The NJPW World Tag League has officially begun. Los Ingobernables de Japon collided with United Empire, Aussie Open vs Be-Bop Tag Team, Suzuki-Gun vs Bullet Club and more in an action-packed card.
Welcome to another edition of Wrestling Republic’s coverage of Japanese Wrestling. This time, we’ll put the focus on New Japan Pro-Wrestling and its latest event.
The promotion has recently held the first night of this year’s NJPW World Tag League, which took place from the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan and presented eight very interesting matches. So, with nothing else to say, here are the full results of the first night of the NJPW World Tag League in Korakuen Hall:
- Singles Match: Ryohei Oiwa defeated Yuto Nakashima – Oiwa submitted Nakashima with the Reverse Crab (Official Match Time: 7m, 46s)
- Tag Team Match: Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma) defeated Kosei Fujita & Oskar Leube – Makabe pinned Leube after hitting the King Kong Knee Drop (Official Match Time: 8m, 28s)
- Trios Match: Suzuki-Gun (Taichi, El Desperado & DOUKI) vs Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi) went to a double count-out.
- World Tag League – Tag Team Match: TMDK (Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste) defeated Alex Coughlin & Gabriel Kidd – Nicholls pinned Gabriel Kidd after hitting the Thunder Valley (Official Match Time: 16m, 7s)
- World Tag League – Tag Team Match: Suzuki-Gun (Minoru Suzuki & Lance Archer) defeated BULLET CLUB (Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens) – Archer pinned Chase Owens after hitting the Blackout (Official Match Time: 10m, 18s)
- World Tag League – Tag Team Match: Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) defeated House Of Torture (Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL) – Goto pinned Takahashi after he and YOSHI-HASHI hit the GYR/Shoto (Official Match Time: 9m, 12s)
- World Tag League – Tag Team Match: Aussie Open (Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher) defeated Be-Bop Tag Team (Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toru Yano) – Fletcher pinned Toru Yano after he and Davis hit Coriolis (Official Match Time: 12m, 37s)
- World Tag League – Tag Team Match: Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito & SANADA) defeated United Empire (Aaron Henare & Great-O-Khan) – Naito pinned Henare after hitting Destino (Official Match Time: 22m, 45s)
This is all for our coverage of the first night of the NJPW World Tag League. Stay tuned to Wrestling Republic, as we’ll keep you updated with everything you need to know about New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
NJPW World Tag League – Current Standings (After November 22nd, Korakuen Hall)
With the results of the matches on November 22nd event in the Korakuen Hall, the current standings of this year’s Super Junior Tag League reads as follows:
- Be-Bop Tag Team (Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toru Yano) – 0 POINTS (1 MATCH: 1 DEFEAT)
- Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) – 2 POINTS (1 MATCH: 1 VICTORY)
- Alex Coughlin & Gabriel Kidd – 0 POINTS (1 MATCH: 1 DEFEAT)
- LOS INGOBERNABLES DE JAPON (Tetsuya Naito & SANADA) – 2 POINTS (1 MATCH: 1 VICTORY)
- United Empire (Great-O-Khan & Aaron Henare) – 0 POINTS (1 MATCH: 1 DEFEAT)
- Aussie Open (Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher) – 2 POINTS (1 MATCH: 1 VICTORY)
- TMDK (Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste) – 2 POINTS (1 MATCH: 1 VICTORY)
- Suzuki-Gun (Minoru Suzuki & Lance Archer) – 2 POINTS (1 MATCH: 1 VICTORY)
- BULLET CLUB (Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens) – 0 POINTS (1 MATCH: 1 DEFEAT)
- HOUSE OF TORTURE (EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi) – 0 POINTS (1 MATCH: 1 DEFEAT)
Where Can You Watch The NJPW World Tag League?
Fans will be able to watch every match of the 2022 NJPW World Tag League and Super Junior 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 and details about their upcoming shows.
Photo Credit – New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW)
