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NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2023 night four results

Posted on by Ian Carey

NJPW’s Super Junior Tag League continued on Thursday. 

After night four of the tournament, there is a four-way tie atop the group. El Desperado & Master Wato, Bullet Club War Dogs, House of Torture, and KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight all have 6 points and 3-1 records. 

Thursday’s show took place at Wing Hat Kasukabe in Saitama, Japan. 

Super Junor Tag League night four results:

  • Super Junior Tag League match: El Desperado & Master Wato (3-1, 6pts) defeated Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita (1-3, 2pts)
  • Super Junior Tag League match: Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney (3-1, 6pts) defeated BUSHI & Titan (1-3, 2pts)
  • Super Junior Tag League match: SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru (3-1, 6pts) defeated YOH & MUSASHI (2-2, 4pts)
  • Super Junior Tag League match: TJP & Francesco Akira (2-2, 4pts) defeated DOUKI & TAKA Michinoku (0-4, 0pts)
  • Super Junior Tag League match: KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight (3-1, 6pts) defeated Ryusuke Taguchi & The DKC (2-2, 4pts)
  • Tomohiro Ishii, YOSHI-HASHI, & Toru Yano defeated Dick Togo, EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi
  • Ren Narita & Shota Umino defeated Callum Newman & The Great-O-Khan
  • Togi Makabe & Tomaki Honma defeated Yuto Nakashima & Oskar Leube

Super Junior Tag League standings after night four —

  • KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight: 6 points (3-1)
  • Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney: 6 points (3-1)
  • SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru: 6 points (3-1)
  • El Desperado & Master Wato: 6 points (3-1)
  • YOH & MUSASHI: 4 points (2-2)
  • Ryusuke Taguchi & The DKC: 4 points (2-2)
  • TJP & Francesco Akira: 4 points (2-2)
  • Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita: 2 points (1-3)
  • BUSHI & Titan: 2 points (1-3)
  • DOUKI & TAKA Michinoku: 0 points (0-4)

NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2023 night one results

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One of NJPW’s annual tournaments began on Saturday with Super Junior Tag League 2023 night one being held in Saitama.

In the main event, BUSHI & Titan picked up a victory over SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru. Here are the results from each match:

  • Super Junior Tag League match: BUSHI & Titan defeated SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
  • Super Junior Tag League match: Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney defeated YOH & MUSASHI
  • Super Junior Tag League match: El Desperado & Master Wato defeated Ryusuke Taguchi & The DKC
  • Super Junior Tag League match: KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight defeated DOUKI & TAKA Michinoku
  • Super Junior Tag League match: TJP & Francesco Akira defeated Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita
  • Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi defeated Taiji Ishimori & Gedo
  • SANADA & Yuya Uemura defeated Oskar Leube & Boltin Oleg
  • Great-O-Khan, HENARE & Callum Newman defeated Shota Umino, Ren Narita & Yuto Nakashima

The next Super Junior Tag League show will be in Tokyo on Tuesday (October 24). The tour ends on November 2, with the finals then being held at Power Struggle on November 4.

Connors & Moloney are the current IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions.

Super Junior Tag League standings —

  • BUSHI & Titan: 2 points (1-0)
  • Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney: 2 points (1-0)
  • El Desperado & Master Wato: 2 points (1-0)
  • KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight: 2 points (1-0)
  • TJP & Francesco Akira: 2 points (1-0)
  • SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru: 0 points (0-1)
  • YOH & MUSASHI: 0 points (0-1)
  • Ryusuke Taguchi & The DKC: 0 points (0-1)
  • DOUKI & TAKA Michinoku: 0 points (0-1)
  • Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita: 0 points (0-1)

NJPW reveals teams for Super Junior Tag League

Posted on by Ian Carey

The teams have been revealed for the upcoming Super Junior Tag League. 

The tournament kicks off on October 21 at the start of the Road to Power Struggle tour. The finals will take place on November 4 at Power Struggle. 

