The B Block of the NJPW World Tag League kicked off on Saturday in Fujisawa, headlined by a clash between members of the Bullet Club War Dogs.
In the main event at the Chichibunomiya Memorial Gymnasium, the makeshift duo of David Finlay and Hiromu Takahashi defeated the reigning IWGP Tag Team Champions, the Knockout Brothers (Yuto-Ice & OSKAR).
The match was marked by internal tension, as War Dogs leader Finlay frequently used his partner Takahashi as a weapon against his own stablemates. Despite the champions controlling much of the contest with their size and power, including a barrage of offense from Yuto-Ice, Finlay stole the victory.
After blind-tagging himself into the match while the Knockout Brothers were focused on Takahashi, Finlay secured a surprise roll-up on Yuto-Ice to take the win and the first two points of the campaign.
In the semi-main event, the team of Shota Umino and Yuya Uemura made a statement against Hiroshi Tanahashi and El Phantasmo. With Tanahashi set to retire in January, the match was framed as a generational clash.
While Tanahashi used his experience to control the early portion of the match, the younger duo eventually overwhelmed the veterans. Umino and Uemura isolated El Phantasmo, hitting a Lariat and Dragon Suplex combo before Umino pinned ELP with the Second Chapter.
Elsewhere in B Block action, TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr. & Ryohei Oiwa) defeated United Empire (Great-O-Khan & Callum Newman). The match descended into a brawl before Oiwa saved Sabre Jr. from a pinning predicament, allowing the technician to trap O-Khan in a Jackknife hold for the win.
The returning “Monster Sauce” team of Lance Archer and Alex Zayne also opened their tournament with a victory, defeating House of Torture’s Ren Narita and SANADA. Despite interference from the House of Torture members, Archer cleared the ring and pinned SANADA following the Blackout Sauce.
The tournament continues on Monday in Tokyo.
NJPW World Tag League 2025 Night 2 Results
- World Tag League B Block: David Finlay & Hiromu Takahashi [2] def. Knockout Brothers (Yuto-Ice & OSKAR) [0]
- World Tag League B Block: Shota Umino & Yuya Uemura [2] def. Hiroshi Tanahashi & El Phantasmo [0]
- World Tag League B Block: TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr. & Ryohei Oiwa) [2] def. United Empire (Great-O-Khan & Callum Newman) [0]
- World Tag League B Block: Monster Sauce (Lance Archer & Alex Zayne) [2] def. House of Torture (Ren Narita & SANADA) [0]
- Six-Man Tag Team Match: Yota Tsuji, Gabe Kidd & Gedo def. House of Torture (EVIL, Don Fale & Dick Togo)
- Six-Man Tag Team Match: Shingo Takagi, Drilla Moloney & Daiki Nagai def. El Desperado, Shuji Ishikawa & Shoma Kato
- Six-Man Tag Team Match: Toru Yano, Oleg Boltin & Katsuya Murashima def. Satoshi Kojima, Taichi & Masatora Yasuda
- Six-Man Tag Team Match: HOUSE OF TORTURE (Yujiro Takahashi, Chase Owens & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) def. Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) & Tatsuya Matsumoto
World Tag League Standings
A Block
- Shingo Takagi & Drilla Moloney (2 pts)
- Taichi & Satoshi Kojima (2 pts)
- HOUSE OF TORTURE (EVIL & Don Fale) (2 pts)
- Toru Yano & Oleg Boltin (2 pts)
- Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) (0 pts)
- Yota Tsuji & Gabe Kidd (0 pts)
- Shuji Ishikawa & El Desperado (0 pts)
- HOUSE OF TORTURE (Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens) (0 pts)
B Block
- David Finlay & Hiromu Takahashi (2 pts)
- Shota Umino & Yuya Uemura (2 pts)
- TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr. & Ryohei Oiwa) (2 pts)
- Monster Sauce (Lance Archer & Alex Zayne) (2 pts)
- Knockout Brothers (Yuto-Ice & OSKAR) (0 pts)
- Hiroshi Tanahashi & El Phantasmo (0 pts)
- United Empire (Great-O-Khan & Callum Newman) (0 pts)
- HOUSE OF TORTURE (Ren Narita & SANADA) (0 pts)
