NJPW Castle Attack – Night One
Date: February 27th, 2021
Venue: Osaka-Jo Hall
Time: 4:00pm JST
First Match:
Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs. Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb & Will Ospreay
2021 Statistics
- Jeff Cobb has been the winning fall participant in every one of his 9 victories in NJPW this year. His 9 winning falls are the most in NJPW this year.
- Great-O-Khan and Will Ospreay’s 15 victories each are good for third best in NJPW this year. Only Kazuchika Okada and Tetsuya Naito at 16 wins have more than The United Empire duo.
Last 365 Days Statistics – Overall
- Jeff Cobb’s +22 Fall Differential over the last 365 days is the 2nd best in NJPW. Only SANADA has a better ratio than Cobb.
- Satoshi Kojima’s +20 Fall Differential over the last 365 days is the 3rd best in that timeframe.
Second Match:
Special Singles Match
YOSHI-HASHI vs. Tanga Loa
Special Note
- This will just be Tanga Loa’s third singles match in his career with NJPW. This will be his first singles match in Japan since March 11th of 2017 when he lost to Yuji Nagata in the first round of the New Japan Cup. Tanga Loa’s most recent singles match was in August of 2020 against Jeff Cobb in the first round of New Japan Cup USA.
2021 Statistics – Overall
- YOSHI-HASHI pinned Tanga Loa to retain the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Championships at New Beginning in Hiroshima. Tanga Loa returned the favor on February 16th when he pinned YOSHI-HASHI on the Road To Castle Attack.
Last 365 Days Statistics – Singles
History In Osaka-Jo Hall
- YOSHI-HASHI has wrestled 4 times in Osaka-Jo Hall, he is 2-2 in the building.
- Tanga Loa has wrestled in Osaka-Jo Hall four times. He is 2-2. Guerrillas of Destiny have won two IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship matches in this building, while losing one.
Third Match
Special Singles Match
Hirooki Goto vs. Tama Tonga
Special Note
- Tama Tonga hasn’t competed in a singles match in Japan since the 2018 G1 Climax Tournament. This will be Tama Tonga’s first singles match in Japan since August 11th, 2018. Tama Tonga has had 6 singles matches in the USA since then, most notably, his first round victory over Brody King during New Japan Cup USA as well as victories on NJPW Strong against PJ Black and ACH.
2021 Results – Overall
- Hirooki Goto pinned Tama Tonga in a six-man tag on Thursday’s Road To Castle Attack card from Korakuen Hall.
Last 365 Days Results – Singles
Head To Head History
- Hirooki Goto is 5-0 all time against Tama Tonga, dating all the way back to their first meeting in 2011. Goto’s victories over Tama Tonga include two New Japan Cup victories and 2 G1 Climax victories.
History In Osaka-Jo Hall
- Tama Tonga has wrestled in Osaka-Jo Hall four times. He is 2-2. Guerrillas of Destiny have won two IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship matches in this building, while losing one.
- Hirooki Goto has wrestled six times in Osaka-Jo Hall, including four singles matches. He is 2-2 in the singles matches including an Intercontinental Championship defense against Shinsuke Nakamura and a victory over EVIL. He is 2-4 in the building overall.
Fourth Match
Provisional KOPW2021 – YTR Style Texas Strap Match
Toru Yano [KOPW] vs. Chase Owens
2021 Results – Overall
Last 365 Days Results – Overall
Last 365 Days Results – Singles
Head To Head History
- The only time Chase Owens and Toru Yano faced each other in a singles match, it was the four way Provisional KOPW match on January 5th at Wrestle Kingdom.
History In Osaka-Jo Hall
- Toru Yano his 0-5 in his career in Osaka-Jo Hall. He has wrestled in one singles match in the building; that was at Dominion in 2015 against Hiroshi Tanahashi.
- Chase Owens is 0-2 in his career in Osaka-Jo Hall.
Fifth Match
Special Singles Match
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Jay White
Special Note
- In the last two years, Jay White has been pinned 13 times. 3 of those 13 losing falls (23.07%) came at the hands of Tomohiro Ishii. Kota Ibushi is the only other wrestler to pin Jay White more than once since the beginning of 2019.
2021 Results – Singles
- Jay White’s 48 minute and 5 second loss to Kota Ibushi at Wrestle Kingdom 15 was the longest singles match of his career and the longest singles match in Tokyo Dome history.
- Jay White has been historically hard to put away in the last 365 days. His 10:42 Win/Loss Differential (Average Losing Match Length minus Average Winning Match Length) is the highest in NPJW over that time period, nearly 3 minutes longer than Taiji Ishimori.
Head To Head History
History In Osaka-Jo Hall
- Tomohiro Ishii is 1-1 at Osaka-Jo Hall in singles matches. Both of his singles matches in this building were for the NEVER Openweight Championship. In 2015, Ishii unsuccessfully challenged for Togi Makabe and in 2019 Ishii successfully defeated Taichi to win the title.
- Jay White has only participated in one singles match in Osaka-Jo Hall. White defeated SANADA at last year’s New Beginning In Osaka event.
Main Event
Special Singles Match
Kazuchika Okada vs. EVIL
Special Note
- When EVIL pinned Kazuchika Okada In Korakuen Hall on February 22nd, that was the first time Kazuchika Okada was the losing fall recipient in a tag team match since April 22nd, 2017 in Korakuen Hall when Bad Luck Fale, teaming with Kenny Omega pinned Okada who was teaming with Tomohiro Ishii. 1,403 days passed between tag team pinfalls for Kazuchika Okada.
2021 Results – Singles
- EVIL is still looking for his first singles victory of 2021 while Kazuchika Okada technically notched his second victory of the year a few weeks ago in an impromptu match against EVIL at The New Beginning In Hiroshima. Okada was the victor by DQ in 5 minutes and 41 seconds.
Last 365 Days Results – Singles
- Over the course of the last 365 days, nobody in NJPW has had as many singles matches as EVIL and Kazuchika Okada, both have competed in 20 singles matches in that timeframe.
- Over the course of the last 365 days, nobody in NJPW has spent more time competing in singles matches than EVIL (6 hours, 52 minutes, 55 seconds)
Head To Head History
History In Osaka-Jo Hall
- Both EVIL and Kazuchika Okada have had the longest singles matches in their career in Osaka-Jo Hall. Okada’s record breaking 64 minute and 50 second best 2 out of 3 falls match against Kenny Omega in 2018 is the longest IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match of all time. EVIL’s 38 minute and 1 second IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championship win over Tetsuya Naito at Dominion 2020 is the longest singles match of his career.
- Kazuchika Okada has participated in six singles matches in Osaka-Jo Hall, including some of the highest stakes matches of his career. Okada is 3-2-1 in this building with IWGP Heavyweight Championship victories over AJ Styles (Dominion 2015), Tetsuya Naito (Dominion 2016) and Chris Jericho (Dominion 2019). Okada’s Losses include his Best 2 out of 3 falls match against Kenny Omega (Dominion 2018) and last year’s New Japan Cup Final against EVIL.
- EVIL has participated in three singles matches in Osaka-Jo Hall. He is 2-1 in this building with his two victories both coming last summer as he defeated Okada in the New Japan Cup Final and then defeated Tetsuya Naito on the following night for the IWGP Heavyweight and IWGP Intercontinental Championships.