New Japan continued the World Tag League today with the halfway point of Block A.
Today’s event was held at Mutsu Maeda Arena in Aomori and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 1208.
Match 1: Zane Jay, Alex Zayne & Lance Archer beat Shoma Kato, Yuya Uemura & Shota Umino. Zayne pinned Kato after Taco Driver.
Match 2: Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan beat Daiki Nagai, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Khan beat Nagai with Subaru Sheep Killer.
Match 3: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, SANADA & Ren Narita beat Gedo, Hiromu Takahashi & David Finlay. Kanemaru beat Gedo with a figure 4.
Match 4: Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Katsuya Murashima, El Phantasmo & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Jackson pinned Murashima after Death Valley Bomb.
World Tag League Block A:
Match 5: Drilla Moloney & Shingo Takagi beat Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi. Takagi pinned Owens after War Dragons.
Match 6: Don Fale & EVIL beat Satoshi Kojima & Taichi. EVIL pinned Kojima after EVIL.
Match 7: Shuji Ishikawa & El Desperado beat YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Ishikawa pinned YOSHI-HASHI after a giant slam.
Main Event: Gabriel Kidd & Yota Tsuji beat Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano. Kidd pinned Yano after War Blaster.
Standings (Block A):
1-Kidd/Tsuji, 3-1, 6 pts
2-Ishikawa/Desperado, 3-1, 6 pts
3-Fale/EVIL, 3-1, 6 pts
4-Moloney/Takagi, 2-2, 4 pts
5-YOSHI-HASHI/Goto, 2-2, 4 pts
6-Oleg/Yano, 2-2, 4 pts
7-Kojima/Taichi, 1-3, 2 pts
8-Owens/Takahashi, 0-4, 0 pts (OUT)
The top 2 advance to the Semifinals. Owens/Takahashi are eliminated already because, even if they were to win out now, they lose tiebreakers (head-to-head result) against 2 of the 3 co-leaders and won’t face Ishikawa/Desperado until their last match..Kojima & Taichi are close to out, the only co-leader they have faced so far though is Fale/EVIL and they lost. They must win their next match to have any faint hopes.
The next event is tomorrow at Akita Terrsa in Akita with Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.