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1 - Taichi, Satoshi Kojima and Masatora Yasuda vs. Yujiro Takahashi, Chase Owens and Yoshinobu Kanemaru
Yujiro pins Yasuda after hitting Pimp Juice.
2 - El Desperado, Shuji Ishikawa and Shoma Kato vs. Shingo Takagi, Daiki Nagai and Drilla Moloney
Moloney forces Kato to submit to a Lion Tamer.
3 - Toru Yano, Boltin Oleg and Katsuya Murashima vs. Dick Togo, Don Fale and EVIL
SHO is subbing for Dick Togo again.
EVIL forces Murashima to tap out to a Darkness Scorpion.
4 - Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI and Tatsuya Murashima vs. Yota Tsuji, Gabe Kidd and Gedo
Kidd and Tsuji are not getting along. Gedo is having to be the peacemaker.
Tsuji pins Murashima after a Falcon Arrow.
World Tag League 2025 B Block Matches:
5 - El Phantasmo and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. SANADA and Ren Narita
SHO and Kanemaru interfere and House of Torture tries their tricks. Kanemaru sprays SANADA by accident. ELP pushes Kanemaru into a blinded SANADA, who then low blows Kanemaru. SHO holds ELP and Narita is about to hit him with the push up bar. Tanahashi low blows SHO. ELP punches Narita in the crotch. ELP rolls up SANADA in a cradle and gets the pin.
Hiroshi Tanahashi and El Phantasmo have 6 points.
SANADA and Ren Narita have 6 points.
Both teams are eliminated from the tournament.
Tanahashi gives the Fukuoka crowd an air guitar show and goes around to thank the fans at ringside.
6 - Zack Sabre Jr. and Ryohei Oiwa vs. Lance Archer and Alex Zayne
It is mentioned on commentary that Alex Zayne is dealing with a neck injury.
ZSJ attacks at the bell. He grabs Zayne and drags him through the ropes and hits an elbow to the neck. Zayne goes to the floor. Oiwa and ZSJ attack Archer. Archer fights them both. Archer goes for a Black Out on Oiwa on top of ZSJ. Oiwa escapes and ZSJ grabs Archer in a Victory Roll.
ZSJ pins Archer.
TMDK have 8 points.
Alex Zayne and Lance Archer have 6 points.
7 - Hiromu Takahashi and David Finlay vs. Callum Newman and Great O-Khan
Good match. Finlay hits Overkill on Newman. Hiromu follows up with a Time Bomb Q on Newman.
Hiromu pins Newman.
Hiromu Takahashi and David Finlay have 6 points.
United Empire have 8 points.
Both teams are eliminated.
After the match, Finlay and Hiromu continued to argue while Gedo again played peacemaker.
8 - Yuya Uemura and Shota Umino vs. OSKAR and Yuto-Ice
Another good match. Uemura and Yuto threw lots of stiff shots at each other. Umino hit a superplex on OSKAR, followed by a High Fly Flow from Uemura. Umino hits a running knee strike on OSKAR and goes for a pin. OSKAR kicks out. OSKAR hits a chokeslam on Uemura. OSKAR traps Umino in a sleeper. Umino escapes and hits a lariat. Umino goes for Second Chapter but Yuto saves OSKAR. Knockout Brothers hit the KOB on Umino.
OSKAR pins Umino.
Knockout Brothers have 8 points.
Shota Umino and Yuya Uemura have 8 points.
The Final Standing are as follows:
|
A Block |
Points |
|
Hirooki Goto / YOSHI-HASHI (First Place) |
8 |
|
Toru Yano / Boltin Oleg |
6 |
|
Yota Tsuji / Gabe Kidd (Second Place) |
8 |
|
EVIL / Don Fale |
8 |
|
Taichi / Satoshi Kojima |
2 |
|
El Desperado / Shuji Ishikawa |
6 |
|
Shingo Takagi / Drilla Moloney |
8 |
|
Yujiro Takahashi / Chase Owens |
2 |
|
B Block |
Points |
|
Yuto-Ice / OSKAR (First Place B Block) |
8 |
|
Zack Sabre Jr. / Royhei Oiwa (Second Place B Block) |
8 |
|
Lance Archer / Alex Zayne |
6 |
|
Hiroshi Tanahashi / El Phantasmo |
6 |
|
Shota Umino / Yuya Uemura |
8 |
|
David Finlay / Hiromu Takahashi |
6 |
|
Great O-Khan / Callum Newman |
8 |
|
Ren Narita / SANADA |
6 |
On December 10, YOSHI-HASHI and Hirooki Goto (A Block winner) will face Ryohei Oiwa and Zack Sabre Jr. (B Block runner up).
On December 12, Yuto-Ice and OSKAR (B Block winner) will face Gabe Kidd and Yota Tsuji (A Block runner up).
The winners of these matches will face each other in the Finals on December 14.
The Knockout Brothers make the most sense to win it all and keep pushing them as a top team. They need the title at this point to keep building their credibility. The rest of the teams do not need the belts.
Looking ahead there are three more cards before Wrestle Kingdom 20 on January 4.
The matches already scheduled for Wrestle Kingdom 20 are:
1 - IWGP World and IWGP Global Heavyweight Double Championship Match: Konosuke Takeshita vs. Yota Tsuji
2 - Hiroshi Tanahashi's Retirement Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada
3 - NEVER Openweight Championship: Aaron Wolf (debut) vs. EVIL
4 - IWGP Women's and STRONG WOMEN'S Double Championship Match: Syuri vs. Saya Kamitani
5 - Jr. Heavyweight Number One Contenders Match: El Desperado vs. Kosei Fujita vs. Taiji Ishimori and SHO
6 - NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship Match: Tornado Ranbo
In the final three events on New Japan World, I would expect the rest of the Wrestle Kingdom card to be filled out. The draw of this event is Tanahashi vs. Okada and Takeshita vs. Tsuji. I hope Tanahashi's match goes on last because the emotion of the Tokyo Dome crowd to watch Tanahashi vs. Okada one final time should be the focus and remembered.
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