Undefeated teams battle in the main event!

Los Ingobernables de Japon’s Sanada & Naito are undefeated, but so are Yano & Tanahashi! Will LIJ be able to trump The Joker & The Ace?

OFFICIAL RESULTS

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

PLAY BY PLAY

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

World Tag League 2021: Yuji Nagata & Tiger Mask VS Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI!

Blue Justice and the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion are floundering at the bottom of the block, but they could still change their luck! Will the Fierce Warrior & Head Hunter be the first to fall? Or will Goto-Hashi always #GetBackUp?

The teams sort out, and fans cheer as Goto starts with Nagata. They circle, tie up, and Nagata waistlocks. Goto wrenches free to a wristlock but Nagata wrenches through and around to then wristlock back. Goto gets the ropes so Nagata lets off clean. They go again, Goto waistlocks but Nagata wrenches the arm. Goto puts Nagata on the ropes, lets off slowly, pats the shoulders then CHOPS! Nagata shrugs that off and KICKS away on a leg! Nagata fires forearms, Hashi tags in as Nagatao whips and Goto reverses. They double shoulder Nagata down, then coordinate, only for the hip toss senton to miss! Nagata kicks and throws Goto out then stomps Hashi down.

Nagata tags Tiger Mask and he kicks away on Hashi in the corner. Tiger snapmares and wraps on a chinlock. Tiger then gets the arms and pulls back, and stands on Hashi’s back for a deeper motorcycle stretch. Hashi endures, so Tiger jams an elbow into Hashi’s forehead. Tiger brings Hashi up to rock with a forearm, then another against the ropes. Tiger KNEES low, then again, and he KICKS Hashi to an open corner. Tiger snapmares Hashi down, has the arm for a grounded cording hold, but Hashi endures. Tiger lets off to drop a knee on Hashi’s head! Cover, TWO! Tag to Nagata, he snapmares Hashi and KICKS him in the back! Nagata BOOTS Goto for good measure!

Nagata wrenches Hashi’s arm to an ELBOW BREAKER! Nagata CLUBS Hashi then wrenches again to another ELBOW BREAKER! Nagata kicks the bad arm, then brings Hashi up to knee him low. Nagata KICKS Hashi in the chest but Hashi eggs him on! Fans rally up and Nagata KICKS again. Hashi stays up, blocks the next kick to CLUB the leg, but Nagata ROCKS him with a forearm! Nagata runs but into a BLOCKBUSTER from Hashi! Fans rally while both men are down and crawling. Hashi makes it over, hot tag to Goto! Goto rallies on Nagata, hits Tiger Mask, but Nagata hits back. Nagata runs, Goto follows and LARIATS Nagata down!

Goto stands Nagata up for forearms, then whips him to a corner. Goto runs in to MURAMASA! And then BULLDOG! Cover, TWO! Goto fireman’s carries but Nagata slips off! Goto fires off forearms, whips but Nagata rolls to dodge! Nagata fakes Goto out to dropkick the legs out! Nagata runs and boots but Goto blocks to get a waistlock! Nagata elbows out but Goto deflects the boot to DISCUS! Fans rally up again while both men are down, hot tag to Hashi! Hashi CHOPS Nagata in the corner! Hashi whips to CHOP again! And then mule kick to a turn, but Nagata fights the neckbreaker. Hashi CHOPS again, runs, but into a kitchen sink knee!

Tag to Tiger Mask and he sobats Hashi, then sobats again! Hashi ends up in a corner, Tiger Mask KICKS him down! Tiger gets Hashi up to the top rope, climbs up, underhooks the arms, and fans rally up as Hashi resists. Hashi throws body shots, knocks Tiger down, but Tiger ROCKS him with a haymaker! Tiger goes back up, underhooks the arms, but Hashi fights again! So Tiger changes it to a SUPER ARM-DRAG! Cover, TWO!! Tiger gets Hashi up, underhooks the arms but Hashi blocks and slips out. Tiger gets a crucifix takedown! TWO, but Tiger gets the arms! DOUBLE FUJIWARA ARMBAR! Goto runs in but into Nagata’s CROSSFACE! Goto-Hashi endures dual submissions!

Tiger changes to have a hammerlock and pulls Hashi way back! But Hashi uses that to get a ropebreak with a foot! Goto-Hashi are let go and Nagata kicks Goto out. Nagata and Tiger double whip Hashi to a corner, and Nagata runs corner to corner to BOOT! Nagata feeds Hashi to Tiger’s sobat, then Nagata reels Hashi in for an EXPLODER! Tiger gets Hashi up, underhooks, TIGER DRIVER! Cover, Goto breaks it in time! Nagata throws Goto back out, Tiger drags Hashi up and reels him in to chicken wing the arms. Hashi fights the Tiger Suplex and backs Tiger into buckles! Hashi dodges Tiger’s clothesline to spinning mule kick!

