New Japan continued the World Tag League today with the first half of the Semifinals.
Today’s event was held at Dejima Messe Nagasaki in Nagasaki and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 1282, a legit sellout with possible standing room tickets also sold.
Match 1: Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi beat Katsuya Murashima & Shoma Kato. Owens pinned Kato after Last Testament.
Match 2: Masatora Yasuda, Satoshi Kokima & Taichi beat Tatsuya Matsunoto, Shuji Ishikawa & El Desperado. Taichi pinned Matsunoto after a jumping high kick.
Match 3: Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan beat Zane Jay, Alex Zayne & Lance Archer. Newman pinned Jay after Excalibur.
Match 4: Boltin Oleg, Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Dick Togo 2 (Sho), Don Fale & EVIL. Tanahashi pinned Togo/Sho after High Fly Flow.
Match 5: El Phantasmo, Yuya Uemura & Shota Umino beat Yosjinobu Kanemaru, SANADA & Ren Narita. Unino beat Kanemaru with STF.
Match 6: Gedo, Hiromu Takahashi, David Finlay, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) beat Daiki Nagai, Drilla Moloney, Shingo Takagi, Gabriel Kidd & Yota Tsuji. Ice pinned Nagai after Ice High.
Main Event: World Tag League Semifinals: Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Sabre pinned Goto. As a result, Sabre & Oiwa advance to the Finals and will face Friday’s OSKAR/Ice-Kidd/Tsuji winner.
The second Semifinal is Friday at Sun Arena Sendai in Kagoshima. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.