a hard double handed chop. Shoulder tackles would get Harwood dropped twice, before Great O Khan held strong with Harwood opting for a suplex instead.

FTR would work to cut the ring in half, setting up a drop toehold into a snap leg drop for a two count on Great O Khan. Harwood would have his arm attacked by Great O Khan with a flurry of elbow smashes, before being sat on in the corner. Cobb got the tag and hit some shoulder thrusts into the corner, before sending Harwood to the apron and bending the arm around the ropes.

Harwood would find himself isolated in the corner with Cobb hitting a hard backbreaker before teasing the surfboard taunt. Instead, he’d focus on the arm of Harwood, with the pressure on the shoulder adding up. Wheeler was reaching far for a tag, and a Dragon Screw would get him an opening for the tag, but Cobb did everything in his power to prevent the tag, taking Wheeler off the apron.

The running back drop would follow, with Harwood narrowly missing another tag. Great O Khan would go right back to the shoulder of Harwood before being spiked with a DDT. Cobb would once again try to stop the tag, but Harwood dodged and Wheeler was legal.

Wheeler would hit the ring with some heavy chops, before looking for a German Suplex. Great O Khan would help his partner out before taking a leaping lariat before Cobb was thrown with the suplex to a great reaction. Cobb would send Wheeler to the apron to look for the superplex, but Wheeler fought him off. Great O Khan would keep Wheeler in place, allowing for the superplex to be set.

Wheeler slipped free and set up a Doomsday Bulldog for the pinfall attempt. Harwood was legal as Great O Khan pulled Cobb to the United Empire corner to get the tag. They’d trade heavy blows in the middle of the ring, with Harwood nailing some short arm lariats.

Great O Khan would drop him with an STO, as Cobb threw Wheeler throat first onto the barricade before Cobb would end up crushed in the barricade. Harwood would take a heavy lariat in the ring, before Great O Khan was set up on the corner for the superplex into the splash, with Cobb just making the save.

Tour of the Islands was blocked with a chop block and a swing DDT, before Big Rig was blocked by Great O Khan. The Tenzan Tombstone Piledriver landed, getting a two count. Big Rig would connect to get the win.

Winners & Still IWGP Tag Team Champions: FTR (17:31) (STILL CHAMPIONS!!!)
Rate: 7

United States Title Match
Will Ospreay (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito

Will Ospreay rushed right in with a kick as the bell rang, and Naito avoided it. Headscissors takedown would follow with Ospreay landed on his feet before a double pose down in the ring. Tetsuya Naito avoided a lock up attempt from Ospreay, before locking up on the ropes and Ospreay asking for a clean break and getting one.

Naito proceeded to pummelled him and hit a high angle hip toss into his knee, attacking the previously injured back and neck before applying the double leg nelson. Ospreay was forced to the floor, and he’d take the time until seventeen to get in still far too soon for Ospreay. Naito went right into a tight cravate on the mat, with Ospreay getting to his feet and the ropes forcing the break.

Naito immediately hit a hard back elbow smash to the neck, Ospreay already in agony just five minutes into this match. The combination kick in the corner was blocked, with Naito set up on the ropes and chopped down hard to the floor. Ospreay would use the barricade, before chopping him hard and sending him tumbling over with an elbow smash.

Back in the ring, Ospreay would stick to the dangerous striking ability that many overlook, getting a two count off a simple chop. The spinning backbreaker would follow.

A rear chinlock would be applied in the middle of the ring, with Naito able to fight free and nail a single leg dropkick heel of the boot hitting the chin of Ospreay, and his head bouncing off the canvas on the way down. Naito would follow up with a back elbow smash, before a sliding dropkick to the back. In the corner, Combinación De Cabrón would land but getting the back of the neck instead of the face.

Downward elbow smashes would land, before the super neckbreaker out of the corner. Two count followed, before the Double Leg Nelson would be applied. Ospreay had to work double hard to get the ropes, and when the rope break was called Naito just happened to forget how to let the hold go for a few extra seconds of punishment to the neck. Naito would pummel Ospreay into the mat, before he’d recover and hit the backflip kick.

Ospreay would send Naito down to the floor, before a vaulting body press to the floor. Springboard would miss in the ring, before Ospreay halted a swinging DDT with the strain of stopping Naito adding damage to the neck but less than the DDT would manage. The springboard forearm would land, but Naito was easily able to kick out at two.

OsCutter was signalled, with Naito blocking on the ropes into a series of neckbreakers, including one off the apron. Naito kept the attack on the neck coming, but Ospreay blocked a neckbreaker on the barricade and hit a flash OsCutter, a more defensive move. We’d nearly see a double countout but both men made it into the ring at the count of 19.

Both men would trade forearm smashes as they found their fighting spirit, and eventually their feet as well. Naito hit the downward elbows, with Ospreay blocking into a suplex but Naito maintained wrist control and kept the elbows coming. Running hurricanrana was blocked, but the swinging DDT was not Ospreay being spiked on his head.

He’d avoid disaster in the corner, before being able to hit the OsCutter. Ospreay would look for the One Winged Angel out of the corner, and it doesn’t matter as Natio hit a super rana. Somehow, Ospreay would block a Destino and turn it into a sitout powerbomb, an insane feat getting a two count. Naito came back with Esperanza, before Destino landed in the middle of the ring.

Ospreay barely kicked out but a Storm Breaker blocked into Destino would follow. One last Destino would be attempted, with Ospreay hitting a hard forearm smash and a Hidden Blade to the face. A 2nd Hidden Blade would follow, and still Naito was able to kick out. Storm Breaker would put Naito away.

Winner & Still United States Champion: Will Ospreay (30:07) (STILL CHAMPION!!!)
Rate: 9 (Recommend)

After the match Ospreay would call for an open challenge at NJPW x Stardom X Over, willing to defend against anyone. No one would answer right away, but the challenge remains open. A new song would hit, and Roughneck Shota Umino is here.

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