Goto gets in, hooks Tiger up, Hashi runs in, BLOCKBUSTER RUSSIAN LEG SWEEP! Cover, TWO! Hashi gets the BUTTERFLY LOCK! Tiger endures and fans rally up while Goto keeps Nagata out. Hashi gets Tiger’s arm for the Kimura-Fly but Nagata gets in to CLUB Hashi! Goto goes after Nagata and whips him to a corner. Goto whips Hashi in but Nagata dodges! Nagata waistlocks Goto but Goto ducks and Hashi SUPERKICKS! Tiger BOOTS Hashi, but Goto gets him for a suplex! Goto-Hashi combine but Tiger fights out! But Goto ducks the clothesline and Hashi SUPERKICKS! Fireman’s carry, SUPERKICK to Ushigoroshi throw, then Hashi gets the legs! SHOKOU! Cover, Goto-Hashi wins!

Winners: Hirooki Goto & Yoshi-Hashi, by pinfall (gain 2 points; Nagata & Tiger Mask earn 0)

Another big win for Chaos! Will they be able to keep going until they’re at the top? As for Blue Justice and Tiger Mask, will they have to try harder next round to finally get on the board?

World Tag League 2021: Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan VS Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL w/ Dick Togo!

#TenCozy is struggling, but not as bad as the House of Torture. Will Darkness Fall when the Tokyo Pimp & King of Darkness take on these #ThirdGen members?

Bullet Club Low Sweets and then they go after TenCozy! The bell rings to get this on record as Evil CLUBS Tenzan down and Yujiro puts Kojima in a corner for stomps and CHOPS! Evil and Yujiro whip TenCozy at each other but TenCozy reverses to send Evil and Yujiro crashing into each other! Fans fire up as TenCozy stomps Yujiro then whips him to ropes for double shoulders! Then they go after Evil for forearms, Mongolian Chops, repeat! Kojima adds his own Mongolian Chops! Tenzan stomps Evil while Kojima goes to the corner. Tenzan CLUBS Evil, and CLUBS him again. Evil rakes Tenzan’s eyes! Evil whips Tenzan in, and surprise! Bare buckles in the blue corner!

Evil DECKS Kojima and Kojima hits railing! Evil drags Tenzan outside and RAMS him into commentary! Commentary is sturdier than the timekeeper’s area, but Evil gets a chair to JAM Tenzan in the stomach! Evil wants them to clap but no one claps. Evil stands on Tenzan’s chest, then puts him in the ring. Evil covers, TWO! Evil argues the count but the ref defends it. Tag to Yujiro, he whips Tenzan into the bare buckles! Tenzan falls, Yujiro covers, TWO! Fans cheer but Yujiro rains down fists on Tenzan’s head. Yujiro lets off to tag Evil and he uses the House of Torture sure to choke Tenzan! Kojima protests but the ref keeps him back. Evil lets off to cover, TWO!

Tag to Yujiro, he drags Tenzan up. Tenzan throws body shots and haymakers but Yujiro knees low. Yujiro snapmares, runs and basement BOOTS! Cover, TWO! Yujiro tags in Evil and he drags Tenzan back while egging Kojima on. The ref keeps Kojima back while Evil puts Tenzan in a cobra twist. Dick and Yujiro link up with Evil, and Evil gets away with it before the ref sees. Cover, TWO! Evil again argues the count but then he taunts Tenzan. Tenzan hits back with big forearms! Evil rakes Tenzan’s eyes! Evil runs, but into a WHEEL KICK! Fans rally up, hot tag to Kojima! Kojima rallies on Bullet Club, kicks and whips but Evil reverses, only for Kojima to CLOBBER him!

Evil hurries to a corner but Kojima runs in to stomp and MACHINE GUN CHOP! Yujiro runs in but gets added to the MACHINE GUN CHOPS! Kojima lets Yujiro go so he can fire off MORE CHOPS on Evil! Kojima whips Evil to a corner, then runs in to forearm smash! Kojima shoves Evil down so he can climb up, but Evil grabs at the ref to keep him from seeing Dick trip Kojima! Dick RAMS Kojima into railing, then puts him in for Evil to cover. TWO, and Evil is annoyed. Evil stands on Kojima’s head while fans rally up. Evil drags Kojima up, Kojima fires off forearms! ROLLING ELBOW! Then a DDT! Cover, TWO!

Kojima drags Evil up to cravat but Evil pulls hair to stop the cutter. Kojima kicks and runs but stops as Dick has a chair! The ref reprimands Dick, Evil reels Kojima in. Kojima elbows free and runs but Yujiro trips him up! Evil tags Yujiro in, Yujiro knees low then knees Kojima against ropes. Yujiro runs to BOOT Kojima! Yujiro keeps going but Kojima kicks him to COZY CUTTER! Fans rally up and Kojima crawls, hot tag to Tenzan! Tenzan rallies on Yujiro and fans fire up as he fires off Mongolian Chops! Yuijro ends up in a corner, Tenzan stomps and headbutts, then CHOPS and stomps. Tenzan whips corner to corner, runs in and clotheslines!

