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New Japan continues the World Tag League today in Shizuoka with Block B.

Today’s event was held at Twin Messe Shizuoka North Hall in Shizuoka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 811.

Match 1: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi beat Masatora Yasuda, Satoshi Kojima & Taichi. Kanemaru pinned Yasuda.

Match 2: Dick Togo 2-who actually was Sho, Don Fale & EVIL beat Shoma Kato, Shuji Ishikawa & El Desperado. Togo/Sho pinned Kato after Magic Killer.

Match 3: Katsuya Murashima, Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano beat Daiki Nagai, Drilla Moloney & Shingo Takago. Oleg pinned Nagai after Burdict.

Match 4: Gedo, Gabriel Kidd & Yota Tsuji beat Tatsuya Matsumoto, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Kidd pinned Matsumoto after Drill-A-Hole Piledriver.

World Tag League Block B:
Match 5: El Phantasmo & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Alex Zayne & Lance Archer. Phantasmo pinned Zayne after Thubder Kiss ‘86.
Match 6: Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan beat SANADA & Ren Narita. Khan pinned SANADA after Eliminator.
Match 7: OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) beat Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. OSKAR pinned Oiwa after KIB.
Main Event: Yuya Uenura & Shota Umino beat Hiromu Takahashi & David Finlay. Umino pinned Takahashi after Second Chapter.

Standings (Block B):
1-Neeman/Khan, 3-2, 6 pts
2-OSKAR/Ice, 3-2, 6 pts
3-Uenura/Umino, 3-2, 6 pts
4-SANADA/Narita, 3-2, 6 pts
5-Phantasmo/Tanahashi, 2-3, 4 pts
6-Archer/Zayne, 2-3, 4 pts
7-Oiwa/Sabre, 2-3, 4 pts
8-Takahashi/Finlay, 2-3, 4 pts
The top 2 advance to the Semifinals. No real scenarios right now, just the old “throw at wall and see what sticks”.

The next event is Friday at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka with Block A. The event is a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. This will also be a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

New Japan continued the World Tag League today in Yamanashi with Block A.

Today’s event was held at Ainesse Yamanashi in Yamanashi and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 980.

Match 1: Katsuya Murashima, El Phantasmo & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Zane Jay, Alex Zayne & Lance Archer. Murashima pinned Jay.

Match 2: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, SANADA & Ren Narita beat Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan by DQ. Young DQ’d. Low blow fake-out.

Match 3: Kosei Fujita, Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa beat Daiki Nagai, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Fujita pinned Nagai.

Match 4: Gedo, Hiromu Takahashi & David Finlay beat Shoma Kato, Yuya Uemura & Shota Umino. Finlay ponned Kato after a Canadian hammer.

World Tag League Block A:
Match 5: Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano beat Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi. Oleg pinned Owens after Kamikaze.
Match 6: YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Don Fale & EVIL. YOSHI-HASHI pinned Fale after Top Hunt.
Match 7: Gabriel Kidd & Yota Tsuji beat Shuji Ishikawa & El Desperado. Tsuji pinned Desperado after Gene Blaster.
Main Event: Drilla Moloney & Shingo Takagi beat Satoshi Kojima & Taichi. Takagi pinned Kojima after Burning Dragon.

Standings (Block A):
1-Kidd/Tsuji, 4-1, 8 pts
2-Oleg/Yano, 3-2, 6 pt
3-YOSHI-HASHI/Goto, 3-2, 6 pts
4-Fale/EVIL, 3-2, 6 pts
5-Moloney/Takagi, 3-1, 6 pts
6-Ishikawa/Desperado, 3-2, 6 pts
7-Kojima/Taichi, 1-4, 2 pts
8-Owens/Takahashi, 0-5, 0 pts (OUT)
The top 2 advance to the Semifinals. Owens/Takahashi are now officially out while the only reason Kojima/Taichi aren’t officially out is because they beat Bishamon-they lose all other tiebreakers. Otherwise it’s still wide open. Right now Kidd/Tsuji only lose tiebreakers to Moloney/Takagi but still have Bishamon and Kojima/Taichi left.

The next event is tomorrow at Twin Messe Shizuoka North Building in Shizuoka with Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

New Japan continued the World Tag League today in Akita with the halfway point of Block B.

Today’s event was held at Akita Terrsa in Akita and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1312.

Match 1: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi beat Katsuya Murashima, Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano. Takahashi pinned Murashima after Pimp Juice.

Match 2: Sho, Don Fale & EVIL beat Katsuya Murashima, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Sho pinned Murashima.

Match 3: Gedo, Gabriel Kidd & Yota Tsuji beat Shoma Kato, Shuji Ishikawa & El Desperado. Tsuji pinned Kato after 7 Tie Cross.

Match 4: Daiki Nagai, Drilla Moloney & Shingo Takagi beat Zane Jay, Masatora Yasuda & Taichi. Moloney pinned Jay.