The 10 teams entered into the tournament will compete in one block for the round-robin portion of the tournament. The top two points-leaders will advance to the finals. 

YOH and Lio Rush won the tournament last year. However, Rush was pulled from recent NJPW shows due to a fever. YOH’s partner for the tournament this year is listed as TBA. 

NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2023 teams:

  • YOH & TBA
  • KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight
  • Ryusuke Taguchi & The DKC
  • El Desperado & Master Wato
  • DOUKI & Taka Michinoku
  • BUSHI & Titan
  • Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita
  • TJP & Francesco Akira
  • Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney
  • SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru

This will be the fifth edition of the Super Junior Tag League. YOH and Rush defeated Ace Austin and Chris Bey in the finals last year. El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru won in 2021 and Roppongi 3K won in 2018 and 2019. 

NJPW World Tag League & Super Junior Tag League winners crowned

Posted on by Ian Carey

NJPW crowned the winners of the 2022 World Tag & Super Junior Tag League tournaments on Wednesday in Sendai. 

Lio Rush & YOH defeated Bullet Club’s Ace Austin & Chris Bey in the finals to win the 2022 Super Junior Tag League. This was YOH’s third Super Junior Tag League victory. His Roppongi 3K team with Sho won the tournament in 2018 and 2019 as well. Roppongi 3K also won the Super Junior Tag Tournament (single-elimination) in 2016. 

Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) defeated Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis) in the finals to win the World Tag League for a second year in a row. Goto has now won the tournament four times (two-times w/ YOSHI-HASHI, one-time with Katsuyori Shibata, and one-time with Karl Anderson). He currently sits one back of both Keiji Mutoh and Antonio Inoki, who have each won the tournament five times with different partners. 

Lio Rush & YOH will now face TJP & Francesco Akira for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships at Wrestle Kingdom 17. Bishamon advance to challenge FTR for the IWGP Tag Team Championships on the show as well. 

NJPW Super Junior Tag League results, updated standings

Posted on by Ian Carey

NJPW’s Super Junior Tag League continued on Wednesday with a show from Nagasaki. 

With just one night left in the round-robin portion of the tournament, five teams sit tied for first in the group with 12 points. 

Here are the full results from Wednesday’s show:

– Super Junior Tag League match: EL Lindaman & Alex Zayne defeated Chris Bey & Ace Austin

– Super Junior Tag League match: Titan & BUSHI defeated Robbie Eagles & Tiger Mask

– Super Junior Tag League match: DOUKI & Yoshinobu Kanemaru defeated SHO & Dick Togo

– Super Junior Tag League match:  TJP & Francesco Akira defeated Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA

– Shingo Takagi, SANADA, Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi defeated Tomoaki Honma, Master Wato, Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi

– Minoru Suzuki, Lance Archer & El Desperado defeated Gedo, Taiji Ishimori & Bad Luck Fale

– Kosei Fujita & Oskar Leube defeated Ryohei Oiwa & Yuto Nakashima

The final night in the round-robin takes place Saturday from Ehime with the top two teams in the group facing each other in the finals on December 14. Tie-breaking procedures begin with head-to-head records and in the case of a multi-team tie, the team (or two teams in the case of a three-way tie atop the group) with the best record against the other teams that they are tied with advances. 

NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2022 standings —

  • Alex Zayne & El Lindaman (12 points, 6-2)
  • Ace Austin & Chris Bey (12 points, 6-2)
  • TJP & Francesco Akira (12 points, 6-2)
  • BUSHI & Titan (12 points, 6-2)
  • Lio Rush & YOH (12 points, 6-2)
  • Ryusuke Taguchi & Clark Connors (6 points, 3-4)
  • Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI (6 points, 3-5)
  • Robbie Eagles & Tiger Mask (4 points, 2-6)
  • KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight (2 points, 1-6)
  • SHO & Dick Togo (2 points, 1-7)

The tournament matches on Saturday, December 10 are as follows:

