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New Japan ran the penultimate day of the World Tag League today, finishing up a shaken-up Block B.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1128.

There were last-minute changes to the event due to HENARE & Callum Newman being off the event. Knee injuries suffered yesterday. The former had a direct effect on the World Tag League.

Match 1: Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Katsuya Murashima & Shoma Kato. Takahashi pinned Kato.

Match 2: Chase Owens, KENTA, SANADA & Gabriel Kidd beat Ryusuke Taguchi, Alex Zayne, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. KENTA pinned Taguchi. Afterwards, Kenoh (Pro Wrestling NOAH) appeared. He is to face TBA, which he calls “his beloved” and an “anchor of NOAH” on the 1/1 NOAH event at Nippon Budokan. That TBA he called out here is KENTA. Accepted. It’s now official per NOAH. Kenoh vs. KENTA on 1/1.

Match 3: BUSHI, Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat Jacob Austin Young, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb. Takagi pinned Young after MADE IN JAPAN.

Match 4: Kosei Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Tiger Mask, Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino. Oiwa pinned TM 4 after The Grip.

David Finlay scene where he’s having a phone chat with Gedo. He accepts Brody King’s challenge for a match on 1/5 at the Tokyo Dome.

World Tag League Block B:
Match 5: Tome & Stevie Filip beat TAKA Michinoku & Taichi. Stevie Filip pinned TAKA after Mother Of All Bombs.
Match 6: Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano beat Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls. Oleg pinned Haste after Kamikaze.
Match 7: Ren Narita & EVIL beat Jado & Hiroshi Tanahashi. EVIL beat Tanahashi with a scorpion deathlock.
Main Event: Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat HENARE & Great-O-Khan by forfeit. HENARE injury.
That meant a 4-way tie for the top spot, but with HENARE/Khan out that left a 3-way tie with no tiebreakers. Which led to…
Impromptu Match: Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano and Ren Narita & EVIL in a 3-way when Naito pinned Oleg. As a result, Takahashi/Naito win Block B and advance to the Finals to face SANADA & Kidd.

The Final is Sunday at Grand Messe Kumamoto in Kumamoto. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin Saturday at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. This will also be a live ABEMA broadcast in Japan. A pre-event presser & Tanahashi talk show event, which is open to the public, will be held tomorrow.

UPDATE: It’s now official…Finlay-King has been added to 1/5 and, assuming Finlay is still IWGP Global Champion after 1/4, at this time it would presumably be a NON-TITLE match.

New Japan wrapped up Block A of the World Tag League, which would set the first half of the Finals.

Today’s event was held at Athlete Town Nobeoka Arena Sub Arena in Miyazaki and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 611.

Pre-show match: Shoma Kato beat Daiki Nagai.

Match 1: DOUKI, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi beat Gedo, Tome & Stevie Filip. DOUKI beat Gedo with Italian Stretch 32.

Match 2: Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls beat Tiger Mask, Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano. Nicholls pinned TM 4 after Electric Blue.

Match 3: Dick Togo, Ren Narita & EVIL beat Katsuya Murashima, Jado & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Narita beat Murashima with a kneebar.

Match 4: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Jacob Austin Young, HENARE & Great-O-Khan by ref stoppage (TKO/injury). HENARE right knee injury.

After Match 4, a Brody King promo was shown. Challenge issued to David Finlay for a match on 1/5 at the Tokyo Dome.

World Tag League Block A:
Match 5: Ryusuke Taguchi & Alex Zayne beat Chase Owens & KENTA. Taguchi pinned KENTA.
Match 6: Zack Sabre Jr. & Ryohei Oiwa beat Callum Newman & Jeff Cobb by ref stoppage (TKO/injury). Newman knee injury.
Match 7: Shota Unino & Tomoaki Honma beat Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi. Unino pinned Tauji with Death Slider.
Main Event: Gabriel Kidd & SANADA beat YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. SANADA pinned YOSHI-HASHI after Deadfall. As a result, Kidd & SANADA win Block A and advance to the Finals. The Bishamon 4-peat bid is over. New champions of the tournament for the first time since 2021.

