New Japan continued the World Tag League today with the second day of Block A.
Today’s event was held at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan. (UPDATE: Correction-On demand is currently unavailable due to technical issues. No estimated time of availability)
The announced paid attendance was 667.
Pre-show match: Shoma Kato beat Daiki Nagai.
Match 1: Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls beat Taiji Ishimori, Tome & Stevie Filip. Haste pinned Ishimori after Electric Blue.
Match 2: DOUKI, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi beat Dick Togo, Ren Narita & EVIL. DOUKI beat Togo with Italian Stretch 32.
Match 3: Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano beat BUSHI & Tetsuya Naito. Oleg pinned BUSHI after Kamikaze.
Match 4: Jacob Austin Young, HENARE & Great-O-Khan beat Katsuya Murashima, Jado & Hiroshi Tanahashi. HENARE pinned Jado after Native Knee.
World Tag League Block A:
Match 5: Callum Newman & Jeff Cobb beat Ryusuke Taguchi & Alex Zayne. Cobb pinned Taguchi after Tour of the Islands.
Match 6: SANADA & Gabriel Kidd beat Chase Owens & KENTA. Kidd pinned Owens after Drill-A-Hole Piledriver. Afterwards, Kidd promo addressed a recorded challenge from Kenny Omega for a potential match that, if Omega is medically cleared to return in time, could happen on 1/5 at WRESTLE DYNASTY at the Tokyo Dome.
Match 7: Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino beat Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Umino pinned Sabre after Death Rider. 1/4 implications/build.
Main Event: YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi. YOSHI-HASHI pinned Takagi.
After 2 days it’s Bishamon & United Empire (Newman/Cobb) leading at 2-0, 4 points. 4 are tied at 1-1, 2 points while Tauchi/Zayne & Owens/KENTA are 0-2, 0 points.
The next event is tomorrow at Fujisawa City Chichibunomiya Memorial Gym in Kanagawa with the second day of Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.
