NJPW - Kizuna Road 2019

[Convoy]

A smaller tour that leads into the Southern Showdown/G1 Climax, the complete schedule was just released. There are technically ten shows on the tour, but only three will be shown on NJPWWorld, so I'll only list the matches for those.

The two events in Korakuen Hall (16th & 17th) will also include announcements pertaining to the G1.

6/16 (G1 Climax 2019 Participants & Blocks Announced):


IWGP Jr. TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS: Roppongi 3K (c) vs. Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo
Kazuchika Okada, YOSHI-HASHI & Toa Henare vs. Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr. & Lance Archer
Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe & Toru Yano vs. Jay White, Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens
Kota Ibushi, Yuji Nagata, Jyushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask & Shota Umino vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon
Juice Robinson, Mikey Nicholls & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Jado
Tomohiro Ishii, Tomoaki Honma & Ren Narita vs. Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI
Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura

6/17 (G1 Climax 2019 Battle Schedule Announced):


ELIMINATION MATCH: Kazuchika Okada, YOSHI-HASHI, Tomohiro Ishii, SHO & YOH vs. Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr., Lance Archer, Taichi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru

NEVER OPENWEIGHT SIX MAN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP: Togi Makabe, Toru Yano & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Yujiro Takahashi, Chase Owens & El Phantasmo
Hiroshi Tanahashi, Juice Robinson, Mikey Nicholls & Ren Narita vs. Jay White, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Taiji Ishimori
Hiroyoshi Tenzan Comeback Match: Kota Ibushi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, Jyushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon
Yuji Nagata & Shota Umino vs. Tomoaki Honma & Toa Henare
Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura

6/25:


RPW BRITISH HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. YOSHI-HASHI

RPW BRITISH CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: El Phantasmo (c) vs. Ryusuke Taguchi
Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano, Jyushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask vs. Minoru Suzuki, Lance Archer, Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI
Hiroshi Tanahashi, Toa Henare, SHO & YOH vs. Jay White, Yujiro Takahashi, Chase Owens & Taiji Ishimori
NON-TITLE: Juice Robinson & Mikey Nicholls vs. Guerrillas of Destiny
Kota Ibushi, Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma, Shota Umino & Ren Narita vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon
Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs. Yuji Nagata & Yota Tsuji

[HMARK Center]

Big Yuj is back, bay-bay!

[Feargus McReddit]

I believe this is the first time the RPW British Crusierweight title’s been defended outside of the UK?

Because if so, Neat!

[ANuclearError]

And everyone with Royal Quest tickets had a sigh of relief.

That is until YOSHI-HASHI wins the belt.

[Giul T.]

I was going on on how I loved the Juice Robinson story of just trying desperately to escape his past as CJ parker when I realized.

El phantasmo has THREE separate title matches In a row.

He has got a chance to be (maybe the first ever) Singles-Tag-Trios title holder.

[Yamashita Enforcement Division]

Jun 10, 2019 11:00:25 GMT -5 ANuclearError said:

And everyone with Royal Quest tickets had a sigh of relief.

There was fear in my heart that ZSJ/Tacos was going to be at Royal Quest. I would like to thank Sendai for its sacrifice.

[The Kevstaaa]

Imagine headlining a show with YOSHI-HASHI.

[theresalwaysanegon]

Really looking forward to R3K vs El Phantasmo and Ishimori. It's good to finally see some new blood in that division, as much as I like R3K, Despy & Kanemaru and Bushi & Shingo it was getting very repetitive. The rest of this tour is whatever, but honestly it'll be nice to have a bit of a breather in between BOSJ/Dominion and the G-1. El Phantasmo and Taguchi had a fun match in BOSJ so that'll be fine and I wish Yoshi-Hashi would go away, but that doesn't seem to be likely. Hopefully ZSJ wins.

[corndog]

Tenzan is back, didn't expect that to be so soon.

[Deleted]

Oh thank god its not at copper box.

[Mozenrath]

I keep somehow forgetting, wow, YOSHI-HASHI seriously just... looks like that.

[IgnahtaSempria]

Jun 11, 2019 18:03:57 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

I keep somehow forgetting, wow, YOSHI-HASHI seriously just... looks like that.

YOSHI-HASHI looks like even he's surprised he's there.

[67 more]

Jun 11, 2019 18:03:57 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

I keep somehow forgetting, wow, YOSHI-HASHI seriously just... looks like that.

Not to bodyshame him but he is no Tanahashi.

[Mozenrath]

Jun 12, 2019 1:20:57 GMT -5 67 more said:

Jun 11, 2019 18:03:57 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

I keep somehow forgetting, wow, YOSHI-HASHI seriously just... looks like that.

Not to bodyshame him but he is no Tanahashi.

I'm more thinking his awful haircut. SANADA probably looks at him and thinks, "Wow, that guy looks like an asshole."

[Final Countdown Jones]

Yeah Yoshi-Hashi's biggest issue isn't so much his body as the fact he looks like an out of place sad sack there as a favour to somebody. Someone found a GameFAQs thread about him that just devolved into people asking for pictures of his wife's feet. He's that sort of comically really sad dude who I almost can't believe is actually real.

[Allie Kitsune]

I'm just now remembering that they just plain straight up abandoned the story where YOSHI-HASHI was put on the line as if he was a title belt...

[chrom]

Like I've said, if he wasn't Okada's friend he wouldn't even get booked for Zero1

[The Spelunker!]

They keep Yoshi around so that Goto doesn’t complain about how bad things are for him.

“Do YOU want the yoshi-hashi spot?”

[Fundertaker]

Jun 12, 2019 7:01:53 GMT -5 chrom said:

Like I've said, if he wasn't Okada's friend he wouldn't even get booked for Zero1

That's not true. No one is truly below bar for Zero1 to not book them.

[Yamashita Enforcement Division]

Jun 12, 2019 6:56:18 GMT -5 Allie Kitsune said:

I'm just now remembering that they just plain straight up abandoned the story where YOSHI-HASHI was put on the line as if he was a title belt...

Didn't that stop after he broke his face doing a run in.