Tenzan calls his shot, but Yujiro BITES the hand! The ref reprimands, Yujiro CLUBS the arm, then throws forearms. Tenzan hits back, Yujiro staggers, but he blocks the boot to throw Tenzan down! Basement boot! Evil gets in to baseball slide Kojima! Evil and Yujiro double whip Tenzan, Yujiro runs in and BOOTS! Evil runs in to clothesline! Evil then fisherman’s but Tenzan resists, and suplexes Evil away! Yujiro kicks Tenzan, runs but into a MOUNTAIN BOMB! Cover, TWO! Tenzan stomps Yujiro, drags him up, but Yujiro BITES the hand again! Yujiro runs, but into the TENCOZY CUTTER! Tenzan covers, Evil breaks it!

Kojima kicks Evil, CLUBS him then kicks him out. Dick gets up but Kojima DECKS him! Kojima goes out after Evil while Tenzan puts Yujiro in the ANACONDA VICE! Yujiro fights up but into the ANACONDA BUSTER! And the vice is back on! Dick distracts the ref, the ref wants to confiscate the choker! Tenzan lets Yujiro go, Evil shoves him into the ref! Evil LOW BLOWS Tenzan! But Kojima fires off on Evil! Armband comes off but Evil gets around to LOW BLOW! CANE SHOT from Yujiro! The House of Torture sets Tenzan up, CANE SHOT! Yujiro drags Tenzan up, for BIG JUICE! Cover, the House of Torture wins!

Winners: Yujiro Takahashi & Evil, by pinfall (gain 2 points; TenCozy earns 0)

By hook and by crook, Yujiro & Evil are on the board! How much lower will they stoop as they look to get up the block?

World Tag League 2021: Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe VS Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale!

The Great Bash Heels are hungry for that first win, but the Crown Jewel & Rogue General might be a bit too much. Will Everyone’s Kokeshi & Rampaging King Kong bite off more than they can chew here and choke in round 4?

The moment GBH is in the ring, Chase & Fale pounce! The bell rings to put this on record as Fale chokes Makabe and Chase stomps Honma. Honma fights back, turns it around, as does Makabe. Honma whips Chase in and Chase collides with Fale. Honma then runs Chsae over, and Makabe whips Fale into Honma’s lariat! Fale stays up, so Makabe lariats! Fale still stays up, GBH double whip and double shoulder him down! Fans fire up as Honma stomps Fale. Fale gets up, Honma clubs him with elbows. Honma tries to scoop but Fale’s really big. Fans rally up as Honma keeps trying, but he has to give up.

Honma ducks the big haymakers, tries again, but falls over with Fale’s weight! Fale covers, TWO! Chase gets in to DECK Makabe! Fale stomps Honma, drags him up and bump him off buckles. Tag to Chase, rams into Honma over and over, then throws a hard body shot! Chaes stomps Honma, digs his knee into the stomach, but lets off as the ref counts. Chase drags Honma around, stomps and digs his heel in, then stomps again. Tag to Fale, he and Chase stand on Honma’s back! Salute! Chase hops off to egg Makabe on while Fale adds as much weight as he can. Fale lets off, covers, TWO! Fale drags Honma up, fans rally, and Honma CHOPS and CHOPS, but Fale ROCKS him with a body shot.

Tag to Chase, they mug Honma, Fale DECKS Makabe! Chase gets Honma up, he and Fale double whip to then body shot, knee lift and LARIAT! Cover, TWO! Chase wraps on a bearhug and squeezes Honma. Chase headstands to add as much pressure as he can on the hold but Honma endures. Chase lets off to knee Honma in the back, then he stands on Honma’s head while he tags Fale. Fale stomps Honma, drags him up, then scoops to SLAM him. Fale runs to drop an elbow, but misses as Honma moves! Fans rally up, Honma crawls over, hot tag to Makabe! Makabe rams Fale, DECKS Chase, then clotheslines Fale in the corner! Makabe climbs up to rain down fists!

Chase stops Makabe, whips him away, but Makabe reverses and runs in to clothesline! And then he clotheslines Fale! Back to Chase! Back to Fale! Makabe laughs and fans fire up as Makabe brings Fale around. Fale blocks the lift to CLUB away on Makabe. Fale runs but Makabe LAIRATS! Cover, TWO! Makabe drags Fale up, puts him in a corner and fires forearms. Makabe whips corner to corner, Fale reverses then runs in to SPLASH! Fale shoves Makabe down to drop the elbow! Cover, TWO! Fans cheer as Makabe survives, but Fale is on him with big clubbing forearms! Fale runs but into a SPEAR! Fans rally up while both men are down! Hot tags to Chase and Honma!

