NJPW’s Final Homecoming show on November 2 concluded with the setting of a major Tokyo Dome main event.
At the close of the show, IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Konosuke Takeshita and IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion Yota Tsuji agreed to a double-title match at Wrestle Kingdom.
Takeshita retains, challenged by Tsuji for Tokyo Dome
The main event at the Gifu Memorial Center Deai Dome featured Konosuke Takeshita making his first defense of the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship against Hirooki Goto. Takeshita retained the title, pinning Goto after a Raging Fire.
?棚橋弘至～衣錦還郷?
IWGP世界ヘビー級選手権試合‼️
両者一歩も譲らない一進一退の攻防?ベルトを手にするのはどちらだ…⁉️? @Takesoup × @510njpw#njpwworld で配信中?
視聴＆登録⏩「NJPW WORLD」で検索?#NJPW #衣錦還郷 #njsjtl pic.twitter.com/aGAHGTmptK
— NJPW WORLD (@njpwworld) November 2, 2025
Following the match, Takeshita called for his next challenger for the Tokyo Dome. Yota Tsuji, who had just successfully defended his own title, emerged to answer the challenge. The two champions agreed to face each other at Wrestle Kingdom on January 4, with both championships on the line.
Tsuji defeats Tanahashi in emotional hometown farewell
Tsuji’s title defense came in the semi-main event against Hiroshi Tanahashi. The match was Tanahashi’s final appearance in his hometown of Gifu, and it gave the event its ‘Final Homecoming’ name. Tsuji defeated Tanahashi with the Gene Blaster to retain the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship.
After the contest, Tsuji thanked Tanahashi for the match and for his career inspiration. An emotional Tanahashi then addressed his hometown crowd.
However, the farewell was interrupted by Yuto-Ice, who challenged Tanahashi to a singles match for the November 8 show in Anjo.
?棚橋弘至～衣錦還郷?
試合終了後 @YutoxIce がリングイン‼️そして棚橋に対戦要求‼️#njpwworld で配信中?
視聴＆登録⏩「NJPW WORLD」で検索?#NJPW #衣錦還郷 #njsjtl pic.twitter.com/cpT4Y4ElNK
— NJPW WORLD (@njpwworld) November 2, 2025
SHO & DOUKI win Super Junior Tag League
The finals of the Super Junior Tag League also concluded at the event. The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions, SHO & DOUKI of House of Torture, defeated the BC War Dogs team of Taiji Ishimori & Robbie X to win the tournament. DOUKI pinned Ishimori with a horizontal cradle after spitting red mist in his face and holding his tights.
Elsewhere on the card
A 10-man tag match saw House of Torture (EVIL, Ren Narita, Yujiro Takahashi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Dick Togo) defeat Shota Umino, Yuya Uemura, Toru Yano, YOH & Master Wato. Togo pinned Wato after Kanemaru used his whiskey mist. Post-match, Aaron Wolf confronted the House of Torture members.
Wolf is slated to face EVIL for the NEVER Openweight Title at Wrestle Kingdom.
In eight-man tag action, Shingo Takagi, Yuto-Ice, OSKAR & Clark Connors defeated the United Empire contingent of Great-O-Khan, Callum Newman, Templario & Jakob Austin Young. Yuto-Ice scored the pinfall on Young with a Shining Wizard.
Ryusuke Taguchi, Dragon Dia, KUSHIDA & Yuki Yoshioka defeated El Desperado, KUUKAI, Tiger Mask & YAMATO when Taguchi pinned Tiger Mask with a roll-up.
The TMDK team of Robbie Eagles, Kosei Fujita & Hartley Jackson defeated Hiromu Takahashi, Gedo & Daiki Nagai. Jackson pinned Nagai with a Death Valley Bomb.
In the opening match, Oleg Boltin, Shoma Kato & Tatsuya Matsumoto defeated Katsuya Murashima, Masatora Yasuda & Zane Jay. Boltin pinned Jay with the Verdict.
The event took place in front of a sold-out crowd of 3,742 at the Gifu Memorial Center Deai Dome.
Full results
- Oleg Boltin, Shoma Kato & Tatsuya Matsumoto def. Katsuya Murashima, Masatora Yasuda & Zane Jay
- Robbie Eagles, Kosei Fujita & Hartley Jackson def. Hiromu Takahashi, Gedo & Daiki Nagai
- Ryusuke Taguchi, Dragon Dia, KUSHIDA & Yuki Yoshioka def. El Desperado, KUUKAI, Tiger Mask & YAMATO
- House of Torture (EVIL, Ren Narita, Yujiro Takahashi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Dick Togo) def. Shota Umino, Yuya Uemura, Toru Yano, YOH & Master Wato
- Shingo Takagi, Yuto-Ice, OSKAR & Clark Connors def. Great-O-Khan, Callum Newman, Templario & Jakob Austin Young
- Super Junior Tag League Final: SHO & DOUKI def. Taiji Ishimori & Robbie X
- IWGP Global Heavyweight Title: Yota Tsuji (c) def. Hiroshi Tanahashi
- IWGP World Heavyweight Title: KONOSUKE TAKESHITA (c) def. Hirooki Goto
