Nothing is slowing down the Super Junior round robin!

The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions got off to a great start, will they continue it as NJPW’s Super Junior Tag League continues?

NOTE: NJPW no longer wants to feed AXS TV now that it is with Anthem and Impact Wrestling. But never fear, I will cover NJPW in the spirit of AXS in providing the most important matches of the show.

OFFICIAL RESULTS

• El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru VS Gedo & Dick Togo; Desperado & Kanemaru win.
• Tiger Mask & Robbie Eagles VS Roppongi 3K; Tiger Mask & Robbie Eagles win.
• Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato VS El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori; ELP & Ishimori win.

PLAY BY PLAY

Here are the current Super Jr. Tag League standings:

Tiger Mask & Robbie Eagles: 1-0, 2 points
El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru: 1-0, 2 points
El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori: 1-0, 2 points
Roppongi 3K: 0-1, 0 points
Gedo & Dick Togo: 0-1, 0 points
Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato: 0-1, 0 points

El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru VS Gedo & Dick Togo!

The Rogue Luchador and Heel Master kicked off this year’s Super Junior Tag League with a win over “Six or Nine,” Taguchi & Wato! Will they continue on by keeping Bullet Club’s dastardly duo down in the dumps?

Desperado fakes out Gedo and Dick, making them think his slide in is for an attack. He (supposedly) just wanted to shake their hands. But the teams sort out, Desperado politely asks an opponent step up, and Dick starts. The fans rally as Desperado and Dick circle. But then Dick bails out and Desperado asks he please return. Dick takes his time returning, and circles with Desperado again. They tie up but Dick kicks low. Dick wrenches an arm, YANKS on it, clamps on the shoulder, and clubs it! Dick wrenches again but Desperado wrenches his eyes! Gedo protests but Desperado CLUBS Dick, then headlocks. Kanemaru tags in and he gets Dick’s arm to wrench it!

Kanemaru YANKS the arm, and again, then hammerlocks the arm for a scoop and SLAM! Dick writhes but Kanemaru stomps him around. Kanemaru tags Desperado, they mug Dick, and then Desperado tells Gedo to shut up. The ref is busy with Gedo as Desperado wrenches and hammerlocks Dick. Desperado wrangles Dick, YANKS back on the arm, then uses his leg to hook it for a SNAP LOCK! Cover, TWO! Desperado gets Dick up, bumps him off Kanemaru’s boots, then tags Kanemaru. Desperado DECKS Gedo, Suzuki-Gun wrenches and whips Dick. Kanemaru runs to back elbow, then he whips Dick into Desperado’s boot.

Dick fights the back suplex combo, boots Kanemaru and punches Desperado. Kanemaru kicks, runs, but Gedo trips him! Dick hurries out as Gedo holds Kanemaru out, DOUBLE STOMP to the legs! Desperado goes out but Dick ROCKS him with a haymaker! Dick whips Desperado into railing! Desperado writhes while Gedo SLAMS Kanemaru’s leg on the apron! Gedo drags Kanemaru out, wraps his leg around railing, then BOOTS the railing to jam the leg! And again! Gedo taunts Kanemaru while pulling the leg, and he KICKS railing again! Kanemaru falls over but fans rally up for Suzuki-Gun.

The ring count climbs while Kanemaru is still down. It’s at 10 of 20 before he sits up, and climbing to 15 as he struggles to drag himself up! Kanemaru is up and in at 18, but Dick is right on him with a knee SMASH! Kanemaru writhes and clutches his leg but Dick stomps and kicks away on the bad leg! Dick drops an elbow on the leg, pulls on it in a toehold, but fans rally as Kanemaru endures. Desperado rushes in and Dick backs off, giving Kanemaru some time to rest. But Dick gets Kanemaru up then throws him out. Dick keeps the ref busy as Gedo gets chairs from under the ring. Gedo gets Kanemaru’s leg around railing, and SMACKS it with a chair!

