New Japan finished up Block A of the World Tag League today.
Today’s event was held at Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall in Hiroshima and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 1565.
Match 1: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, SANADA & Ren Narita beat Katsuya Murashim, El Phantasmo & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Narita beat Murashkma with a kneebar.
Match 2: Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Zane Jay, Alex Zayne & Lance Archer. Jackson pinned Jay after Death Valley Bomb.
Match 3: Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan beat Gedo, Hiromu Takahashi & David Finlay. Young pinned Gedo.
Match 4: Daiki Nagai, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) beat Shoma Kato, Yuya Uemura & Shota Umino. Ice pinned Kato after Ice High.
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Match 5: Shuji Ishikawa & El Desperado beat Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi. Desperado pinned Takahashi.
Match 6: Gabriel Kidd & Yota Tsuji beat Satoshi Kojima & Taichi. Kidd pinned Kojima after Drill-A-Hole Piledriver.
Match 7: Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano beat Don Fale & EVIL. Yano pinned Fale. As a result, Kidd/Tsuji advance to the Semifinals.
Main Event: YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Drilla Moloney & Shingo Takagi. Goto pinned Moloney after Shoto. As a result, Bishamon advance to the Semifinals (groans…again…). Bishamon win Block A on tiebreakers and Kidd/Tsuji finish 2nd. Goto/YOSHI-HASHI will face the Block B runners-up while Kidd/Tsuji will face the Block B winners. The Semifinals are Wednesday and Friday.
The next event is tomorrow at Iizuka City General Gym in Fukuoka with the last day of Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.