New Japan kicked off the Super Jr. Tag League today, the first of the annual back-to-bacx year-end tag team tournaments before Tokyo Dome.
Today’s event was held at Kumagaya Municipal Gym in Saitama and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 1112.
There were last-minute changes to the event and tournament due to El Desperado being pulled from the tournament. Back & leg injuries. He was to have teamed with Mistico in the tournament. Masatora Yasuda is the replacement.
Match 1: Tatsuya Matsumoto beat Taisei Nakahara.
Super Jr. Tag League:
Block B: Jacob Austin Young & Francesco Akira beat Dick Togo & Sho. Young pinned Togo.
Match 3: Block A: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI beat Nick Wayne & KUSHIDA. DOUKI pinned KUSHIDA.
Match 4: Block B: Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles beat Daiki Nagai & Titan. Eagles pinned Nagai after Hyperion.
Match 5: Block A: Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori beat Kazuma Sumi & Ryusuke Taguchi. X pinned Sumi after X Express.
Match 6: Block B: Lee Johnson & Blake Christian beat Hyo & Yoh. Christian pinned Hyo.
Main Event: Block A: KUUKAI & Master Wato beat Masatora Yasuda & Mistico. Wato pinned Yasuda.
The next event is tomorrow at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo for the first of back-to-back events. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. Monday’s event will also be a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.