World Tag League Block B:
Match 5: Yuya Uemura & Shota Umino beat Alex Zayne & Lance Archer. Uemura pinned Zayne with a Kannuki suplex hold.
Match 6: OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) beat Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan. OSKAR pinned Khan after KOB.
Match 7: SANADA & Ren Narita beat Hiromu Takahashi & David Finlay. Narita pinned Takahashi after Head Of Hell.
Main Event: El Phantasmo & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Tanahashi pinned Oiwa after High Fly Flow.

Standings (Block B):
1-SANADA/Narita, 3-1, 6 pts
2-Uemura/Umino, 2-2, 4 pts
3-OSKAR/Ice, 2-2, 4 pts
4-Zayne/Archer, 2-2, 4 pts
5-Newman/Khan, 2-2, 4 pts
6-Gedo/Takahashi, 2-2, 4 pts
7-Oiwa/Sabre, 2-2, 4 pts
8-Phantasmo/Tanahashi, 1-3, 2 pts
The top 2 advance to the Semifinals. Today just ended the leaders’ unbeaten hopes and kept Phantasmo/Tanahashi alive, everyone else is tied for 2nd.

The next event is Tuesday at Aimesse Yamanashi in Yamanashi with Block A. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

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.

New Japan continued the World Tag League today in Aomori with Block B.

Today’s event was held at Aomori City General Gym in Aomori and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1187.

Match 1: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi beat Daiki Nagai, Drilla Moloney & Shingo Takagi. Owens pinned Nagai after Last Testament.

Match 2: Dick Togo, Don Fale & EVIL beat Masatora Yasuda, Satoshi Kojima & Taichi. EVIL pinned Yasuda after a lariat.

Match 3: Shoma Kato, Shuji Ishikawa & El Desperado beat Tatsuya Matsumoto, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Desperado pinned Matsumoto after Pinche Loco.

Match 4: Gedo, Gabriel Kidd & Yota Tsuji beat Katsuya Murashima, Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano. Kidd pinned Murashima after O-KNEE.

World Tag League Block B:
Match 5: Alex Zayne & Lance Archer beat Hiromu Takahashi & David Finlay. Zayne pinned Takahashi after Black Out Sauce.
Match 6: Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan beat Yuya Uemura & Shota Umino. Newman pinned Umino after Excalibur.
Match 7: SANADA & Ren Narita beat Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Narita beat Oiwa with Guillotine Of Hell.
Main Event: OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) beat El Phantasmo & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Ice pinned Tanahashi after Cruella.

Standings (Block B):
1-Narita/SANADA, 2-1, 4 pts
2-Newman/Khan, 2-1, 4 pts
3-Zayne/Archer, 2-1, 4 pts
4-Takahashi/Finlay, 2-1, 4 pts
5-Oiwa/Sabre, 2-1, 4 pts
6-Uemura/Umino, 1-2, 2 pts
7-OSKAR/Ice, 1-2, 2 pts
8-Phantasmo/Tanahashi, 0-3, 0 pts
The top 2 advance to the Semifinals.

The next event is tomorrow at Mutsu Maeda Arena in Aomori with Block A. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

New Japan continued the World Tag League today with Day 3 of Block A.

Today’s event was held at Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 1533.

Match 1: Gedo, Hiromu Takahashi & David Finlay beat Zane Jay, ALex Zayne & Lance Archer. Finlay pinned Jay after a powerbomb whip.

Match 2: Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan beat Shoma Kato, Yuya Uemura & Shota Umino. Young pinned Kato after Imperial Prison.

Match 3: Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, SANADA & Ren Narita. Oiwa pinned Kanemaru after The Grip.

Match 4: Daiki Nagai, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) beat Katsuya Murashima, El Phantasmo & Hiroshi Tanahashi. OSKAR pinned Murashima.

World Tag League Block A:
Match 5: Gabriel Kidd & Yota Tsuji beat Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi. Tsuji pinned Takahashi after War Blaster.
Match 6: Shuji Ishikawa & El Desperado beat Satoshi Kojima & Taichi. Desperado pinned Kojima.
Match 7: Don Fale & EVIL beat Drilla Moloney & Shingo Takagi. EVIL pinned Takagi after EVIL.
Main Event: YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Boltin Oleg & Toruy Yano. Goto pinned Yano after Shoto.

Standings (Block A):
1-Kidd/Tsuji, 2-1, 4 pts
2-Ishikawa/Desperado, 2-1, 4 pts
3-Fale/EVIL, 2-1, 4 pts
4-YOSHI-HASHI/Goto, 2-1, 4 pts
5-Oleg/Yano, 2-1, 4 pts
6-Moloney/Takagi, 1-2, 2 pts
7-Kojima/Taichi, 1-2, 2 pts
8-Owens/Takahashi, 0-3, 0 pts
The top 2 teams advance to the Semifinals. TIebreaker if needed is head-to-head result.

