Will Dangerous Tekkers stay undefeated through three?

World Tag League is in Nagano, and the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions are still riding high! Will Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr. dominate the block?

OFFICIAL RESULTS

• World Tag League 2021: Yuji Nagata & Tiger Mask VS Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi; Yano & Tanahashi win.
• World Tag League 2021: Taka Michinoku & Minoru Suzuki VS The United Empire; The United Empire wins.
• World Tag League 2021: Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale VS Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL w/ Dick Togo; Chase & Fale win.
• World Tag League 2021: Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe VS SANADA & Tetsuya Naito; Sanada & Naito win.
• World Tag League 2021: Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan VS The Dangerous Tekkers; The Dangerous Tekkers win.
• World Tag League 2021: Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI VS Guerrillas of Destiny; Goto & Hashi win.

PLAY BY PLAY

Here are the current World Tag League Standings!

Dangerous Tekkers: 2-0, 4 points
SANADA & Tetsuya Naito: 2-0, 4 points
Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi: 2-0, 4 points
Guerrillas of Destiny: 2-0, 4 points
Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale: 1-1, 2 points
Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI: 1-1, 2 points
Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan: 1-1, 2 points
The United Empire: 1-1, 2 points
EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi: 0-2, 0 points
Yuji Nagata & Tiger Mask: 0-2, 0 points
Minoru Suzuki & TAKA Michinoku: 0-2, 0 points
Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe: 0-2, 0 points

World Tag League 2021: Yuji Nagata & Tiger Mask VS Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi!

Blue Justice and the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion haven’t scored once yet, and they’re up against the undefeated Joker & Ace! Will Nagata & Tiger Mask fold again? Or will they finally be able to stand tall?

Tanahashi’s pompadour is getting stronger the more he and Yano keep up the school thug energy. The teams sort out, Yano again “giving” Tanahashi the start against Nagata. Fans rally up as the two circle, tie up, and Tanahashi waistlocks. Nagata wrenches, waistlocks, Tanahashi switches, but Nagata switches back. Tanahashi switches again but Nagata wrenches the arm to a wristlock. Tanahashi drop toeholds and then floats to a headlock, but Nagata slips out the back to have a hammerlock. Nagata full nelsons, spins Tanahashi to a headlock, then hits the takeover. Tanahashi rolls it over to have the headlock for his own! Nagata makes it a cover, ONE!

The two separate and fans cheer. They tie up again, fans rally “Let’s Go, Ace!” “NA-GA-TA!” as Nagata wrenches to a wristlock. Tanahashi fights up, wrenches, wrenches, but Nagata rolls to kick Tanahashi away. The two stand off again, Nagata tags in Tiger Mask. Tanahashi tags in Yano and fans fire up! Yano crouches a la school thug but Tiger kicks him to a corner! Tiger messes with Yano’s hair! The ref reprimands, Tiger whips corner to corner but Yano reverses. Yano fixes his hair but Tiger CLUBS him on the back. Tiger CLUBS Yano more but Yano gets mad and shouts at Tiger. Tiger sobats then puts Yano’s shirt over his head to KICK his leg! And again, and again!

Fans rally up, Nagata gets in and adds on KICKS of his own! The ref has to keep Tanahashi back, but he still gets in. Tiger & Nagata double kick, double whip and double KICK Tanahashi down! Tiger pulls Yano’s shirt down to stomp, then throws haymakers. Tiger knees Yano against ropes, tags Nagata, and they mug Yano. Nagata CLUBS Yano down, stomps him down, then drags him by a leg to have a standing toehold. Yano endures, fans rally up, and Yano moves around to get the ropebreak! Nagata lets go cleanly, but then drags Yano up to throw elbows and kicks. Tag to Tiger, he throws a knee and Yano drops down. Tiger kicks Yano while he’s down, covers, TWO!

Tiger keeps cool and drops a knee on Yano’s head. Tiger digs his knee in, Yano has the ropebreak so Tiger lets off to stomp Yano down. Tiger drags Yano up, Yano hits back and pulls the mask! Tiger kicks low, whips but Yano reverses to throw Tiger down by his mask! Yano crawls, hot tag to Tanahashi! Fans rally as Tanahashi runs to forearm Tiger down! Tanahashi DECKS Nagata for good measure, then he fires off on Tiger Mask. Tanahashi scoops Tiger to SLAM him into the drop zone. Tanahashi goes to the second rope, SUNSET SENTON! Cover, TWO! Tanahashi keeps focus as Tiger rises. Tanahashi runs, but into a boot! Tiger wrenches and drags Tanahashi to a ghost pin, TWO!

Tanahashi SHOTEIS! Tanahashi swings another but Tiger catches him and spins him to underhooks! TIGER DRIVER! But Tiger can’t hold it for the cover! Fans rally up as both men are down! Tiger crawls, hot tag to Nagata! Nagata KICKS Tanahashi in the chest and again, but Tanahashi catches the leg! Nagata forearms free, kicks again, but Tanahashi blocks that one to get a DRAGON SCREW! Fans rally while both men are down, and Yano is back on the corner! Tanahashi crawls over, hot tag to Yano! Yano goes right to the neutral corner to untie the buckle pad! He throws it at Nagata, the ref has to take it from him now!

