New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s Battle Line Hokkaido: Road to Destruction tour continued on September 22, 2026, at Yotsuba Arena Tokachi in Hokkaido, Japan. The card featured eight matches, faction confrontations across multiple divisions, and a significant development around the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship picture.

Unbound Company emerged with the main-event win as Yota Tsuji, Taiji Ishimori, Robbie X and Gedo defeated Hirooki Goto, YOH, YOSHI-HASHI and Tatsuya Matsumoto. The eight-man match went 16 minutes and 20 seconds, the longest contest on the show, giving Unbound Company momentum as the Road to Destruction schedule continues.

Elsewhere, El Desperado and Mistico joined Shota Umino and Taichi in a disqualification victory over HOUSE OF TORTURE. The aftermath brought a direct challenge into focus: Desperado and Mistico agreed to pursue an IWGP Junior Tag Title match against SHO and DOUKI.

The event also included a post-match assault involving United Empire’s Great-O-Khan and HENARE, who attacked the Knockout Brothers following a multi-man clash. United Empire and Unbound Company each picked up victories during the evening, ensuring the rivalry remained active throughout the card.

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Unbound Company wins the main event

The headline bout placed four members of Unbound Company against a mixed opposition unit led by Hirooki Goto. Tsuji teamed with Ishimori, Robbie X and Gedo, while Goto stood alongside YOH, YOSHI-HASHI and Tatsuya Matsumoto.

After 16:20 of action, Unbound Company secured the victory. With Tsuji at the center of the winning side and Ishimori providing a junior heavyweight presence alongside Robbie X and Gedo, the result represented a notable closing statement for the group in Hokkaido.

Goto, YOH and YOSHI-HASHI brought considerable experience to the opposing side, while Matsumoto had the opportunity to work in the tour’s featured final match. However, Unbound Company left Yotsuba Arena Tokachi with the decision and the final momentum of the night.

Desperado and Mistico target SHO and DOUKI

The show’s junior heavyweight scene produced one of its clearest developments when El Desperado, Mistico, Shota Umino and Taichi met HOUSE OF TORTURE’s DOUKI, SHO, Shun Skywalker and Dick Togo.

Desperado’s team was awarded the win by disqualification at 10:02. While the official decision went in favor of Desperado, Mistico, Umino and Taichi, the larger consequence came after the bell. Desperado and Mistico agreed to an IWGP Junior Tag Title match against SHO and DOUKI.

That agreement establishes Desperado and Mistico as challengers for the championship pairing. SHO and DOUKI are members of HOUSE OF TORTURE, and their team’s involvement in the disqualification result added further tension before the prospective title encounter.

Taichi was listed among the participants in the match results. Separately, NJPW noted that Taichi was forced to withdraw from the day’s event because of an undisclosed illness. No additional details regarding the illness were provided.

United Empire and Unbound Company trade victories

United Empire and Unbound Company met twice on the Hokkaido card, with each side earning one victory in different combinations.

In the first meeting, HENARE, Great-O-Khan, Callum Newman and Zane Jay defeated Yuto-Ice, OSKAR, Jeff Cobb and Daiki Nagai in 12:32. The result gave United Empire a substantial win over an Unbound Company lineup that combined established names with Nagai.

Following that match, Great-O-Khan and HENARE attacked the Knockout Brothers. The confrontation ensured that the contest did not end simply with the official result, and it added another hostile exchange between the factions during the Road to Destruction tour.

Earlier in the card, Unbound Company’s Yota Tsuji, Ishimori, Robbie X and Gedo had not yet appeared together, but the group eventually answered United Empire’s win by capturing the night’s main event. The split results meant neither faction enjoyed a completely decisive evening in Hokkaido, though the post-match attack and main-event result each provide issues that can continue to develop.

War Dragons overcome Uemura and Yasuda

Shingo Takagi and Drilla Moloney, competing as War Dragons, defeated Yuya Uemura and Masatora Yasuda in 11:19. Takagi and Moloney combined their respective power and aggression to claim the victory over Uemura and Yasuda.

The match gave War Dragons a successful outing on the tour, while Uemura and Yasuda were unable to convert their pairing into a win. The 11-minute contest was one of several bouts on the card that paired wrestlers from different stages of their NJPW careers and allowed the Road to Destruction tour to showcase its depth beyond the closing faction matches.

Oleg and Wato defeat Jake Lee and Jakob Austin Young

Boltin Oleg and Master Wato scored a win over United Empire representatives Jake Lee and Jakob Austin Young. Oleg and Wato prevailed in 7:41, handing Lee and Young a defeat despite United Empire’s later success in the eight-man contest.

The result was particularly important in the context of a night filled with United Empire involvement. Although HENARE, Great-O-Khan, Newman and Zane Jay defeated their Unbound Company opponents, Lee and Young were unable to follow suit against the Oleg and Wato team.

For Oleg and Wato, the victory added a concise but meaningful positive result to their Road to Destruction schedule. Their combination was able to stop a pair representing one of the night’s most active factions.

Makabe, Yano and Wolf beat TMDK

Aaron Wolf joined Togi Makabe and Toru Yano for a six-man tag team win over TMDK’s Kosei Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa and Hartley Jackson. Wolf, Makabe and Yano won in 9:45.

TMDK’s trio brought together Fujita and Oiwa with Hartley Jackson, but the Makabe and Yano side was able to secure the result with Wolf completing their lineup. The match continued the card’s theme of varied combinations, as NJPW rotated wrestlers through multi-man action while maintaining competitive faction-based encounters.

Nakahara opens with singles victory

The event began with Taisei Nakahara defeating Yushin Hatazawa in 8:41. The singles match gave both wrestlers an early spotlight on the Hokkaido card, with Nakahara taking the win.

As the opening contest, the match established the show’s competitive tone before the card shifted into tag team and multi-man bouts involving NJPW’s major groups. Nakahara’s victory was the first official result of the evening.

Full NJPW Road to Destruction results for September 22

  • Taisei Nakahara defeated Yushin Hatazawa in 8:41.
  • Boltin Oleg and Master Wato defeated United Empire’s Jake Lee and Jakob Austin Young in 7:41.
  • El Desperado, Mistico, Shota Umino and Taichi defeated HOUSE OF TORTURE’s DOUKI, SHO, Shun Skywalker and Dick Togo by disqualification in 10:02.
  • Shingo Takagi and Drilla Moloney of War Dragons defeated Yuya Uemura and Masatora Yasuda in 11:19.
  • Aaron Wolf, Togi Makabe and Toru Yano defeated TMDK’s Kosei Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa and Hartley Jackson in 9:45.
  • United Empire’s HENARE, Great-O-Khan, Callum Newman and Zane Jay defeated Unbound Company’s Yuto-Ice, OSKAR, Jeff Cobb and Daiki Nagai in 12:32.
  • Yota Tsuji, Taiji Ishimori, Robbie X and Gedo of Unbound Company defeated Hirooki Goto, YOH, YOSHI-HASHI and Tatsuya Matsumoto in 16:20.

The Hokkaido stop delivered a main-event victory for Unbound Company and moved the junior tag title situation forward through the agreement between Desperado and Mistico and SHO and DOUKI. With Great-O-Khan and HENARE escalating matters through their attack on the Knockout Brothers, the Road to Destruction tour leaves Yotsuba Arena Tokachi with multiple faction rivalries and championship implications still in motion.

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