At Saturday's event in Osaka, Lance Archer & Alex Zayne were dealt their first loss of World Tag League 2023.
Archer & Zayne lost to Minoru Suzuki & Yuji Nagata, giving Suzuki & Nagata their first victory of the tournament. Archer & Zayne now have a 4-1 record in World Tag League.
Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI, Taichi & Yuya Uemura, and Hikuleo & El Phantasmo were victorious in the other tournament matches that took place on Saturday. Here are the full results:
- B Block match: Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI defeated Yota Tsuji & Zandokan Jr.
- B Block match: Minoru Suzuki & Yuji Nagata defeated Lance Archer & Alex Zayne
- B Block match: Taichi & Yuya Uemura defeated Atlantis Jr. & Soberano Jr.
- B Block match: Hikuleo & El Phantasmo defeated Bad Luck Fale & Jack Bonza
- Shota Umino, Ren Narita & Master Wato defeated Mikey Nicholls, Shane Haste & Kosei Fujita
- EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi, SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru defeated Alex Coughlin, Gabe Kidd, Taiji Ishimori & Gedo
- Bishop Kaun, Toa Liona & Boltin Oleg defeated Great-O-Khan, HENARE & Callum Newman
- Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano defeated Yuto Nakashima & Oskar Leube
Archer & Zayne and Taichi & Uemura are now tied for the B Block lead with eight points.
World Tag League 2023 standings:
A Block --
- Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste (4-1): 8 points
- Alex Coughlin & Gabe Kidd (3-2): 6 points
- Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano (3-2): 6 points
- Shota Umino & Ren Narita (3-2): 6 points
- Great-O-Khan & HENARE (2-3): 4 points
- Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa (2-3): 4 points
- EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi (2-3): 4 points
- Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona (1-4): 2 points
B Block --
- Lance Archer & Alex Zayne (4-1): 8 points
- Taichi & Yuya Uemura (4-1): 8 points
- Hikuleo & El Phantasmo (3-2): 6 points
- Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI (2-2-1): 5 points
- Atlantis Jr. & Soberano Jr. (2-2-1): 5 points
- Yota Tsuji & Zandokan Jr. (2-3): 4 points
- Bad Luck Fale & Jack Bonza (1-4): 2 points
- Yuji Nagata & Minoru Suzuki (1-4): 2 points
Tag League is back in action tomorrow (December 3) with an A Block show. The tournament runs through December 10.
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