Yano SLAPS Nagata on the back of the head, then baits him into the bare buckles! Roll up, TWO! Yano gets Nagata up to whip to ropes. Nagata rolls under, fakes Yano out, and then ENZIGURIS! Tiger is up top, he CROSSBODIES Yano down! Nagata covers, TWO! Fans rally up as Nagata & Tiger get Yano up., They whip, Yano holds ropes and then ducks Tiger to shove him into Nagata! But they block the low blows! He apologizes but they kick him and GIRI SANDWICH! EXPLODER! Cover, but Tanahashi breaks it! Tiger throws Tanahashi back out, Yano gets to a corner. Nagata runs in and SHINING WIZARDS, to then reel Yano in.

Yano grabs the ref, but Nagata avoids the low blow mule kick! ANKLE LOCK! Then Nagata drops onto Yano for the CROSSFACE! Yano endures, fans rally up, Tanahashi and Tiger fight on the outside, Nagata gets the NAGATA LOCK III! Yano endures, so Nagata makes it a ghost pin! Tanahashi tips it over so Yano has the cover, Yano & Tanahashi win!

Winners: Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi, by pinfall (gain 2 points; Nagata & Tiger Mask earn 0)

The Joker & The Ace watched each other’s backs, and now they’re spotless at 3-0! Will they be the dark horse team that takes the league?

World Tag League 2021: Taka Michinoku & Minoru Suzuki VS The United Empire!

Another winless team in the Blue Playmaker & Meanest Man in the World are looking to redeem themselves. However, they’re up against the Dominator & The Ultimate Weapon! Will Taka & Suzuki find a way to make the United Empire #JustTapOut? Or are Suzuki-Gun the next to be conquered by Great-O-Khan & Aaron Henare?

As soon as Suzuki-Gun gets in the ring, they attack the Empire! Suzuki throws Khan out while Taka chokes Henare and keeps him in the ring! The bell rings while Suzuki stomps and kicks Khan at the railing. Suzuki then drags Khan up to DECK him with a forearm! As for Taka, he lets off Henare to bring him up and knee him low. Taka rakes Henare’s eyes, stops when the ref reprimands, and then brings Henare over. Henare throws body shots, back hands Suzuki then kicks away on Taka’s leg. Taka falls, fans fire up and Henare CLUBS Suzuki. Henare then deadlift suplexes Taka high and hard! Cover, TWO!

Henare headbutts Taka, runs, but Suzuki gets a cheap shot in! Then he gets Henare for a HANGING TRIANGLE HOLD! Taka DECKS Khan off the corner, the ref counts, Suzuki lets go at 4. Khan drags Taka out to whip him into railing! Suzuki whips Henare into railing, but Khan CLUBS Suzuki. Henare and Khan stomp Suzuki down but Taka makes the save. Khan CLUBS Taka for it, then POSTS him! Henare throws body shots, but they forget about Suzuki! Suzuki goes looking under the ring while the Empire mugs Taka. Suzuki returns with a chair! He kicks Henare down, JAMS Khan then SMACKS Henare on the back! Fans cheer as Suzuki even smacks Henare with the seat cushion!

Suzuki drags Henare over to the timekeeper’s area and bounces him off the desk! Fans rally up, “SU-ZU-KI!” as he and Taka mug Henare. Taka BOOTS Henare down, then drags him into a chinlock stretch on the ramp. The ring count starts, Taka drags Henare up and into the ring at 5 of 20. Suzuki stomps and kicks Khan around on the outside while Taka chokes Henare. The ref reprimands, Henare gets the ropes, Taka lets off with his hands but has his knee on Henare’s neck. The ref sees that, counts, Taka lets off. Taka stands on Henare at the apron, the ref reprimands but Taka puts his hands up at 4. The ref pulls Taka away so Taka drags Henare up to knee into the corner.

Taka chokes Henare more, Suzuki tags in and stomps Henare to then snapmare, chinlock, motorcycle stretch, and then turn Henare so he can torture the arm. Suzuki bends the fingers back, then bends the arm back into a hammerlock. The fans rally as Henare endures, and Suzuki even clamps on a chinbar. Taka tags back in, they mug Henare, then Taka bumps Henare off buckles. Taka wrenches, whips corner to corner then runs in to SHINING WIZARD! Cover, TWO! Fans rally up, Taka drags Henare up to snapmare. Taka digs his knuckles into Henare’s face! The ref counts, Taka lets off but scrapes his soles on Henare’s face.

Tag to Suzuki, he digs his knuckles into Henare’s face! The ref reprimands, Suzuki brings Henare up but Henare throws heavy hands. Suzuki eggs him on, knees him low, whips, but Henare reverses. Suzuki comes back, but runs into the SAMOAN DROP! Both men are down, fans rally up, and Henare crawls to tag in Khan! Khan DECKS Taka, BOOTS Suzuki, then covers, ONE! Khan puts some stank on the Mongolian Chops! Suzuki shakes his head as he stays up so Khan Mongolian Chops again! Suzuki still stays up, blocks Khan’s third Mongolian Chops, and then ROCKS Khan with a forearm! Suzuki eggs Khan on so Khan forearms back!

