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Welcome to the first of several New Japan Pro Wrestling Road to Destruction tour events that will be covered on this blog. I won't be watching every house show that NJPW does between now and next weekend's first Destruction show, but I will cover some of the more interesting shows. I will be reporting this similarly to the way that I did the G1 Climax. The undercard matches will recieve minimal coverage while the main matches will recieve most of my attention. The Golden Elite are in the main event tonight. So, I guarantee you that will recieve a great bit of attention on this post. Let's fire up NJPW World, and let's do this!!!! Here's the card for this show: Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi) vs. Tomohiro Ishii & Will Ospreay** Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma vs. Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI** Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, SANADA & BUSHI vs. Minoru Suzuki, Takashi Iizuka, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado** Hi...

As I begin writing this, it's 8:30am on the day after All In. And I feel like going back through and collecting some additional thoughts on the show, match by match, and discuss what generally worked and didn't work in each match. Was the show as great as I thought it was initially? Read along as I work through this. (Note: For the initial review of All In, click on this link:  ALL IN (9/1/18)- TRULY BEING THE ELITE .) - I thought that MJF vs. Matt Cross was a good appetizer for the main show and a smart way to start it off. I am not a fan of just going for broke right out of the gate on a PPV. Instead, give one of your undercard matches the hot crowd. This was a solid, well executed match between the two, even with the production snafus that happened on Honor Club's stream during the match. MJF can be a bigger deal in wrestling with more experience. I was impressed by what I saw. - I am again amazed by the legit athleticism of Stephen Amell as he continues to shine a...

This is it: The biggest independent wrestling show in history. Starrcast has already been in full swing the last few days, and now it's time to see whether the main course of the weekend lives up to the appetizers. Speaking of appetizers, I just watched the latest episode of Being The Elite to get myself hyped up for this show, and I'm fired up! Let's do this. ALL IN '** Note: I do not get WGN America. So, Zero Hour gets ZERO COVERAGE from me. ** We get a brief rundown intro by the announce team, and the arena looks awesome!!!! JUSTIN ROBERTS is there! Awesome! The national anthem is sung, and the set behind the singer looks great. The production values are definitely good for this. FLIP WON THE BATTLE ROYAL! He's facing Jay Lethal for the ROH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP tonight. 1) MJF vs. Matt Cross I have no idea who the hell these guys are, but I'm going to enjoy this for what it is. Again, the production values of this show are definitely a spot above the no...