The House of Torture stole another tournament win in tonight’s NJPW World Tag League tournament as Evil and Don Fale faced Taichi and Satoshi Kojima. Taichi is still bothered by a wonky knee but soldiers on.
As Taichi is singing in the ring, Evil and Fale drag a beaten Kojima to the ring. Taichi doesn’t even have his robe off. Fale chokes him in a corner. Fale and Evil beat down Taichi in the middle of the ring. Kojima tries to roll into the ring. Evil kicks him back to the floor. Fale slams Taichi’s back into the barricade. After choking out Taichi, Evil goes back into the ring and begins counting Taichi out.
Taichi kicks Fale in the head but holds his knee afterwards. It appears to still be giving him problems. He hot tags Kojima who gives Fale machinegun chops in a corner and lands his flying elbow smash. Kojima blocks Evil’s clothesline off the ropes with one of his own. Kanemaru sneaks into the ring from the audience. Kojima blocks the bottle but gets hit in the “lower abdomen” from Evil. Meanwhile, Taichi is at the entrance way with a steel chair waiting for House of Torture interference when it is already going on. Whiskey mist in the Kojima’s eyes from Kanemaru. Evil pins Kojima with Everything is Evil. Taichi threatens Kanemaru with a steel chair as officials hold him back.
NJPW World Tag League Night Seven Results
A Block
B Block
War Dragons (Shingo Takagi and Drilla Moloney) versus Yujiro Takahashi and Chase Owens – A Block
As Shingo and Drilla are posing on the entrance way Yujiro and Chase attack them from behind. Owens has a branding iron and Yujiro his cane. Yujiro chokes Takagi with is cane and throws him into the ringside barricade. Owens does the same to Drilla. Yujiro rolls Takagi back into the ring and the bell rings. Shingo takes Yujiro down with a shoulder tackle. Drilla and Takagi hit him with a double shoulder tackle. Takagi and Drilla get a two count with their version of the Hart Attack. As Takagi poses, Owens nails him from behind with a C-Trigger to the back of his head. Owens beats Takagi down in front of Drilla. Drilla hops into the ring. Owens backs off laughing. Takagi turns a C-Trigger into a Dragon Screw. Drilla is tagged in. Drilla drop kicks Owens out of the ring then then drop kicks Yujiro into the ringside barricade, rushes across the ring, drop kicking Owens into the barricade too. Yujiro shoves Drilla into the official and low-blows Drilla. Shingo stops Owens from using his branding iron. Drilla spears Owens. Pumping Bomber clothesline from Shingo and a double Made in Japan pins Owens. Drilla uses Owens own branding iron on him.
Winners: War Dragons (Shingo Takagi and Drilla Moloney)
Taichi and Satoshi Kojima versus House of Torture (Evil and Don Fale) – A Block
Winners: House of Torture (Evil and Don Fale)
Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi versus El Desperado and Shuji Ishikawa – A Block
Ishikawa nails Hashi with a knee to the face and a running knee to the chest for a two count. A giant backdrop finally pins Hashi.
Winners: El Desperado and Shuji Ishikawa
Boltin Oleg and Toru Yano versus Yota Tsuji and Gabe Kidd
Oleg and Kidd bounce off the ropes ramming each other but neither man will go down. A pounce from Kidd puts down Oleg. As Oleg slams Kidd down to the canvass Yano removes a turnbuckle pad. As Kidd moves to stop him, Yano slaps his bald head again and again. Yano ducks Kidd’s swing. He slaps Kidd on the back of the head. Tsuji pulls Yano out of the ring tossing him into the ringside barricade. On the floor, Kidd beats Yano with a steel chair to the back. Tsuji throws Oleg into the fifth row of seating. As Kidd works Yano over Tsuji rips off a turnbuckle pad fighting fire with fire. Kidd whips Yano into the exposed buckle. Tsuji puts the buckle back on.
Oleg throws Kidd across the ring with an overhead belly-to-belly suplex. Yano pushes Kidd into Red Shoes then punches Kidd in the “lower abdomen”. Tsuji dives into the ring to stop the pin. Tsuji and Oleg goes over the top rope to the floor. Kidd ducks a charging Yano. Yano hits the exposed turnbuckle. As Kidd hits Yano with a knee to the face, Tsuji leaps onto Oleg on the floor. Oleg is knocked over the barricade and into the first row. Yano is pinned by the War Blaster, a spear from Tsuji and a running clothesline from Kidd.
Winners: Yota Tsuji and Gabe Kidd
