New Japan resumed the 2022 World Tag League today after focusing on the Super Jr. Tag League during the week’s prior events.
Today’s event was held at Fujisawa City Akibadai Cultural Gym in Kanagawa and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 1083.
Match 1: Oskar Leube, Kosei Fujita & Togi Makabe beat Ryohei Oiwa, Yuto Nakashima & Tomoaki Honma. Makabe pinned Nakashima with a German suplex hold.
Match 2: Jado, Clark Connors, Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, Chris Bey & Ace Austin. Wato beat Gedo with Vendeval.
Match 3: Titan, BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi vs. DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Desperado & Taichi went to a double countout in 84 seconds. Which led to…
Titan, BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi beat DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Desperado & Taichi. Takagi beat Taichi with a ground cobra twist. (This is all building to a final KOPW 2022 Trophy match between Takagi & Taichi to happen at a TakaTaichi special PPV in mid-December)
World Tag League:
Match 4: SANADA & Tetsuya Naito beat Gabriel Kidd & Alex Coughlin. Naito pinned Coughlin after Destino.
Match 5; Aaron Henare & Great-O-Khan beat Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls. Khan pinned Nicholls after Imperial Drop.
Match 6: Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale beat Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Fale pinned Takahashi after Grenade.
Match 7: Lance Archer & Minoru Suzuki beat Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Archer pinned Yano after Blackout.
Main Event: Aussie Open beat YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Kyle Fletcher pinned YOSHI-HASHI after Corealis.
The next event is tomorrow at Aichi Prefectural Gym in Nagoya with Day 3 of the tournament and Day 4 of the Super Jr. Tag League. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.