Gedo mockingly asks if Kanemaru is still alright, but fans rally up. A new ring count starts, Kanemaru drags himself up at 10 of 20, then flounders at 15! Dick DECKS Desperado, Kanemaru claws his way back up, and Kanemaru is in at 19.5! Gedo is pissed, Dick stomps Kanemaru’s bad leg. Dick taunts Kanemaru, stomps the leg more, then stands on Kanemaru’s leg while he tags in Gedo. Gedo stomps Kanemaru’s leg, he and Dick DOUBLE KNEE SMASH Kanemaru’s legs! Gedo mocks Desperado as if he can’t hear him, and the ref has to keep Desperado back in his corner. Gedo drags Kanemaru around, turns him over and ties up his legs for a figure four!

The ref is still busy with Desperado, and Dick digs his boots into Kanemaru’s face and throat! The ref tries to stop this but there’s too much arguing going around. Desperado pushes the ref aside to MONO LOCO Gedo down! Gedo falls, but that just tortures Kanemaru’s legs more! Kanemaru gets the ropebreak, the ref wants Gedo to let him go, but Gedo claims he needs help undoing the hold! The ref undoes the hold for Gedo and Kanemaru is finally free, but Gedo still laughs as he looms over Kanemaru. Gedo stomps Kanemaru’s legs, puts them on the ropes, and he springboards to drop down on it! Dick tags in, he stomps Kanemaru, and he taunts Kanemaru.

Kanemaru takes swipes but can’t hit hard enough. Dick CLUBS Kanemaru down, Kanemaru gets up and EuroUppers! Fans rally, Dick rakes Kanemaru’s eyes! Dick CHOPS Kanemaru, whips him corner to corner, then runs in. Kanemaru BOOTS Dick, runs but into a kick! Dick runs but Kanemaru dropkicks the legs out! Both men are down, fans rally up, hot tag to Desperado! Desperado rallies on Bullet Club, Dick kicks and whips, but Desperado gets around to a roll up, ONE, STRETCH MUFFLER! NUMERO DOS!! Dick endures, writhes, reaches out, and gets the ropebreak! The ref counts, Desperado thrashes before he lets go at 4!

Desperado drags Dick from ropes to stomp his leg, but has to stop when Dick grabs rope again. Desperado gets Dick up to whip, and Dick falls over! Fans fire up with Desperado as he stomps Dick’s legs. Desperado drags Dick up but Dick ROCKS him with a right! Desperado forearms back, Dick pokes him in the eye! Dick headlocks and punches, then winds up, but Desperado stomps a foot! Dick spins Desperado around to snapmare and ghost pin, TWO! CROSSFACE! Desperado endures, fans rally up, and Desperado reaches out, but Dick rolls him from ropes! Kanemaru stomps Dick but he won’t let go! Gedo gets in to KICK Kanemaru’s bad leg!

Kanemaru bails out, Gedo goes out after him, and Dick vows to end this. Dick gets Desperado up, reels him in, underhooks the arms, PEDIGREE! Dick calls for the corner and he climbs up top! SUPER SENTON ONTO KNEES! Desperado saves himself but it was double-edged given the leg damage! Fans rally up, Dick tags in Gedo, and Gedo gets Desperado up for a JAWBREAKER! SUPER- No, Desperado blocks that! Desperado spins Gedo, but Gedo pokes him in the eye! Gedo runs, into a SPINEBUSTER! Fans fire up as Desperado crawls, tag to Kanemaru! Kanemaru brings Gedo up, but Gedo throws body shots and even goes after Kanemaru’s leg!

