Two B Block teams have fallen by the wayside and six more soldier on as NJPW’s World Tag League tournament entered its 12th of action. Hiroshi Tanahashi and El Phantasmo as well as David Finlay and Hiromu Takahashi are no longer in contention.
Monster Sauce (Alex Zayne and Lance Archer) did the unthinkable tonight though pinning the IWGP Tag Team Champions, The Knock-Out Brothers, Yuto-Ice and Oskar.
If Monster Sauce had lost that match though they will be out of this year’s tournament. As Lance Archer walks to the ring with Zayne he says this is why they are in World Tag League. The Knockout Bros. have the tag team championships and they want them.
I still want that Monster Sauce song released on Spotify. It rocks.
As Ice and Oskar step into the arena, Zayne and Archer leave the ring and charge them. Both teams battle on the floor. Archer rams Oskar’s head into the metal rigging surrounding the entrance way. Ice hurls Zayne into rows of seats as the patrons flee, not once but twice. The Knockout Brothers whip Archer head-first into like five row of chairs. Back in the ring, Zayne doesn’t stay there long as he leaps over the ropes onto the Brothers on the floor. The bell finally rings as Zayne and Ice square off in the center of the ring.
Oskar has Archer up. Zayne grabs Ice so he cannot make it a double-team. Zayne kicks Oskar in the head as Archer tombstone piledrives him. Oskar kicks out. Archer chokeslams Zayne who splashes Oskar for a two count. Ice clotheslines Zayne over the top rope to the floor. Archer heaves Ice to the floor. As Archer lifts Oskar up for his slam Ice blind tags himself in. Ice knocks Archer to his knees with a punch. Archer kicks out of penalty kick. Archer sends Ice crashing to the canvass with a punch of his own. Ice kicks out of a chokeslam from Archer. Archer and Zayne execute their rocket launcher finisher on Ice. Oskar has to save the match for his team.
Oskar grabs Zayne by the throat sending him over the top rope. Archer blocks a chokeslam from Oskar slamming Oskar into a corner turnbuckle with a chokeslam of his own. Sitting on the top rope, Oskar catches Zayne and dumps him over the top rope. Archer hits Oskar with a running knee. He delivers Black Out to Oskar on top of Ice. Archer pins Ice. Archer and Zayne paraded around with the titles after the match.
“Knck-Out Brothers, you live up to your name. You are strong. You are tough but everybody dies to Monster Sauce. You are the IWGP Tag Team Champions but we beat the IWGP Tag Team Champions,” said Archer to the fallen champions.
NJPW World Tag League Night 12 Results
A Block
B Block
Hiroshi Tanahashi and El Phantasmo versus United Empire (Callum Newman and Great-O-Khan) – B Block
Newman and ELP go back and forth until Newman uses ELP’s trunks to roll him up and in doing so, exposes his butt, is caught with his pants down.
Winners: United Empire (Callum Newman and Great-O-Khan)
Knockout Brothers (OSKAR and Yuto-Ice) versus Monster Sauce- B Block
Winners: Monster Sauce
David Finlay and Hiromu Takahashi versus TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr. and Ryohei Oiwa)
Whomever loses this match is out of this year’s tournament.
Finlay and Hiromu work over Oiwa. Finlay is kneed into the ropes. Oiwa has Hiromu down for backslide pin so Sabre flips over holding Hiromu down for the pinfall.
Winners: TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr. and Ryohei Oiwa)
Shota Umino and Yuya Uemura versus The House of Torture (Ren Narita and Sanada)
Sho rushes down to the ring pulling the official into the steel post taking him out. He hits Uemura in the head with his wrench. Umino clotheslines him down though. Umino disarms Narita who rushes into the ring with his pull-up bar. Narita blocks Umino’s clothesline spiking him with the Double Cross slam. As Narita holds Uemura, Sanada grabs his guitar. Sanada swings and Uemura ducks. Sanada clobbers Narita instead. Uemura delivers an impressive step-up elbow drop on Sanada. Uemura pins Sanada with his Deadbolt suplex.
Winners: Shota Umino and Yuya Uemura