– Super Junior Tag League match: EL LINDAMAN & Alex Zayne (12 points) vs. DOUKI & Yoshinobu Kanemaru (6 points)

– Super Junior Tag League match: Clark Connors & Ryusuke Taguchi (6 points) vs. Dick Togo & SHO (2 points)

– Super Junior Tag League match: Francesco Akira & TJP (12 points) vs. Chris Bey & Ace Austin (12 points)

– Super Junior Tag League match: Lio Rush & YOH (12 points) vs. Titan & BUSHI (12 points)

– Super Junior Tag League match: Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA (2 points) vs. Robbie Eagles & Tiger Mask (4 points)

NJPW Tag League results: Naito & SANADA vs. Aussie Open

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Aussie Open took their first loss of World Tag League 2022 as NJPW came to Osaka on Friday.

The show featured matches from both the World Tag League and Super Junior Tag League tournaments. Here are the full results:

– World Tag League match: Tetsuya Naito & SANADA defeated Aussie Open (Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher)

– Super Junior Tag League match: TJP & Francesco Akira defeated Ryusuke Taguchi & Clark Connors

– Super Junior Tag League match: Alex Zayne & El Lindaman defeated BUSHI & Titan

– World Tag League match: TMDK (Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste) defeated Minoru Suzuki & Lance Archer

– Super Junior Tag League match: Ace Austin & Chris Bey defeated Tiger Mask & Robbie Eagles

– World Tag League match: Great-O-Khan & Aaron Henare defeated EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi

– Super Junior Tag League match: SHO & Dick Togo defeated Lio Rush & YOH

– World Tag League match: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toru Yano defeated Alex Coughlin & Gabriel Kidd

– Super Junior Tag League match: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI defeated KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight

Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI were scheduled to face Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens at Friday’s show, but Owens is off the remainder of the Tag League tour due to a death in his family. All of Fale & Owens’ remaining opponents have been given a win by forfeit.

Tag League action continues this weekend with a World Tag League show on Saturday and a Super Junior Tag League show on Sunday. The tournaments will run through December 14.

The updated standings for both tournaments are listed below:

NJPW World Tag League 2022 standings —

  • Aussie Open (Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher) (10 points, 5-1)
  • TMDK (Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls) (10 points, 5-1)
  • Tetsuya Naito & SANADA (8 points, 4-2)
  • Great-O-Khan & Aaron Henare (8 points, 4-2)
  • Minoru Suzuki & Lance Archer (6 points, 3-2)
  • Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toru Yano (6 points, 3-2)
  • Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI (6 points, 3-2)
  • Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens (4 points, 2-7)
  • EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi (0 points, 0-5)
  • Alex Coughlin & Gabriel Kidd (0 points, 0-5)

NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2022 standings —

  • Ace Austin & Chris Bey (10 points, 5-1)
  • TJP & Francesco Akira (10 points, 5-1)
  • Alex Zayne & El Lindaman (10 points, 5-1)
  • BUSHI & Titan (8 points, 4-2)
  • Lio Rush & YOH (8 points, 4-2)
  • Robbie Eagles & Tiger Mask (4 points, 2-4)
  • Ryusuke Taguchi & Clark Connors (4 points, 2-4)
  • Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI (2 points, 1-5)
  • KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight (2 points, 1-5)
  • SHO & Dick Togo (2 points, 1-5)

NJPW World & Super Junior Tag League night six results

Posted on by Ian Carey

Both the World Tag and Super Junior Tag League tournaments were featured on NJPW’s show from Aichi on Sunday. 

The November 27 event was the sixth show on the tour. It was the fourth night to feature the Super Junior Tag League and the third to feature the World Tag League. 