More on the HENARE injury when/if it becomes available because that has main event and tournament implications for Block B.

The last day of Block B is tomorrow at Sub Arena Sendai in Kagoshima. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

UPDATE: It’s now official-King vs. Finlay has been added to 1/5. If Finlay is still the IWGP Global Champion it will be for the title (Finlay is scheduled to defend against Yota Tsuji on 1/4).

UPDATE 2: HENARE & Newman are now both off tomorrow. For the former, that means Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi will win their World Tag League match against HENARE & Great-O-Khan by forfeit and get 2 free points. That also means LIJ will advance to the finals if Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano lose their last match tomorrow (Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls). If Oleg/Yano win AND Ren Narita & EVIL lose (Jado & Hiroshi Tanahashi), Oleg/Yano advance. If both Oleg/Yano AND Narita/EVIL win, there will be a 3-way match as the tiebreaker.
Takahashi/Naito will now face Katsuya Murashima & Shoma Kato in the first match.

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

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

The announced paid attendance was 1004

The scheduled pre-show Young Lions match was cancelled due to a Maaatora Yasuda injury. Before the event began, a special collaboration project ceremony was held with an appearance by Hall of Fame wrestler Jushin Thunder Liger

Match 1: Chase Owens & KENTA beat Katsuya Murashima & Alex Zayne. KENTA beat Murashima with GAME OVER.

Match 2: Gedo, SANADA & Gabriel Kidd beat Shoma Kato, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Kidd pinned Kato after Drill-A-Hole Piledriver.

Match 3: BUSHI, Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat Tiger Mask, Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino. Tsuji pinned TM 4 after Gene Blaster.

Match 4: Kosei Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Jeff Cobb. Oiwa pinned Young after The Grip.

World Tag League Block B:
Match 5: Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls beat TAKA Michinoku & Taichi. Nicholls pinned TAKA after Electric Blue.
Match 6: HENARE & Great-O-Khan beat Tome & Stevie Filip. Khan pinned Tome Filip after Imperial Drop.
Match 7: Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano beat Jado & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Yano pinned Jado.
Main Event: Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Ren Narita & EVIL. Naito pinned Narita after Destino.
With one day left HENARE/Khan lead at 5-1, 10 points with LIJ, H.O.T. and Oleg/Yano tied for 2nd at 4-2, 8 points. In case of toes, HENARE/Khan have all tiebreakers except LIJ, which is their last match. Only the winner advances to the Finals. That means H.O.T. is technically eliminated because they lose all tiebreakers so the HENARE/Khan-LIJ winner advances. Yano/Oleg also mathematically have a chance but their only tiebreaker win is LIJ so both they and LIJ must win. In Block A, it’s a 3-way tie but Bishamon have all tiebreakers. Whoever wins between them and Kidd/SANADA advances unless both Kidd/SANADA and Tsuji/Takagi both win, then LIJ has the tiebreaker. If Bishamon/Bullet Club is a draw, LIJ advances with a win, otherwise it’s Bishamon.

The final day of Block A is tomorrow at Athlete Town Nobeoka Arena Sub Arena in Miyazaki. 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 penultimate day of Block A.

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 941.

Pre-show match: Shoma Kato beat Daiki Nagai.

Match 1; Jacob Austin Young, HENARE & Great-O-Khan beat Gedo, Tome & Stevie Filip. HENARE beat Gedo with Ultima.

Match 2: DOUKI, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi beat Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls. TAKA pinned NIcholls after Heavy Killer 1.

Match 3: Tiger Mask, Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano beat Katsuya Murashima, Jado & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Oleg pinned Murashima after Kamikaze.

Match 4: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Dick Togo, Ren Narita & EVIL. Takahashi beat Togo with Maxiimum The Holding 3rd Form.

