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From Hyogo, Japan:
1 - Kosei Fujita vs. Bad Luck Fale
Fale pins Fujita after a Hand Grenade.
2 - Oskar Leube and Ryohei Oiwa vs. Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis
Fletcher hits a Grimstone on Oskar and gets the pin.
Aussie Open will wait to see who will be their opponent on December 14 at the World Tag League Final.
3 - DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru and El Desperado vs. Gedo, Ace Austin and Taiji Ishimori
DOUKI forces Gedo to tap out to the Italian Stretch #32.
4 - Clark Conners, Master Wato, Ryusuke Taguchi and Tomoaki Honma vs. Titan, BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi and Shingo Takagi
Takagi pins Honma after a Pumping Bomber.
World Tag League Matches:
5 - Gabriel Kidd and Alex Coughlin vs. Lance Archer and Minoru Suzuki
Kidd comes to the ring in street clothes. He said he is pissed off because he and Coughlin are not winning Tag League. He challenges Suzuki-Gun to a fight outside (street fight match). Archer and Suzuki grab chairs and meet them in the crowd. All four men battle with chairs at ringside. Chaos. Suzuki hits a Gotch Piledriver on Kidd while Archer hits a Black Out on Coughlin.
Archer pins Coughlin.
Suzuki-Gun finish with 8 points.
Kidd and Coughlin finish with 2 points.
Good twist by turning a meaningless match into a fun brawl. There were some timing and positioning issues by Kidd and Coughlin, but it is a long tournament and everyone is tired. Kidd has a promising future with his charisma. Coughlin looks like a beast. I expect them to do great things in the future of New Japan and New Japan Strong.
6 - Toru Yano and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Aaron Henare and Great O-Khan
United Empire hits an Imperial Drop on Yano.
Henare pins Yano
United Empire finish with 10 points.
Tanahashi and Yano finish with 8 points.
7 - SANADA and Tetsuya Naito vs. Yujiro Takahashi and EVIL
Lots of interference by House of Torture. SHO hits a low blow on SANADA. Naito chases SHO out of the ring. EVIL hits Everything is Evil on Naito. Yujiro hits Big Juice on SANADA.
Yujiro pins SANADA.
House of Torture finishes with 6 points.
SANADA and Naito finishes with 12 points.
The winner of the main event will face Aussie Open for the World Tag League 2022 Trophy.
8 - YOSHI-HASHI and Hirooki Goto vs. Shane Haste and Mikey Nicholls
Good back and forth match. Goto and YOSHI-HASHI had to pull out every move in their arsenal.
Bishomon hits Shoto on Nicholls.
Goto pins Nicholls.
Bishomon finish with 14 points.
TMDK finish with 12 points.
Aussie Open will face Bishomon on December 14, for the World Tag League 2022 Trophy. Bishomon won World Tag League 2021.
|
World Tag League Final Standings |
Points Earned |
|
Alex Coughlin & Gabriel Kidd |
2 |
|
Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste |
12 |
|
Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens |
4 |
|
Lance Archer & Minoru Suzuki |
8 |
|
YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto |
14* |
|
EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi |
6 |
|
Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi |
8 |
|
Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher |
14* |
|
Great O-Khan & Aaron Henare |
10 |
|
SANDA & Tetsuya Naito |
12 |
* These teams will meet in the Finals of World Tag League 2022.
These are the matches announced for the Finals on December 14:
1 - Master Wato, Tama Tonga and Kazuchika Okada vs. Gedo, Taiji Ishimori and Jay White
2 - NEVER Openweight Championship: Karl Anderson vs. Hikuleo
3 - Super Jr. Tag League Finals: Lio Rush and YOH vs. Chris Bey and Ace Austin
4 - World Tag League Finals: Aussie Open vs. Bishomon
The winners of each Tag League will challenge for the Tag Championships in their divisions at Wrestle Kingdom on January 4, 2023.
More matches for December 14,should be announced within the next 48 hours.
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