The tandem of El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori captured the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles in the main event of the 1/23 NJPW Road to New Beginning show. In their first title defense, the dropped the belts to Yoshinobu Kanemaru and El Desperado.
Kanemaru and Desperado took on Ishimori and Phantasmo at the Road to Castle Attack event on 2/25. Desperado got the pin on Ishimori to score the victory for his team.
衝撃の頭脳プレーで、デスペラード＆金丸がIWGPジュニアタッグ王座を奪還！
ファンタズモ、デスペラード、BUSHIが大阪城でのIWGPジュニア王座戦に名乗り!!
2.25後楽園大会の結果はコチラ！
⇒https://t.co/nOfpb5gbzs#njcattack #njpw pic.twitter.com/jTGUhqLOIS— 新日本プロレスリング株式会社 (@njpw1972) February 25, 2021
The newly vacated IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship did grab the attention of Phantasmo, Desperado and BUSHI. Hiromu Takahashi appeared on the show and formally vacated the championship after it was announced that he will be out for an estimate of six months with a pectoral injury. Originally, Takahashi and BUSHI were scheduled to challenge Ishimori and Phantasmo for the tag titles.
Below are the results from the 2/25 Road to Castle Attack show:
- Jeff Cobb, Will Ospreay & Great-O-Khan def. Yota Tsuji, Satoshi Kojima & Hiroshi Tanahashi
- Toru Yano, SHO & Kazuchika Okada def. EVIL, Dick Togo & Chase Owens
- YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto & Tomohiro Ishii def. Bullet Club (Jay White, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa)
- Shingo Takagi, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito def. Yuji Nagata, Tomoaki Honma & Kota Ibushi
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships: El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru def. Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo (c)