Chase BOOTS and clubs away with elbows. Chase uppercuts, runs, but into a back elbow! Honma runs to run Chase over! Fans fire up and Honma puts some stank on his CHOP! And again! And again! Honma whips corner to corner and back elbows! Then BULLDOGS! Honma fires up and runs, KOKESHI! Fans fire up while Chase writhes. Honma gets Chase up, suplexes high and hard, then covers, TWO! Honma and Makabe coordinate while Chase gets up, CLOTHESLINE SANDWICH! Honma runs to add the RUNNING KOKESHI! Cover, Fale breaks it! Fale also knocks Makabe down, then he choke grips Honma! The ref reprimands, Makabe saves Honma but Fale hits him back.

Chase knocks Makabe down, and then Bullet Club gets Honma. But Makabe stops the Grenade again! Chase swings but Makabe counter punches! Makabe fires haymakers on both Chase and Fale, but Fale CLUBS Makabe. Fale throws a body shot, he and Chase whip but Makabe breaks the clothesline! Chase ducks Makabe’s clothesline but Fale is staggered. Chase gets Makabe but Makabe fights off the Grenade! Makabe elbows Chase away, then runs, to DOUBLE CLOTHESLINE Bullet Club down! Honma gets up, Makabe whips Chase his way for the LEAPING KOKESHI! Cover, TWO!! Chase survives but GBH fires up!

Honma gets Chase up but Chase fights the scoop! Chase throws a body shot, fires off a strike fest, but Honma headbutts! Honma runs but Chase DUNK the headbutt! SHI TRIGGER! Then he gets Honma up and tucks him in, PACKAGE DRIVER! Cover, Bullet Club wins!

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

Chase & Fale get another one! Are they proving that Bullet Club still has more than one strong tag team?

World Tag League 2021: TAKA Michinoku & Minoru Suzuki VS Guerrillas of Destiny!

To think the Blue Playmaker and Meanest Man in the World would be winless after three! But can they pounce on the Silverback and Good Bad Guy after they fell last round? Or will Tanga Loa & Tama Tonga redeem themselves here at Suzuki-Gun’s expense?

Suzuki-Gun doesn’t even wait for GOD to make it to the ring! They brawl at the entryway! Taka has Tama and POSTS him, Suzuki headlocks Loa to smack him off the apron! Taka stomps Tama down, Suzuki ROCKS Loa. The ref reprimands but the attack continues! Suzuki even mugs Jado and puts him in a sleeper hold! Suzuki throws Jado down, takes his kendo stick, and uses it to choke Loa! The bell rings to put this on the record and the ref reprimands. Taka lets off Tama, Suzuki drags Loa up so Taka can BOOT him! Suzuki puts Loa in the ring, then Suzuki gets in and eggs him on. Suzuki kicks Loa around, stomps him down, then eggs him on more.

Loa throws shoulders, body shots, but Suzuki headbutts Loa down! Tag to Taka, Taka stomps Loa down. Taka drags Loa up, knees him low then whips him to ropes. Loa reverses and CLOBBERS Taka! Loa throws Taka out, Tama goes after Taka and bumps him off the apron! Then throws him into railing! Loa goes after Suzuki the same way! Taka is sent into railing, then Tama chokes him! Loa whips Suzuki into railing! Tama claws Taka on the back! Loa chokes Suzuki with cable! The ref reprimands, a ring count starts, but Tama lets off to put Taka in the ring for Loa. Loa drags Taka up and tags Tama in. Scoop SLAM then slingshot senton! Tama takes off the vest!

Tama stomps Taka, the ref has to keep Suzuki back because he has a chair! Suzuki lets the ref have the chair but the ref won’t let him go after Tama. Tama CLUBS Taka in the chest, but he talks trash to Suzuki. Tama stands Taka up to dropkick him down, then he DECKS Suzuki! The ref has to keep Suzuki out again, Tama tags Loa. Snap suplex to slingshot senton! Cover, TWO! Loa sits Taka up for a chinlock and grinds him to the mat. Taka endures, flails around, but Loa sits Taka up to lean on him. Tama eggs Suzuki on as he has Jado’s kendo stick but Suzuki gets the chair! They duel on the outside! Suzuki is backing Tama down but Tama bumps Suzuki off the apron!

Loa sets Taka down while Tama headlocks and rakes Suzuki’s eyes. Loa stands Taka up to headbutt! Loa brings Taka around to whip and clothesline in the corner! Tama stands Taka up, claws at his face, but lets off as the ref reprimands. Taka crawls but Loa stands him up to dragon sleeper and backbreaker! Then Loa suplexes and holds Taka up for a JACKHAMMER! Cover, TWO! Fans rally while Taka crawls to the open corner. Loa runs in to clothesline! Then he whips Taka corner to corner, but runs into boots. Loa comes back but Taka dodges to SHINING WIZARD! Taka flounders, hot tag to Suzuki!

Suzuki BOOTS Tama down, then throws knees on Loa. Suzuki whips corner to corner then runs in to BOOT! Suzuki snapmares Loa down to run and PENALTY KICK! One foot cover, TWO! Suzuki eggs Loa on, kicks him around, then KICKS him in the chest. Loa snarls but Suzuki KICKS again! And again! Loa roars, Suzuki ROCKS him with a right! Suzuki runs, into a SPEAR! Loa crawls, tag to Tama! Tama drags Suzuki up to fireman’s carry but Suzuki slips off to SLEEPER! Tama elbows free, whips but Suzuki reverses and follows, ducks and SLEEPERS! Taka tags in to BOOT Loa down! Suzuki-Gun double whips and Taka clotheslines! Suzuki BOOTS!

