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New Japan continued the Super Junior Tag League today with the penultimate day of Block B.

Today’s event was held at Toyama Techno Hall West Hall in Toyama and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 591.

Match 1: Daiki Nagai & Katsuya Murashima beat Yasutora Yasuda & Shoma Kato. Murashima pinned Yasuda.

Match 2: Toru Yano, Capitan Suicida & Tiger Mask beat Tomoaki Honma, Dragon Dia & Ryusuke Taguchi. Yano pinned Honma.

Match 3: Ryohei Oiwa, Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles beat Yujiro Takahashi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho. Oiwa pinned Takahashi after The Grip.

Match 4: Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi.beat Gedo, Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors. BUSHI pinned Gedo after Fable.

Match 5: Taichi, DOUKI & SANADA beat Jado, Master Wato & Shota Umino. SANADA beat Jado with Skull End.

Super Junior Tag League Block B:
Match 6: Ninja Mack & The DKC beat Rocky Romero & Yoh. Mack pinned Romero after Ninja Bomb.
Match 7: Paris de Silva & Jude London beat Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA. London pinned KUSHIDA.
Main Event: Francesco Akira & TJP beat Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori. TJP pinned Ishimori after 2/2.

Standings: EVERYONE is 2-2, 4 points. Total wide-open chaos! All but guaranteed to need tiebreakers to determine the winner.

The next event is tomorrow at Yoshitsune Arena in Ishikawa with the final day of Block A. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

New Japan continued the Super Junior Tag League today with the penultimate day of Block A.

Today’s event was held at Tsubame Municipal Gym in Niigata and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 702.

Match 1: Yasutora Yasuda vs. Daiki Nagai went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Shoma Kato, Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA beat Katsuya Murashima, Paris de Silva & Jude London. Knight pinned Murashima after Perfect Timing.

Match 3: Toru Yano, Rocky Romero & Yoh beat Tomoaki Honma, Ninja Mack & The DKC. Yano pinned Honma.

Match 4: Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira & TJP beat Gedo, Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori. Akira pinned Gedo after Speed Fire.

Match 5: Taichi, DOUKI & SANADA beat Jado, Master Wato & Shota Umino. Taichi pinned Jado after Holy Emperor’s Cross Mausoleum.

Super Junior Tag League Block A:
Match 6: Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles beat Capitan Suicida & Tiger Mask. Eagles beat TM 4 with Ron Miller Special.
Match 7: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho beat BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi. Sho pinned BUSHI after Uwahima Pimps.
Main Event: Dragon Dia & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors. Dia pinned Moloney after a huracanrana.

Standings:
1-Moloney/Connors, 3-1, 6 pts
2-Kanemaru/Sho, 3-1, 6 pts
3-Fujita/Eagles, 3-1, 6 pts
4-Dia:Taguchi, 2-2, 4 pts
5-BUSHI/Takahashi, 1-3, 2 pts (OUT)
6-Suicida/TM 4, 0-4, 0 pts (OUT)

The winners advance to the Finals. With just one day left, despite the loss Moloney/Connors are still in control. They advance if they win their last match (BUSHI/Takahashi) aa they have all tiebreakers. If Connors/Moloney lose or draw, the Kanemaru/Sho-Fujita/Eagles winner, if there is a winner, will advance. If there somehow is a 3-way tie, Connors/Moloney advance.

The next event is tomorrow at Toyama Techno Hall West Hall in Toyama with the penultimate day of Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

In other news, more matches for HISTORIC X-OVER 2, the second New Japan/Stardom joint event next month, were announced today: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Ryusuke Taguchi, Hanan & Saya Iida vs. Drilla Moloney, Gabriel Kidd, Natsuko Tora & Saya Kamitani, IWGP Women’s Champion Mayu Iwatani vs. Momo Watanabe for the title and KOPW 2024 Champion Great-O-Khan vs. Suzu Suzuki in a No Rules match for the title and if Khan loses he will shave off his hair and his beard (imagining him bald like so is almost scary). That’s 5 total matches so far with more TBA. Additionally, Kenny Omega will appear at POWER STRUGGLE on Monday and the FIGHTING SPIRIT UNLEASHED (11:8) broadcast plans are set: Live on New Japan World in Japanese and English for all monthly paid subscribers at no additional charge AND as a PPV on Triller/FITE for $19.99.