World Tag League Block A:
Match 5: Chase Owens & KENTA beat Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino. Owens pinned Honda after a package piledriver.
Match 6: SANADA & Gabriel Kidd beat Ryusuke Taguchi & Alex Zayne. SANADA pinned Taguchi after Deadfall.
Match 7: Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI beat Callum Newman & Jeff Cobb. YOSHI-HASHI pinned Newman after Shoto.
Math Event: Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat Ryohei Oiwa & Zack abre Jr. Tsuji pinned Oiwa after Pumping Blaster.

With one match left, there are now 3 tied for first at 4-2, 8 points-Kidd/SANADA, Tsuji/Takagi and, to many foreign fans’ dismay, Bishamon (the 4-peat bid remains alive). The other teams are eliminated (Owens/KENTA and Newman/Cobb mathematically have chances but lose all tiebreakers). The top 2 advance to the Semifinals. The final day’s matches set up like this: Bishamon-Kidd/SANADA means the winner (if there is one) advances, If it’s a draw, then if Takagi/Tsuji lose both advance. Takagi/Tsuji have Honma/Umino and would also advance with a win. In a 3-way tiebreaker between the top 3, it would most likely be Bishamon & Tsuji/Takagi advancing.

The next event is Wednesday at Karatsu City Gym in Saga with the penultimate day of 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 with the 5th fay of Block B.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 951, a legit sellout.

The pre-show Young Lions match was cancelled due to a Masatora Yasuda injury. There was also a change to Match 3 due to a Shota Umino injury. He was to have teamed with Tiger Mask. Tomoaki Honma was the replacement.

Match 1: Gedo, SANADA & Gabriel Kidd beat Katsuya Murashima, Ryusuke Taguchi & Alex Zayne. SANADA beat Murashima with Skull End.

Match 2: Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Jeff Cobb beat Shoma Kato, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Young pinned Kato after Jacobs Ladder.

Match 3: Chase Owens & KENTA beat Tiger Mask & Tomoaki Honma. KENTA pinned TM 4.

Match 4: Kosei Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat BUSHI, Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi. Oiwa pinned BUSHI after The Grip.

World Tag League Block B:
Match 5: Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano beat TAKA MIchinoku & Taichi. Oleg pinned TAKA after Kamikaze.
Match 6: Ren Narita & EVIL beat Tome & Stevie Filip. Narita pinned Stevie Filip after Double Cross.
Match 7: Jado & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito. Tanahashi pinned Takahashi after High Fly Flow.
Main Event: HENARE & Great-O-Khan beat Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls. HENARE pinned Haste after Imperial Drop.

With 2 matches left it’s now HENARE/Khan & Narita/EVIL tied in the lead at 4-2, 8 points. Naito/Takahashi & Oleg/Yano are at 3-3, 6 points.

The next event is tomorrow at Kochi Prefectural Gym in Kochi 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 5th day of Block A, starting the second half.

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

The announced paid attendance was 569.

Pre-show match: Shoma Kato beat Daiki Nagai.

Match 1: DOUKI, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi beat Tiger Mask, Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano. DOUKI beat TM 4 with Italian Stretch 32.

Match 2: Dick Togo, Ren Narita & EVIL beat Gedo, Tome & Stevie Filip. Narita beat Gedo with a jumping armbar.

Match 3: Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls beat Jacob Austin Young, HENARE & Great-O-Khan. FIjuta pinned Young after Abandon Hope.

Match 4; BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Katsuya Murashima, Jado & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Takahashi pinned Murashima.

World Tag League Block A:
Match 5; Ryusuke Taguchi & Alex Zayne beat YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Taguchi beat YOSHI-HASHI with Kid Clutch.
Match 6: SANADA & Gabriel Kidd beat Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino. SANADA beat Honma with Skull End.
Match 7: Chase Owens & KENTA beat Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. KENTA pinned Oiwa after GO 2 SLEEP.
Main Event: Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat Callum Newman & Jeff Cobb. Takagi pinned Newman after Pumping Blaster.

