New Japan continued the World Tag League today with the halfway point of the event.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was also a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.
The announced paid attendance was 1132.
Match 1: Taisei Nakahara beat Yushin Hatazawa.
Super Jr. Tag League:
Match 2: Block B: Lee Johnson & Blake Christian beat Daiki Nagai & Titan. Johnaon pinned Nagai.
match 3: Block A: Nick Wayne & KUSHIDA beat KUUKAI & Master Wato. KUSHIDA pinned KUUKAI after Back To The Future.
Match 4: Block B: Hyo & Yon beat Jacob Austin Young & Francesco Akira. Yoh beat Young with a neck lock.
Match 5: Block A: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI beat Kazuma Sumi & Ryusuke Taguchi. DOUKI pinned Sumi after Suolex De La Luna.
Match 6: Block B: Dick Togo & Sho beat Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles. Sho pinned Eagles.
Main Event: Block A: Masatora Yasuda & Mistico beat Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori. Mistico pinned X after La Mystica.
Standings:
Block A:
1-Wayne/KUSHIDA, 2-1, 4 pts
2-Kanemaru/DOUKI, 2-1, 4 pts
3-X/Ishinori, 2-1, 4 pts
4-Yasuda/Mistico, 1-2, 2 pts
5-Suni/Taguchi, 1-2, 2 pts
6-KUUKAI/Wato, 1-2, 2 pts
Block B:
1-Johnson/Christian, 2-1, 4 pts
2-Hyo/Yoh, 2-1, 4 pts
3-Fujita/Eagles, 2-1, 4 pts
4-Young/Akira, 2-1, 4 pts
5-Togo/Sho, 1-2, 2 pts
6-Nagai/Titan, 0-3, 0 pts
The winners of each block advance to the Finals. Nagai/Titan technically are all but out now due to tiebreakers.
The next event is tomorrow at Koga City ES Central Sports Park Hanamomo Gymnasium in Ibaraki. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.