Khan eggs Suzuki on, Suzuki laughs and ROCKS Khan again! Fans rally up as Khan laughs that off to forearm back. Suzuki forearms, Khan forearms, back and forth and fans rally up. Suzuki ROCKS Khan again and Khan staggers, but comes back with the HELLSTAB and MONGOLIAN CHOPS! Khan reels Suzuki in to back suplex but Suzuki elbows free. Suzuki runs, but into the IRON CLAW SLEEPER! Suzuki slips out of the Eliminator to get his own sleeper but Khan elbows out of that. Khan runs, Suzuki follows, shoots around and gets the SLEEPER! Taka tags in, DECKS Henare, then he and Suzuki double whip Khan! Corner clothesline, then a BOOT!

Suzuki ROCKS Khan again, runs, he and Taka SUPERKICK BOOT COMBO! Taka covers, Henare breaks it! Suzuki drags Henare up to throw him out, Taka drags Khan up. Fans rally up but Khan blocks the scoop. Taka SLAPS Khan then runs, into a drop sayanagi! Khan drags Taka back up, HITSUJIGOROSHI!! Taka endures the Sheep Killer, but Suzuki CLUBS Khan! Taka is free and he victory rolls Khan, TWO!! Khan escapes but Taka runs to SHINING WIZARD! And then he gets Khan up, but Khan fights the scoop to HITSUJIGOROSHI! Henare RAMS Suzuki into the railing and then gets in to get Taka’s legs! ANKLE LOCK HITSUJIGOROSHI COMBO!

Taka endures but gets the ELBOW DROP DDT! Cover, Suzuki breaks it! Henare fires off on Suzuki but Suzuki hits back! Suzuki COHPS Khan, CHOPS Henare, repeat! Suzuki runs, into a BOOT SUPERKICK COMBO of the Empire’s! Henare kicks Suzuki out, but Taka pokes Khan in the eye! Only to run into the fireman’s carry! FLAPJACK CUTTER! Cover, the United Empire wins!

Winner: The United Empire, by pinfall (gains 2 points; Suzuki & Michinoku earn 0)

Khan stares Suzuki down, and Suzuki has the chair! They each choke grip, the ref has them stop and Suzuki dares them to come after him! But Khan says Suzuki should get in the ring with him. Suzuki says Khan is scared so Khan goes out after Suzuki! The King of Pancrase never backs down nd he goes after Khan! They brawl all the way to the back! The United Empire may have won this match, but is a war brewing between them and Suzuki-Gun?

World Tag League 2021: Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale VS Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL w/ Dick Togo!

Another case of Bullet Club VS Bullet Club, but it’s the Crown Jewel & Rogue General who have a win under their belts! Will Tokyo Pimp & the King of Darkness make things anything but Too Sweet here in round three?

Being all Bullet Club, House of Torture wants to Low Sweet with Chase & Fale. Chase warns Dick he better not see him get in the ring, trying to low blow anyone. But then Chase & Fale are the ones to attack first! The bell rings as Chase kicks Evil out and Fale throws Yujiro. Chase chokes Evil on the railing while Fale throws big hands. Chase DECKS Evil, chases Dick off, then gets Evil up for a headlock and punch! Chase puts Evil in, still tells Dick to stay back, and then Chase climbs up top. Evil ducks under, but Chase ducks and dodges to SHOTGUN BOOT! Chase bumps Evil off buckles and stomps a mudhole in as fans cheer.

Chase chokes Evil again but lets off as the ref reprimands. Chase EuroUppers then CHOPS Evil to ropes! Chase whips, Evil holds ropes and then dodges Chase. Chase BOOTS back, elbows Yujiro down, but has to kick at Dick as he grabs a foot. Evil BLASTS Chase off the apron and to railing! Evil & Yujiro stomp away on Chase while Fale protests, so Fale goes around the way. The House of Torture scurries away and the ref tells Fale to go back to his corner. Fale is furious but he backs away. Yujiro distracts the ref while Evil digs a chair into Chase’s neck! Evil gets away with that, then he drags Chase up and into the ring.

Evil stalks Chase, and uses his shirt to choke Chase! The ref reprimands, Evil lets off at 4, but then he sucker punches Fale! Fale stays up and steps inside but Evil kicks the rope to get Fale in his rogue general! Evil wrenches, YANKS the arm, and tags Yujiro to CLUB Chase’s arm. Fans rally for “CHASE O-WENS!” and he throws body shots and uppercuts on Yujiro, only for Yujiro to mule kick him down! Yujiro gets Chase up for a back suplex! Cover, TWO! Evil is upset but Yujiro brings Chase around to drop a leg, drop an elbow, and drop the headbutt. Cover, TWO! Fans rally up and Yujiro argues the count, but that was fair.

