New Japan wrapped up the Super Junior Tag League today with the final day of Block B.
Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 977, a legit sellout. Reduced capacity though, Osaka has been holding events like this with smaller crowds since the pandemic.
Match 1: Masatora Yasuda & Shoma Kato beat Zane Jay & Tatsuya Matsumoto. Kato pinned Matsumoto.
Match 2: Dragon Dia (Dragon Gate), Ryusuke Taguchi, Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano beat Daiki Nagai, Clark Connors, OSKAR (The Grtouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Oleg pinned Nagai.
Match 3: Yujiro Takahashi, Sho & DOUKI beat Callum Newman, Jacob Austin Young & Templario. Takahashi pinned Young after Big Juice.
Match 4: Gedo, Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi beat Katsuya Murashima, Master Wato & Yoh. Takashi pinned Murashima after War Special.
Super Junior Tag League Block B:
Match 5: YAMATO (Dragon Gate) & Tiger Mask beat Dick Togo & Yoshinobu Kanemaru by ref stoppage (technical submission). YAMATO beat Togo.
Match 6: KUUKAI & El Desperado beat Yuki Yoshioka (Dragon Gate) & KUSHIDA. Desperado pinned Yoshioka after Pinche Loco.
Main Event: Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori beat Kosei FUjita & Robbie Eagles. Ishimori pinned Tagles after Bloody Cross. As a result, X & Ishimori win Block B on tiebreakers. (Yoshioka/KUSHIDA were eliminated by their loss).
The Finals will be X & Ishimori vs. Sho & DOUKI. That match will happen tomorrow.
The next event is tomorrow at Gifu Memorial Center First Gym in Gifu for a Hiroshi Tanahashi hometown event, the final time Tanahashi will compete in his hometown before retiring at Tokyo Dome. The event is a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY will begin at-a little wacky due to the US time change overnight-1 AM PT/3 AM ET. This will be a live & exclusive TV Asahi broadcast in Japan.