World Tag League night 6: Aussie Open still ahead, updated standings

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After night 6 of the NJPW World Tag League, Aussie Open is still in pole position, just ahead of Tetsuya Naito and SANADA.

Chase Owens has had to exit the tournament due to a personal family matter, meaning that he and Bad Luck Fale will forfeit their remaining matches, with their scheduled opponents awarded 2 points.

The main event of Saturday’s round, at the Kakogawa Gymnasium in Hyogo, Japan, saw SANADA and Naito defeat Hiroshi Tanahashi and Toru Yano.

Full results:

  • Bad Luck Fale def. Ryohei Oiwa
  • Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls def. Oskar Leube and Kosei Fujita
  • El Desperado , DOUKI & Yoshinobu Kanemaru def. Ace Austin, Taiji Ishimori & Gedo
  • Shingo Takagi, Hiromu Takahashi, Titan & BUSHI def. KUSHIDA, Kevin Knight, Tomoaki Honma & Master Wato
  • World Tag League: Aussie Open (Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher) def. Alex Coughlin & Gabriel Kidd
  • World Tag League: Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI def. Aaron Henare & Great-O-Khan
  • World Tag League: EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi def. Minoru Suzuki & Lance Archer
  • World Tag League: Tetsuya Naito & SANADA def. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toru Yano

Updated standings:

1. Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher (5-1, 12 pts)

2. Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls (5-1, 10 pts)

= Tetsuya Naito & SANADA (4-2, 10 pts)

4. Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI (4-2, 8 pts)

= Aaron Henare & Great-O-Khan (3-3, 8 pts)

6. Lance Archer & Minoru Suzuki (3-3, 6 pts)

= Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi (3-3, 6 pts)

8. EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi (1-5, 2 pts)

9. Gabriel Kidd & Alex Coughlin (0-6, 0 pts)

10. Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens (withdrawn)

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