Here is an update on the World Tag League currently going on in New Japan Pro Wrestling. The latest event took place this morning in Aichi. A pretty decent card with a good main event, but nothing going out of you way to see, as is the norm with the World Tag League. Here are prelim results, tournament results, and the latest standings.
Prelim bouts:
Teruaki Kanemitsu defeated Hirai Kawato after Kawato submitted to the Boston Crab. This was a good, stiff match with Kawato’s mouth bleeding at the end.
Togi Makabe, Jushin Liger, Tomoaki Honma & Tiger Mask defeated Billy Gunn, Ryusuke Taguchi, Yoshitatsu & David Finlay when Makabe pinned Finlay with the King Kong knee drop.
Katsuyori Shibata, Yuji Nagata & KUSHIDA defeated BUSHI, EVIL & SANADA when Shibata pinned BUSHI following a penalty kick.
Hirooki Goto, Kazuchika Okada, YOSHI-HASHI & Tomohiro Ishii defeated Kenny Omega, Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens & Bone Soldier when Goto pinned Soldier with the GTR.
Tournament Matches (Block A):
Leland Race & Brian Breaker defeated Henare & Manabu Nakanishi
This was just kind of there as far as a match goes. It went a bit too long and was devoid of heat. Henare and Nakanishi are a good pairing and work together well in terms of chemistry. Leland Race scored the win, pinning Henare with the standing assisted sliced bread.
Guerillas of Destiny defeated War Machine
They brawled all around the arena, with War Machine throwing both Roa and Tonga into walls. It was a pretty cool, different kind of brawl. They went back to the ring and had some good back and forth, with the crowd picking up as the match continued. GoD managed to catch Rowe, laid him out, and pinned him with the Guerilla Warfare.
Hangman Page & Yujiro Takahashi defeated Rush & Tetsuya Naito
Okay match. People were into the Ingobernables, but were quiet for most of this match. Nothing about it was bad, but just kind of average with no real heat and the crowd was dead for the finish. Page pinned Rush with the Omori Driver.
Tencozy defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi & Juice Robinson
Pretty good main event, with the last few minutes being great as it got really good with Robinson kicking out of everything and there being actual heat for once on this show. It had solid back and forth action throughout. There was a funny spot at one point where both Robinson and Tanahashi had Tencozy in double abdominal stretches and played air guitar on their ribs.
Tanahashi missed a High Fly Flow which gave Tencozy an opening to attack. Robinson came in for a hot tag and helped Tanahashi do an assisted slingblade. Tanahashi took out Tenzan on the outside as Kojima fired back with a lariat on Robinson for a nearfall. Robinson also kicked out of the 3D. Kojima then busted out another lariat and pinned Robinson for the win.
Current standings as of 11/23:
Block A:
Tencozy [6]
War Machine [4]
Brian Breaker/Leland Race [4]
Hangman Page/Yujiro Takahashi [4]
Rush/Tetsuya Naito [2]
Guerillas of Destruction [2]
Henare/Manabu Nakanishi [0]
Hiroshi Tanahashi/Juice Robinson [0]
Block B:
Billy Gunn/Yoshitatsu [4]
EVIL and SANADA [4]
Hirooki Goto/Tomohiro Ishii [4]
Great Bash Heel [2]
Kazuchika Okada/YOSHI-HASHI [2]
Bad Luck Fale/Bone Solider [0]
Chase Owens/Kenny Omega [0]
Katsuyori Shibata/Yuji Nagata [0]
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