New Japan ran the penultimate day of the World Tag League today with the Semifinals.
Today’s event was held at Kirishima City Makizono Arena in Kagoshima and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 1104.
Pre-show Match: Boltin Oleg beat Katsuya Murashima.
Match 1: Taiji Ishimori, Jack Bonza & Bad Luck Fale beat Oskar Leube, Yuto Nakashima & Master Wato. Bonza pinned Nakashima after Napalm Thunder Bomb.
Match 2: Alex Zayne, Lance Archer & Minoru Suzuki beat Callum Newman, HENARE & Great-O-Khan. Zayne pinned Newman after Taco Driver.
Match 3: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho & EVIL beat Ryusuke Taguchi, Ryohei Oiwa & Kaito Kiyomiya. Kanemaru pinned Taguchi.
Match 4: Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita beat Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino. Narita pinned Honma after a modified face buster. This went just 43 seconds. Another Narita/H.O.T. beatdown on Umino followed.
Match 5: Soberano Jr., Atlantis Jr., Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun beat Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada. Liona pinned Yano after Fall From Heaven.
Match 6: DOUKI, Yuya Uemura, Taichi & SANADA beat BUSHI, Zandokan Jr., Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi. Uemura pinned BUSHI with a Kannuki suplex hold.
World Tag League Srmifinals:
Match 7: El Phantasmo & Hikuleo beat Dhane Haste & Mikey Nicholls. Hikuleo pinned Haste after Godsend.
Main Event: Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI beat Gabriel Kidd & Alex Coughlin. YOSHI-HASHI pinned Coughlin.
As a result, the Finals will be G.o.D. vs. Bishamon.
The Finals are Sunday at Grand Messe Kumamoto in Kumamoto. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin Saturday at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. There may be live results posted. The live stream may only be available outside Japan as TV Asahi will also have a live broadcast.