Yujiro walks over but Chase kicks low! Chase elbows and clubs Yujiro but Yujiro headbutts low. Yujiro knees low, puts Chase on ropes, and Evil holds him in place. Yujiro runs in but Chase boots first! Evil rakes eyes! The ref reprimands, Yujiro and Evil double whip Chase into a corner. Yujiro runs in, Chase dodges, then dodges Evil to send the clothesline into Yujiro! Evil keeps Chase from running away and fireman’s carries, but Chase fights out and elbows Yujiro! Chase BOOTS Evil, then gets Yujiro in a headlock, BULLDOG CLOTHESLINE COMBO! Fans rally up as Chase rolls and hot tags Fale!

Fale drags Evil up to whip him into the corner. Fale whips Yujiro into the opposite corner, then he SPLASHES Evil! And he SPLASHES Yujiro! Evil bails out, Yujiro flops down, Fale drops an elbow on Yujiro! Cover, TWO! Fans rally up as Fale aims, but Dick grabs the Grenade! Fale breaks free, Dick does a quick prayer before Fale DECKS him! Yujiro gets up, Fale choke grips! But Yujiro BITES the fingers! The ref reprimands, Yujiro lets Fale go to block the kick and throw Fale down for a basement boot! Chase gets back in, Yujiro dodges the Shi Trigger but Chase fires off the strike fest! Chase runs but into a BOOT!

Yujiro reels Chase in, but no Incolle Slam! SHI TRIGGER! Chase fires up, gets Yujiro up, Fale coordinates, but Yujiro grabs the ref to make him a shield! Evil gets in to give Fale and Chase chair shots! Dick gets in and gets Fale with the SPOILER CHOKER! Yujiro gets his pimp cane! Chase gets up to get a CANE SHOT! Dick hops on as a backpack on Fale, but he’s still moving! Fale runs Yujiro over! And he runs Evil over! And then he RAMS Dick into the corner! Fans fire up as Fale whips Evil into Dick! And then he whips Yujiro into them! Fale runs to SPLASH the House of Torture! Fans fire up as Fale and Chase coordinate, GRENADE BACK SUPLEX! Cover, Chase & Fale win!

Winners: Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale, by pinfall (gain 2 points; Evil & Yujiro earn 0)

The Texas Heavyweight Champion & Rogue General just blew up the House of Torture! Chase helps Yujiro up for old time’s sake, and Fale drags Evil back in. Chase even shows mercy to Dick as he helps him stand up. Chase still wants Bullet Club to stand as one, and so they all Low Sweet. Is Bullet Club still fine after all?

World Tag League 2021: Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe VS SANADA & Tetsuya Naito!

Everyone’s Kokeshi & Rampaging King Kong are also a struggling team, but they’re up against the undefeated Cold Skull & Uncontrollable Charisma. Will the Great Bash Heels be able to stop Los Ingobernables de Japon? Or is LIJ > GBH?

Naito is actually much faster with his suit than usual. He must be eager to get after Honma. LIJ fist bump and the teams sort out, Naito starts against Makabe. Fans rally up, “L I J!” “NA-I-TO!” and maybe “MA-KA-BE!” Naito stays back, however, but then circles with Makake. They tie up, Makabe wrenches the arm but Naito rolls, wrenches and wristlocks. Makabe wrenches back, hammerlocks, but Naito switches that on to Makabe. Makabe throws Naito down, covers, ONE! Makabe keeps the arm, wrenches, but Naito rakes eyes! Naito headlocks while the ref reprimands, and they end up on ropes. The ref calls for the break but Naito scrapes Makabe’s face on ropes!

The ref counts, Naito lets off, but Makabe slips out to CLUB him on the back. Makabe headlocks, grinds the hold, but Naito powers out. Makabe runs Naito over and fans cheers as he tags in Makabe. GBH double whip, double shoulder Naito down, then Honma stomps Naito. Honma CLUBS Naito on the back, then ROCKS him with a forearm. Naito staggers into a kick, Honma scoops and SLAMS him, then fires up! Fans fire up but Sanada trips Honma up! No kokeshi here as Naito also gets up. Honma kicks and whips but Naito holds ropes. Naito boots back, drop toeholds Honma and Sanada dropkicks Honma at the ropes! Makabe gets in but gets an elbow then a basement dropkick!

Fans rally up as Naito drags Honma into a chinlock stretch and Sanada stomps Makabe on the outside. Honma endures as Naito pulls back harder. Fans rally, Honma reaches out, and Honma has the ropebreak. Naito lets off to stomp Honma then he tags Sanada. Sanada drags Honma to drop knees on his back. Sanada then drops an elbow, covers, TWO! Fans rally up, Sanada stomps Honma more, and he tags in Naito. Naito whips Honma to a corner, then runs in to JUMP KICK! Naito can’t get up and over Honma so he throws haymakers and forearms. Honma hits back, CHOPS and CHOPS, so Naito CHOPS! Naito CLUBS Honma down then tags in Sanada.

