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New Japan 12/14/22 Results

New Japan wrapped up the Super Jr. Tag League & World Tag League today with their last major event of the year. Both tournament finals were held and likely would set up additional title matches for Tokyo Dome on 1/4.

Today’s event was held at Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 2031.

Match 1: El Lindaman & Alex Zayne beat Kosei Fujita & Ryohei Oiwa. Lindaman pinned Fujita with a German suplex hold.

Match 2: Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls beat Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA. Haste pinned Knight after Tank Buster.

Match 3: Francesco Akira, TJP, Aaron Henare & Great-O-Khan beat Gabriel Kidd, Alex Coughlin, Robbie Ragles & Tiger Mask. TJP pinned TM 4.

Match 4: DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Lance Archer & Minoru Suzuki beat Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Suzuki pinned Togo after a Gotch-style piledriver. Afterwards, Suzuki with microphone for a major announcement he promised…he shocked the crowd by announcing his Suzuki-gun faction will disband at the end of the year after over a decade.

Match 5: Titan. BUSHI, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito beat Clark Connors, Ryusuke Taguchi, Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Naito pinned Connors after Destino.

Match 6: Gedo, Taiji Ishimori & Jay White beat Master Wato, Tama Tonfga & Kazuchika Okada. Gedo pinned Wato.

Match 7: NEVER Openweight Champion Karl Anderson beat Hikuleo to retain the title. V2 for Anderson. Next up: Tonga. That match will happen at Tokyo Dome.

Match 8: Super Jr. Tag League Finals: Lio Rush & Yoh beat Ace Austin & Chris Bey to win the tournament. Yoh pinned Austin after Direct Drive. While not definite, this probably means Rush & Yoh will face IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Francesco Akira & TJP for the titles at Tokyo Dome.

Main Event: World Tag League Finals: YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Aussie Open to win the tournament. YOSHI-HASHI pinned Kyle Fletcher after Abyss. It’s the second straight tournament victory for YOSHI-HASHI & Goto and means they will probably face IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions FTR for the titles at Tokyo Dome, assuming All Elite Wresting lets them miss that day’s AEW Dynamite (not guaranteed).

The next event is Road to TOKYO DOME, the year-ending doubleheader, on 12/22 and 12/23 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming of both events on New Japan World will begin each day at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET, and even better you can watch the 12/22 event FOR FREE!

RUMOR: WWE Superstar to New Japan

This is just a rumor for now, but it’s huge-Mercedes Varnado, best known as Sasha Banks on WWE, is reportedly headed to New Japan, at least temporarily. Varnado, who has been out of WWE since summer but is still reportedly under contract, has agreed to “multiple dates” with New Japan and may have a deal with them. But there is a chance she re-signs with WWE, and if that happens the potential New Japan deal is off. Her WWE deal is up at the end of the year but they could add time on based on how long she has been out, that could mean as much as 6-7 months.

If she does go to New Japan it likely would be for special attraction matches against talent from Stardom as both are owned by Bushiroad Corporation. Showing up in Stardom is also possible.What seems less clear now is All Elite Wrestling and if she might go there, or if they had a hand in this.

More as it becomes available. But for now this is all rumors.

New Japan 12/11/22 Results

New Japan ran the final day of the World Tag League today, with 5 teams still having a chance to make the Finals. Aussie Open was in the lead but not in league action today so they needed help to make it for sure because of tiebreakers.

Today’s event was held at Atelier Himeji in Hyogo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 971, a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Bad Luck Fale beat Kosei Fujita.

Match 2: Aussie Open beat Oskar Leube & Ryohei Oiwa. Kyle Fletcher pinned Leube after Grimstone.

Match 3: DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado beat Gedo, Ace Austin & Taiji Ishimori. DOUKI beat Gedo with Italian Stretch 32.

Match 4: Titan, BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi beat Clark Connors, Master Wato, Ryusuke Taguchi & Tomoaki Honma. Takagi pinned Honma after Pumping Bomber.

World Tag League:
Match 5: Lance Archer & Minoru Suzuki beat Gabriel Kidd & Alex Coughlin. Archer pinned Coughlin after Blackout.
Match 6: Aaron Henare & Great-O-Khan beat Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Henare pinned Yano after Imperial Drop.
Match 7: Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat SANADA & Tetsuya Naito. Takahashi pinned SANADA after Big Juice. As a result, Aussie Open advances to the Finals (they would have lost tiebreaker to SANADA/Naito).
Main Event: Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI beat Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls. Goto pinned Nicholls after Shoto. As a result, Goto & YOSHI-HASHI advance to the Finals.