Gedo whips, Kanemaru reverses, and Kanemaru calf kicks Gedo down! Gedo gets to a corner, Kanemaru runs in and BOOTS! Kanemaru rolls Gedo to run and basement dropkick! Cover, TWO! Kanemaru keeps cool and fans still rally as he goes to a corner. Kanemaru hops up, takes aim, but Gedo gets to the other corner. Kanemaru runs corner to corner, Gedo rolls him up, TWO! Kanemaru kicks low, reels Gedo in, but Gedo turns scoop to cradle! TWO! Gedo mule kicks, but Kanemaru trips him up first! Kanemaru drags Gedo up by his ears! And spins him, to scoop, BRITISH FALL! Cover, TWO! Gedo survives but Kanemaru keeps his focus.

Kanemaru goes back to the corner but Dick grabs at him! Desperado gets around to trip Dick! Kanemaru adjusts, Gedo gets up, DEEP- ATOMIC DROP!? Well not exactly, but whatever it is, Gedo’s savvy saves him without getting disqualified! Fans rally as both men are down, and Gedo sits up first. Kanemaru grits his teeth as he gets up in a corner again. Gedo runs in, blocks a boot and dropkicks the bad leg! Gedo still has to catch his breath as he and Kanemaru get up again. Gedo gets the leg, DRAGON SCREW! Gedo steps through, ties up the legs, FIGURE FOUR LEG LOCK! Kanemaru endures as fans rally up!

Kanemaru drags himself over, reaches out, but Gedo drags him back! Dick and Desperado brawl, Kanemaru holds on and Desperado stomps Gedo! Dick knocks Desperado into the ref! Dick ROCKS Desperado, underhooks, but no Pedigree this time! BACK DROP! Fans fire up as Desperado MONO LOCOS! But Gedo BRASS KNUCKLES Desperado down!! Kanemaru gets up, but catches Gedo to a Gory Especial LOW BLOW! Kanemaru shouts to the ref, then hops up top, DEEP IMPACT!! Cover, the ref is back to count, Kanemaru & Desperado win!

Winners: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado, by pinfall

Suzuki-Gun wins again and Bullet Club loses again! Will these trends both continue until the end of the round robin?

Tiger Mask & Robbie Eagles VS Roppongi 3K!

These natural predators want to keep going, while… Well, that depends. Are Desperado, ELP and Taiji all correct? Has Sho lost his spark? Has Yoh lost his drive? Is RPG3K calling it quits? Or will they find new life against Tiger & Eagles?

The teams sort out and Tiger starts with Sho. They circle, fans rally up, and the two feel out the grapple. They knuckle lock but Sho blocks Tiger’s kick. They circle again, knuckle lock again, and Sho shoots in to waistlock. Tiger wrenches free to a wristlock but Sho wrenches and wristlocks back. Tiger gets the ropes, Sho lets off cleanly and fans cheer. They go again, tie up, Sho headlocks. Tiger powers up and out but Sho runs him over. Eagles gest in, kicks, runs, but into the RPG3K drop toehold and basement dropkick combo! Eagles bails out, RPG3K double dropkick Tiger, and fans fire up!

Sho stomps Tiger, brings him back up, and whip him to ropes to elbow him down. Cover, TWO! Tag to Yoh and Yoh clubs Tiger down. Yoh stomps Tiger, then drags him up to snap suplex. Cover, TWO! Yoh wrenches Tiger, tags Sho, and Sho takes the wrench hand-off to then tag Yoh back in. Yoh CLUBS Tiger’s arm and Sho intercepts Eagles. Yoh throws a forearm on Tiger, RPG3K double whip corner to corner. Sho whips Yoh but Tiger evades to then rush Sho. Sho kicks first, has hold of Tiger, but Tiger still boots Yoh away. Tiger Mask then somersault dropkicks Sho away! Yoh comes back and throws hands, then whips Tiger to a corner. Yoh runs in but into a sobat!

