NJPW New Years Golden Series

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New Years Golden Series
Promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling
DateJanuary 20–February 20, 2022
City Tokyo, Japan (January 21, 21, February 7, 15, 16 & 17)
Takasaki, Japan (January 22)
Tochigi, Japan (January 23)
Chiba, Japan (February 6)
Saitama, Japan (February 9)
Yamagata, Japan (February 10)
Sendai, Japan (February 11)
Osaka, Japan (February 13)
Sapporo, Japan (February 19 & 20)
Venue Korakuen Hall
G Messe Gunma
New Sunpia Tochigi
Makuhari Messe
Saiden Chemical Arena
Yamagata Big Wing
Xebio Arena Sendai
Edion Arena Osaka
Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center
Event chronology
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New Years Golden Series was a tour of professional wrestling events produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), which was held from January 20 until February 20, 2022, and was broadcast live on New Japan Pro-Wrestling World. [1]

Contents

Storylines

New Years Golden Series featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. [2]

Results

February 11
No.Results [3] StipulationsTimes
1P Tomoaki Honma defeated Ryohei Oiwa by submission Singles match 7:02
2 Suzuki-gun (Douki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Hiromu Takahashi and Bushi) by pinfall Singles match 9:05
3 Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii and Hirooki Goto) and Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated House of Torture (Evil, Yujiro Takahashi, and Dick Togo) by pinfall Six-man tag team match 8:35
4 Toru Yano, Togi Makabe, and Ryusuke Taguchi defeated Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, Taichi, and Taka Michinoku) by pinfall Six-man tag team match 9:08
5 Great-O-Khan defeated Satoshi Kojima by pinfall Singles match 11:01
6 Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Sanada, and Shingo Takagi) defeated Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi, and Yuji Nagata by referee stoppage Six-man tag team match 18:06
7 Tiger Mask defeated Gedo by pinfall Singles match 15:20
8 Sho defeated Yoh by pinfall Singles match 22:26
9 El Desperado (c) defeated Master Wato by pinfall Singles match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship 28:50
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
  • P – indicates the match took place on the pre-show
February 13
No.Results [4] StipulationsTimes
1P Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) and Ryohei Oiwa defeated Yuji Nagata, Tomoaki Honma, and Kosei Fujita by submission Tag team match 11:07
2 Chaos (Hirooki Goto, Yoshi-Hashi, and Yoh) defeated House of Torture (Yujiro Takahashi, Dick Togo, and Sho) by pinfall Six-man tag team match 9:59
3 Great-O-Khan defeated Togi Makabe by pinfall Singles match 7:15
4 Los Ingobernables de Japon (Shingo Takagi, Hiromu Takahashi, and Bushi) defeated Suzuki-gun (Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Taka Michinoku) by pinfall Six-man tag team match 10:18
5 Toru Yano and Six or Nine (Master Wato and Ryusuke Taguchi) defeated Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado and Douki) by pinfall Six-man tag team match 9:17
6 Tiger Mask defeated El Phantasmo by disqualification Singles match 10:46
7 Robbie Eagles defeated Taiji Ishimori by submission Singles match 11:10
8 Evil (c) defeated Tomohiro Ishii by pinfall Lumberjack Deathmatch for the NEVER Openweight Championship 20:35
9 Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito and Sanada) defeated Kazuchika Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi by pinfall Tag team match 33:28
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
  • P – indicates the match took place on the pre-show
February 19
No.Results [5] StipulationsTimes
1 Suzuki-gun (Taka Michinoku and Douki) defeated Togi Makabe and Kosei Fujita by submission Tag team match 6:59
2 Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki and Taichi) defeated Toru Yano and Ryohei Oiwa by pinfall Tag team match 8:02
3 Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii, and Yoh) defeated House of Torture (Dick Togo and Sho) by pinfall Tag team match 10:37
4 Great-O-Khan defeated Tomoaki Honma by pinfall Singles match 12:15
5 Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi, and Hiromu Takahashi) defeated Kazuchika Okada, Satoshi Kojima, and Yuji Nagata by pinfall Six-man tag team match 18:03
6Six or Nine (Master Wato and Ryusuke Taguchi) defeated Flying Tiger (Robbie Eagles and Tiger Mask) (c), Suzuki-gun (El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru), and Bullet Club's Cutest Tag Team (El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori) by pinfall Four-way tag team match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship 12:22
7 Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) (c) defeated House of Torture (Evil and Yujiro Takahashi) by pinfall Tag team match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship 16:55
8 Sanada defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) by pinfall Singles match for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship 29:26
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
February 20
No.Results [6] StipulationsTimes
1 Bullet Club (Taiji Ishimori, El Phantasmo, and Gedo) defeated Flying Tiger (Robbie Eagles, Tiger Mask), and Kosei Fujita Six-man tag team match 6:44
2 Suzuki-gun (Taichi and Douki) defeated Tomohiro Ishii and Ryohei Oiwa by pinfall Tag team match 9:11
3Six or Nine (Master Wato and Ryusuke Taguchi) defeated Suzuki-gun (El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) Tag team match 10:31
4 Great-O-Khan defeated Satoshi Kojima by pinfall Singles match 10:32
5 Los Ingobernables de Japon (Shingo Takagi, Sanada, Hiromu Takahashi, and Bushi) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma), and Yuji Nagata by pinfall Eight-man tag team match 11:16
6 Toru Yano defeated Minoru Suzuki (c) Dog Cage match for the provisional Provisional KOPW 2022 Trophy 13:48
7 House of Torture (Evil, Yujiro Takahashi, and Sho) (c) defeated Chaos (Hirooki Goto, Yoshi-Hashi, and Yoh) by pinfall Six-man tag team match for the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship 17:07
8 Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Tetsuya Naito by pinfall Singles match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship 29:34
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

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