Here are the full results: 

– Super Junior Tag League match: Titan & BUSHI defeated KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight

– World Tag League match: Aaron Henare & Great-O-Khan defeated Gabriel Kidd & Alex Coughlin

– Super Junior Tag League match: EL LINDAMAN & Alex Zayne defeated Dick Togo & SHO

– World Tag League match: Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis) defeated Lance Archer & Minoru Suzuki

– Super Junior Tag League match: Ace Austin & Chris Bey defeated Clark Connors & Ryusuke Taguchi

– World Tag League match: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toru Yano defeated Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens

– Super Junior Tag League match: Lio Rush & YOH defeated DOUKI & Yoshinobu Kanemaru

– World Tag League match: TMDK (Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste) defeated Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL

– Super Junior Tag League match: TJP & Francesco Akira defeated Tiger Mask & Robbie Eagles

– World Tag League match: Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI defeated SANADA & Tetsuya Naito

The Super Junior Tag League continues Monday on a show from Nagano. The next night in the World Tag League will take place Wednesday from Shizuoka. 

Super Junior Tag League standings —

  • Ace Austin & Chris Bey (8 points, 4-0)
  • TJP & Francesco Akira (6 points, 3-1)
  • Alex Zayne & El Lindaman (6 points, 3-1)
  • YOH & Lio Rush (6 points, 3-1)
  • BUSHI & Titan (6 points, 3-1)
  • Robbie Eagles & Tiger Mask (4 points, 2-2)
  • Ryusuke Taguchi & Clark Connors (2 points, 1-3)
  • KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight (2 points, 1-3)
  • SHO & Dick Togo (0 points, 0-4)
  • Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI (0 points, 0-4)

NJPW World Tag League 2022 standings —

  • Aussie Open (Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher) (6 points, 3-0)
  • Tetsuya Naito & SANADA (4 points, 2-1)
  • Minoru Suzuki & Lance Archer (4 points, 2-1)
  • Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI (4 points, 2-1)
  • Great-O-Khan & Aaron Henare (4 points, 2-1)
  • TMDK (Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls) (4 points, 2-1)
  • Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens (2 points, 1-2)
  • Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toru Yano (2 points, 1-2)
  • EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi (0 points, 0-3)
  • Alex Coughlin & Gabriel Kidd (0 points, 0-3)

NJPW Super Junior Tag League night three results

Posted on by Ian Carey

NJPW’s Super Junior Tag League tournament continued on Friday with a show from the Kiryu Gas Sports Center in Gunma.

The main event saw the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions TJP & Francesco Akira defeated by Titan & BUSHI. Here are the full results:

– Super Junior Tag League match: Titan & BUSHI defeated TJP & Francesco Akira

– Super Junior Tag League match: Ace Austin & Chris Bey defeated Dick Togo & SHO

– Super Junior Tag League match: Robbie Eagles & Tiger Mask defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI

– Super Junior Tag League match: Alex Zayne & EL LINDAMAN defeated Ryusuke Taguchi & Clark Connors

– Super Junior Tag League match: Lio Rushi & YOH defeated Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA

– Shingo Takagi, SANADA, Hiromu Takahashi defeated El Desperado, Taichi, & Minoru Suzuki

– Chase Owens, Taiji Ishimori, & Gedo defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Master Wato, & Jado

– Togi Makabe, Ryohei Oiwa, & Kosei Fujita defeated Oskar Leube, Yuto Nakashima, & Tomoaki Honma

Up next on the tour, the second night of the World Tag League will take place on Saturday from Kanagawa. On Sunday, both the Super Junior and World Tag Leagues will be featured on a show from Aichi. Crowd cheering will be permitted on Sunday as well. 

Super Junior Tag League standings —

  • Ace Austin & Chris Bey (6 points, 3-0)
  • TJP & Francesco Akira (4 points, 2-1)
  • Robbie Eagles & Tiger Mask (4 points, 2-1)
  • Alex Zayne & El Lindaman (4 points, 2-1)
  • YOH & Lio Rush (4 points, 2-1)
  • BUSHI & Titan (4 points, 2-1)
  • Ryusuke Taguchi & Clark Connors (2 points, 1-2)
  • KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight (2 points, 1-2)
  • SHO & Dick Togo (0 points, 0-3)
  • Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI (0 points, 0-3)

NJPW Super Junior Tag League night two results

Posted on by Ian Carey

NJPW’s Super Junior Tag League tournament continued on Wednesday with a show from Arena Tachikawa Tachihi in Tokyo.