Suzuki brings Tama around to ROCK with a forearm! Taka aims, SUPERKICK BOOT COMBO! Cover, Loa breaks it! Suzuki drags Loa up but Loa DECKS him! Taka BOOTS Loa! Tama SUPER FOREARMS Taka! Taka runs to BOOT Tama! Taka scoops, but Tama slips out, NECKBREAKR! Fans fire up as Tama gets Taka up, but Suzuki SLEEPER HOLDS! He spins Tama, but Loa CLOBBERS Suzuki! Loa and Tama get Suzuki up, MAGIC KILLER!! Tama wants Taka to get up, and Loa talks trash right to his face! Taka slowly stands, the Guerrillas set him up, but Taka fights out of Magic Killer! Taka forearms and CHOPS Tama, then SLAPS Loa!

Taka runs, into the back suplex NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Tama is furious but he pounds the mat. Taka flounders, Tama aims, GUN- NO! Taka shoves Tama down, LA MAGISTROL! TWO!! Tama escapes, gets Taka up but Taka CALF KICKS! Taka fires up, but runs into GUN STUN!! Cover, Guerrillas win!!

Winners: Guerrillas of Destiny, by pinfall (gain 2 points; Suzuki-Gun earns 0)

Another round, another loss, but Suzuki wants more! The Young Lions hold him back and get him out of there! So Suzuki takes it out on them with the CHAIR SHOTS! Will Suzuki & Taka ever get on the board? As for Tama & Loa, will they keep fighthing until they find their way back to the top?

World Tag League 2021: The United Empire VS The Dangerous Tekkers!

Great-O-Khan & Aaron Henare won against Suzuki-Gun, but it didn’t really feel like it with Suzuki himself continuing the fight. Will they have an even worse time against the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions?

The Dominator doesn’t move from the center so the Holy Emperor “sings” right in his face. The Submission Master boasts, but the Ultimate Weapon is raring to go. The teams sort out, Khan starts against Zack Sabre Jr. Fans rally up as the two circle. They feel things out as they go around. Khan shoots in but ZSJ blocks to facelock. Khan slips around but ZSJ switches it back. ZSJ keeps the facelock but Khan gets away and the two stand off. They reset while fans cheer, and the two go again. ZSJ headlocks, Khan wrenches an arm, but ZSJ goes for a leg. Khan gets a chinlock to fight the toehold, but ZSJ fights up.

Khan keeps on ZSJ with an armlock but ZSJ turns that around. Khan rolls, ZSJ tries a cover, ONE. Khan keeps moving around to get the gut wrench! ZSJ lands on his feet, wrenches to a top wristlock and he wrangles Khan down! Khan scrambles around, and gets the ropebreak! ZSJ lets off, to STOMP the arm! ZSJ drags Khan up to wrench, then he tags in Taichi. ZSJ tortures the arm while Taichi stomps Khan down. Khan stomps Khan more then snapmares for a KICK to the back! Cover, TWO! Taichi stands on Khan’s hair, then on Khan’s arm. Henare gets in and goes after Taichi but Taichi kicks and CLUBS him down. Taichi goes after Khan but end sup in an IRON CLAW SLEEPER

Henare BOOTS ZSJ down then mugs Taichi with fast hands. Khan hits Mongolian Chops! Khan gets Taichi up for Henare to knee low and hard! Taichi writhes on the mat, the ref reprimands Henare but Khan chokes Taichi! The ref reprimands Khan now and counts, Khan stops at 4. Khan mockingly asks what’s wrong, then he clamps the iron claw into the ribs! Taichi gets the ropebreak but Khan stops at 4. Khan laughs at Taichi’s pain, then he drags Taichi up at the ropes. Khan facelocks and brings Taichi over, Henare tags in.

The United Empire mugs Taichi more. Taichi gives back kicks but Henare eggs him on. Henare then DECKS Taichi with a forearm and rains down more shots in the corner. ZSJ gets in but Khan intercepts to throw him down! Henare digs his boots in, the ref counts, Henare lets off. Khan gets in the ref’s face, and Henare digs his boots back in. The ref still counts, Khan adds on! The ref gets Henare to stop but Khan gets away with the heel in Taichi’s ribs. Henare drags Taichi up, fans rally, Henare suplexes high and hard! Cover, TWO! Henare keeps cool as he drags Taichi back up. Henare gives Kowata Kicks to Taichi, but he’s more toying than anything.

