Two teams have climbed to a shared eight-point lead in the NJPW World Tag League’s B Block.
The tournament moved to the Kihoku General Park Gymnasium in Ehime on Sunday for the twelfth night of competition.
The show also saw the first eliminations from the B Block after all the teams started the night mathematically in the hunt.
In the main event, Yuya Uemura and Shota Umino faced Ren Narita and SANADA in a match marked by outside interference. House of Torture’s SHO took out the official and attacked Uemura with a wrench, while Narita introduced a push-up bar as a weapon.
SANADA attempted to use a guitar but inadvertently struck his partner Narita when Uemura ducked the swing. Capitalizing on the error, Uemura landed a Deadbolt Suplex on SANADA to secure the victory and move his team to eight points.
Earlier, United Empire’s Great-O-Khan and Callum Newman also advanced to eight points by defeating Hiroshi Tanahashi and El Phantasmo. Newman secured the fall on El Phantasmo with a roll-up while holding the tights.
The loss mathematically eliminates Tanahashi and Phantasmo from tournament contention.
Ryohei Oiwa and Zack Sabre Jr. defeated David Finlay and Hiromu Takahashi in a match where the losers faced elimination. Miscommunication plagued the losing team, as Finlay accidentally buckle-bombed his partner during the contest. Sabre Jr. capitalized on a backslide attempt by Oiwa to trap Takahashi in a jackknife hold for the pin.
In the first tournament match of the show, Lance Archer and Alex Zayne remained in the hunt by defeating IWGP Tag Team Champions Yuto-Ice and OSKAR.
The teams brawled throughout the arena before the match officially began, with Zayne diving onto opponents at ringside. Archer and Zayne isolated Yuto-Ice, delivering their Blackout Sauce combination finisher to secure the three-count.
The tournament continues on Monday with A Block action at the Sun Plaza Hall in Hiroshima.
Full results
- World Tag League B Block: Shota Umino & Yuya Uemura def. Ren Narita & SANADA
- World Tag League B Block: Zack Sabre Jr. & Ryohei Oiwa def. David Finlay & Hiromu Takahashi
- World Tag League B Block: United Empire (Great-O-Khan & Callum Newman) def. Hiroshi Tanahashi & El Phantasmo
- World Tag League B Block: Monster Sauce (Lance Archer & Alex Zayne) def. Knockout Brothers (Yuto-Ice & OSKAR)
- Shingo Takagi, Drilla Moloney & Daiki Nagai def. Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) & Tatsuya Matsumoto
- HOUSE OF TORTURE (EVIL, SHO, Dick Togo & Don Fale) def. Toru Yano, Oleg Boltin, Zane Jay & Katsuya Murashima
- Satoshi Kojima, Taichi & Masatora Yasuda def. Yota Tsuji, Gabe Kidd & Gedo
- HOUSE OF TORTURE (Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens) def. El Desperado, Shuji Ishikawa & Shoma Kato
World Tag League standings
A Block
- Gabe Kidd & Yota Tsuji (8 points)
- Drilla Moloney & Shingo Takagi (8 points)
- Don Fale & EVIL (8 points)
- YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto (8 points)
- El Desperado & Shuji Ishikawa (6 points)
- Oleg Boltin & Toru Yano (6 points)
- Satoshi Kojima & Taichi (2 points)
- Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens (2 points)
B Block
- Shota Umino & Yuya Uemura (8 points)
- Great-O-Khan & Callum Newman (8 points)
- Yuto-Ice & OSKAR (6 points)
- Ren Narita & SANADA (6 points)
- Zack Sabre Jr. & Ryohei Oiwa (6 points)
- Lance Archer & Alex Zayne (6 points)
- David Finlay & Hiromu Takahashi (4 points)
- Hiroshi Tanahashi & El Phantasmo (4 points)