Tiger KICKS Yoh down, then tags in Eagles. Fans rally up, Eagles gets Yoh turned around and drops a knee on the thigh! Eagles gets Yoh up, runs and PENALTY KICKS him down! Fans cheer and Eagles covers, TWO! Fans rally more as Eagles KICKS Yoh in the back. Eagles gets Yoh to his feet, Yoh throws heavy forearms but Eagles eggs him on. Yoh keeps throwing but Eagles dropkicks the leg out! Eagles drags Yoh around, knees the thigh, tags in Tiger Mask, and then they get Yoh up for double whips. They kick his legs out then KICK, KICK, repeat, before a DOUBLE KICK! Then they double basement dropkick sandwich! Tiger covers, TWO!

Fans rally up as Yoh hangs tough. Tiger gets Yoh up, throws forearms and Yoh staggers over. Tiger gets Yoh up, throws more forearms then KICKS Yoh down! Cover, TWO! Sho coaches Yoh, Tiger dares Yoh to get up. Yoh slowly rises and Tiger circles him. Tiger KICKS, KICKS and KICKS! Yoh grits his teeth and eggs Tiger on, then blocks a kick! DRAGON SCREW! Fans rally up as Yoh crawls over, but Tiger heads for his corner. Hot tags to Sho and Eagles! The forearms start flying and build up speed! Fans rally as things get faster and faster, and Sho gets the edge. Sho eggs Eagles on and Eagles KICKS his leg! Eagles runs but Sho follows to run Eagles over!

Fans fire up with Sho, he stomps around and Eagles rises. Sho KICKS Eagles down, covers, TWO! Sho stalks up behind Eagles, waistlocks but Eagles elbows free. Sho reels him back into a waistlock, lifts, but Eagles victory rolls but Sho pushes him to ropes. Eagles rebounds and knees Sho’s clothesline away to then rolling kick him in the back of the leg, and BLINDSIDE LARIAT! Fans fire up as Eagles and Sho go to opposite corners. Eagles runs in and DOUBLE KNEES, then rolls back to METEORA in the corner! Cover, TWO!! Sho survives and fans fire up more! Eagles keeps cool and goes to the corner. Eagles goes up top, 450’s but Sho moves!

Eagles lands on his feet, Sho rushes in but into a knee! Eagles KICKS Sho down! Eagles gets Sho back up, cravat, but Sho slips through to hit a BIG suplex! Fans fire up again as Sho and Eagles are both down. Sho and Eagles head for their corners, hot tag to Yoh! Yoh DECKS Tiger to then get Eagles up. Eagles reverses the whip but Yoh hits a flying forearm! Yoh kips up and runs at Eagles in the corner, but Eagles boots him away. Eagles runs in, sunset flip but Yoh rolls through to spinning toehold! And another spinning toehold! And another spinning toehold! Yoh keeps going, for the FIGURE FOUR! Eagles endures and fans rally both ways as he reaches for ropes!

Yoh drops back to put pressure, but Eagles rolls it over! Yoh rolls it again but they end up in the ropes. The ref counts, helps them out of the hold, and fans rally up again. Yoh gets Eagles up, waistlocks, but Eagles holds ropes to resist. Yoh CLUBS Eagles, full nelsons, but Eagles breaks that, only for Yoh to make it a waistlock again! GERMAN SUPLEX! But Eagles lands on his feet! Only for his bad leg to jam! Yoh goes to dropkick it but Eagles avoids it, and then Eagles ENZIGURIS Yoh! Yoh ends up on ropes, Eagles runs, but into RPG3K DOUBLE KNEES! Tiger runs in but into DOUBLE SUPERKICKS! RPG3K gets Eagles up, spins around, BACK STABBER to SHOTGUN BOOT!