Taichi gets up and KICKS Henare’s leg. Henare ROCK Shim with a right! Henare whips but Taichi reverses to DANGEROUS HOOK KICK! Both men are down and fans rally up. Hot tag to ZSJ! ZSJ runs and BOOTS Khan off the corner! ZSJ EuroUppers away on Henare, then eggs him on. Henare ROCKS him with forearms and CHOPS and then another forearm! Henare eggs ZSJ on, ZSJ wrenches and PELES the arm, then sweeps the legs! PENALTY KICK! Cover, ONE! Henare is up but ZSJ give shim more EuroUppers. Henare ROCKS ZSJ again! ZSJ gets a leg to trip Henare and KNEE JAMMER! And another!

ZSJ paces, gets the leg for a modified toehold, using his head as a point of leverage against the ankle, then another KNEE JAMMER! Fans rally while Henare clutches his leg. ZSJ kicks at Henare, Henare gets up and ZSJ KICKS the leg! And again! Henare seethes, jumps the kick but ZSJ ducks a kick to fire off palm strikes, Henare ELBOW JABS! Then SPINNING KICKS into a HEEL HOOK! ZSJ has Henare down, Henare endures and crawls, fans rally up! Henare gets the ROPEBREAK! ZSJ lets go but the damage is done. ZSJ stomps the leg, KICKS it, but Henare gets up. ZSJ KICKS the leg more, but Henare blocks to KICK ZSJ down!

Henare grits his teeth, KICKS ZSJ down again, then waits for ZSJ to get up. He KICKS ZSJ down again, covers, TWO! ZSJ blocks the next kick to an ANKLE LOCK! Henare breaks free but ZSJ boots him to a corner! ZSJ dodges Henare’s return to go up and around and GUILLOTINE! Henare stays on his feet and powers up to suplex free! ZSJ lands to wrench and OCTOPUS, but Henare powers out to a SAMOAN DROP! Fans rally up while both men are down. Henare crawls, hot tag to Khan! Khan DECKS Taichi, blocks ZSJ’s boot and drops to get ZSJ for a HEEL HOOK! ZSJ flails and reaches, but he turns around to get Khan for a HEEL HOOK!

Khan fights up to a cover, TWO! Khan goes for an arm, ZSJ reels him in for an Octopus, but Khan fights that off. ZSJ chinlocks, but Khan gets HITSUJIGOROSHI! ZSJ is fading as Khan thrashes him around! Khan then scoops, but ZSJ slips out and body scissors. Khan blocks the takedown to pop ZSJ into the iron claw! ELIMI- NO! ZSJ has the TRIANGLE! Khan stays standing, even as ZSJ pulls his arm! Khan lifts ZSJ, pops him around to a waistlock, but ZSJ elbows free to SAYANAGI! Both men are down after the throw, ZSJ tags in Taichi! Taichi KICKS Khan in the chest, and again, and again! Khan flops over but Taichi makes him kiss his boot! That’s usually Khan’s thing!

Taichi drags Khan up to give him Kowata Kicks! Khan fires up and iron claws the ribs! Taichi breaks free to CHOKE Khan! The ref counts, Taichi lets off at 4 to then whip Khan to a corner. Khan reverses, runs in but misses! GAMANGIRI! Henare gets in to whip Taichi, but Taichi comes back to AX BOMBER! Fans fire up because OFF COME THE PANTS! Taichi waits for Khan to get up, but Khan ducks the buzzsaw! Kahn swings but Taichi gets around, DANGER- NO! Khan slips out and gets a bearhug! Taichi throws elbows but Khan squeezes tighter! Taichi BELL CLAPS free! Khan staggers, Taichi comes back, but into HITSUJIGOROSHI!

But then Khan scoops Taichi for a BACKBREAKER, and Henare STOMPS Taichi down! Cover, ZSJ breaks it! Henare throws ZSJ into a corner and chokes him! Khan calls for it as Henare keeps ZSJ down in a corner. Khan clamps the claw onto Taichi, drags him up, ELIMIN- NO! Taichi slips out to SEITEIJYUJIRYOU! And ZSJ drags Henare down to an STF! Then DOUBLE ARMBAR! Khan refuses to quit, but Taichi cranks harder on the plum! Khan pushes forward and falls to the ropebreak! The Tekkers let the Empire out of the submission holds and fans rally up. Taichi snarls while Khan crawls away.

Taichi gets up, Khan follows. Taichi runs to BOOT! Khan Mongolian Chops! Taichi sobats, Khan BOOTS, Taichi GAMANGIRIS! Both men are down again and fans fire up! Taichi roars as he rises and he drags Khan back up. DANGEROUS SAIDO! Fans fire up while Taichi crawls to the cover, Henare breaks it! ZSJ stomps Henare out of the ring! ZSJ leaves it to Taichi and he gets back up. Taichi aims from a corner as Khan rises. TENSHOU- NO! Khan dodges, but Taichi boots the claw away! Khan blocks the superkick to iron claw! ELIMIN- NO! Taichi CHOKES Khan, ZSJ joins in, CHOKE SLAM BACK SUPLEX! Cover, TWO!?!

