New Japan ran Day 13 of the World Tag League today, the final day of Block A which would determine the first 2 teams making the Semifinals.
Today’s event was held at Karatsu City Cultural Gym in Saga and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 907.
Pre-show Match: Oskar Leube beat Shoma Kato.
Match 1: Taiji Ishimori, Jack Bonza & Bad Luck Fale beat Ryusuke Taguchi, Minoru Suzuki & Yuji Nagata. Bonza pinned Taguchi after Napalm Thunder Driver.
Match 2: BUSHI, Zandokan Jr., Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat Tomoaki Honma, Tiger Mask, Soberano Jr. & Atlantis Jr. Takagi pinned TM 4 after Pumping Bomber. Afterwards, Tsuji & Zandokan apparently unnasked-or tried to-the Mexicans.
Match 3: Master Wato, Alex Zayne & Lance Archer beat Jado, El Phantasmo & Hikuleo. Wato beat Jado with Vendeval.
Match 4: YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada beat DOUKI, Yuya Uemura, Taichi & SANADA. Tanahashi pinned DOUKI after High Fly Flow.
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Match 5: Toa Liona & Bisbop Kaun beat Ryohei Oiwa & Kaito Kiyomiya. Kaun pinned Oiwa after Fall From Heaven.
Match 6: Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Ren Narita & Shota Umino. EVIL pinned Umino after EVIL. During & after the match, Narita turned on Umino and joined House Of Torture.
Match 7: KENARE & Great-O-Khan beat Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii. HENARE pinned Ishii after Streets Of Rage.
Main Event: Gabriel Kidd & Alex Coughlin beat Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls. Kidd pinned Nicholls after a hijack piledriver. As a result, Kidd/Coughlin win Block A and Haste/Nicholls finish 2nd. Both advance to the Semifinals.
The next event is tomorrow at Hayamizu Park Sports & Culture Center in Miyazaki for the final day of Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.
