New Japan continued the Super Junior Tag League today with the halfway point of Block A.
Today’s event was held at Kumagaya City Civic Gym in Saitama and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.
The announced paid attendance was 1093.
There were last-minute changes to the card due to Taiji Ishimori being pulled off the event again. The always vague poor health again.
Match 1: Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano beat Zane Jay & Tatsuya Matsumoto. Oleg pinned Matsumoto after Kamikaze.
Match 2: Yujiro Takahashi, Dick Togo & Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Masatora Yasuda, KUUKAI & El Depserado. Takahashi pinned Yasuda after Pimp Juice.
Match 3: OSKAR (The Grouch), Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) & Robbie X beat Shoma Kato, YAMATO (Dragon Gate) & Tiger Mask. Ice pinned Kato after Ice High.
Match 4: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Yuki Yoshioka (Dragon Gate) & KUSHIDA beat Hartley Jackson, Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles. Tanahashi pinned Jackson after High Fly Flow.
Super Junior Tag League Block A:
Match 5: Dragon Dia (Dragon Gate) & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Daiki Nagai & Clark Connors. Dia pinned Nagai after DDDDT.
Match 6: Master Wato & Yoh beat Jacob Austin Young & Templario. Yoh pinned Young after a falcon blow.
Main Event: Sho & DOUKI beat Gedo & Hiromu Takahashi. DOUKI pinned Gedo.
Standings (Block A):
1-Sho/DOUKI, 3-0, 6 pts
2-Wato/Yoh, 3-0, 6 pts
3-Gedo/Takahashi, 1-2, 2 pts
4-Dia/Taguchi, 1-2, 2 pts
5-Young/Templario, 1-2, 2 pts
6-Nagai/Connors, 0-3, 0 pts (OUT)
Only the winner of each block advances to the Finals. It’s already pretty much down to the top 2, who face off on the last day on 10/30. Block B, which has completed 2 matches, continues next but what could happen will depend partly on the status of Ishimori.
The next event is tomorrow at Uonuma City Horinouchi Gym in Niigata with the halfway point of Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin TONIGHT at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.