The 2024 World Tag League continued today with a show at Korakuen Hall.
Matches in A Block were featured on the show. The main event saw Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi pick up a win over Gabe Kidd & SANADA when Tsuji countered a low blow attempt from SANADA into a hurricanrana and got the pin.
Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino handed Bishamon their first tournament loss in the semi-main event. After, Claudio Castagnoli appeared on the screen and called out Shota Umino for Wrestle Dynasty.
Only the United Empire team of Jeff Cobb and Callum Newman remain undefeated in the group. They defeated KENTA and Chase Owens on today's show, dropping the Bullet Club team to a 0-3 record. The only other winless team is Alex Zayne and Ryusuke Taguchi, who dropped a match to TMDK's Zack Sabre Jr. & Ryohei Oiwa today.
NJPW World Tag League 2024 night five tournament results:
Los Ingobernables De Japon (Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi) (2-1) defeated War Dogs (Gabe Kidd & SANADA) (1-2)Shota Umino & Tomoaki Honma (2-1) defeated Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) (2-1)TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr. & Ryohei Oiwa) (2-1) defeated Funky Sauce (Alex Zayne & Ryusuke Taguchi) (0-3)United Empire (Jeff Cobb & Callum Newman) (3-0) defeated Bullet Club (KENTA & Chase Owens) (0-3)
Here are the current standings:
A Block --
Jeff Cobb & Callum Newman (3-0): 6 pointsHirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI (2-1): 4 pointsShota Umino & Tomoaki Honma (2-1): 4 pointsZack Sabre Jr. & Ryohei Oiwa (2-1): 4 pointsShingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji (2-1): 4 pointsGabe Kidd & Sanada (1-2): 2 pointsKENTA & Chase Owens (0-3): 0 pointsAlex Zayne & Ryusuke Taguchi (0-3): 0 points
B Block --
EVIL & Ren Narita (2-0): 4 pointsTetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi (1-1): 2 pointsTaichi & TAKA Michinoku (1-1): 2 pointsShane Haste & Mikey Nicholls (1-1): 2 pointsTome Filip & Stevie Filip (1-1): 2 pointsToru Yano & Oleg Boltin (1-1): 2 pointsGreat-O-Khan & HENARE (1-1): 2 pointsHiroshi Tanahashi & Jado (0-2): 0 points
The tournament continues on Tuesday with a show in Fukushima that will feature matches from B Block.
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