The Super Junior Tag League has its finalists. Next Wednesday it will be the Bullet Club team of Chris Bey and Ace Austin versus Lio Rush and YOH to determine who faces the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions at Wrestle Kingdom. At present, United Empire (Francesco Akira and TJP) are the champs.
Bullet Club cemented their place by beating the champions tonight.
Lio Rush and Yoh beat the Los Ingobernables de Japon team of Titán and BUSHI in one of the best matches of the tournament.
Rush and Yoh head into the finals with momentum on their side as they have already defeated Bullet Club once before in the tournament.
SUPER JUNIOR TAG LEAGUE Night Ten 2022 Results
Standings
Oskar Leube and Yuto Nakashima versus Kosei Fujita and Ryohei Oiwa
Kosei Fujita and Ryohei Oiwa take this one when Yuto submits.
Winners: Kosei Fujita and Ryohei Oiwa
Master Wato, Tomoaki Honma and YOSHI-HASHI versus Suzuki-gun (El Desperado, Lance Archer and Minoru Suzuki)
A young fan meets Lance Archer. Courtesy: NJPW.
Honma submits to the EVD Claw. As he heads back to the dressing room Archer stops to take a young fan’s hat, try it on and then tosses it back to him. How evil!
Winners: Suzuki-gun (El Desperado, Lance Archer and Minoru Suzuki)
Los Ingobernables de Japon (Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito) versus House of Torture (Gedo, Taiji Ishimori and Bad Luck Fale)
Naito gets a big ovation by the crowd. Naito pins Gedo with his nifty little roll-up. Naito holds Gedo by the beard. Takagi gives Gedo and his beard an axe handle from the second rope.
Winners: Los Ingobernables de Japon (Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito)
Kevin Knight and KUSHIDA versus Robbie Eagles and Tiger Mask – SUPER Jr. TAG LEAGUE 2022 TOURNAMENT MATCH
Knight hits his leaping DDT to pin Tiger Mask.
Winners: Kevin Knight and KUSHIDA
Clark Connors and Ryusuke Taguchi versus House of Torture (Dick Togo and SHO) – SUPER Jr. TAG LEAGUE 2022 TOURNAMENT MATCH
Two moons over Japan at Super Junior Tag League. Courtesy: NJPW.
Instead of beer Taguchi has brought home-made tea to the ring to share this time. Wearing red underwear, Connors joins Taguchi in pulling his underwear down and sitting on Togo and Sho’s faces. Sho pins Taguchi with Shock Arrow though.
Winners: House of Torture (Dick Togo and SHO)
EL LINDAMAN and Alex Zayne versus Suzuki-gun (DOUKI and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) – SUPER Jr. TAG LEAGUE 2022 TOURNAMENT MATCH
Douki pins Lindaman with Suplex de La Luna.
Winners: Suzuki-gun (DOUKI and Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
Lio Rush and YOH versus Los Ingobernables de Japon (Titán and BUSHI) – SUPER Jr. TAG LEAGUE 2022 TOURNAMENT MATCH
Rush pins Bushi with his frog splash off the top rope.
Winners: Lio Rush and YOH
Francesco Akira and TJP versus Bullet Club (Chris Bey and Ace Austin)
Bey pins Akira to take his team into the finals.
Winners: Chris Bey and Ace Austin