New Japan continued the Super Junior Tag League with a second Tokyo event today.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1145.

Super Junior Tag League:
Match 1: Block A: Paris de Silva & Jude London beat Francesco Akira & TJP. de Silva pinned Akira after Shooting Star DDT.
Match 2: Block A: Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors beat Capitan Suicida & Tiger Mask. Moloney pinned Suicica after Drilla Killer.
Match 3: Block B: Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA beat Ninja Mack & The DKC. Knight pinned DKC after Perfect Timing.
Match 4: Block A: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho beat Dragon Dia & Ryusuke Taguchi. Sho pinned Taguchi after Shock Arrow.

Match 5: Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Tsuji pinned Oiwa after Gene Blaster.

Super Junior Tag League:
Match 6: Block B: Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori beat Rocky Romero & Yoh. Ishimori pinned Romero after a 450 splash.
Main Event: Block A: Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles beat BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi. Fusjita pinned BUSHI with O’Connor Bridge.

Standings:
Block A:
1-Moloney/Connors, 3-0, 6 pts
2-Kanemaru/Sho, 2-1, 4 pts
3-Fujita/Eagles, 2-1, 4 pts
4-BUSHI/Takahashi, 1-2, 2 pts
5-de Silva/London, 1-2, 2 pts
6-Suicida/TM 4, 0-3, 0 pts (OUT)

Block B:
1-Knight/KUSHIDA, 2-1, 4 pts
2-X/Ishimori, 2-1, 4 pts
3-Romero/Yoh, 2-1, 4 pts
5-Akira/TJP, 1-2, 2 pts
5-Mack/DKC, 1-2, 2 pts
6-Dia/Taguchi, 1-2, 2 pts

Only the winners of each block advance to the Finals. Block A is in control of Bullet Club but only TM 4/Suicida are officially out. However, Moloney/Connors do have the all-important tiebreakers so far and they can officially win the block next time out. Block B is wide open.

The next event is Wednesday at Tsubame Municipal Gym in Niigata with Block A. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

UPDATE: In non-today news, IWGP Women’s Champion Mayu Iwatani vs. Momo Watanabe for the title is now official for HISTORIC X-OVER 2 on 11/17.

New Japan continued the Super Jr. Tag League today in Tokyo with the first event featuring both blocks in action together.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was a free live broadcast on ABEMA in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 1367.

Super Jr. Tag League:
Match 1: Block A: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho beat Capitan Suicida & Tiger Mask. Kanemaru pinned Suicida after Touch Out.
Match 2: Block B: Ninja Mack & The DKC beat Paris de Silva & Jude London.
Match 3: Block A: Dragon Dia & Ryusuke Taguchi beat BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi. Taguchi pinned BUSHI.
Match 4: Block B: Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA beat Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori. KUSHDA pinned X.

Match 5: Jado, Master Wato & Shota Umino beat TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI & SANADA. Umino pinned TAKA after Death Rider.

Super Jr. Tag League:
Match 6: Block A: Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors beat Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles. Moloney pinned Fujita after Full Clip.
Main Event: Block B: Rocky Romero & Yoh beat Francesco Akira & TJP. Yoh pinned Akira after Strong Zero.