The main event saw TJP & Francesco Akira defeat Alex Zayne & El Lindaman. Here are the full results:

– Super Junior Tag League match: TJP & Francesco Akira defeated Alex Zayne & El Lindaman

– Super Junior Tag League match:  defeated Ace Austin & Chris Bey defeated DOUKI & Yoshinobu Kanemaru

– Super Junior Tag League match: YOH & Lio Rush defeated Robbie Eagles & Tiger Mask

– Super Junior Tag League match: BUSHI & Titan defeated Ryusuke Taguchi & Clark Connors

– Super Junior Tag League match: KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight defeated Dock Togo & SHO

– Taichi, El Desperado, & Lance Archer defeated Shingo Takagi, Hiromu Takahashi, & Tetsuya Naito

– Chase Owens, Bad Luck Fale, Taiji Ishimori, & Gedo defeated Jado, Master Wato, Tomoaki Honma, & Hiroyoshi Tenzan

– Kosei Fujita & Oskar Leube defeated Ryohei Oiwa & Yuto Nakashima

The NJPW Super Junior Tag League continues with night three on Friday from Gunma. The second night of the World Tag League will take place on Saturday from Kanagawa.

Super Junior Tag League standings —

  • TJP & Francesco Akira (4 points, 2-0)
  • Ace Austin & Chris Bey (4 points, 2-0)
  • Robbie Eagles & Tiger Mask (2 points, 1-1)
  • Ryusuke Taguchi & Clark Connors (2 points, 1-1)
  • Alex Zayne & El Lindaman (2 points, 1-1)
  • YOH & Lio Rush (2 points, 1-1)
  • BUSHI & Titan (2 points, 1-1)
  • KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight (2 points, 1-1)
  • SHO & Dick Togo (0 points, 0-2)
  • Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI (0 points, 0-2)

NJPW Super Junior Tag League night one results

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NJPW’s Super Junior Tag League tournament began on Monday with a show at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

The main event of the show saw TJP & Francesco Akira defeat YOH & Lio Rush. Here are the full results:

– Super Junior Tag League match: TJP & Francesco Akira defeated YOH & Lio Rush

– Super Junior Tag League match: Ace Austin & Chris Bey defeated BUSHI & Titan

– Super Junior Tag League match: Robbie Eagles & Tiger Mask defeated SHO & Dick Togo

– Super Junior Tag League match: Ryusuke Taguchi & Clark Connors defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI

– Super Junior Tag League match: Alex Zayne & El Lindaman defeated KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight

– Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi vs. Taichi, Minoru Suzuki & El Desperado ended in a double countout

– Mark Davis, Kyle Fletcher, Great-O-Khan & Aaron Henare defeated Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma, Ryohei Oiwa & Oskar Leube

– Kosei Fujita defeated Yuto Nakashima

NJPW is running its Super Junior Tag League and World Tag League tournaments simultaneously this year. World Tag League will kick off at Korakuen Hall on Tuesday. The winning teams will likely earn tag team title shots at Wrestle Kingdom 17.

TJP & Akira are the current IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. FTR are the heavyweight IWGP Tag Team Champions.

Super Junior Tag League standings —

  • TJP & Francesco Akira (2 points, 1-0)
  • Ace Austin & Chris Bey (2 points, 1-0)
  • Robbie Eagles & Tiger Mask (2 points, 1-0)
  • Ryusuke Taguchi & Clark Connors (2 points, 1-0)
  • Alex Zayne & El Lindaman (2 points, 1-0)
  • YOH & Lio Rush (0 points, 0-1)
  • BUSHI & Titan (0 points, 0-1)
  • SHO & Dick Togo (0 points, 0-1)
  • Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI (0 points, 0-1)
  • KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight (0 points, 0-1)

NJPW announces teams for World & Super Junior Tag league

Posted on by Ian Carey

New Japan Pro Wrestling has revealed the teams for both the World Tag league and the Super Junior Tag league. 