The Final and the tour-ender is Wednesday at Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

New Japan 12/10/22 Results

New Japan ran the final day of the Super Jr. Tag League today, which would see the top 2 teams in the standings advance to the Finals. 5 teams still had a chance to make it so there were a lot of possibilities.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1001.

Match 1: Kosei Fujita & Ryohei Oiwa beat Oskar Leube & Yuto Nakashima. Fujita pinned Nakashima. The Young Lion Fujita gets the victory in his hometown.

Match 2: Match 2: El Desperado, Lance Archer & Minoru Suzuki beat Master Wato, Tomoaki Honma 7 YOSHI-HASHI. Archer beat Honma with EBD Claw.

Match 3: Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat Gedo, Taiji ishimori & Bad Luck Fale. Naito pinned Gedo.

Super Jr. Tag League:
Match 4: Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA beat Robbie Eagles & Tiger Mask. Knight pinned TM 4 after a high-angle DDT.
Match 5: Dick Togo & Sho beat Clark Connors & Ryusuke Taguchi. Sho pinned Taguchi after Shock Arrow.
Match 6: DOUKI & Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat El Lindaman & Alex Zayne. DOUKI pinned Lindaman with Suplex De La Luna. As a result, the winners of the final 2 matches, if there were winners, would advance to the Finals.
Match 7: Lio Rush & Yoh beat Titan & BUSHI. Rush pinned BUSHI after Final Hour.
Main Event: Ace Austin & Chris Bey beat Francesco Akira & TJP. Bey pinned Akira after Rock-a-bye-Bey.
As a result, Rush/Yoh and Austin/Bey advance to the Finals.

The Final is Wednesday. The next event is tomorrow at Atelier Himeji in Hyogo with the final day of the World Tag League. The event is a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

New Japan 12/8/22 Results

New Japan ran the penultimate day of the World Tag League today, with 5 teams still with a chance to make the Finals and one team being able to lock up a spot.

Today’s event was held at Kochi Prefectural Gym in Kochi and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 942.

Match 1: Bad Luck Fale beat Yuto Nakashima.

Match 2: Aaron Henare & Great-O-Khan beat Oskar Leube & Ryohei Oiwa. Henare pinned Leube after Rampage.

Match 3: Kevin Knight, KUSHIDA, Master Wato & Tomoaki Honma beat Gedo, Chris Bey, Ace Austin & Taiji Ishimori. Knight pinned Gedo after a high angle DDT.

Match 4: Titan, Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi beat DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado. Takagi beat DOUKI with STF.

World Tag League:
Match 5: YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Gabriel Kidd & Alex Coughlin. YOSHI-HASHI pinned Kidd after Shoto.
Match 6: Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi. EVIL pinned Tanahashi after EVIL.
Match 7: Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls beat Aussie Open. Nicholls pinned Kyle Fletcher after Tank Buster.
Main Event: SANADA & Tetsuya Naito beat Lance Archer & Minoru Suzuki. Naito pinned Suzuki after Destino.

Aussie Open remains the leaders but their preliminary tournament is done as they were one of the teams to get a free win because of the Fale/Chase Owens withdrawal. The top 2 make the Finals and 4 teams still have a chance, but not all will qualify because two of the teams tied for 2nd, Haste/Nicholls and Goto/YOSHI-HASHI, meet on the final day. Naito/SANADA must beat Yujiro/EVIL to have a chance. If there is a 3-way tie, if head-to-head results determine the final then it gets very messy outside of Aussie Open needing Goto/YOSHI-HASHI to win. Best-case for them is Haste/Nicholls-Goto/YOSHI-HASHI going to a draw, if there is a winner either way it costs Aussie Open a potential tiebreaker (they lost to both).

The final day is Sunday. The next event is tomorrow at Uwajima City Overall Gym in Ehime with the final day of the Super Jr. Tag League. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET.

New Japan News: TAMASHII Debut Streaming Soon

Good news for New Japan fans outside Australia & New Zealand-the debut events of the TAMASHII sub-label, originally not televised, are coming to New Japan World next week. You’ll be able to watch both events on demand starting Wednesday at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT. The events were held on 11/10 in Christchurch, New Zealand and 11/12 in Sydney, Australia.

