NJPW Golden Fight Series results: Okada & YOH vs. Naito & Hiromu

NJPW’s Golden Fight Series tour got underway on Monday with an event at Nagoya Congress Center Event Hall.

Ahead of their IWGP World Heavyweight Championship match at Wrestling Dontaku on May 1, Kazuchika Okada and Tetsuya Naito met in tag team action on Monday. Here are the results from the show:

– Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi defeated Kazuchika Okada & YOH

Takahashi got the win after hitting Time Bomb on YOH. Okada and Naito were fighting on the floor near the end of the match, with Okada giving Naito a DDT.

Following the match, Takahashi cut a show-closing promo:

Post match, Hiromu slammed a ‘lack of fire’ in YOH, and dared him to enjoy professional wrestling more. That was a call for Naito to rise to, as he conducted a mock sports interview with Takahashi, allowing Hiromu to predict El Ingobernable would become IWGP World Heavyweight Champion at Dontaku, before giving his own version of Naito’s ‘De Japon!’ role call. 

– Shingo Takagi & BUSHI defeated Taichi & TAKA Michinoku

– Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Jado defeated EVIl, Yujiro Takahashi, SHO & Dick Togo

– Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI, Toru Yano & Tiger Mask defeated Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens, Taiji Ishimori & Gedo

– Zack Sabre Jr. & DOUKI defeated Ryusuke Taguchi & Togi Makabe

– Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado defeated Master Wato & Yuto Nakashima

– Ryohei Oiwa defeated Kosei Fujita

After their first 11 singles matches against each other ended in 10-minute time limit draws, Oiwa broke the deadlock against Fujita here by submitting him with a Boston Crab. It’s the first singles win of Oiwa’s career.