Fans fire up with RPG3K as they wait on Eagles. Eagles slowly rises, staggers, but slips out of 3K to kick Sho and TORNADO DDT Yoh! Sho gets back up, whips Eagles but Eagles reverses to wrench and WHEEL KICK! Fans fire up and Eagles gets Yoh out to center. Eagles steps over, traps Yoh’s arm with a leg then ties up Yoh’s legs into a figure four, to KNEE STOMP! Yoh writhes but Eagles isn’t done, as he gets Yoh back up. But Yoh fights the backpack and shoves Eagles into a corner. Yoh SUPERKICKS Eagles, then FALCON ARROW! Cover, TWO! But Yoh has the leg for a HEEL HOOK! But Tiger stomps Yoh right down!

Tiger gets Yoh up but Yoh fires off forearms! Tiger ducks to mule kick, underhook, and TIGER DRIVER! Tiger intercepts Sho but Sho ROCKS him! Sho ROCKS Eagles, but Eagles sweeps the legs, dropkicks Sho off the apron, and Tiger DIVES! Tiger’s tope knocks Sho into railing! Tiger calls to Eagles and Eagles gets Yoh up. Fans fire up, Eagles gets Yoh up, STANDING SLICED BREAD! Cover, TWO!! Yoh is still in this, and so is RPG3K! Fans rally up more as Eagles goes to a corner. Eagles aims from the apron, springboards in, and dropkicks Yoh’s legs out! Eagles steps through but Yoh turns leg lock into cradle! TWO, and Eagles ROUNDHOUSES Yoh down!

And SUPERKICKS! But Yoh ducks the Pele to ROLLING ELBOW Eagles! Yoh aims as Eagles slowly rises up. SUPER- NO! Eagles blocks, reels Yoh in, TURBO BACKPACK! Cover, TWO!? But Eagles keeps focus and wants Yoh to get back up! Yoh sits up, into a SUPERKICK! Eagles goes to the corner and right up top, for 450 SPLASH to the legs! RON MILLER SPECIAL!! Yoh endures, Tiger keeps Sho anchored on the outside and Eagles clubs away on Yoh’s legs! YOH TAPS! EAGLES & TIGER WIN!

Winners: Tiger Mask & Robbie Eagles, by submission

The three-time Junior Tag League winners have lost twice in a row?! Eagles as a teammate in Chaos makes sure Yoh is alright, but his friends are still having a hard time with this loss. Are all the doubters actually right? Or is what they’ve all said simply getting in RPG3K’s heads?

Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato VS El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori!

As already stated, King Coach Taguchi and the Way of the Grandmaster lost to start and are looking for redemption! But the Headbanger and Bone Soldier started off strong beating the THREE-TIME Super Jr. Tag League winners in RPG3K. Will the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions (and the Bullet Club’s Cutest Tag Team) continue on and dominate the tournament?

But before teams sort out, Taguchi insists: check ELP’s shoe! ELP is exasperated, but he obliges by sitting down! Red Shoes is nearby as ELP undoes the straps and laces, then goes to pull the shoe off. The shoe is handed over, Red Shoes looks inside and is surprised! Taguchi looks, and is offended! He takes out what’s inside, and it’s a paper note that just says “F*** U TAGUCHI!” Taguchi makes sure we understand by showing it to the camera. The Bullet Club has a good laugh, and then ELP makes sure the camera sees inside that there is nothing suspicious inside. ELP also does a smell check, and says it’s “not bad.”

Teams sort out as ELP redoes the boot, but he says they can get going without him. Fans rally while Taguchi is frustrated he didn’t get anything out of the check. Taguchi and Taiji start and circle. Taguchi tests the waters with some spinning hip jumps, only to get caught into a headlock on the third time! Taguchi powers out, things speed up as he drops and drops to make Taiji keep going. Taiji stops himself with ropes, and stomps Taguchi down! Taiji gets Taguchi up to throw hands, then Taiji runs, but Wato gets in as Taguchi leap frogs! Wato back elbows, back hands and gets in Taiji’s way so he doesn’t see the HIP ATTACK coming! Direct hit and Taiji bails out!

