A logjam for first place in the A Block was the result after Friday’s World Tag League show.
Four teams came out of Osaka tied with eight points as Bishamon, Yota Tsuji & Gabe Kidd, Shingo Takagi & Drilla Moloney, and EVIL & Don Fale are tied for first place. El Desperado & Shuji Ishikawa and Oleg Boltin & Toru Yano are alive with six points each.
RESULTS:
*A BLOCK: Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI over Gabe Kidd & Yota Tsuji in 14:03
*A BLOCK: Shingo Takagi & Drilla Moloney over Oleg Boltin & Toru Yano in 14:10
*A BLOCK: EVIL & Don Fale over El Desperado & Shuji Ishikawa in 9:47
*A BLOCK: Chase Owens & Yujiro over Satoshi Kojima & Taichi in 8:47
*SANADA, Ren Narita & Yoshinobu Kanemaru over Shota Umino, Yuya Uemura & Shoma Kato in 8:20
*Zack Sabre Jr., Ryohei Oiwa & Hartley Jackson over David Finlay, Hiromu Takahashi & Gedo in 8:07
*OSKAR, Yuto-Ice & Daiki Nagai over Lance Archer, Alex Zayne & Zane Jay in 6:24
*Great O-Khan, Callum Newman & Jakob Austin Young over Hiroshi Tanahashi, El Phantasmo & Katsuya Murashima in 8:08
New Japan’s eleventh installment of this year’s tournament attracted 1,002 fans to Edion Arena #2 for four A Block matches.
In the main event, Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI increased their point total, defeating Yota Tsuji & Gabe Kidd after taking out Tsuji with the Violent Flash and hitting Kidd with the Shoto for the pin.
Shingo Takagi & Drilla Moloney were victorious against Oleg Boltin & Toru Yano, utilizing their War Dragon finisher to pin Yano and joining the four-way tie on top of the block.
EVIL & Don Fale also moved to the top of the block, beating El Desperado & Shuji Ishikawa after plenty of interference by SHO. A chair shot was delivered to the head of Desperado and led to EVIL hitting Everything is Evil for the pin.
The other block match featured two teams already eliminated as Yujiro & Chase Owens beat Satoshi Kojima & Taichi to earn their first two points of the Tag League.
The final round-robin matches for the A Block will take place on Monday, and the top two teams advance to the playoff rounds, with the final set for Sunday, December 14.
The B Block resumes action this Sunday with Shota Umino & Yuya Uemura vs. Ren Narita & SANADA, Zack Sabre Jr. & Ryohei Oiwa vs. Dabid Finlay & Hiromu Takahashi, OSKAR & Yuto-Ice vs. Lance Archer & Alex Zayne, and Hiroshi Tanahashi & El Phantasmo vs. Great O-Khan & Callum Newman.
A Block
- Gabe Kidd & Yota Tsuji (8)
- Drilla Moloney & Shingo Takagi (8)
- Don Fale & EVIL (8)
- YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto (8)
- El Desperado & Shuji Ishikawa (6)
- Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano (6)
- Satoshi Kojima & Taichi (2)
- Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens (2)
B Block
- Shota Umino & Yuya Uemura (6)
- OSKAR & Yuto-Ice (6)
- Great-O-Khan & Callum Newman (6)
- Ren Narita & SANADA (6)
- David Finlay & Hiromu Takahashi (4)
- Zack Sabre Jr. & Ryohei Oiwa (4)
- Hiroshi Tanahashi & El Phantasmo (4)
- Lance Archer & Alex Zayne (4)