Sanada stalks up to Honma, drags him up, but Honma throws a forearm. Sanada gives it back, they go back and forth and fans rally up as they pick up speed! Honma ROCKS Sanada, gets the edge, but Sanada blocks the kick! Fans cheer as he trips Honma up and goes for the legs. But Honma kicks Sanada away! Sanada comes back to stomp Honma down, then he brings Honma up to suplex. Honma fights that off, tries to suplex back, but Sanada blocks. Fans rally as they fight for suplex control, and Honma gets Sanada up and over! Hot tag to Makabe! Makabe rallies on Sanada, Naito gets away, but Makabe goes back to Sanada with forearms.

Naito gets in to CLUB away on Makabe’s bad back! Naito whips, Makabe reverses and runs in to corner clothesline! Then he corner clotheslines Sanada! And then back to Naito! Naito drops, Makabe gives Sanada another! Makabe then climbs up to rain down fists! He goes all the way to 10 before he reels Sanada in. Sanada blocks the suplex, CLUBS Makabe on the back, but runs into a LARIAT! Cover, TWO! Makabe is annoyed but he drags Sanada back up. Makabe waistlocks, Sanada resists the lift, so Makabe shoves him to a corner. Sanada goes up and out to springboard and missile dropkick back in! Direct hit and Makabe bails out! Fans fire up and Sanada PLANCHAS Makabe down!

Sanada encourages the fans to get louder and they oblige. Sanada is satisfied with the volume and he puts Makabe back in. Sanada brings Makabe up, fireman’s carries, but Makabe slips off. Sanada elbows him, fires off forearms, then runs, ducks one clothesline but not the LEFT! Both men are down and fans rally back up. Makabe crawls, Sanada does, too, hot tags to Honma and Naito! Honma rallies with a shoulder then a scoop SLAM! Honma puts some stank on the CHOP! And then CHOPS, and CHOPS and whips corner to corner. Honma runs in to back elbow Naito to the BULLDOG! Honma fires up and runs, KOKESHI FLOPS as Naito dodges!

Naito kicks but Honma blocks to club the leg! Honma goes to suplex but Naito blocks! Honma still tries but Naito slips out, shoves and elbows Honma down to basement dropkick! Naito drags Honma up, dragon sleeper, to the BACKBREAKER! Makabe gets in to CLOBBER Naito! Makabe coaches Honma but Naito still gets up to stomp Honma. Naito throws back elbows over and over, then mocks Honma’s raspy voice. Naito throws even more back elbows and Honma drops to his knees. Fans rally up, Naito drags Honma back up, and Naito throws even more back elbows. Honma is hulking out! But he runs into another back elbow!

Naito whips, Honma reverses, Naito FLYING FOREARMS! Naito then wrenches an arm, but Makabe CLOBBERS Naito! Sanada gets in to dropkick Makabe’s legs out! Honma gets up but Sanada boots his clothesline away. Naito runs in but Honma spins him around to a facelock. Sanada rushes over but Honma catches him, too! COMPLETE SHOT DDT COMBO! Fans fire up as Honma and Makabe coordinate. Naito slowly rises into the DOUBLE CLOTHESLINE SANDWICH! Then they get Naito up, POWERBOMB and BASEMENT HEADBUTT! Fans fire up with Honma as he runs, to LARIAT Naito down! Cover, TWO!

Sanada goes after Makabe on the outside! Fans rally up, Honma brings Naito up to scoop, but Naito slips out. Honma ROKCS Naito, HEADBUTTS, then runs, into an atomic drop! Sanada forearms and ROLLING ELBOWS, Naito ENZIGURIS and Sanada back suplexes! Rolling jackknife, LIJ wins!

Winners: Sanada & Tetsuya Naito, by pinfall (gain 2 points; Honma & Makabe earn 0)

LIJ stands tall over GBH, going to 3-0! Will Naito’s promise to win this alongside Sanada come true?

World Tag League 2021: Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan VS The Dangerous Tekkers!

#TenCozy fell last round, but Bread Club isn’t toast just yet! But will the undefeated Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr. still cut through them like a knife through butter?

Taichi shows off the dancing pecs and the fans cheer. The teams sort out and ZSJ already tells Tezan to watch his mouth. The champs taunt “the old farts” with the belts, but a brawl breaks out! Tenzan stomps ZSJ, Kojima stomps Taichi and the ref gets the belts out of the way before the bell rings. TenCozy double whip and double shoulder ZSJ down! They then pinball Taichi between Mongolian Chops and forearms, before Kojima tops it off with Mongolian Chops of his own! Kojima scoops and SLAMS, for him and Tenzan to SLINGSHOT ELBOW HEADBUTT COMBO! Fans rally as Kojima stomps away on Taichi at the ropes. Kojima lets off as the ref counts, then brings Taichi up.

Taichi KICKS away on Kojima’s leg but Kojima ROCKS Taichi. Kojima waistlocks, Taichi resists the lift to PELE Kojima down! ZSJ gets in to DECK Tenzan, then go after him on the outside! ZSJ rakes eyes, has a chinlock, and he grinds Tenzan down while Taichi kicks Kojima out. Taichi whips Kojima into railing, then into more railing. Taichi chokes Kojima with camera cord while the ref gets ZSJ to leave Tenzan alone. The Tekkers mug Kojima, ZSJ facelocks and EuroUppers Kojima into railing! And again! Tenzan gets up but Taichi whips him into railing! ZSJ talks trash while leaving Kojima behind and the ring count starts.

