The Grizzled Young Vets have won the NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team Titles.
James Drake and Zack Gibson faced TMDK’s Shane Haste and Mikey Nicholls at NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed in Lowell, Massachusetts on Friday night.
Haste and Nicholls had recently been double champions, holding both the STRONG Tag Titles and the IWGP Tag Team Championships. They lost the IWGP Titles to Great O-Khan and HENARE at NJPW Power Struggle.
The win for Drake and Gibson marks the first New Japan gold for the pair, who recently signed with AEW.
They employed heel tactics for the win as Drake choked Haste with a towel while the referee was distracted. GYV then hit the Grit Your Teeth on Haste, with Gibson grabbing the pinfall win.