ELP gets in but gets double kicks, double whips and double drop toeholds, to a double basement dropkick! ELP bails out and regroups with Taiji, but Six or Nine build speed! To fake out the Bullet Club! Wato strikes his pose and Taguchi swivels them hips! Fans rally for “TA-GU-CHI!” or perhaps “SIX OR NINE!” while Bullet Club vents. Taguchi fakes them out with a triangle jump, then crotch chops to the rhythm of “TA-GU-CHI!” The applause encourage Taguchi to encourage Wato, and Wato strikes his pose while swiveling hips. The champs are getting more frustrated as Taguchi wiggles and thrusts.

The champs are leaving? Taguchi “apologizes” and asks they return to finish this properly. ELP and Taiji return to ringside, Taiji gets back in and tags ELP. ELP calls out Wato so Taguchi tags him. Wato and ELP circle, the fans rally, and the two tie up. Wato headlocks for a takeover, ELP headscissors and digs his elbows in. Wato goes up, pops out, gets a headlock and grinds ELP down. ELP fights up but Wato holds on. ELP throws body shots, powers out, and things speed up. ELP hurdles, Wato leaps, things keep going, and Wato huricanranas but ELP handsprings through! ELP struts, does lunges, and then circles with Wato again.

Wato and ELP approach, ELP waistlocks to a headlock, but Wato throws body shots. ELP grinds the hold, Wato powers out, but ELP runs Wato over. ELP flexes, kisses the guns, then things speed up again. ELP leaps over, Wato bypasses but ELP rolls off his back. Wato ranas, ELP handsprings through again, and then backward lunges. ELP notices the fans clapping to his rhythm so he takes it slow. Wato joins in but that ruins ELP’s fun, so he BOOTS Wato down! Wato rolls him up, ELP rolls through and forearms fly! ELP gets the edge and DECKS Wato! ELP stands on Wato, stomps him down, then puts him in the corner. Tag to Taiji and ELP CHOPS Wato!

Taiji ROCKS Wato, cranks the neck with a cravat, then rams shoulders in over and over. Snapmare and NECK TWIST! Wato writhes, Taiji covers, TWO! Taiji grows annoyed but he gets Wato back up. Tag to ELP, ELP climbs, and ELP does a random clapping rhythm, before he hops down and CLAWS Wato. ELP is upset the fans can’t get his clapping right, but he gets Wato up to suplex. ELP holds Wato up and fans rally as ELP does squats before the slam! Double gun and cover, Taguchi breaks it with his butt. Tag to Taiji, Bullet Club stomps Wato for Taguchi’s cheek, and Taiji CHOPS Wato down! ELP stands Wato up for Taiji to CHOP again!

Taiji gets Wato up on the top rope and into the Tree of Woe. Taiji DECKS Taguchi, runs corner to corner and baseball slide dropkicks Wato! Tag to ELP, he slingshots in, goes corner to corner for a hesitation dropkick! Cover, TWO! Tag back to Taiji and Bullet Club gets Wato up. Taiji CLAWS Wato, then ELP CLAWS Wato! Fans rally for Wato but Taiji gets him back up. Taiji CHOPS Wato to a corner, CHOPS him again, then whips Wato corner to corner. Taiji runs in and back elbows, then keeps going, only for Wato to get around! Taiji fights the waistlock, runs again but into a BIG calf kick! Both men are down but fans fire up!

Wato crawls, ELP gets in and leaps, but misses! Hot tag to Taguchi! Taguchi hits ELP with a HIP ATTACK! Then Taguchi starts up the Funky Weapon Train! HIP ATTACK for Taiji, HIP ATTACK for ELP, then Taguchi slides out. But Taiji dodges the apron hip attack to dropkick Taguchi down! Taiji builds speed but Taguchi gets in, only for Taiji to get around. Taguchi switches, Taiji throws elbows and runs, but Taguchi follows! Only for Taiji to counter hip attack with ATOMIC DROP! Taiji reels Taguchi in, waistlocks, but Taguchi fights the lift! Taguchi runs in place, but again Taiji sees this one coming! Taiji also runs in place, wags his finger, then body shots!

