New Japan continued the World Tag League today with the 3rd day of Block A.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was an ABEMA simulcast in Japan.
The paid attendance has not yet been announced.
Pre-show match: Shoma Kato beat Daiki Nagai.
Match 1: Taiji Ishimori, Tome & Stevie Filip beat Tiger Mask, Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano. Tome Filip pinned TM 4 after Mother Of All Bombs.
Match 2: Dick Togo, Ren Narita & EVIL beat Jacob Austin Young, HENARE & Great-O-Khan. Narita pinned Young after Double Cross.
Match 3: DOUKI, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi beat BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito. DOUKI beat BUSHI with Italian Stretch 32.
Match 4: Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls beat Katsuya Murahsima, Jado & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Fujita beat Murashima with Neshin Special.
World Tag League Block A:
Match 5: Callum Newman & Jeff Cobb beat Chase Owens & KENTA. Cobb pinned KENTA after Tour of the Islands.
Match 6: Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Ryusuke Taguchi & Alex Zayne. Sabre pinned Zayne after Zack Driver.
Match 7: Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino beat YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Umino pinned Goto after Death Rider. Afterwards, a recorded Claudio Castagnoli promo was played. Challenge issued for a match on 1/5 at the Tokyo Dome.
Main Event: Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat SANADA & Gabriel Kidd. Tsuji pinned SANADA after a huracanrana.
After 3 days Newman/Cobb lead Block A at 3-0, 6 points, with 4 tied for scond at 2-1, 4 points. The top 2 will advance to the Semifinals.
The next event is Tuesday at Big Palette Fukushima in Fukushima with Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.
UPDATE: It’s now official-Umino vs. Castagnoli for 1/5. If Umino wins the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship on 1/4 this likely will be for the title. Also added to 1/5 are the following:
International Women’s Cup Finals. A 4-way where participants will be the winners of 4 4-way qualifiers,with one each to be held in All Elite Wrestling, Ring Of Honor, Stardom & CMLL
NEVER Openweight Champion vs. Tomohiro Ishii for the title (the winner of Shingo Takagi vs. Konosuke Takeshita for the title on 1/4)
Yota Tsuji vs. Jack Perry
Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Ricochet (scheduled for now to be a NON-TITLE match is Sabre is still IWGP World Heavyweight Champion)
