Tag: NJPW World Tag League 2023

The 2023 World Tag League continued on Thursday. 

Matches in the A Block were featured on today’s show from the Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama, Japan. 

TMDK was able to fend off interference from House of Torture to defeat EVIL and Yujiro Takahashi in the main event. Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls now sit atop the group as the only team with a 2-0 record. 

The Gates of Agony are at the bottom of the group as the only team with a 0-2 record. Everyone else in A Block finished the night with 2 points and a 1-1 record. 

NJPW World Tag League 2023 night three results:

• A Block match: Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste (4pts) defeated EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi (2pts)
• A Block match: Alex Coughlin & Gabe Kidd (2pts) defeated Ren Narita & Shota Umino (2pts) 
• A Block match: Great-O-Khan & HENARE (2pts) defeated Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa (2pts) 
• A Block match: Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano (2pts) defeated Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona (0pts) 

• DOUKI, TAKA Michinoku & Yuya Uemura defeated El Phantasmo, Hikuleo & Jado

• Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI & Oleg Boltin defeated Alex Zayne & Lance Archer & Oskar Leube

• BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Yota Tsuji & Zandokan Jr. defeated Master Wato, Minoru Suzuki, Tomoaki Honma & Yuji Nagata
• Bad Luck Fale, Jack Bonza & Taiji Ishimori defeated Atlantis Jr., Soberano Jr. & Tiger Mask
• Yuto Nakashima defeated Katsuya Murashima

World Tag League 2023 standings:

A Block —

• Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls (2-0): 4 points
• Shota Umino & Ren Narita (1-1): 2 points
• Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa (1-1): 2 points
• EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi (1-1): 2 points
• Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano (1-1): 2 points
• Great-O-Khan & HENARE (1-1): 2 points
• Alex Coughlin & Gabe Kidd (1-1): 2 points
• Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona (0-2): 0 points

B Block —

• Hikuleo & El Phantasmo (1-0): 2 points
• Taichi & Yuya Uemura (1-0): 2 points
• Lance Archer & Alex Zayne (1-0): 2 points
• Atlantis Jr. & Soberano Jr. (1-0): 2 points
• Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI (0-1): 0 points
• Yota Tsuji & Zandokan Jr. (0-1): 0 points
• Bad Luck Fale & Jack Bonza (0-1): 0 points
• Yuji Nagata & Minoru Suzuki (0-1): 0 points

New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced the teams for this year’s World Tag League. 

The tournament kicks off on November 20 with a show from Korakuen Hall. 16 teams will be split into two blocks with the top two in each advancing to the semifinals on December 8 in Kirishima City. The tournament finals will take place the following night in Kumamoto.

Two-time defending World Tag League winners Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) have a chance this year to become the first-ever team to win the tournament three times. 

The Gates of Agony’s Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona will make their tournament debuts this year. 

Reiwa Three Musketeers members Shota Umino & Ren Narita have decided to work as a team and will enter the tournament together. The other musketeer, Yota Tsuji, has not yet revealed who his partner will be. 

Also, Minoru Suzuki and Yuji Nagata have united after 20 years of feuding and will enter the tournament together. 

Full listing of the 2023 World Tag League teams:

Block A:

• Shota Umino & Ren Narita (tournament debut)
• CHAOS (Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano) (fourth tournament)
• United Empire (HENARE & Great-O-Khan) (third tournament)
• TMDK (Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls) (second tournament)
• Bullet Club War Dogs (Alex Coughlin & Gabe Kidd) (second tournament)
• House of Torture (EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi) (fourth tournament)
• Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa (tournament debut)
• Gates of Agony (Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona) (tournament debut)

Block B:

• Bishamon (YOSHI-HASHI & HIrooki Goto) (fifth tournament) (two-time World Tag League winners)
• HIKULEO & El Phantasmo (tournament debut)
• Minoru Suzuki & Yuji Nagata (tournament debut)
• Just 5 Guys (Taichi & Yuya Uemura) (tournament debut)
• Yota Tsuji & TBA (tournament debut)
• Soberano Jr. & Atlantis Jr. (tournament debut)
• Monstersauce (Lance Archer & Alex Zayne) (tournament debut)
• Bullet Club Rogue Army (Bad Luck Fale & Jack Bonza) (tournament debut)