Taichi puts Kojima in at 6 of 20, taunts Tenzan, and then stomps Kojima. Fans rally up but the Tekkers go after Kojima in the corner. ZSJ digs his boots in, hops over and fish hooks the face to snapmare and neck lock! Kojima endures as ZSJ pushes up to apply pressure. Kojima endures, ZSJ moves around but Kojima gets the ropebreak with a foot! ZSJ stomps Kojima, tags Taichi, and Taichi snapmares Kojima away from Tenzan to KICK Kojima in the back. Taichi chokes, the ref almost thinks it’s a cover but he reprimands. Taichi lets off, to choke again! The ref counts, Taihci lets off to choke with both hands now! The ref counts, Taichi stops choking Kojima and fans rally up.

Taichi stands on Kojima’s head while taunting Tenzan. The ref has to keep Tenzan back, but Taichi goes over to choke Tenzan! Taichi then puts Kojima in the corner and tags in ZSJ. ZSJ pulls Kojima back and has a cravat for the neck wrench! Kojima endures as ZSJ trashes him around! Kojima fights up and fires body shots, but ZSJ fish hooks his face! The ref reprimands, ZSJ throws Kojima down. ZSJ gets Kojima up but Kojima throws body shots! Kojima reaches out but ZSJ full nelsons. Kojima breaks that, ZSJ ducks the elbow but Kojima hits a DDT! Fans fire up and Kojima hot tags Tenzan! Tenzan rallies on the Tekkers, then fires off Mongolian Chops on ZSJ!

Tenzan headbutts ZSJ in the corner then CHOPS! Tenzan whips corner to corner, runs in and clotheslines! Fans fire up as Tenzan calls his shot, BIG suplex! Cover, TWO! Tenzan kicks ZSJ around, headbutts him again, then eggs him on. Tenzan throws forearms, kicks low, then throws haymakers. ZSJ EuroUppers in return again and again, but Tenzan headbutts low! Tenzan runs into a boot! Then ZSJ gets the arm! Tenzan throws him off but headbutts into a facelock! Takedown and NECK TWIST! Fans rally, hot tag to Taichi! Taichi stands on Tenzan’s head, taunts him while kicking him but Tenzan gets up to throw forearms and CHOPS! Taichi chokes but Tenzan blocks the slam!

Taichi throws Tenzan to a corner, runs, but into a MOUNTAIN BOMB! Fans rally up again, hot tag to Kojima! Kojima fires off MACHINE GUN CHOPS on Taichi! ZSJ storms over but just gets added to the mix! Kojima reloads to fire off more CHOPS on Taichi! Kojima whips corner to corner and hits a forearm smash! But Taichi comes back to CHOKE Kojima! The ref counts, reprimands, but Taichi won’t let off! So Kojima CHOKES Taichi! Kojima lets off at 4 and fans rally up. Kojima runs in at the corner but Taichi dodges to GAMANGIRI! Taichi then throws Kojima down, and OFF COME THE PANTS!

Fans fire up as Taichi aims, but Kojima ducks the buzzsaw to COZY CUTTER! Cover, TWO! Kojima throws his elbow pad away, runs, but Taichi dodges to get SEITEIJYUJIRYOU! ZSJ intercepts Tenzan, Tenzan kicks ZSJ, but Tenzan Mongolian Chops into a Fujiwara takedown! Fans rally as the Tekkers have DUAL SUBMISSIONS on TenCozy! Kojima endures, reaches out, but Taichi wrenches harder on the stretch! Kojima still fights his way over to the ROPEBREAK! Fans fire up as the Tekkers let TenCozy free. ZSJ kicks Tenzan out, fans rally up as Taichi rises. Taichi brings Kojima around but Kojima fires off forearms. Taichi kicks low but Kojima holds off the bomb lift.

Taichi fires off Kowata Kicks, reels Kojima in but still Kojmia resists! Kojima back drops Taichi away! Taichi gets up into more forearms, then the ROLLING ELBOW But Taichi GAMANGIRIS Kojima right down! Fans fire up, ZSJ gets in to BOOT Tenzan! ZSJ gets Kojima up, Taichi fires up, but Tenzan gets in to corner clothesline Taichi! Tenzan kicks ZSJ, headbutt him, then whip him to ropes. TENCOZY CUTTER! ZSJ bails out and TenCozy gets Taichi up. They double whip, but Taichi fights off the flapjack to DANGEROUS HOOK KICK Tenzan! Kojima swats away Ax Bomber to hit a BRAINBUSTER! Cover, TWO!! Taichi survives and fans fire up again!

Kojima staggers up, powers up the arm as Taichi rises, and runs into a boot! But he CLUBS the gamangiri away! Kojima goes again, but Taichi boots then AX BOMBERS! Kojima stays up?! But Taichi ROUNDHOUSES him down! Fans fire up as Taichi runs, DOUBLE LARIATS collide! Kojima stays up!! Fans rally up and Kojima powers up again. But Taichi gets around, only for Kojima to fight the saido! ZSJ wrenches the arm to PELE, then he intercepts Tenzan! DANGEROUS SAIDO! Cover, TWO!! Kojima survives so ZSJ stomps Tenzan out. PENALTY KICK for Kojima! Tenzan is back up and ZSJ eggs him on. ZSJ dodges Tenzan to get him in an IRON OCTOPUS!

