New Japan continued the World Tag League today with Day 3 of Block A.
Today’s event was held at Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.
The announced paid attendance was 1533.
Match 1: Gedo, Hiromu Takahashi & David Finlay beat Zane Jay, ALex Zayne & Lance Archer. Finlay pinned Jay after a powerbomb whip.
Match 2: Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan beat Shoma Kato, Yuya Uemura & Shota Umino. Young pinned Kato after Imperial Prison.
Match 3: Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, SANADA & Ren Narita. Oiwa pinned Kanemaru after The Grip.
Match 4: Daiki Nagai, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) beat Katsuya Murashima, El Phantasmo & Hiroshi Tanahashi. OSKAR pinned Murashima.
World Tag League Block A:
Match 5: Gabriel Kidd & Yota Tsuji beat Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi. Tsuji pinned Takahashi after War Blaster.
Match 6: Shuji Ishikawa & El Desperado beat Satoshi Kojima & Taichi. Desperado pinned Kojima.
Match 7: Don Fale & EVIL beat Drilla Moloney & Shingo Takagi. EVIL pinned Takagi after EVIL.
Main Event: YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Boltin Oleg & Toruy Yano. Goto pinned Yano after Shoto.
Standings (Block A):
1-Kidd/Tsuji, 2-1, 4 pts
2-Ishikawa/Desperado, 2-1, 4 pts
3-Fale/EVIL, 2-1, 4 pts
4-YOSHI-HASHI/Goto, 2-1, 4 pts
5-Oleg/Yano, 2-1, 4 pts
6-Moloney/Takagi, 1-2, 2 pts
7-Kojima/Taichi, 1-2, 2 pts
8-Owens/Takahashi, 0-3, 0 pts
The top 2 teams advance to the Semifinals. TIebreaker if needed is head-to-head result.
The next event is Friday at Aomori City General Gym in Aomori with Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.
The December broadcast schedule appears set, and despite earlier proclamations it appears there will be 2 untelevised events next month, which is 2/3 of the short Road To TOKYO DOME Tour-12/19 at G Messe Gunma in Gunma and 12/21 at Light Cube Utsunomiya in Tochigi. The year-end event on 12/22 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo will be live and on demand.
For early 2026, Tokyo Dome on 1/4 will be live and on demand on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY as should be New Year Dash!! on 1/5 at Ota City General Gym, the next Yuji Nagata Produced event on 1/18 in Chiba, and at least the first 4 events of the Road To THE NEW BEGINNING Tour in January & February because they will all be at Korakuen. THE NEW BEGINNING USA on 2/27 in New Jersey is TBA but I expect that to be a PPV. The rest of February is TBA outside of at least one or two other Korakuen events as part of CMLL FANTASTICAMANIA 2026 and THE NEW BEGINNING on 2/11 at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka. 2/11 likely will also be OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY on New Japan World. 1/4 will be and I expect 2/11 to be exclusive TV Asahi broadcasts in Japan.