Standings:
Block A:
1-Moloney/Connors, 2-0, 4 pts
2-Dia/Taguchi, 1-1, 2 pts
3-Kanemaru/Sho, 1-1, 2 pts
4-BUSHI/Takahashi, 1-1, 2 pts
5-Fujita/Eagles, 1-1, 2 pts
6-Suicida/TM 4, 0-2, 0 pts

Block B:
1-Yoh/Romero, 2-0, 4 pts
2-Knight/KUSHIDA, 1-1, 2 pts
3-Akira/TJP, 1-1, 2 pts
4-X/Ishimori, 1-1, 2 pts
5-Mack/DKC, 1-1, 2 pts
6-London/de Silva, 0-2, 0 pts

Only the winners of each block advance to the Finals. With just 5 matches for each team, that means the last place teams are already all but out of it.

The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This will be a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

New Japan ran Day 2 of the Super Junior Tag League today, kicking off Block B.

Today’s event was held at Culttz Kawasaki in Kanagawa and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 667.

Match 1: Daiki Nagai & Katsuya Murashima beat Yasutora Yasuda & Shoma Kato. Murashima pinned Yasuda.

Match 2: Toru Yano, Capitan Suicida & Tiger Mask beat Yujiro Takahashi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho. Yano pinned Takahashi.

Match 3: Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi beat Tomoaki Honma, Dragon Dia (Dragon Gate) & Ryusuke Taguchi. Naito pinned Honma after Pluma Blanca.

Match 4: Ryohei Oiwa, Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles beat Gedo, Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors. Oiwa pinned Gedo after THE GRIP.

Match 5: TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI & SANADA beat Jado, Master Wato & Shota Umino. SANADA beat Jado with Skull End.

Super Jr. Tag League lock B:
Match 6: Rocky Romero & Yoh beat Paris de Silva & Jude London. Yoh pinned de Silva after 3K.
Match 7: Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori beat Ninja Mack & The DKC. X pinned DKC after X Express.
Main Event: Francesco Akira & TJP beat Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA. Akira pinned Knight after 2/2.

The next event is tomorrow at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This will also be a free broadcast on ABEMA in Japan.

New Japan kicked off the 2024 Super Jr. Tag League today, which is part of the Road To POWER STRUGGLE Tour. Today featured the beginning of Block A.

Today’s event was held at G Messe Gunma in Gunma and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 633.

Match 1: Yasutora Yasuda vs. Daiki Nagai went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Yoh Return Match: Paris de Silva & Jude London beat Katsuya Murashima & Yoh. De Silva pinned Murashima after a shooting star press.

Match 3: Gedo, Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori beat Shoma Kato, Ninja Mack (Independent/Freelancer) & The DKC. X pinned Kato after X Express.

Match 4: Tomoaki Honma, Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA beat Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira & TJP. Knight pinned Young after Perfect Timing.

Match 5: Master Wato Return Match: Jado, Master Wato & Shota Umino beat TAKA Michnoku, DOUKI & SANADA. Wato beat TAKA with Vendeval.

Super Jr. Tag League Block A:
Match 6: BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi beat Capitan Suicida & Tiger Mask. Takahashi beat TM 4 with Maximum The Holding 2nd Form.
Match 7: Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho. Moloney pinned Sho after Full Clip.
Main Event: Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles beat Dragon Dia (Dragon Gate) & Ryusuke Taguchi. Fujita pinned Doa after Abandon Hope.

The next event is Saturday at Culttz Kawasaki in Kanagawa with the start of Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

New Japan wrapped up the Road To POWER STRUGGLE Tour today with the final day of the Super Junior Tag League prelims.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

Match 1: Hiromu Takahashi & Yota Tsuji beat Gedo & Taiji Ishimori. Tsuji pinned Gedo after Curb Stomp.

In the backstage comment area soon afterwards…
Taiji Ishimori beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi to win the title. Ishimori becomes the 1588th Champion.

Match 2: Tomohiro Ishii, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada beat Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Tanahashi beat Togo with a Texas Cloverleaf.

Match 3: Boltin Oleg, Oskar Leube, Ren Narita & Shota Umino beat Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb & Will Ospreay. Umino pinned Newman after Blaze Blade.