Standings-wise, there are now 4 tied for the lead at 3-2, 6 points and the other 4 are tied at 2-3, 4 points. The top 2 advance to the Semifinals so mathematically everyone is still in it.

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

New Japan continued the World Tag League today with the 4th day of Block A.

Today’s event was held at Yume Messe Miyagi Main Building Exhibition Hall C in Sendai and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 701.

Pre-show match: Shoma Kato beat Yasutora Yasuda.

Match 1: Tiger Mask, Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano beat Jacob Austin Young, HENARE & Great-O-Khan. Oleg pinned Young after Kamikaze.

Match 2: Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls beat Dick Togo, Ren Narita & EVIL. Fujita beat Togo with Neshin SPecial.

Match 3: Taiji Ishimori, Tome & Stevie Filip beat BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito. Ishimori pinned BUSHI after Bloody Cross.

Match 4: DOUKI, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi beat Katsuya Murashima, Jado & Hiroshi Tanahashi. DOUKI beat Murashima with Italian Stretch 32.

World Tag League Block A:
Match 5: Ryusuke Taguchi & Alex Zayne beat Toimoaki Honma & Shota Umino. Zayne pinned Honma after Oklahome Roll.
Match 6: SANADA & Gabriel Kidd beat Callum Newman & Jeff Cobb. Kidd pinned Newman after Drill-A-Hole Piledriver.
Match 7: Chase Owens & KENTA beat Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi. Owens pinned Takagi after a package piledriver.
Main Event: Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI beat Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Goto pinned Oiwa after Shoto.
After 4 days it’s Newman/Cobb & Bishamon at 3-1, 6 points in the lead. 4 are tied for 3rd at 2-2, 4 points and 2 are at 1-3, 2 points. The top 2 advance to the Semifinals.

The next event is tomorrow at Lily Arena Mito in Ibaraki 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 with the third day of Block B.

Today’s event was held at Big Palette Fukushima in Fukushima and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 630.

Pre-show match; Yasutora Yasuda vs. Daiki Nagai went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 1; Tiger Mask, Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino beat Katsuya Murashima, Ryusuke Taguchi & Alex Zayne. TM 4 beat Murashima with a chicken wing.

Match 2: Kosei Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Shoma Kato, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Fujita beat Kato with Neshin Special.

Match 3: Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Jeff Cobb beat Gedo, SANADA & Gabriel Kidd. Newman pinned Gedo after a running knee.

Match 4: Taiji Ishimori, Chase Owens & KENTA beat BUSHI, Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi. Ishimori beat BUSHI with GAME OVER.

World Tag League Block B:
Match 5: Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano beat Tome & Stevie Filip. Oleg pinned Tome Filip aftee Kamikaze.
Match 6: Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls beat Jado & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Nicholls beat Jado with a toe cutter.
Match 7: Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat TAKA Michinoku & Taichi. Takahashi pinned TAKA with Nameless Hiromu Roll.
Main Event: HENARE & Great-O-Khan beat Ren Narita & EVIL. Khan pinned Narita after Imperial Drop. Afterwards, a recorded Young Bucks promo was played. Challenge issued for the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship on 1/5. Accepted by HENARE & Khan…who may not even be champs then.

After 3 days 5 are tied for the Block B lead at 2-1, 4 points. Taichi/TAKA & the Filips are 1-2, 2 points. Jado/Tanahashi are 0-3, 0 points. The top 2 advance to the Semifinals.

The next event is tomorrow at Yume Messe Miyagi Main Building Exhibition Hall C in Sendai with Block A. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

UPDATE: It’s now official. HENARE/Khan vs. Jacksons for the titles on 1/5. So presumably the WTL winners won’t get a title shot on 1/4 or before that.

