New Japan Pro Wrestling On AXS TV 5/12 Results BUSHI VS KUSHIDA, Katsuyori Shibata vs EVIL & More!
Roppongi Vice vs Taiji Ishimori & ACH
Rocky and Taiji start it off by exchanging wrist locks and hammer locks before doing a series of flips. Rocky gets knocked down with dropkicks repeatedly until he crawls to Beretta and tags him in, but Taiji attacks them while they argue, then ACH gets tagged in. ACH chops Beretta until Rocky comes in and they hit him with a double jumping knee, then a double dropkick to Taiji, sending him off of the apron. Beretta dives over the top rope and takes out ACH before they double team Taiji. Taiji and ACH both hit a bridging German suplex for a quick two count, then ACH and Taiji take out both members of RPV at ringside. They skip ahead in the match where Rocky does his endless clotheslines to ACH until ACH turns him inside out with one of his own, ACH diving out of the ring and taking out RPV immediately after. ACH and Taiji both go for a 450 splash, but Beretta and Rocky get their knees up for a near fall, then ACH hits Rocky with a brainbuster for another near fall. RPV then hit Strong Zero for the pin and the win.
Winner: Roppongi Vice via pinfall
Katsuyori Shibata vs EVIL NEVER Openweight Championship Match
Shibata locks EVIL up, but he gets to the ropes, then EVIL turns him around for a clean break, Shibata kicking him immediately after in the face. Shibata hits EVIL with a series of forearms, then snap mares EVIL before putting him in a reverse chin lock before transitioning out of no where into a reverse triangle choke. Shibata sends EVIL out onto the apron, then Shibata boots EVIL in the face before he goes flying off of it and face first into the railing. Shibata puts EVIL back in the ring and tries to get back in, but EVIL drops him when he's on the apron before whipping him into the railing. EVIL attacks his arm with a chair as Red Shoes is oblivious, then beats on him and stomps on him once they're back in the ring.
Shibata drops EVIL face first to the mat with a couple of very stiff forearms, then they exchange forearms and kicks to the face before EVIL drops Shibata with a lariat. EVIL backdrops Shibata, then EVIL drops him with a series of kicks for a near fall before EVIL hits Darkness Falls for a near fall as we go to commercial.
They exchange forearms as we come back from commercial, then exchange strikes before EVIL counters a sleeper, but Shibata puts it back in as soon as he does. Shibata turns it into a reverse suplex that sends EVIL out of the ring, then Shibata rolls him back into the ring, but EVIL rolls back out of it. EVIL puts chairs in the ring, then puts one around Shibata's neck before hitting him with another one before hitting a fisherman's buster right next to the chairs for a near fall. EVIL then finishes Shibata off and hits EVIL for the pin and the win.
Winner: EVIL via pinfall
BUSHI vs KUSHIDA IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship Match
KUSHIDA dropkicks BUSHI before the match starts, then they exchange right hands and forearms before BUSHI falls to the mat. They go out of the ring, then KUSHIDA whips BUSHI into the railing before trying to piledriver him on the ramp, but he counters. KUSHIDA rolls him back into the ring, then BUSHI hits a backstabber before hanging him in the ropes before choking him with his shirt when he takes it off. BUSHI locks in a guillotine choke until he nearly passes out before rolling into the ropes for the break. KUSHIDA catches BUSHI running in and hits a reverse STO into the turnbuckle before KUSHIDA catches BUSHI when he's on the top rope, putting BUSHI in a flying arm bar off of the top rope. BUSHI rolls to the ropes for the break, then they start exchanging forearms before KUSHIDA goes for a front flip elbow in the ropes, but BUSHI dropkicks him in mid-air before diving out after him through the ropes as we go to commercial.
They're back in the ring as we come back from commercial, BUSHI dropkicking KUSHIDA once they are, hitting him with a running double knee in the corner. BUSHI locks in a standing guillotine, then rolls into a mounted one and finally a standing guillotine, KUSHIDA nearly passing out. KUSHIDA ends up getting to the ropes before BUSHI kicks him away from it, then hits a code breaker for a near fall. BUSHI hits the MX for another near fall, then KUSHIDA nearly knocks BUSHI out with a right hand when he misses an MX, KUSHIDA going after his mask afterwards. BUSHI gets up very angry and they exchange forearms and slaps before BUSHI hits a Canadian destroyer for another near fall. KUSHIDA gets a near fall off of a roll up, then KUSHIDA locks in the Hoverboard Lock, BUSHI forced to tap for the pin and the win.
Winner: KUSHIDA via submission
-After the match the returning Kamaitachi, now Hiromu Takahashi comes out and attacks KUSHIDA before staking his claim on the belt as we go off the air.