7/5 New Japan results from Osaka (Styles drops IWGP title)

Jul 5, 2015 - by Steve Gerweck

Credit: PWInsider

On the preshow: Sho Tanaka, Mascara Dorada, Ryusuke Taguchi, Manabu Nakanishi, and Yuji Nagata defeated Yohei Komatsu, Tiger Mask, Jushin Liger, Satoshi Kojima, and Hiroshi Tenzan when Dorada pinned Komatsu with a Dorada Screwdriver

Match Number One: IWGP Junior Tag Team Championship Match: Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) defeated Roppongi Vice (Baretta and Rocky Romero) and reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly) when The Young Bucks pinned Rocky Romero with More Bang for your Buck.

Match Number Two: Tomoaki Homna and Tetsuya Naito defeated Bullet Club (Yujiro Takahashi and Bad Luck Fale) when Honma pinned Takahashi after a diving head butt from the top turnbuckle.

Match Number Three: Katsuyori Shibata defeated Kazushi Sakuraba with the PK.

Match Number Four: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: KUSHIDA defeated Kenny Omega with the Hoverboard Lock (Kimura) to become the 71st IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion.

Match Number Five: NEVER Openweight Championship Match: Togi Makabe defeated Tomohiro Ishii with the King Kong Knee Drop.

Match Number Six: IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Match: Bullet Club (Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows [with Amber Gallows]) defeated The Kingdom (Matt Taven and Michael Bennett [with Maria Kanellis]) when Anderson pinned Taven with the Magic Killer to become the 68th IWGP Tag Team Champions

Match Number Seven: Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Toru Yano with High Fly Flow

Match Number Eight: IWGP Intercontinental Title Match: Hirooki Goto defeated Shinsuke Nakamura with the Shouten Kai

Match Number Nine: IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match: Kazuchika Okada defeated AJ Styles with the Rainmaker to become the 63rd IWGP Heavyweight Champion.

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