Fans are thunderous and the Tekkers regroup. They drag Khan up, Alabama, but Henare POUNCES ZSJ! HEEL KICK for Taichi! Then SPIN HIGH KICK! Henare fires off on ZSJ, snapmare but ZSJ snapmares back to NECK TWIST! ZSJ runs in to EuroUpper Khan! And give more EuroUppers Khan gets around, Iron Claw to the ELIMINATOR!! Khan roars, kicks ZSJ out, and aims at Taich. Taichi trips him up, TAICHI STYLE GEDO CLUTCH! TWO!! Khan narrowly escapes, but Taichi ROUNDHOUSES! But Henare fireman’s carries! Taichi slips off, Henare blocks the boot to body shot! IRON CLAW PUNCH! Fireman’s carry, FLAPJACK CUTTER! Cover, the Empire wins!!

Winners: The United Empire, by pinfall (gains 2 points; Dangerous Tekkers earn 0)

The champions have lost! Khan & Henare just got their biggest win as a team! Will the United Empire be primed to take these titles, even if they don’t win World Tag League?!

World Tag League 2021: Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi VS SANADA & Tetsuya Naito!

Who would’ve guessed that The Joker & The Ace would make such a strong combination? But Los Ingobernables de Japon promised to take the tournament, completely untouched! Will they keep their word through the fourth round? Or will Yano & Tanahashi use love and energy, and a little bit of mischief, to keep the streak alive?

Naito seems to have his own sash to mock Yano’s. Yano gets impatient that Naito has to take that off on top of his fancy suit. Tanahashi shows off the muscles again and Yano then goes through the selection process. This time, it’ll be Yano who starts! Naito parodies Yano, even pointing to Tanahashi. In the end, LIJ fist bumps and they both step out. What? That’s not how this works! Yano gets impatient and wants someone to step up to him. So both LIJ members step in. They all do the school thug crouch! Finally, Sanada starts for his team and fans cheer. Yano crouches, Sanada just stares at him. Sanada then steps up to crouch with him!

Yano gets up, Sanada trips him up! Yano scrambles to avoid Paradise, so Sanada stomps him down. Sanada drags Yano up, whips him corner to corner but Yano reverses. Yano gloats but Sanada gets him before he can get the buckle! ROLLING CRADLE! They go around and around and around, and around, and around and around, and then Sanada covers. TWO, and Yano staggers around dizzily! Sanada trips him up but Yano kicks him away! Yano crawls away to tag Tanahashi in! Naito tags in, and fans cheer as the two circle. “Let’s Go, Ace!” starts up and Tanahashi tie sup with Naito. Naito gets around but Tanahashi switches.

Naito switches, Tanahahsi switches, Naito drags him down but Tanahashi switches back. Tanahashi headscissors, keeps Naito down, but Naito moves around to pop out and have the toehold. Tanahashi fights back, rear mount, and headlock! Fans cheer the exchange but Naito powers up. But Tanahashi holds tight as Naito tries to power out! Naito rolls to a cover, ONE, Tanahashi keeps the headlock. Naito throws body shots, powers out again, Tanahashi runs Naito over! Things spee dup, Tanahashi drops an elbow on Naito’s drop down! Sanada get sin but gets a kick! Yano & Tanahsahi double whip to double shoulder Sanada down!

Yano kicks Sanada out, Tanahshi scoop SLAMS Naito, to drop the elbow! Tanahashi goes up the corner but Sanada stops him! Sanada brings Tanahashi down and they fire forearms back and forth! Tanahashi gets th eedge, whips but Sanada reverses to double clothesline with Naito! They split the wishbone, then double basement dropkick! Sanada intercepts Yano at the apron, and uses the ropes as part of the Paradise Lock! Fans fire up while Naito RAMS Tanahashi into commentary! Red Shoes doesn’t want to touch the Paradise Lock so Yano’s stuck. Naito kicks and punches Tanahashi, to then whip him into railing!

Naito goes back to the ring, he wants the ring count on Tanahashi. Red Shoes starts the count, Naito looks down on Yano and acts like he can’t hea rhim. Tanahashi gets in at 13 of 20, Naito gets him up and tags in Sanada. LIJ mugs Tanahashi, Yano still wants to be set free. Sanada wrenches and CLUBS Tanahashi’s arm, then CLUBS him on the back. Sanada throws haymakers, and he DECKS Tanahashi. Sanada gets the legs and ties Tanahashi up in Paradise! Fans fire up and Sanada encourages them to get louder. They do get louder, and Sanada runs over to dropkick Tanahsahi out of Paradise, and into Yano! Yano gets knocked free, Sanada covers Tanahashi, TWO!

Sanada brings Tanahashi over, Naito tags in and mugs Tanahashi. Naito throws forearms, whips corner to corner then runs in to jump kick! Leg sweep, COMBINACION CABRON! Naito mocks the crouch, then stomps Tanahashi. Tag to Sanada, he drags Tanahashi up to CLUB him on the back. Tanahashi fires up to forearm. Sanada forearms back, and they go back and forth. Tanahashi fires off fast hands but Sanada dropkicks his legs out! Tag to Naito, he drags Tanahashi up. Fans rally as Naito cravats and wrenches the neck. Tanahashi throws body shots and is free to fire forearms! Naito fakes the punch to rake the eyes!

