The IWGP Tag Team Champions have come out on top of B Block. Knockout Brothers (OSKAR and Yuto-Ice) defeated Shota Umino and Yuya Uemura to clinch their spot in the semi-finals of the World Tag League tournament. The TMDK team of Zack Sabre Jr. and Ryohei Oiwa finished second. This means that in the semi-finals, Knockout Brothers (OSKAR and Yuto-Ice) will take on Gabe Kidd and Yota Tsuji and the team of Bishamon will face Zack Sabre Jr. and Ryohei Oiwa. The Knockout Brothers pinned Umino with their Knockout finisher to win the block. This is the Knockout Brothers first World Tag Team Tournament.
NJPW World Tag League Night 14 Results
A Block
B Block
Hiroshi Tanahashi and El Phantasmo versus The House of Torture (Ren Narita and Sanada) – B Block
This is the final tournament match of any kind for Hiroshi Tanahashi and it is a must win for The House of Torture team.
Both The Ace and ELP go to the top rope. Out come Sho and Kanemaru to bring them both crashing down. Sho chops The Ace in the “lower abdomen” from the top rope. Kanemaru does the same to ELP. As the official steps through the ropes to admonish The House of Torture, Sanada kicks the ropes into his “lower abdomen”. ELP takes Sanada’s guitar away from him before he can get clobbered. As he rears back to hit Sanada, Kanemaru stops him. ELP suffers a pop-up mule kick to the groin from Sanada. ELP ducks when Kanemaru spits his whiskey. It goes into Sanada’s face, eyes instead. ELP pushes Kanemaru into Sanada. Sanada low-blows him by accident. The Ace and ELP fight off The House. ELP rolls up Sanada for the win eliminating House of Torture from the tournament.
Winners: Hiroshi Tanahashi and El Phantasmo
TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr. and Ryohei Oiwa) versus Monster Sauce (Alex Zayne and Lance Archer
As he walks to the ring, Archer once again says Monster Sauce will become the tag team champions. Walker Stewart tells us that Zayne has admitted to a “severe neck injury” to the point that he has limited mobility. Archer has Oiwa set up in a corner for Blackout. Oiwa slips out punching Archer. Sabre Jr. rolls up Archer in an awkward way for the win.
Winners: TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr. and Ryohei Oiwa)
David Finlay and Hiromu Takahashi versus United Empire (Callum Newman and Great-O-Khan)
Finlay and Hiromu are out of the tournament so they are only playing spoilers here. Hiromu is head-butted off the top rope. He is caught by Khan who places him right back. As Hiromu hangs upside down, he sits back up throwing Newman off the top rope and into Khan. Finlay clotheslines Newman over the top rope. Finlay goes to powerbomb Hiromu onto United Empire on the floor. Instead, Hiromu reverses things sending Finlay out instead with a hurricanrana.
“What the f–k!” yells Finlay from the floor. Finlay rushes Hiromu in the ring. Hiromu ducks a clothesline throwing Finlay back out on top of The United Empire once again.
Finlay and Hiromu get into a shoving match in the middle of the ring. Finlay hits Overkill on Newman. Hiromu pins Newman with Time Bomb. The United Empire are out of the tournament.
Winners: David Finlay and Hiromu Takahashi
Shota Umino and Yuya Uemura versus Knockout Brothers (OSKAR and Yuto-Ice)
Winners: Knockout Brothers (OSKAR and Yuto-Ice)
