Yuya Uemura Wins KOPW Championship At NJPW Road To Wrestling Dontaku

Originally posted on Wrestlezone | By Colin Tessier | Last updated 4/28/24

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.

#andNEW

After putting Great-O-Khan through a table in Hiroshima, Yuya Uemura has claimed his first career championship in #KOPW2024!#njdontaku report: https://t.co/BNFRAbbc0H
Watch the replay!https://t.co/fsH5NZnEAI #njpw pic.twitter.com/8UmpB5bQzx
— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) April 27, 2024

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)