Until then, be sure to check out LION’S ROAR on demand on New Japan World, spotlighting the NZ Dojo and head trainer Bad Luck Fale, that helped give birth to TAMASHII. No word yet on when the label’s next events will be.

New Japan 12/7/22 Results

New Japan ran the penultimate day of the Super Jr. Tag League today, with the top spot(s) still very much up for grabs. Only 3 teams at most were out of it coming in.

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

The announced paid attendance was 668.

Match 1: Oskar Leube & Kosei Fujita beat Ryohei Oiwa & Yuto Nakashima. Fujita pinned Oiwa.

Match 2: El Desperado, Lance Archer & Minoru Suzuki beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori & Bad Luck Fale. Suzuki pinned Gedo after a Gotch-style piledriver.

Match 3: Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat Master Wato, Tomoaki Honma, Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Takagi pinned Honma after Pumping Bomber.

Super Jr. Tag League:
Match 4: Francesco Akira & TJP beat Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA. TJP pinned Knight after 2/2.
Match 5: Lio Rush & Yoh beat Clark Connors & Ryusuke Taguchi. Yoh pinned Taguchi after 3K.
Match 6: DOUKI & Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Dick Togo & Sho. DOUKI beat Togo with Italian Stretch 32.
Match 7: Titan & BUSHI beat Robbie Eagles & Tiger Mask. Titan pinned TM 4 after a swan dive missile kick.
Main Event: El Lindaman & Alex Zayne beat Chris Bey & Ace Austin. Zayne pinned Austin after SAUCE HEARTS SPECIAL.

The current standings have a 5-way tie for the lead now: Yoh/Rush, Zayne/Lindaman, Akira/TJP, Titan/BUSHI, Austin/Bey. It sounds like the top 2 teams make the Finals next week, so here are the Finals scenarios:
The BUSHI/Titan-Yoh/Rush and TJP/Akira-Austin/Bey winners, assuming there are winners, are in. Zayne/Lindaman are in if they beat Kanemaru/DOUKI. Time limit draws or no contests could complicate things as well as tiebreakers but barring an upset, the most likely scenario seems to be a 3-way tiebreaker unless Kanemaru/DOUKI win. Then it’s simple.

The final day is Saturday. The next event is Friday at Kochi Prefectural Gym in Kochi with World Tag League Day 8. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

New Japan 12/5/22 Results (Updated)

New Japan ran Day 7 of the World Tag League today, making their first visit to the Karatsu region of Japan in 25 years.

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 1091.

Match : Bad Luck Fale beat Oskar Leube.

Match 2: SANADA & Tetsuya Naito beat Ryohei Oiwa & Tomoaki Honma. SANADA pinned Oiwa.

Match 3: DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado beat Kosei Fujita, Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi. DOUKI beat Fujita with Italian Stretch 32.

Match 4: Titan. BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi beat Gedo, Chris Bey, Ace Austin & Taiji Ishimori. Takagi pinned Gedo after Pumping Bomber.

World Tag League:
Match 5: Gabriel Kidd & Alex Coughlin beat Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Coughlin pinned Takahashi with Blockbuster Hold.
Match 6: Aussie Open beat Great-O-Khan & Aaron Henare. Mark Davis pinned Henare after Corealis.
Match 7: YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Lance Archer & Minoru Suzuki. Goto pinned Suzuki after Shoto.
Main Event: Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls. Tanahashi pinned Nicholls after High Fly Flow. Afterwards, Tanahashi did an epic air guitar and much more to send the crowd home happy.

Standings:
1-Aussie Open, 7-1, 14 pts
2-YOSHI-HASHI/Goto, 5-2, 10 pts
3-Haate/Nicholls, 5-2, 10 pts
4-SANADA/Naito, 5-2, 10 pts
5-Yano/Tanahashi, 4-3, 8 pts
6-Khan/Henare, 4-3, 8 pts
7-Archer/Suzuki, 3-4, 6 pts
8-Chase Owens/Fale, 2-7, 4 pts (OUT-WITHDRAWN)
9-Kidd/Coughlin, 1-6, 2 pts (OUT)
10-Takahashi/EVIL, 1-6, 2 pts (OUT)
At this point it’s Aussie Open’s to lose. At worst it would be tiebreakers. Their final match is Haste/Nicholls.

