Two teams have dominated the A Block of the Super Jr. Tag League, and both remained undefeated on Tuesday.
The fifth night of the annual tournament saw Master Wato & YOH and DOUKI & SHO improve to 4-0 with eight points apiece in the round-robin stage.
New Japan ran the event in Sado in Niigata Prefecture, which was the first time they had staged a show in the city in over three decades, drawing 589 fans to the Sado City Gymnasium. It was the lowest attendance of the Super Jr. Tag League this year.
RESULTS:
*A BLOCK: Master Wato & YOH over Hiromu Takahashi & Gedo in 16:26
*A BLOCK: DOUKI & SHO over Clark Connors & Daiki Nagai in 13:58
*A BLOCK: Ryusuke Taguchi & Dragon Dia over Templario & Jakob Austin Young in 9:57
*Hiroshi Tanhashi, KUSHIDA & Yuki Yoshioka over Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Dick Togo & Yujiro
*Oleg Boltin, YAMATO & Tiger Mask over Robbie Eagles, Kosei Fujita & Hartley Jackson in 11:04
*OSKAR, Yuto-Ice, Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori over El Desperado, KUUKAI, Toru Yano & Katsuya Murashima in 8:58
*Shoma Kato & Zane Jay over Masatora Yasuda & Tatsuya Matsumoto in 10:05
The headliner saw Master Wato & YOH jump to eight points, defeating Hiromu Takahashi & Gedo after Wato used a Falcon Blow to pin Gedo.
The IWGP Jr. Heavyweight tag champions, DOUKI & SHO, kept the pace by also moving to eight points, beating Clark Connors & Daiki Nagai. After the referee was knocked down, SHO used the black mirror, which led to DOUKI scoring the fall on Nagai.
The other round-robin contest featured Ryusuke Taguchi & Dragon Dia defeating Templario & Jakob Austin Young, with both teams eliminated.
The big match for the A Block occurs on Thursday with the two undefeated teams meeting in Fukui to determine who advances to the final on Sunday in Gifu.
The B Block takes center stage on Wednesday in Niigata with El Desperado & KUUKAI vs. Taiji Ishimori & Robbie X, Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita vs. YAMATO & Tiger Mask, and KUSHIDA & Yuki Yoshioka vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Dick Togo.
Block A:
- SHO & DOUKI – 8
- Master Wato & YOH – 8
- Ryusuke Taguchi & Dragon Dia – 4
- Templario & Jakob Austin Young – 2
- Hiromu Takahashi & Gedo – 2
- Clark Connors & Daiki Nagai – 0
Block B:
- Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita – 6
- Taiji Ishimori & Robbie X – 4
- KUSHIDA & Yuki Yoshioka – 4
- Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Dick Togo – 2
- El Desperado & KUUKAI – 2
- YAMATO & Tiger Mask – 0