But Taguchi back hands! Taguchi runs, Taiji goes from the corner a la Evil, but Taguchi HIP ATTACKS him after all! Fans fire up as Taguchi catches his breath. Taguchi gets Taiji up, snap suplexes, uno amigo! Then dos amigos! Taguchi wants and hits THREE AMIGOS! Cover, TWO! Fans are thunderous as Taguchi calls upon the powers of Nakamura! “ORAYO~!” But Taiji ducks the Bum-a-ye, only for Taguchi to sit on the sunset flip! TWO, Taiji has the sunset after all, TWO! Wheelbarrow, but Taguchi sits on it again, TWO! Taiji kicks, whips, but Taguchi reverses, only for Taiji to handspring and NEURALIZER! Both men are down and fans fire up again!

Taguchi and Taiji stir as the fans rally. They both crawl for their corners, hot tags to Wato and ELP! Wato dodges, RANAS, and ELP can’t handspring through this time! Wato builds speed and FLIES! Tornillo takes ELP out and Wato fires up! Wato gets ELP up and in, aims from the apron and springboards, FLYING UPPERCUT! Cover, TWO! Fans keep going as Wato gets ELP up. Wato wrenches, hooks him up, but ELP resists the Mouse Trap to back drop. Wato sunset flips, ELP rolls through and drags Wato up into a double underhook and lift! Wato resists the driver, trips and jackknifes, TWO! Wato mule kicks then SWITCHBLADE KICKS! ELP is down, Wato covers, TWO!

Fans stay fired up and Wato gets ELP up to wrench his arm. Wato reels ELP in but ELP RAMS Wato into the corner. Taiji tags in, he knocks Taguchi down, then comes back to DOUBLE KNEE Wato! ELP gets Wato around, Taiji goes up to get an Electric Chair boost. TOSS to CODE BREAKER! Taiji holds Wato in place, ELP MOONSAULTS to SANDWICH Wato! Cover, TWO!! Wato survives and Bullet Club gets annoyed. But Taiji tags ELP back in, they get Wato back up, cobra clutch torture rack and springboard FLYING KNEE, into the SPIN-OUT NECKBREAKER! Cover, Taguchi breaks it!

Taiji gets Taguchi and wants ELP to use Sudden Death! ELP hesitates, trying to explain, but Taguchi starts fighting free. Taiji throws hands, he and ELP double whip, but Taguchi holds ropes. Taiji runs in but is thrown out. ELP clotheslines Taguchi out, but Wato rolls him up! TWO!! Wato hurries to ROUNDHOUSE, and ROLLING KICK! EP wobbles into the wrench, reel, MOUSE TRAP DRIVER! Cover, TWO!!! ELP escapes the trap but Wato hurries up top! Fans are thunderous as he reaches the top, for R P P! TO FLOP! ELP aims, and BUZZSAWS! He gets Wato up, underhooks and lifts, C R II!! Taiji keeps Taguchi down as ELP covers, Bullet Club wins!

Winners: El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori, by pinfall

The numbers “Six or Nine” mean ZERO to the Cutest Tag Team in Bullet Club! They’re 2-0 in the round robin and don’t look to be slowing down! But they are patient enough to let Taguchi and Wato get out of the ring before sitting cross-leg across from each other, their IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag titles between them. ELP starts with, “Damn, that was easy…! Huh, Butt Pervert?! You couldn’t get it down with the Rock Pervert, and you sure as hell cain’t get it done with that stupid little blue pervert, either!” And as the fans sit silent, ELP gets annoyed and tells them to clap! They do, and he thanks them.

