Los Ingobernables de Japon's momentum continued to pick up on Saturday with another World Tag League victory.
One day after handing Aussie Open their first loss of the tournament, Tetsuya Naito & SANADA improved their World Tag League record to 5-2 with a win over Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toru Yano. Naito & SANADA are tied with TMDK in second place after today's show, while Aussie Open are still in the lead.
Here are the full results from today's event:
- World Tag League match: Tetsuya Naito & SANADA defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toru Yano
- World Tag League match: EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi defeated Minoru Suzuki & Lance Archer
- World Tag League match: Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI defeated Great-O-Khan & Aaron Henare
- World Tag League match: Aussie Open (Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher) defeated Alex Coughlin & Gabriel Kidd
- Shingo Takagi, Hiromu Takahashi, BUSHI & Titan defeated Tomoaki Honma, KUSHIDA, Kevin Knight & Master Wato
- El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI defeated Taiji Ishimori, Ace Austin & Gedo
- TMDK (Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste) defeated Kosei Fujita & Oskar Leube
- Bad Luck Fale defeated Ryohei Oiwa
The Tag League tour will be back in action on Sunday with a show featuring Super Junior Tag League matches. The next World Tag League event will take place on Monday.
Here are the updated standings for both Tag League tournaments:
NJPW World Tag League 2022 standings --
- Aussie Open (Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher) (12 points, 6-1)
- TMDK (Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls) (10 points, 5-1)
- Tetsuya Naito & SANADA (10 points, 5-2)
- Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI (8 points, 4-2)
- Great-O-Khan & Aaron Henare (8 points, 4-3)
- Minoru Suzuki & Lance Archer (6 points, 3-3)
- Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toru Yano (6 points, 3-3)
- Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens (4 points, 2-7) (forfeited their remaining matches after Owens withdrew from the tournament due to a death in his family)
- EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi (2 points, 1-5)
- Alex Coughlin & Gabriel Kidd (0 points, 0-6)
NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2022 standings --
- Ace Austin & Chris Bey (10 points, 5-1)
- TJP & Francesco Akira (10 points, 5-1)
- Alex Zayne & El Lindaman (10 points, 5-1)
- BUSHI & Titan (8 points, 4-2)
- Lio Rush & YOH (8 points, 4-2)
- Robbie Eagles & Tiger Mask (4 points, 2-4)
- Ryusuke Taguchi & Clark Connors (4 points, 2-4)
- Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI (2 points, 1-5)
- KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight (2 points, 1-5)
- SHO & Dick Togo (2 points, 1-5)
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