Super Junior Tag League:
Match 4: TAKA Michinoku & DOUKI beat The DKC & Ryusuke Taguchi. DOUKI pinned DKC with Suplex De La K.
Match 5: MUSASHI & Yoh beat Titan & BUSHI. Yoh pinned BUSHI after Direct Drive. LIJ OUT.
Match 6: Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles beat Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors. Eagles pinned Moloney. Champs OUT.
Match 7: Francesco Akira & TJP beat Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA. Akira pinned Knight after 2/2. K/K OUT.
Main Event: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho beat Master Wato & El Desperado. Sho pinned Wato.
3-way tie at the top at 6-3, 12 pts. As a result of tiebreakers, Akira/TJP finish 1st and Kanemaru/Sho finish 2nd and advance to the Finals on Saturday. DespeWato OUT.

Next up is POWER STRUGGLE, the final major event of the year, Saturday at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. The live stream will be available OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY. The event will be a live broadcast only on TV Asahi in Japan with on demand on New Japan World at a later date.

New Japan ran the penultimate day of the Road To POWER STRUGGLE Tour today with Day 8 of the Super Junior Tag League.

Today’s event was held at Yoshitsune Arena in Ishikawa and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1503.

Match 1: Callum Newman. HENARE & Great-O-Khan beat Tomoaki Honma, Ren Narita & Shota Umino. Khan pinned Honma.

Match 2: Hiromu Takahashi & Yota Tsuji beat Gedo & Taiji Ishimori. Tsuji pinned Gedo after Curb Stomp. After this match, during the taping of backstage comments for online distribution, Ishimori tried to win the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship from Takahashi but failed.

Match 3: Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI & Tomohiro Ishii beat Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Yano pinned Togo.

Super Junior Tag League:
Match 4: Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors beat The DKC & Ryusuke Taguchi. Connors pinned DKC after Full Clip.
Match 5: Titan & BUSHI beat Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles. Titan pinned Fujita after Angel Immortal.
Match 6: Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA beat MUSASHI & Yoh. Knight pinned MUSASHI after a spike DDT.
Match 7: Master Wato & El Desperado beat TAKA Michinoku & DOUKI. Wato beat TAKA with Vendeval.
Main Event: Francesco Akira & TJP beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho. TJP pinned Sho.

Standings:
1-Desperado/Wato, 6-2, 12 pts
2-TJP/Akira, 5-3, 10 pts
3-Knight/KUSHIDA, 5-3, 10 pts
4-Connors/Moloney, 5-3, 10 pts
5-Titan/BUSHI, 5-3, 10 pts
6-Kanemaru/Sho, 5-3, 10 pts
7-MUSASHI/Yoh, 3-5, 6 pts (OUT)
8-Fujita/Eagles, 3-5, 6 pts (OUT)
9-DKC/Taguchi, 2-6, 4 pts (OUT)
10-TAKA/DOUKI, 1-7, 2 pts (OUT)
The top 2 advance to the Finals. The only sure thing for the final day is Desperado/Wato advance with a win or draw (they get Kanemaru/Sho). Everything else is completely up in the air. It’s almost definitely going to come down to tiebreakers.

The final day is tomorrow at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

New Japan continued the Road To POWER STRUGGLE Tour today with Day 7 of the Super Junior Tag League.

Today’s event was held at Toyama Techno Hall West Hall in Toyama and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

Remember this is your last chance to subscribe to New Japan World before the new update launches on November 9 and price increases take effect (you can’t subscribe or cancel starting November 6 until the new update launched). After the relaunch it will cost 1299 yen for Japanese and existing international subscribers (currently around $8.50 US) or $9.99/month for all new international subscribers. Current subscribers get locked in at the current 1299 yen.

The announced paid attendance was 575.

Match 1: Tomoaki Honma, Togi Makabe & Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Boltin Oleg, Oskar Leube & Yuto Nakashima. Honma pinned Nakashima after Kokeshi.

