New Japan continued the World Tag League today in Ehime with the penultimate day of Block B.
Today’s event was held at Kihoko General Park Gym in Ehime and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 1354, a full house/near sellout.
Match 1: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi beat Shoma Kato, Shuji Ishikawa & El Desperado. Kanemaru pinned Kato.
Match 2: Masatora Yasuda, Satoshi Kojima & Taichi beat Gedo, Gabriel Kidd & Yota Tsuji. Taichi pinned Gedo after 100 (a double-team lariat and Ax Bomber).
Match 3: Dick Togo 3 (Kanemaru), Dick Togo 2 (Sho), Don Fale & EVIL beat Zane Jay, Katsuya Murashima, Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano. EVIL beat Jay with a scorpion deathlock.
Match 4: Daiki Nagai, Drilla Moloney & Shingo Takagi beat Tatsuya Matsumoto, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Moloney pinned Matsumoto after Drilla Killer.
World Tag League Block B:
Match 5: Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan beat El Phantasmo & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Newman pinned Phantasmo.
Match 6: Alex Zayne & Lance Archer beat OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Archer pinned Ice.
Match 7: Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Hiromu Takahashi & David Finlay. Sabre pinned Takahashi.
Main Event: Yuya Uemura & Shota Umino beat SANADA & Ren Narita. Uemura pinned SANADA with a Kannuki suplex hold.
Standings (Block B):
1-Newman/Khan, 4-2, 8 pts
2-Uemura/Umino, 4-2, 8 pts
3-OSKAR/Ice, 3-3, 6 pts
4-Oiwa/Sabre, 3-3, 6 pts
5-Zayne/Archer, 3-3, 6 pts
6-SANADA/Narita, 3-3, 6 pts
7-Phantasmo/Tanahashi, 2-4, 4 pts (OUT)
8-Takahashi/Finlay, 2-4, 4 pts (OUT)
The top 2 advance to the Semifinals. While there are now 2 clear leaders, all but the bottom 2 still have at least a chance because of the remaining matches and tiebreakers. A win or draw in their final matches would put Newman/Khan and Uemura/Umino thorugh.
The next event is tomorrow at Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall in Hiroshima with the final day of Block A. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.