Day 8 is Friday. The next event is Wednesday at Sasebo City General Ground Gym in Nagasaki with the Super Jr. Tag League. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

UPDATE: The attendance was later updated to note it was a legit sellout.

New Japan 12/4/22 Results

New Japan ran Day 7 of the Super Jr. Tag League today, beginning the final stretch of the tournament.

Today’s event was held at KDDI Ishin Hall in Yamaguchi and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 931.

Match 1: Oskar Leube & Ryohei Oiwa beat Kosei Fujita & Yuto Nakashima. Oiwa pinned Fujita.

Match 2: Master Wato, Tomoaki Honma & YOSHI-HASHI beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori & Bad Luck Fale. YOSHI-HASHI beat Gedo with Butterfly Lock.

Match 3: Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat El Desperado, Lance Archer & Minoru Suzuki. Naito pinned Suzuki after a Takagi Pumping Bomber.

Super Jr. Tag League:
Match 4: Chris Bey & Ace Austin beat Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA. Bey pinned Knight.
Match 5: Clark Connors & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Robbie Eagles & Tiger Mask. Taguchi pinned TM 4.
Match 6: Titan & BUSHI beat Dick Togo & Sho. BUSHI pinned Togo after Angel Immortar.
Match 7: Lio Rush & Yoh beat El Lindaman & Alex Zayne. Yoh beat Zayne with 5 Star Clutch.
Main Event: DOUKI & Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Francesco Akira & TJP. DOUKI pinned Akira with Suplex De La Luna.

Standings:
1-Austin/Bey, 6-1, 12 points
2-Akira/TJP, 5-2, 10 pts
3-BUSHI/Titan, 5-2, 10 pts
4-Lindaman/Zayne, 5-2, 10 pts
5-Rush/Yoh, 5-2, 10 pts
6-Taguchi/Connors, 3-4, 6 pts (OUT)
7-DOUKI/Kanemaru, 2-5, 4 pts (OUT)
8-Eagles/TM 4, 2-5, 4 pts (OUT)
9-Knight/KUSHIDA, 1-6, 2 pts (OUT)
10-Togo/Sho, 1-6, 2 pts (OUT)

Day 8 is Saturday. The next event is tomorrow at Karatsu City Cultural Gym in Saga with Day 6 of the World Tag League. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. The World Tag League runs over the next 3 events.

New Japan 12/3/22 Results

New Japan continued the World Tag League today with Day 6 of the tournament, preparing to enter the home stretch as the field of contenders further narrows down.

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

The announced paid attendance was 933. Vocal cheering was allowed today so 50% capacity limit.

Match 1: Bad Luck Fale beat Ryohei Oiwa.

Match 2: Shane Haste & Mikey Nhicolls beat Oskar Leube & Kosei Fujita. Haste pinned Fujita after Dynamic Bomb.

Match 3: DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado beat Gedo, Ace Austin & Taiji Ishimori. Kanemaru pinned Gedo after a moonsault press.

Match 4: Titan, BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi beat Kevin Knight, Master Wato, KUSHIDA & Tomoaki Honma. Takagi pinned Honma after Pumping Bomber.

World Tag League:
Match 5: Aussie Open beat Gabriel Kidd & Alex Coughlin. Mark Davis pinned Kidd after Corealis.
Match 6: YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Aaron Henare & Great-O-Khan. Goto pinned Henare after Shoto.
Match 7: Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Lance Archer & Minoru Suzuki. Takahashi pinned Suzuki.
Main Event: SANADA & Tetsuya Naito beat Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Naito pinned Yano after Destino.

Standings:
1-Aussie Open, 6-1, 12 pts
2-SANADA/Naito, 5-2, 10 pts
3-Haste/Nicholls, 5-2. 10 pts
4-YOSHI-HASHI/Goto, 4-2, 8 pts
5-Khan/Henare, 4-3, 8 pts
6-Suzuki/Archer, 3-3, 6 pts
7-Yano/Tanahashi, 3-3, 6 pts
8-Fale/Chase Owens, 2-7, 4 pts (OUT/WITHDRAWN)
9-Takahashi/EVIL, 1-5, 2 pts (OUT)
10-Kidd/Coughlin, 0-6, 0 pts (OUT)

Day 7 is Monday. The next event is tomorrow at KDDI Ishin Hall in Yamaguchi with the Super Jr. Tag League. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 3 AM ET/midnight PT.

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