Dave Meltzer has released his star ratings for NJPW’s Wrestle Kingdom 20 and New Year Dash events.
In the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer reviewed both shows and assigned star ratings across the cards, covering New Japan’s two major January pay-per-views.
Dave Meltzer’s NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20 Star Ratings
Pre Show:
- Katsuya Murashima & Masatora Yasuda defeated Shoma Kato & Tatsuya Matsumoto – **1/2
- NJPW World Television Title Match: El Phantasmo (c) defeated Chris Brookes – ***1/2
Main Show:
- NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Title Rambo Match: TMDK (Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr.) won to become the new champions – **
- IWGP Women’s Title / NJPW STRONG Women’s Title Match: Syuri (c) [IWGP] defeated Saya Kamitani (c) [STRONG] – ****1/2
- United Empire (Andrade El Idolo, Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan, HENARE & Jake Lee) defeated BULLET CLUB War Dogs (David Finlay, Drilla Moloney & Gabe Kidd), Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi – ****
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title #1 Contendership Four-Way Match: El Desperado defeated Kosei Fujita, SHO and Taiji Ishimori – ***
- NEVER Openweight Title Match: Aaron Wolf defeated EVIL (c) – ***1/2
- IWGP World Heavyweight Title / IWGP Global Heavyweight Title Match: Yota Tsuji (c) [Global] defeated Konosuke Takeshita (c) [World] – *****
- Kazuchika Okada defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi – ******
Dave Meltzer’s NJPW New Year Dash Star Ratings
- Team 150 (Satoshi Kojima, Taichi & Tomohiro Ishii) defeated Katsuya Murashima, Shota Umino & Yuya Uemura – ***3/4
- The Don Callis Family (Konosuke Takeshita & Rocky Romero) defeated El Phantasmo & Shoma Kato – ***1/2
- Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) & Oleg Boltin defeated House Of Torture (SANADA, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Yujiro Takahashi) – **
- United Empire (Andrade El Idolo, Francesco Akira & Jakob Austin Young) defeated BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Clark Connors & Gabe Kidd) & Hiromu Takahashi – **3/4
- Aaron Wolf, Master Wato, Toru Yano & YOH defeated House Of Torture (Dick Togo, Don Fale, EVIL & Ren Narita) – *
- United Empire (Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan, HENARE & Jake Lee) defeated BULLET CLUB War Dogs (David Finlay & Drilla Moloney), Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji – ***1/2
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match: Ichiban Sweet Boys (Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles) defeated BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori) and House Of Torture (DOUKI & SHO) (c) and El Desperado & Kuukai – ***1/2
- IWGP Tag Team Title Match: Knockout Brothers (OSKAR & Yuto-Ice) (c) defeated TMDK (Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr.) – ****1/2
