NJPW Tiger Mask IV Retirement Show Results – July 7, 2026 – Tiger Mask IV vs. Black Tiger IV

July 7, 2026
Tokyo, Japan – Korakuen Hall
English Commentary: Chris Charlton

Quick Match Results

• 1) Six-Man Tag Team match – Shota Umino, Yuji Nagata, & Satoshi Kojima defeated Togi Makabe, Toru Yano, & Taisei Nakahara via Boston Crab (submission 4:45)
• 2) 10-Man Tag Team match – United Empire (Jake Lee, Great-O-Khan, Francesco Akira, Jakob Austin Young, & Zane Jay) defeated Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI, YOH, Ryusuke Taguchi, & Tatsuya Matsumoto via Giant Killing (pinfall 9:28)
• 3) Six-Man Tag Team match – Aaron Wolf, Boltin Oleg, & Jado defeated Unbound Co. (Knockout Brothers (OSKAR & Yuto-Ice) & Gedo) via Triangle Choke (submission
• Following the match, Oleg and Yuto-Ice engaged in a wild brawl as OSKAR and Wolf engaged in a staredown in the ring ahead of their upcoming G1 Climax tournament matches.
• 4) 10-Man Tag Team match – HOUSE OF TORTURE (Ren Narita, SANADA, DOUKI, SHO, & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) defeated Yuya Uemura, Taichi, El Desperado, Master Wato, & Masatora Yasuda via Cross-Armed Piledriver (pinfall 9:20)
• Following the match, Narita choked out Uemura with a towel he took from a fan at ringside and sent Uemura face first into the ring post to lay him out. Taichi grabbed a chair and cleared HOUSE OF TORTURE from the ring and at ringside.
• 5) TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr., Ryohei Oiwa, Kosei Fujita, & Hartley Jackson) defeated Eight-Man Tag Team match – Unbound Co. (Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi, Taiji Ishimori, & Daiki Nagai) via Bridging German Suplex (pinfall 10:09)
• Prior to the start of Tiger Mask’s first retirement match, NJPW legend Jushin Thunder Liger came out to be on Japanese guest commentary.
• 6) Tiger Mask IV Retirement match – Tiger Mask IV vs. “Dynamite Kid” Tommy Billington went to a Time Limit Draw (5:00)
• Following the match, Black Tiger IV ran out and attacked both Billington and Tiger Mask IV. This led to a brawl breaking out between Tiger Mask IV and Black Tiger IV that ended with Billington hitting Black Tiger to put a stop to it.
• 7) Tiger Mask IV Retirement match – Tiger Mask IV vs. Black Tiger IV went to a Time Limit Draw (5:00)
• Following the match, Black Tiger got on the microphone and demanded five more minutes, which Tiger Mask accepted and the referee rang the bell to make it official.
• 7) Tiger Mask IV Retirement match – Tiger Mask IV defeated Black Tiger IV via Tiger Suplex (pinfall)
• Following the mask, “Dynamite Kid” Tommy Billington went into the ring to celebrate Tiger Mask’s final match as Black Tiger looked on. Black Tiger then took off his mask revealing himself to be Rocky Romero and handed it to Tiger Mask in celebration of his legendary in-ring wrestling career.
• New Japan held a retirement ceremony for Tiger Mask in the ring. Unbound Company were the first to come out and Gedo handed a bouquet of flowers to Tiger Mask and all stood together for a photo. TMDK were the next group to come out and Kosei Fujita handed Tiger Mask a bouquet of flowers and all of them also posed together for a photo. Hirosho Tanahashi and Hontai was the next group to come out and did the same routine with Jado and Tanahashi handing the flowers to Tiger Mask and posing for a photo. Several famous Japanese musicians and sports figures came out and handed Tiger Mask flowers and posed for photos. NJPW and puro legends The Great Sasuke, Jinsei Shinzaki, Kazuo Yamazaki, Jushin Thunder Liger, and Tatsumi Fujinami also all came out one by one and each handed Tiger Mask flowers and posed for a photo.
• After some more celebrations, the original Tiger Mask, Satoru Sayama, came out to the ring and handed Tiger Mask flowers and hugged him and posed for a photo. Tiger Mask then grabbed a microphone and gave a speech thanking the original Tiger Mask and asked a request if they could lock up in a hold one last time together. The original Tiger Mask agreed and referee Red Shoes came out to ring the bell for the brief lock up moment between original and Tiger Mask. Tiger Mask then grabbed the microphone again and gave a speech thanking everyone for coming to his retirement show. Tiger Mask then talked about his wrestling career and trying to live up to the original Tiger Mask’s legacy. After Tiger Mask finished his speech, a ten bell salute was given in tribute of his legendary in-ring wrestling career being officially over.