Match 2: Ren Narita & Shota Umino beat Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan. Umino pinned Newman after Blaze Blade.

Match 3: Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI & Tomohiro Ishii beat Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. YOSHI-HASHI beat Togo with Butterfly Lock.

Super Junior Tag League:
Match 4: MUSASHI & Yoh beat The DKC & Ryusuke Taguchi. Yoh pinned DKC after Direct Drive.
Match 5: Titan & BUSHI beat TAKA Michinoku & DOUKI. BUSHI pinned TAKA after Angel Immortal.
Match 6: Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA beat Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles. Knight pinned Fujita after a spike DDT.
Match 7: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho beat Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors. Kanemaru pinned Connors. EVIL interference assist.
Main Event: Francesco Akira & TJP beat Master Wato & El Desperado. Akira pinned Wato after 2/2.

Standings:
1-Kanemaru/Sho, 5-2, 10 pts
2-Desperado/Wato, 5-2, 10 pts
3-Titan/BUSHI, 4-3, 8 pts
4-Akira/TJP, 4-3, 8 pts
5-Knight/KUSHIDA, 4-3, 8 pts
6-Moloney/Connors, 4-3, 8 pts
7-MUSASHI/Yoh, 3-4, 6 pts
8-Fujita/Eagles, 3-4, 6 pts
9-DKC/Taguchi, 2-5, 4 pts (OUT)
10-TAKA/DOUKI, 1-6, 2 pts (OUT)
The top 2 advance to the Finals. In reality it’s now down to 6 as the only thing possibly keeping MUSASHI/Yoh and Fujita/Eagles with the slimmest chance are tiebreakers. Both must win tomorrow to have any chances left.

The next event is tomorrow at Yoshitsune Arena in Ishikawa. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

New Japan continued the Road To POWER STRUGGLE Tour today with Day 6 of the Super Junior Tag League.

Today’s event was held at Tsubame Municipal Gym in Niigata and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 731.

Match 1: Tomoaki Honma, Togi Makabe & Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Oskar Leube, Boltin Oleg & Yuto Nakashima. Makabe pinned Leube after a King Kong kneedrop.

Match 2: Ren Narita & Shota Umino beat Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan. Umino pinned Newman after Blaze Blade.

Match 3: Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI & Tomohiro Ishii beat Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Yano pinned Togo.

Super Junior Tag League:
Match 4: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho beat The DKC & Ryusuke Taguchi. Sho pinned DKC after Shock Arrow.
Match 5: Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors beat TAKA Michinoku & DOUKI. Connors pinned TAKA after Full Clip.
Match 6: Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles beat MUSASHI & Yoh. Eagles beat MUSASHI with Ron Miller Special.
Match 7: Titan & BUSHI beat Francesco Akira & TJP. Titan pinned TJP after Titanika.
Main Event: Master Wato & El Desperado beat Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA. Desperado pinned Knight after Pinche Loco.

Standings:
1-Desperado/Wato, 5-1, 10 pts
2-Connors/Moloney, 4-2, 8 pts
3-Sho/Kanemaru, 4-2, 8 pts
4-BUSHI/Titan, 3-3, 6 pts
5-Fujita/Eagles, 3-3, 6 pts
6-Akira/TJP, 3-3, 6 pts
7-Knight/KUSHIDA, 3-3, 6 pts
8-Yoh/MUSASHI, 2-4, 4 pts
9-DKC/Taguchi, 2-4, 4 pts
10-TAKA/DOUKI, 1-5, 2 pts (OUT)

The top 2 advance to the Finals. At this point Just 2 Jobbers have been mathematically eliminated because the only way they could advance is if the possible tie for 2nd was between only them and Yoh/MUSASHI. It’s not so there is no way they can move on. But it will be definite when/if Connors/Moloney or Kanemaru/Sho get one more point or they lose/draw again.

The next event is tomorrow at Toyama Techno Hall West Building in Toyama. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.