NJPW has recently held Night 8 of the Super Junior Tag League. BULLET CLUB vs Alex Zayne & El Lindaman, L.I.J vs Flying Tiger, Suzuki-Gun vs House of Torture and more.
Welcome to another edition of Wrestling Republic’s coverage of New Japan Pro-Wrestling. This time, we’ll put the focus on the 2022 NJPW Super Junior Tag League and its latest event.
The promotion has recently hosted Night 8 of this year’s Super Jr Tag League, which took place from the Sasebo City General Ground Gymnasium in Sasebo, Nagasaki and presented some very interesting in-ring action. So, with nothing else to say, here are the full results of NJPW’s December 7th show in Sasebo:
- Tag Team Match: Kosei Fujita & Oskar Leube defeated Ryohei Oiwa & Yuto Nakashima – Fujita submitted Oiwa with the Boston Crab (7:12)
- Trios Match: Suzuki-Gun (Minoru Suzuki, Lance Archer & El Desperado) defeated BULLET CLUB (Bad Luck Fale, Gedo & Taiji Ishimori) – Minoru Suzuki pinned Gedo after hitting the Gotch Style Piledriver (8:48)
- 8-Man Tag Team Match: Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi, SANADA & Hiromu Takahashi) defeated Be-Bop Tag Team (Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toru Yano), Master Wato & Tomoaki Honma – Shingo pinned Honma after hitting the Pumping Bomber (6:57)
- Super Jr Tag League 2022: Catch 2/2 (Francesco Akira & TJP) defeated KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight – TJP pinned Kevin Knight after he and Akira hit 2/2 (13:27)
- Super Jr Tag League 2022: CHAOS (Lio Rush & YOH) defeated Wild Hips (Clark Connors & Ryusuke Taguchi) – YOH pinned Taguchi with 3K (11:28)
- Super Jr Tag League 2022: Suzuki-Gun (Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI) defeated House Of Torture (Dick Togo & SHO) – DOUKI submitted Togo with the Italian Stretch No. 32 (12:16)
- Super Jr Tag League 2022: Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI & Titan) defeated Flying Tiger (Robbie Eagles & Tiger Mask) – Titan pinned Tiger Mask after hitting the Swan Dive Missile Kick (11:11)
- Super Jr Tag League 2022: SAUCEHEARTS (Alex Zayne & El Lindaman) defeated BULLET CLUB (Ace Austin & Chris Bey) – El Lindaman pinned Austin after he and Zayne hit SAUCE HEARTS SPECIAL (18:37)
This is all for our coverage of Night 8 of the 2022 NJPW Super Junior Tag League. Stay tuned to Wrestling Republic, as we’ll keep you updated with everything you need to know about NJPW and Japanese Wrestling.
Super Jr Tag League 2022 – Current Standings (As Of December 7th, Sasebo)
With the results of Night 8 in Sasebo, the current standings of the 2022 NJPW Super Junior Tag League reads as follows:
- Catch 2/2 (TJP & Francesco Akira) (c) – 12 POINTS (6-2)
- Suzuki-Gun (Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI) – 6 POINTS (3-5)
- BULLET CLUB (Ace Austin & Chris Bey) – 12 POINTS (6-2)
- HOUSE OF TORTURE (SHO & Dick Togo) – 2 POINTS (1-7)
- LOS INGOBERNABLES DE JAPON (BUSHI & TITAN) – 12 POINTS (6-2)
- CHAOS (YOH & Lio Rush) – 12 POINTS (6-2)
- Wild Hips (Ryusuke Taguchi & Clark Connors) – 6 POINTS (3-5)
- KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight – 2 POINTS (1-7)
- Flying Tiger (Tiger Mask & Robbie Eagles) – 4 POINTS (2-6)
- Alex Zayne & El Lindaman – 12 POINTS (6-2)
Where Can You Watch The 2022 NJPW World & Super Junior Tag League?
Fans will be able to watch every match of the 2022 NJPW World & Super Jr. Tag League -as well as any other NJPW event- on the company’s official streaming platform, NJPW World.
Additionally, make sure to visit NJPW’s official website -as well as their Japanese & English Twitter accounts- for more information about the promotion, wrestlers, merchandise, fan club and details about their upcoming shows.
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