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Yuya Uemura Wins KOPW Championship At NJPW Road To Wrestling Dontaku

Yuya Uemura has won the gold, as he beat Great-O-Khan to win the KOPW Championship.

On April 27, New Japan Pro-Wrestling held their Road to Wrestling Dontaku event at

Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall in Hiroshima Japan. Among other matches, Yua Uemura defeated Great-O-Khan in a Rural Revitalization Match to capture the KOPW Championship. In doing so, he won the title for the first time.

The full results, courtesy of Cagematch, are as follows:

  • Oleg Boltin & Toru Yano defeat HANZO & Rey Paloma 
  • BULLET CLUB (Chase Owens, KENTA & Taiji Ishimori) defeat Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) & Tiger Mask
  • United Empire (Francesco Akira & Jeff Cobb) (w/Callum Newman) defeat TMDK (Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr.)
  • El Desperado, Shota Umino & Tomohiro Ishii defeat House Of Torture (EVIL, Ren Narita & Yujiro Takahashi) (w/Dick Togo) 
  • Hiroshi Tanahashi & Katsuya Murashima defeat Shoma Kato & Tomoaki Honma
  • House Of Torture (SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) defeat Just 5 Guys (DOUKI & TAKA Michinoku)
  • NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team Title: TMDK (Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste) (c) (w/Zack Sabre Jr.) defeat Guerrillas Of Destiny (El Phantasmo & Hikuleo) (w/Jado)
  • NJPW King Of Pro-Wrestling Title Rural Revitalization In Hamamatsu 2 Out Of 3 Falls Match: Yuya Uemura (w/Taichi & TAKA Michinoku) defeats Great-O-Khan (c) (w/Callum Newman) to win the title.
  • Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito & Yota Tsuji) (w/Slyly) defeat BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Clark Connors, David Finlay, Drilla Moloney & Gabe Kidd) & Jake Lee (w/Gedo)

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