The tournaments will run concurrently beginning on Monday, November 21, and concluding with the finals on Wednesday, December 14. 

Announced for the World Tag League are the following:

  • Be-Bop Tag Team (Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toru Yano)
  • Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI)
  • Los Ingobernables De Japon  (Tetsuya Naito & SANADA)
  • United Empire (Great-O-Khan & Aaron Henare)
  • Aussie Open (Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher)
  • TMDK (Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste)
  • Suzuki-Gun (Minoru Suzuki & Lance Archer)
  • Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens)
  • House of Torture (EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi)

Announced for the Super Junior Tag League are the following:

  • Wild Hips (Ryusuke Taguchi & Clark Connors)
  • KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight
  • Flying Tiger (Tiger Mask & Robbie Eagles)
  • CHAOS (YOH & Lio Rush)
  • Alex Zayne & El Lindaman
  • Los Ingobernables De Japon (BUSHI & Titan)
  • Catch 2/2 (TJP & Francesco Akira)
  • Suzuki-Gun (Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Douki)
  • Bullet Club (Ace Austin & Chris Bey)
  • House of Torture (Sho & Dick Togo)

The winners of each tournament will challenge the champions of their respective divisions in the Tokyo Dome at Wrestle Kingdom 17 on January 4, 2023. 

NJPW to hold World Tag League & Super Junior Tag League at same time

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NJPW is set to hold its World Tag League and Super Junior Tag League tournaments at the same time this year.

NJPW has announced that a combined World Tag League and Super Junior Tag League tour will begin at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on Monday, November 21. The tour will conclude at Sendai Sun Plaza Hall in Miyagi on Wednesday, December 14.

The tour will consist of 17 shows in total.

World Tag League will feature heavyweight tag teams, while Super Junior Tag League will feature junior heavyweight teams. NJPW has yet to confirm the participants for either tournament.

Both tournaments will likely determine title challengers for Wrestle Kingdom 17, which will be a one-night event taking place on January 4, 2023. FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) are the current IWGP Tag Team Champions. United Empire’s TJP & Francesco Akira currently hold the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team titles.

Last year’s World Tag League tournament was held in conjunction with the Best of the Super Juniors. Super Junior Tag League 2021 took place in the summer.

NJPW crowns Super Junior Tag League 2021 winners

Posted on by Ethan Renner

There are new Super Junior Tag League winners after today’s NJPW Summer Struggle event. 

El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru defeated IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Taiji Ishimori in the main event of today’s show to win the 2021 Super Jr. Tag League. Kanemaru used a schoolboy to pin Ishimori and win the tournament. 

Both teams involved in today’s final finished the tournament with eight points, but Desperado and Kanemaru took the tiebreaker by virtue of the head-to-head win. 

The two teams have spent the bulk of the last year trading the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag titles, with both teams having two reigns with the titles since September 2020. They will meet again at a later date in another title match. 

Here are the final standings for the tournament: 

Final Super Jr. Tag League 2021 standings —

  • El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru 8 points (4-1) *winners*
  • Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo 8 points (4-1)
  • Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato 6 points (3-2)
  • Robbie Eagles & Tiger Mask 6 points (3-2)
  • SHO & YOH 0 points (0-5) 
  • Gedo & Dick Togo 0 points (0-5) 

NJPW Summer Struggle results: Super Junior Tag League finals

Posted on by Ethan Renner

The NJPW Super Junior Tag League wrapped up today at Summer Struggle at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Seven wrestlers being pulled from the card due to COVID-19 protocols forced a series of changes to the event. 

Shingo Takagi and BUSHI missed a third straight show awaiting the results of PCR testing after both had fevers and were pulled from Sunday’s event.

