New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) recently held the sixteenth day of their World Tag League Tournament which emanated from The Nices Arena (Yurihonjo Arena) in Akita, Japan. The show was highlighted by IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions The Guerrillas Of Destiny (“The Bad Boy” Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) taking on CHAOS (Toru Yano & “The Stone Pitbull” Tomohiro Ishii) in the main event. The top two teams with the highest points after the show will move on to the finals of The World Tag League Tournament and face each other. Below are the full results from the show:
– “Blue Justice” Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi def. Ayato Yoshida & Shota Umino (World Tag League Tournament Match).
– Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima def. Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki & Takashi Iizuka) (World Tag League Tournament Match).
– Suzuki-gun (Zack Sabre Jr. & Taichi) def. Togi Makabe & Toa Henare (World Tag League Tournament Match).
– Juice Robinson & David Finlay def. Best Friends (Chuckie T & Beretta) via DQ (World Tag League Tournament Match).
– The Elite (Hangman Page & “The Tokyo Pimp” Yujiro Takahashi) def. ROH World Television Champion Jeff Cobb & “Big Mike” Michael Elgin (World Tag League Tournament Match).
– Bullet Club (“Switchblade” Jay White, Bad Luck Fale, “The Bone Soldier” Taiji Ishimori & Gedo) def. “The Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada, “The Ace Of NJPW” Hiroshi Tanahashi, IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion KUSHIDA & Rocky Romero.
– Los Ingobernables de Japon (“King Of Darkness” EVIL & “Cold Skull” SANADA) def. Killer Elite Squad (Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Lance Archer) (World Tag League Tournament Match).
– IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions The Guerrillas Of Destiny (“The Bad Boy” Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) def. CHAOS (Toru Yano & “The Stone Pitbull” Tomohiro Ishii) (World Tag League Tournament Match).
Final Standings:
– Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa: 20 pts.
– EVIL & SANADA: 20 pts.
– Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano: 18 pts.
– Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Lance Archer: 18 pts.
– Michael Elgin & Jeff Cobb: 16 pts.
– David Finlay & Juice Robinson: 16 pts.
– Zack Sabre Jr. & Taichi: 16 pts.
– Chuckie T & Beretta: 14 pts.
– Minoru Suzuki & Takashi Iizuka: 10 pts.
– Hangman Page & Yujiro Takahashi: 10 pts.
– Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima: 10 pts.
– Togi Makabe & Toa Henare: 8 pts.
– Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi: 6 pts.
– Ayato Yoshida & Shota Umino: 0 pts.
The finals of NJPW’s World Tag League Tournament will be taking place tomorrow night from The Iwate Industrial Cultural Center Apio in Iwate, Japan with the following matches already set for the show:
– Togi Makabe, Toa Henare, Ayato Yoshida & Shota Umino vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, Manabu Nakanishi & “Blue Justice” Yuji Nagata.
– “Big Mike” Michael Elgin, ROH World Television Champion Jeff Cobb & Best Friends (Beretta & Chuckie T) vs. Suzuki-gun (Davey Boy Smith Jr., Lance Archer, Takashi Iizuka & Minoru Suzuki)
– CHAOS (“The Stone Pitbull” Tomohiro Ishii, SHO & YOH) vs. Suzuki-gun (Zack Sabre Jr., Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado)
– The Elite (“The Crown Jewel” Chase Owens, “The Tokyo Pimp” Yujiro Takahashi & Hangman Page) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & Shingo Takagi)
– “The Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano & IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion KUSHIDA vs. Bullet Club (“Switchblade” Jay White, Bad Luck Fale & “The Bone Soldier” Taiji Ishimori)
– “The Ace Of NJPW” Hiroshi Tanahashi, David Finlay, Juice Robinson & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. The Elite (“The Best Bout Machine” Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson & “The Villain” Marty Scurll)
– Will Ospreay vs. Taichi (#1 Contenders Match for The NEVER Openweight Title)
– Hirooki Goto (c) vs. Kota Ibushi (NEVER Openweight Title Match)
– IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions The Guerrillas Of Destiny (“The Bad Boy” Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (“King Of Darkness” EVIL & “Cold Skull” SANADA) (World Tag League Finals)
After this show, NJPW will only have two Road To Tokyo Dome Events on December 14th & 15th. Then the company’s biggest show of the year, Wrestle Kingdom 13, will go down on January 4th with IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kenny Omega taking on Hiroshi Tanahashi in the main event.
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