Naito reels Tanahashi in for back elbow after back elbow! Tanahashi goes to a corner, but he elbows back. CROSSBODY! Fans rally up as both men are down! Hot tag to Yano! Yano unties the buckle pad! Naito runs in, avoids the buckles, but Yano throws the pad to him. Red Shoes wants the pad, Naito points it at Yano. Red Shoes grabs the pad, Yano SLAPS Naito on the head! And then he unties another buckle pad! Sanada stomps Yano down, then Naito joins in. Tanahashi gets in but Sanada kicks him. Naito and Sanada take a buckle pad each, batter up! But Yano and Tanahashi both block, BUCKLE PAD DRAGON SCREW!

Tanahashi and Yano fire up, but Yano doesn’t want to dive. Tanahashi shouts for him to do it! Yano has no choice, but then Naito and Sanada trip them up and drag them out! Naito puts Yano into the ring, whips, but Yano holds ropes. Naito runs in, Yano dodges but gloats too long, Naito slaps Yano on the head! Naito runs but into an atomic drop! Yano has the legs but Naito pushes him away. Yano comes back, into an atomic drop! Naito has the legs, Yano drags him down to a cradle, TWO! Naito kicks, Yano blocks and pulls hair. Naito pulls hair, Yano breaks free but Naito full nelsons! Yano breaks free to full nelson but Naito breaks free to arm-drag and elbow, then basement dropkick!

Tag to Sanada, he fires forearms on Yano. Sanada whips, Yano reverses and pulls hair to throw Sanada down! Fans rally up, hot tag to Tanahashi! Sanada gets up, to get FLYING FOREARMS! Tanahashi fires up, drags Sanada up and scoop SLAM him into a drop zone! Tanahashi goes up the corner, SUNSET SENTON! Cover, TWO! Tanahashi keeps focus as Sanada rises. Fans rally, Tanahashi runs, SLING- NO! Sanada sends Tanahashi into Naito’s atomic drop! Dropkick for dropkick, then fireman’s carry for the TKO! Cover, Yano breaks it! Naito throws Yano out and Sanada brings Tanahashi up in the dragon sleeper! Tanahashi endures, spins it around to a cradle, TWO!

Sanada forearms, Tanahashi dodges the rolling elbow to TWIST ‘N’ SHOUT! Sanada stands, into the SLINGBLADE! Cover, TWO! Fans fire up as Tanahashi climbs! HIGH FLY FLOW FLOPS! Fans rally up and Sanada goes up! ROUNDING BODY- NO, he has to land on his feet! Yano grabs hair, Sanada breaks free, but atomic drop and CATAPLUT to SHOTEI! Tanahashi SHOTEIS Naito, Yano gets Naito and Tanahashi hits a DRAGON SCREW! Naito falls out of the ring Tanahashi runs at Sanada but into an O’Conner ROll! BRIDGE! LIJ WINS!!

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

The Ace got folded up, and now he and The Joker suffer their first loss as a team! Will they be able to redeem themselves in the next round? As for LIJ, they regroup, Naito telling Milano Collection AT they’ll hang out tomorrow. Sanada gets the mic to say he’ll “make a declaration in front of everyone. Sanada and Naito Te-chan will win the World Tag League in a snap. Sorry for the gimmick infringement.” Sanada also apologizes, but because of the lighting situation in the arena, he can’t give the fans a gift this time. But of everywhere in Kanagawa, Sanada loves Kawasaki the best. “OI, KAWASAKI! See You Next Time!” Will the Cold Skull and “Te-chan” stay hot this Fall and win it all?

Here are the NEW World Tag League Standings!

SANADA & Tetsuya Naito: 4-0, 8 points
Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi: 3-1, 6 points
Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale: 3-1, 6 points
Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI: 3-1, 6 points
The United Empire: 3-1, 6 points
Dangerous Tekkers: 3-1, 6 points
Guerrillas of Destiny: 3-1, 6 points
EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi: 1-3, 2 points
Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan: 1-3, 2 points
Yuji Nagata & Tiger Mask: 0-4, 0 points
Minoru Suzuki & TAKA Michinoku: 0-4, 0 points
Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe: 0-4, 0 points

My Thoughts:

A great round for World Tag League! Though, the surprises weren’t really until the second half of the night. For actual match action, I probably would’ve put Empire VS Tekkers as the main event, especially with the champions losing here. Since WrestleKingdom 16 is three nights, the first two nights could definitely give us Tekkers VS Empire in a rematch from this, winner takes on the WTL winner. The main event they went with makes sense, though, because they were both undefeated teams fighting to be THE 4-0 team at the top of the block. LIJ make the logical choices here, Sanada is pretty much the tag team specialist of LIJ, he and Naito are gonna make a run for those trophies.

My Score: 8.9/10