The semi-finals of New Japan’s World Tag League are confirmed after Thursday’s show with the final set of round-robin matches.
The B Block was down to four teams in contention heading into Thursday’s card with the winners advancing.
RESULTS:
*B BLOCK: Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI (9) over Taichi & Yuya Uemura in 23:42
*B BLOCK: El Phantasmo & Hikuelo (10) over Lance Archer & Alex Zayne (8) in 15:15
*B BLOCK: Atlantis Jr. & Soberano Jr. (7) over Yota Tsuji & Zandokan Jr. (6) in 14:01
*B BLOCK: Minoru Suzuki & Yuji Nagata (4) over Bad Luck Fale & Jack Bonza (4) in 9:43
*Alex Coughlin, Gabe Kidd & Taiji Ishimori over Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls & Kosei Fujita in 5:49
*Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano over Kaito Kiyomiya, Ryohei Oiwa, Tomoaki Honma & Oleg Boltin in 9:08
*EVIL, Yujiro & SHO over Shota Umino, Ryusuke Taguchi & Tiger Mask in 7:27
*Great O-Khan, HENARE & Callum Newman over Gates of Agony & Yuto Nakashima in 11:06
NJPW STRONG Openweight tag champions El Phantasmo & Hikuelo are advancing after their win against Lance Archer & Alex Zayne. The tag champions ended the round-robin stage with ten points and finished first in the block, setting up a match with Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste in the semi-finals on Friday.
IWGP tag champions Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI defeated Taichi & Yuya Uemura and clinched second place in the B Block by finishing with nine points. Goto & YOSHI-HASHI will meet Alex Coughlin & Gabe Kidd in the semi-finals this Friday.
The two winners on Friday will meet on Sunday to determine the Tag League winner.