Shingo, BUSHI, Tetsuya Naito and SANADA faced EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi, Gedo and Dick Togo in an eight-man tag on Saturday’s untelevised Summer Struggle show. Shingo, BUSHI, Naito, SANADA, Gedo, Togo, and Yujiro were pulled from today’s show.  

A double forfeit took place on the final night of Super Jr. Tag League. With Gedo and Togo unable to compete and SHO and YOH dissolving as a team yesterday, their bout was ruled a double forfeit. 

The other two scheduled Super Jr. Tag League matches went on as planned, with El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru facing Taiji Ishimori and El Phantasmo in the main event, plus Robbie Eagles and Tiger Mask taking on Ryusuke Taguchi and Master Wato.

Below are results from today’s show. 

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Great-O-Khan defeated Tomoaki Honma (10:50)

O-Khan pinned Honma with an Eliminator. 

Toru Yano & Togi Makabe defeated Chase Owens & Jado (11:21) 

Yano beat Jado with a neck lock. 

Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr., Minoru Suzuki & DOUKI defeated Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima (15:21)

Sabre used an octopus hold on Tenzan for the submission.

Super Jr. Tag League: Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato defeated Robbie Eagles & Tiger Mask (15:40)

Taguchi used a Japanese clutch to pin Tiger and eliminate Eagles and Tiger from contention.

Super Jr. Tag League: El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru defeated Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo (21:04)

Kanemaru pinned Ishimori with a schoolboy to win the tournament.

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Final Super Jr. Tag League 2021 standings —

  • El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru 8 points (4-1) *winners*
  • Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo 8 points (4-1)
  • Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato 6 points (3-2)
  • Robbie Eagles & Tiger Mask 6 points (3-2)
  • SHO & YOH 0 points (0-5) 
  • Gedo & Dick Togo 0 points (0-5) 

SHO turns on YOH at NJPW Summer Struggle

Posted on by Ethan Renner

A major angle closed today’s NJPW Summer Struggle event in Korakuen Hall. 

Roppongi 3K split in the midst of losing their Super Junior Tag League match to El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru when SHO turned on YOH. 

The Roppongi 3K duo have been on a losing streak, now losing all four of their Super Jr. Tag League matches. The two worked as a unit for the bulk of the match, but Desperado and Kanemaru worked over YOH’s left knee. YOH missed a year of action due to a torn ACL in the knee. 

SHO entered the match to perform a tandem move on Desperado. As YOH ran the ropes, his knee buckled. 

From that point on, SHO gave up on the match. 

Desperado put YOH in his Numero Dos stretch muffler submission hold. SHO jumped in as if to save, but then backed away and allowed Desperado to continue using the hold. YOH fought for a rope break, but then fell to Desperado’s Pinche Loco finisher. 

After the bout, SHO hit YOH with his Shock Arrow cross-armed piledriver to cement the turn on his tag partner. 

SHO cut a brief promo post-match. NJPW’s Chris Charlton and the NJPW Global Twitter account translated the promos: 

“YOH, you’re done. Quit. Retire!”

“YOH, you’re no more use to me. We’re done.”

SHO and YOH both joined the NJPW Dojo in 2012. They were opponents and tag partners as Young Lions, eventually forming something of a permanent unit in 2014. 

The duo were sent to CMLL and ROH for their international excursion in 2016 at the conclusion of the NJPW/CMLL Fantastica Mania tour. They worked as The Tempura Boyz in ROH. 

They returned to the main NJPW roster in October 2017 with the Roppongi 3K name, managed by Rocky Romero. They defeated Ricochet and Ryusuke Taguchi to claim the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship at King of Pro Wrestling in their first match back in Japan.

Roppongi 3K are one of the most decorated junior heavyweight teams in NJPW history, with five IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship reigns and three Super Jr. Tag tournament wins. Only three teams have more combined days as IWGP Jr. Tag champs. Only The Young Bucks have more IWGP Jr. Tag title reigns as a unit.