New Japan ran Day 2 of the Super Jr. Tag League today, the 3rd straight event day following yesterday’s World Tag League start as the tournaments alternate events.
Today’s event was held at Arena Tachikawa Tachihi in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 849.
Match 1: Oskar Leube & Kosei Fujita beat Ryohei Oiwa & Yuto Nakashima. Fujita pinned Oiwa. First win for Leube!
Match 2: Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale beat Jado, Master Wato, Tomoaki Honma & Hiroyoshi Tenzan. Owens pinned Jado after C Trigger.
Match 3: El Desperado, Taichi & Lance Archer beat Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito by countout. Takagi counted out.
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Match 4: Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA beat Dick Togo & Sho. KUSHIDA pinned Togo with a hanmerlock suplex hold.
Match 5: Titan & BUSHI beat Clark Connors & Ryusuke Taguchi. Titan pinned Taguchi after Angel Immortar.
Match 6: Lio Rush & Yoh beat Tiger Mask & Robbie Eagles. Yoh pinned TM 4 after 3K.
Match 7: Chris Bey & Ace Austin beat DOUKI & Yoshinobu Kanemaru. Austin pinned DOUKI after The Fold.
Main Event: Francesco Akira & TJP beat El Lindaman & Alex Zayne. TJP pinned Zayne.
After 2 days United Empire & Bullet Club are 2-0, 4 points and tied for the lead.
The next event is Friday at Kiryu Municipal Gym in Gunma for Day 3. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. The World Tag League continues Saturday.
Also, following up on rumors for yesterday, NEVER Openweight Champion Karl Anderson vs. Hikuleo for the title has been announced for 12/14. It was scheduled for 11/5 but Anderson no-showed due to re-signing with WWE and instead being at a WWE event in Saudi Arabia that day.