Taichi fires up and fans rally as he goes for Kojima. POWERBOMB! High stack, TWO!! Kojima survives but Taichi won’t stop here! BLACK MEPHISTO!! Cover, Tekkers win!

Winners: The Dangerous Tekker, by pinfall (gain 2 points; Kojima & Tenzan earn 0)

And the champions are still the top of the block! Will the Holy Emperor & Submission Master continue to dominate the Heavyweight Tag Division and add those trophies to their collection?

World Tag League 2021: Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI VS Guerrillas of Destiny!

The Fierce Warrior & Head Hunter of Chaos have been on the outside looking in when it comes to the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championships, but this could be their chance! Will they #TurnItAllAround against the former champions? Or will they fail to #GetBackUp against the Good Bad Guy & the Silverback?

GoD Low Sweet then teams sort out. Goto and Tama start and fans rally at the bell. Tama and Goto circle, tie up, and are in a deadlock. Goto finds a point of leverage to push Tama to the ropes. Red Shoes calls for the break and Goto lets off. Tama takes the vest off already and he circles with Goto. Fans rally up, they tie up, and are in another deadlock. This time, Tama finds leverage to push Goto back. Goto pushes back! Tama turns things around to put Goto on the ropes. Red Shoes calls the break, Tama lets off but then throws body shots and haymakers! Tama whips, Goto runs him over! Fans cheer, things speed up and Tama hurdles, only to turn around into a headlock!

Tama powers out to run Goto over now! But Goto avoids the elbow drop to headlock. Tama tries to power out but Goto holds tight! Tama tries again, but again Goto holds tight. Tama throws body shots, powers out but Hashi tags in. Goto dodges, then he and Hashi run Tama over! HIP TOSS SENTON! Loa gets in but he gets hammered by Goto-Hashi! Hashi stomps Tama, drags him up to elbow him in the back, then CHOP him against the ropes! Hashi CLUBS Tama, CHOPS him again, then brings him around to ROCK with a forearm. Hashi whips, Tama reverses but Hashi holds ropes to BOOT back. Loa swings on Hashi but Hashi ducks to DECK Loa! But Tama dropkicks Hashi!

Tama DECKS Goto, Loa drags Hashi out to RAM him into railing! Loa then whips Hashi into more railing! Hashi falls in a heap and Loa mocks his pain. Tama stomps Goto then whips him into railing. Loa RAMS Hashi into the apron and the ring count starts. Tama goes in at 7 of 20 but Loa CHOKES Hashi. Loa puts Hashi in at 15 for Tama to drop elbow after elbow on! Tama drags Hashi up, throws hands down on him, then brings up again to tag in Loa. Snap suplex to slingshot senton! Cover, TWO! Loa drags Hashi up, and RAMS his shoulder in again and again. Red Shoes reprimands but Loa digs his shoulder in.

Loa snapmares Hahsi and wraps on a chinlock. Hashi endures, fans rally up but Loa grinds Hashi down to the mat. Goto gets in and stomps Loa, but Tama gets in to DECK Goto! Tama goes out to stomp Goto, Red Shoes reprimands, but Loa gets Hashi up. Loa scoops Hashi for a SLAM into the drop zone. Tag to Tama, he slingshot sentons now! Cover, TWO! Fans rally up as Hashi throws body shots. Tama brings Hashi up and fires body shots in the corner. Goto protests but Loa gets away with a cheap shot while Red Shoes is busy with him. Loa tags in, he drags Hashi up and RAMS him into the corner! Loa choke sHashi, lets off at 4, and then he taunts Goto.

Fans rally, Loa goes back to Hashi to choke him more! Goto gets in to go after Loa! Tama protests now but Goto runs, into a SPEAR! Hashi DECKS Tama to fire off on Loa! Hashi whips, Loa reverses to kick, kick and ENZIGURI! Loa scoops Hashi up, to POWERSLAM! Cover, TWO! But Loa clamps on the OG KILLER! Hashi endures, fans rally up, Hashi reaches for ropes but Loa pulls him back even more! Hashi crawls over, ROPEBREAK! Loa lets go in frustration and argues with Red Shoes. Hashi didn’t quite, despite what Loa says. Goto and the fans rally, Loa scoops but Hashi slips off to shove Loa into a forearm! Hashi then runs to BLOCKBUSTER!

Both Hashi and Loa are down, but Hashi crawls over. Fans rally up as Hashi gets the hot tag to Goto! Goto DECKS Tama, then goes to Loa. Loa headbutts low, whips Goto to a corner, but runs into a BOOT! Goto runs, LARIATS, but Loa stays up! DOUBLE LARIATS collide, Loa runs but Goto ducks to LARIAT Loa down! Fans fire up with Goto as he runs in, but Loa boots him! Goto comes back, blocks the boot and clotheslines to a BULLDOG! Cover, TWO! Goto gets Loa back up, Loa uppercuts! Loa runs, but Goto ROCKS him with a forearm! Tama attacks from behind! Tama whips Goto to a corner but Goto comes back to run Tama over!