ELP then turns his attention to the Korakuen audience and thanks them for coming to “Bullet Club’s Cutest Tag Team’s Showcase of the Junior Division.” They’re all fully vaccinated, so he hopes each and every single one of them does, too. Then they can “pack this place to the rafters,” so that the fans can shout “E L P! E L P!” rather than just clap it. “Let’s go, Bone Daddy!” *clap clap, clap clap clap* Not the smoothest rhythm on that but it’s the thought that counts.

ELP continues to say, “That’s right! We’re so so very close, but in the meantime, our boys in LA are gonna hold down the fort at Resurgence. Jay White is gonna defend the NEVER Openweight Championship against David Finlay, some other stuff might happen, and we’re gonna stay here in front of all of you until we win the Super Junior Tag League!” Fans appreciate that but ELP then tells Milano Collection that yesterday, he was going to get him a “Bullet Club’s Cutest Tag Team” shirt, but then he realized he didn’t want to. But today, he does want to! Milano is surprised to hear that, and ELP invites Milano to ringside.

Jado vouches for them, and ELP even says they can just give him Taiji’s! ELP has the fans clapping for it, and fans do want to see it. Milano excuses himself from commentary but can’t go further than the railing. ELP mockingly says, “Oh… you can’t through the barricade~? Aww… Sorry. Maybe next time.” No, Milano, it’s too late, go back to your seat. Milano goes back to commentary, head hanging down low, when ELP calls out to “stupid idiot” Young Lion. Is his elbow hurt? What’s his name? Taiji grabs the Young Lion by his arms! ELP puts the mic down, winds up and, NUT PUNCHES the Young Lion down!

Bullet Club are bullies, but they’re also looking unstoppable! Will the IWGP Junior Tag Team Champions continue to have a spotless round robin record?

Here are the NEW Super Jr. Tag League standings:

El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori: 2-0, 4 points
El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru: 2-0, 4 points
Tiger Mask & Robbie Eagles: 2-0, 4 points
Gedo & Dick Togo: 0-2, 0 points
Roppongi 3K: 0-2, 0 points
Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato: 0-2, 0 points

My Thoughts:

A great second round to follow the first, and it was actually quite the surprise that the overall standings stayed the same from yesterday. The same three teams that lost, the same three teams that won, just with different opponents. Though I did say yesterday Dick & Gedo were definitely the team to eat losses, so their loss was a given. We got great character stuff between them and Suzuki-Gun what with both teams being Heels, and I do find it an interesting detail that Kanemaru got both pinfall in victories in these first two matches. To be fair, Desperado was feeling like the stronger of the two with how he’d been IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion and even Junior Heavyweight Double Champion. This could be to make it up to Kanemaru, to keep him from being called a weak link or something.

RPG3K’s loss was a touch surprising, but I suppose there’s still time for the “big comeback” that gets them to the finals to face Desperado & Kanemaru. Plus, the math may have been tricky since Eagles is a champion and Tiger is a legend. The team with the crisis of confidence can’t just suddenly pin one of those and keep this story on track. But up next for them is the team that lost in the main event, Taguchi & Wato. Speaking of, I like the story of Taguchi and ELP’s boot is continuing and I hope we get a 1v1 match between them, and it’s just all about the shoe. Is there a way Taguchi can get the secret item in hand, show it off to the crowd, but then somehow NJPW cameras never get a good shot at it?

Oh, and the main event match tonight was of course great stuff. I really like the subtle detail that ELP didn’t want to use his super strong Superkick because he didn’t have the item inside the boot. It makes sense the champs win, this is just round two, too early for a round robin spoiler to hit them. They and Milano have another amusing interaction, I wonder if someone will just snatch a shirt from Bullet Club to give it to Milano. And with it being Bullet Club VS Bullet Club next, I’m thinking there’ll be dysfunction and tension because A) Gedo & Dick won’t lie down for the champs, and B) Gedo & Dick get offended the champs assumed they’d just lie down to begin with. It went that way back when Jay White expected a free win from Yujiro, it can happen here.

My Score: 9./10