The next event is Friday at Aomori City General Gym in Aomori with Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

The December broadcast schedule appears set, and despite earlier proclamations it appears there will be 2 untelevised events next month, which is 2/3 of the short Road To TOKYO DOME Tour-12/19 at G Messe Gunma in Gunma and 12/21 at Light Cube Utsunomiya in Tochigi. The year-end event on 12/22 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo will be live and on demand.
For early 2026, Tokyo Dome on 1/4 will be live and on demand on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY as should be New Year Dash!! on 1/5 at Ota City General Gym, the next Yuji Nagata Produced event on 1/18 in Chiba, and at least the first 4 events of the Road To THE NEW BEGINNING Tour in January & February because they will all be at Korakuen. THE NEW BEGINNING USA on 2/27 in New Jersey is TBA but I expect that to be a PPV. The rest of February is TBA outside of at least one or two other Korakuen events as part of CMLL FANTASTICAMANIA 2026 and THE NEW BEGINNING on 2/11 at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka. 2/11 likely will also be OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY on New Japan World. 1/4 will be and I expect 2/11 to be exclusive TV Asahi broadcasts in Japan.

New Japan continued the World Tag League today in Tokyo with Fay 2 of Block A.

Today’s event was held at Machida Gym in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 1195.

Match 1: Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan beat Zane Jay, Alex Zayne & Lance Archer. Newman pinned Jay after a foot stomp.

Match 2: Jado, El Phantasmo & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Gedo, Hiromu Takahashi & David Finlay. Tanahashi beat Gedo with a Texas cloverleaf.

Match 3: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, SANADA & Ren Narita beat Daiki Nagai, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Kanemaru pinned Nagai.

Match 4: Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Shoma Kato, Yuya Uemura & Shota Umino. Jackson pinned Kato after Death Valley Bomb.

World Tag League Block A:
Match 5: YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens. YOSHI-HASHI pinned Owens after Shoto.
Match 6: Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano beat Satoshi Kojima & Taichi. Oleg pinned Kojima after Kamikaze.
Match 7: Shuji Ishikawa & El Desperado beat Drilla Moloney & Shingo Takagi. Ishikawa pinned Moloney after a giant slam.
Main Event: Gabriel Kidd & Yota Tsuji beat Don Fale & EVIL. Kidd pinned Fale after War Blaster.

The next event is tomorrow at Big Palette Fukushima in Fukushima with Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

New Japan kicked off the 2025 World Tag League, the annual year-end (usually) Heavyweight Tag Team tournament, today with the start of Block A.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1498, a legit sellout.

Before the event began, Yoh came out to request a NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Championship match at Tokyo Dome, meaning a title defense. More on that later.

Match 1: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, SANADA & Ren Narita beat Zane Jay, Alex Zayne & Lance Archer. Narita pinned Jay.

Match 2: Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan. Oiwa beat Young with a transformed Boston Crab.

Match 3: Shoma Kato, Yuya Uemura & Shota Umino beat Masatora Yasuda, El Phantasmo & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Umino pinned Yasuda after a lariat.

Match 4: Gedo, Hiromu Takahashi & David Finlay beat Daiki Nagai, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Finlay pinned Nagai after a power bomb whip.

World Tag League Block A:
Match 5: Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano beat Shuji Ishikawa & El Desperado. Yano pinned Ishikawa.
Match 6: Don Fale & EVIL beat Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi. EVIL beat Takahashi with a scorpion deathlock.
Match 7: Satoshi Kojima & Taichi beat YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Taichi pinned YOSHI-HASHI after Black Mephisto.
Main Event: Drilla Moloney & Shingo Takagi beat Gabriel Kidd & Yota Tsuji. Takagi pinned Kidd after WAR DRAGONS.

After the event ended, Yoh came out again to continue begging Chairman Naoki Sugabayashi for a Tokyo Dome title match. Granted. More as it becomes available.

The next event is Saturday at Fujisawa City Chichibunomiya Memorial Gym in Kanagawa with the start of Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

UPDATE: CMLL FANTASTICAMANIA 2026 was announced during the event. Next year’s series will run 7 events between 2/18-2/27 with the following CMLL participation: Mistico, Mascara Dorada, Titan, Atlantis, Atlantis Jr., Templario, Stigma, Ultimo Guerrero, Hechicero, Averno, Soberano Jr., Okumura, Magnus, Futuro, Valiente Jr., Hijo de Stuka Jr. and ring announcer Ivan Salguero.

Event dates: 2/18 (Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2, Tokyo), 2/21 (CHRES Seliz, Kochi), 2/22 (ATC Hall, Osaka), 2/23 (Aichi Prefectural Budokan, Aichi), 2/24 (EDION Osaka B, thinking this is aka Osaka Prefectural Gym 2), 2/26 & 2/27 (Korakuen).

UPDATE 2: In a post-match comments clip posted on New Japan’s Japanese social media account, Tanahashi responded to 11/19 post-match comments from DDT’s Kaisei Takechi where “The Rampage” requested a match against Tanahashi before his retirement. Tanahashi was happy about that but expressed concerns about it not being possible due to Takechi’s schedule. But Tanahashi seemingly extended an invite for Takechi to be part of Tokyo Dome on 1/4.

More as it becomes available..

UPDATE 3: It’s now official. Takechi will be part of 1/4z also, the NEVER 6-aman Tag Team Title match will be a Tornado Rambo aka a battle royal.