Loa goes after Goto with clubbing forearms, then he whips Goto to a corner, but Goto reverses and runs in, only to miss! Tama runs in to SPLASH Goto in the corner! Loa gets Goto up, whips him out to put him back in and clothesline! EXPLODER! But Goto’s right back up! Only for Loa to dropkick him back down! Loa gets Goto up and hits a BLUE THUNDER BOMB! Cover, TWO!! Fans fire up as Goto survives! Loa tags Tama, they get Goto up and double whip. Goto ROCKS Tama, then deflects Loa’s boot to DISCUS LARIAT! Tama kicks, runs, but Goto follows to LARIAT! Fans fire up, Goto crawls over, hot tag to Hashi!

Hashi runs in to CHOP Tama at the corner! Then whip and CHOP! Mule kick, whip, but Tama reverses, only for Hashi to RANA! Fans fire up with Hashi as he runs in again, clothesline to NECK- NO! Tama elbows free, but Hashi kicks low. Hashi whips, Tama reverses and SPLASHES! Hashi staggers, Tama gets him up to dragon sleeper. Goto runs in so Tama drops Hashi to fires off strikes. Tama EuroUppers again and again, then whips. Goto reverses, fireman’s carries, but Tama slips out, only to get Hashi’s SUPERKICK! Loa returns but he gets double kick to the HEADBUSTER! Goto-Hashi get Tama up, but Tama fights off the combo move!

Tama suplexes but Goto resists. Goto suplexes, Hashi helps out, G Y R!! Cover, TWO!! Tama survives but Hashi has the BUTTERFLY LOCK! Goto keeps Loa down on the outside while Tama endures! Tama reaches, moves around, Goto has Loa down with a sleeper! Fans rally, Tama reaches, Hashi gets the arm for a KIMURA-FLY! But Loa powers up with a second wind to fall onto Hashi! Tama is free and fans fire up! Goto and Hashi double whip Loa, but Loa DOUBLE LARIATS them! Fans fire up as GoD get Hashi up! BACK SUPLEX NECKBREKER! Cover, TWO! Tama can’t believe it, but he hurries up top.

Loa has the other corner, DIVING HEADBUTT to SUPREME FLOW!! Cover, TWO!?! Hashi is still in this and Tama can’t believe it! Fans rally up, GoD drags Hashi up, MAGIC KILLER!! Cover, Goto breaks it in time!! Loa drags Goto up, Goto fires both guerrillas! Tama kicks low, he and Loa coordinate but Goto fights them off again! Loa body shots but Goto runs. Loa dodges, but Goto fireman’s carries! USHIGOROSHI! Tama GUN STUNS Goto!! Tama fires up and aims at Hashi. Fans are thunderous as Tama gets Hashi up and underhooks, but Hashi fights to trip up and jackknife! TWO!! Tama blocks a clothesline but Hashi blocks Gun Stun! KARMA CRADLE! GOTO-HASHI WIN!!!

Winner: Hirooki Goto & Yoshi-Hashi, by pinfall (gain 2 points; Guerrillas earn 0)

WHOA~! Chaos just took down GoD!! Tama & Loa just dropped out of the top of the block and are furious! Will they be able to recover from this? As for Goto-Hashi, they take a moment to catch their breath before Hashi speaks. “Our second win! World Tag League is just getting started. This series is a long haul. But at the end of it all, I and Goto-san will be the victors! It’ll only take us a moment to capture those World Tag League trophies!” Mic drop! Will Hashi & Goto keep this momentum going to finally reach the top of the Heavyweight Tag Division?

Here are the current World Tag League Standings!

Dangerous Tekkers: 3-0, 6 points
SANADA & Tetsuya Naito: 3-0, 6 points
Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi: 3-0, 6 points
Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale: 2-1, 4 points
Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI: 2-1, 4 points
The United Empire: 2-1, 4 points
Guerrillas of Destiny: 2-1, 4 points
Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan: 1-2, 2 points
EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi: 0-3, 0 points
Yuji Nagata & Tiger Mask: 0-3, 0 points
Minoru Suzuki & TAKA Michinoku: 0-3, 0 points
Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe: 0-3, 0 points

My Thoughts:

Alright, now this round of World Tag League got things going. I’m loving that Yano & Tanahashi are undefeated, and I’m rather surprised we’ve got four 0-3 teams, with Evil & Yujiro being one of them. Hell, Chase & Fale are surprises at 2-1. I like that there’s more going on between Khan and Suzuki, that should be a great 1v1 match. Of course Tekkers win to stay undefeated, as do LIJ, but in a surprise, Goto-Hashi take Guerrillas down to kinda change up how it felt like GoD was going to take this. In the same way Hashi finally got a title in NJPW with the NEVER Openweight Six Man titles, I wonder if he’ll get the WTL trophies as a way to reward his perseverance.

My Score: 8.9/10