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

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was an ABEMA simulcast in Japan.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

Pre-show match: Shoma Kato beat Daiki Nagai.

Match 1: Taiji Ishimori, Tome & Stevie Filip beat Tiger Mask, Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano. Tome Filip pinned TM 4 after Mother Of All Bombs.

Match 2: Dick Togo, Ren Narita & EVIL beat Jacob Austin Young, HENARE & Great-O-Khan. Narita pinned Young after Double Cross.

Match 3: DOUKI, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi beat BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito. DOUKI beat BUSHI with Italian Stretch 32.

Match 4: Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls beat Katsuya Murahsima, Jado & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Fujita beat Murashima with Neshin Special.

World Tag League Block A:
Match 5: Callum Newman & Jeff Cobb beat Chase Owens & KENTA. Cobb pinned KENTA after Tour of the Islands.
Match 6: Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Ryusuke Taguchi & Alex Zayne. Sabre pinned Zayne after Zack Driver.
Match 7: Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino beat YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Umino pinned Goto after Death Rider. Afterwards, a recorded Claudio Castagnoli promo was played. Challenge issued for a match on 1/5 at the Tokyo Dome.
Main Event: Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat SANADA & Gabriel Kidd. Tsuji pinned SANADA after a huracanrana.

After 3 days Newman/Cobb lead Block A at 3-0, 6 points, with 4 tied for scond at 2-1, 4 points. The top 2 will advance to the Semifinals.

The next event is Tuesday 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.

UPDATE: It’s now official-Umino vs. Castagnoli for 1/5. If Umino wins the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship on 1/4 this likely will be for the title. Also added to 1/5 are the following:
International Women’s Cup Finals. A 4-way where participants will be the winners of 4 4-way qualifiers,with one each to be held in All Elite Wrestling, Ring Of Honor, Stardom & CMLL
NEVER Openweight Champion vs. Tomohiro Ishii for the title (the winner of Shingo Takagi vs. Konosuke Takeshita for the title on 1/4)
Yota Tsuji vs. Jack Perry
Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Ricochet (scheduled for now to be a NON-TITLE match is Sabre is still IWGP World Heavyweight Champion)

New Japan continued the World Tag League today with the second day of Block B.

Today’s event was held at Chichibunomiya Memorial Gym in Kanagawa and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1403.

Pre-show match: Yasutora Yasuda vs. Daiki Nagai went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 1: Tiger Mask, Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino beat Shoma Kato, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. TM 4 beat Kato with a chicken wing.

Match 2: Kosei Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Katsuya Murashima, Ryusuke Taguchi & Alex Zayne. Oiwa pinned Murashima after The Grip.

Match 3: Taiji Ishimori, Chase Owens & KENTA beat Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Jeff Cobb. Owens pinned Young after a package piledriver.

Match 4: BUSHI, Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat Gedo, SANADA & Gabriel Kidd. BUSHI pinned Gedo after Fable.

World Tag League Block B:
Match 5: Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls beat Tome & Stevie Filip. Haste pinned Tome Filip after Electric Blue.
Match 6: Ren Narita & EVIL beat TAKA Michinoku & Taichi. Narita pinned TAKA after Double Cross.
Match 7: HENARE & Great-O-Khan beat Jado & Hiroshi Tanahashi. HENARE beat Jado with Ultima.
Main Event: Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano beat Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsiuya Naito. Yano pinned Naito. UPSET ALERT!!! They gotta give Yano one…
After 2 days Narita/EVIL lead at 2-0, 4 points. Everyone else is 1-1, 2 points except Jado/Tanahashi at 0-2, 0 points.

The next event is tomorrow at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo with Block A. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. This will also be a live ABEMA broadcast in Japan.

In other news, it’s now official-assuming he is medically cleared and can return in time for it, Kenny Omega vs. Gabriel Kidd has been added to WRESTLE DYNASTY on 1/5 at the Tokyo Dome.