New Japan continued the World Tag League today with the 5th day of Block A, starting the second half.
Today’s event was held at Twin Messe Shizuoka North Building in Shizuoka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 569.
Pre-show match: Shoma Kato beat Daiki Nagai.
Match 1: DOUKI, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi beat Tiger Mask, Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano. DOUKI beat TM 4 with Italian Stretch 32.
Match 2: Dick Togo, Ren Narita & EVIL beat Gedo, Tome & Stevie Filip. Narita beat Gedo with a jumping armbar.
Match 3: Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls beat Jacob Austin Young, HENARE & Great-O-Khan. FIjuta pinned Young after Abandon Hope.
Match 4; BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Katsuya Murashima, Jado & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Takahashi pinned Murashima.
World Tag League Block A:
Match 5; Ryusuke Taguchi & Alex Zayne beat YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Taguchi beat YOSHI-HASHI with Kid Clutch.
Match 6: SANADA & Gabriel Kidd beat Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino. SANADA beat Honma with Skull End.
Match 7: Chase Owens & KENTA beat Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. KENTA pinned Oiwa after GO 2 SLEEP.
Main Event: Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat Callum Newman & Jeff Cobb. Takagi pinned Newman after Pumping Blaster.
Standings-wise, there are now 4 tied for the lead at 3-2, 6 points and the other 4 are tied at 2-3, 4 points. The top 2 advance to the Semifinals so mathematically everyone is still in it.
The next event is Sunday at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 with Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. This will also be a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.
