NJPW Battle Autumn ’22 Results 11.05.22: Will Ospreay Beats Tetsuya Naito

– NJPW held the Battle Autumn ’22 finale event earlier today in Osaka, Japan at the Edion Arena Osaka. The event had an announced sold-out attendance of 4,006 people. In the main event, Will Ospreay beat Tetsuya Naito to retain the IWGP US Heavyweight Championship.

Elsewhere, Ren Narita and Zack Sabre Jr. won their respective NJPW World TV Title Tournament matchups to advance to the finals, which will be held in January at Wrestle Kingdom at the Tokyodome. FTR also retained the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Titles against The United Empire (Jeff Cobb and Great-O-Khan). Below are some results from today’s Battle Autumn card, per New Japan’s official website:

* IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: TJP & Francesco Akira (c) beat BUSHI & Titan at 11:36 to retain the belts.
* United Empire (Aaron Henare, Gideon Gray, Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher) beat Hiroshi Tanahashi, Toru Yano, David Finlay & Alex Zayne at 9:50.
* Hikuleo beat Yujiro Takahashi in less than 30 seconds. After the match, Hikuleo called out NEVER Openweight Champion Karl Anderson.
* IWGP World Television Championship Tournament Semifinals: Ren Narita beat SANADA at 14:31. Narita advances to the finals.
* IWGP World Television Championship Tournament Semifinals: Zack Sabre Jr. beat EVIL at 4:48. Sabre Jr. now advances to the finals against Narita.
* Master Wato & El Desperado beat Hiromu Takahashi & Taiji Ishimori at 16:49.
* Kazuchika Okada & Tama Tonga beat Jay White & KENTA at 17:34.
* IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) (c) beat The United Empire (Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb) at 17:31 to retain the titles.
* IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship: Will Ospreay (c) beat Tetsuya Naito to retain the title at 30:07.
* After the match, Will Ospreay issued an open challenge for the title. Shota Umino answered the challenge.

NJPW also released the following video highlights and backstage interviews for today’s NJPW Battle Autumn event:

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🍁バトル・オータム '22 最終戦🍁
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ヒクレオを背後からSHOが襲撃💥
ゴング前から試合は大荒れ、一体どんな結末を迎えるのか⁉️

🆚 @Hiku_Leo × 高橋裕二郎
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👀視聴&登録⏩https://t.co/Tj7UBJ4PjP#NJPW #njautumn pic.twitter.com/Vshm5L4wy9

— NJPW WORLD (@njpwworld) November 5, 2022

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🍁バトル・オータム '22 最終戦🍁
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NJPW WORLD認定TV王座決定トーナメント準決勝‼️
一進一退の攻防を繰り返す両者‼️決勝へと進むのはどちらだ⁉️

🆚 @rennarita_njpw × @seiyasanada
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👀視聴&登録⏩https://t.co/Tj7UBJ4PjP#NJPW #njautumn pic.twitter.com/OQ3p3FMO7e

— NJPW WORLD (@njpwworld) November 5, 2022

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🍁バトル・オータム '22 最終戦🍁
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NJPW WORLD認定TV王座決定トーナメント準決勝‼️
入場で大岩を囮に使ったザックがEVILの背後から襲撃💥スピード決着となるか⁉️

🆚 @151012EVIL × @zacksabrejr
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👀視聴&登録⏩https://t.co/Tj7UBJ4PjP#NJPW #njautumn pic.twitter.com/qJlzjo4f6r

— NJPW WORLD (@njpwworld) November 5, 2022

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🍁バトル・オータム '22 最終戦🍁
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来年1/4東京ドーム大会で激突する、オカダとジェイが早くも激しい攻防を展開💥

🆚 @rainmakerXokada & @Tama_Tonga × @JayWhiteNZ & @KENTAG2S
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👀視聴&登録⏩https://t.co/Tj7UBJ4PjP#NJPW #njautumn pic.twitter.com/1Mgy7jjj3v

— NJPW WORLD (@njpwworld) November 5, 2022

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🍁バトル・オータム '22🍁(11/5)を公開‼️
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IWGP USヘビー級選手権試合‼️
凄まじい攻防💥両者一歩も譲らない激闘‼️
果たして勝つのは⁉️

🆚 @WillOspreay × @s_d_naito
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👀視聴&登録⏩https://t.co/Tj7UBJ4PjP#NJPW #njautumn pic.twitter.com/TrxCtFCbHw

— NJPW WORLD (@njpwworld) November 5, 2022

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🍁バトル・オータム '22🍁
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メインイベント終了後、
入場ゲートになんと海野翔太(@Shooter_us)が出現‼️

📲 #njpwworld で配信中📡

👀視聴&登録⏩https://t.co/Tj7UBJ4PjP#NJPW #njautumn pic.twitter.com/ctca8Z595J

— NJPW WORLD (@njpwworld) November 5, 2022