New Japan Showdown | |||
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Promotion | New Japan Pro-Wrestling | ||
Date | November 9, 2019 November 11, 2019 | ||
City | San Jose, California Los Angeles, California | ||
Venue | San Jose Civic Globe Theatre | ||
Attendance | 2,027 [1] (San Jose) 529 [2] (Los Angeles) | ||
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New Japan Showdown [3] was a two-day professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on November 9, 2019 at the San Jose Civic in San Jose, California and on November 11, 2019 at the Globe Theater in Los Angeles, California. The San Jose show was broadcast live on NJPW World, while the Los Angeles show was later available to on-demand viewing.
No. | Results [2] | Stipulations | Times |
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1 | Amazing Red and TJP defeated Alex Zayne and Aaron Solow | Tag team match | 10:24 |
2 | Toru Yano and Colt Cabana defeated Karl Fredericks and Alex Coughlin | Tag team match | 8:47 |
3 | Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, Lance Archer and El Desperado) defeated Juice Robinson, David Finlay and Clark Connors | Six-man tag team match | 10:24 |
4 | Los Ingobernables de Japón (Evil and Sanada) defeated Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii and Rocky Romero) by submission | Tag team match | 11:22 |
5 | Kota Ibushi defeated Ren Narita by submission | Singles match | 9:26 |
6 | Chaos (Hirooki Goto, Sho and Yoh) defeated Bullet Club (Kenta, Taiji Ishimori and El Phantasmo) | Six-man tag team match | 13:30 |
7 | Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi and Bushi) defeated Bullet Club (Jay White, Chase Owens and Gedo) | Six-man tag team match | 17:24 |
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