TMDK are in the finals of World Tag League. Zack Sabre Jr. and his partner Ryohei Oiwa defeated Bishamon (Yoshi-Hashi and Hirooki Goto) who have won the tournament three times in a row from 2021 to 2023.
Goto and Sabre took some time to feel each other out to start things off. Goto knocks ZSJ down with a shoulder tackle but misses with an elbow drop. ZSJ misses with a stomp. Hashi and Oiwa trade shots in the middle of the ring. Oiwa takes all Hashi has to offer and then shoulder tackles him out of a corner. Bishamon double teams Oiwa with Goto hip-tossing Hashi onto him and Bishamon giving him a taste of War Drums. Once tagged in, ZSJ starts working over his left arm and Oiwa follows suit. After being stretched and beaten for minutes and minutes, Hashi suplexes ZSJ tagging in Goto.
Goto suplexes Oiwa onto ZSJ. A flying leg lariat, a back suplex scores Goto a two count on ZSJ. ZSJ loses a slugfest and suffers a reverse GTR. Goto shoves ZSJ into Hashi who gives him a Codebreaker. Hashi then sends Oiwa flying with a snap dragon suplex. The train leaves the station with Goto and Hashi taking turns running and clobbering ZSJ in a corner. Hashi takes ZSJ into the ropes. Goto clotheslines him in the back of the head. Oiwa stops Bishamon from executing Shoto by putting Hashi in a sleeper from behind. ZSJ almost pins Goto with one of his fancy roll-ups. Goto takes a penality kick from ZSJ firing back with a clothesline. Oiwa is clotheslined over the top rope buy Goto. He hits his head on the barricade. Hashi and Goto hit a combination top rope neckbreaker, Russian Leg Sweep on ZSJ for a two count.
Super kick from Hashi and GTR from Goto on ZSJ. Bishamon go for Goto but ZSJ kicks Hashi off. Oiwa holds Goto in a corner so ZSJ can kick him in the head. Oiwa hits his Chaos Theory suplex. ZSJ pins Goto with a bridging suplex.
ZSJ and Oiwa will now face the winner of Knockout Brothers (OSKAR and Yuto-Ice) versus Gabe Kidd and Yota Tsuji in the finals of the tournament.
NJPW World Tag League Night 15 Results
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House of Torture (Yujiro Takahashi and Chase Owens) versus Katsuya Murashima and Shoma Kato
With a pop-up knee and Final Testament, Owens pins Young Lion, Kato.
Winners: House of Torture (Yujiro Takahashi and Chase Owens)
Tatsuya Matsumoto, Shuji Ishikawa and El Desperado versus Masatora Yasuda, Satoshi Kojima and Taichi
Taichi asks Matsumoto for their best shot. Taichi takes it and returns it with a spinning backfist. Axe Bomber clothesline, step-up kick to the head and Taichi pins Matsumoto.
Winners: Masatora Yasuda, Satoshi Kojima and Taichi.
United Empire (Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman and Great-O-Khan) versus Monster Sauce (Lance Archer and Alex Zayne) and Young Lion, Zayne Jay
Archer has a piece of tape over his shirt reading: Baby Zayn. As Young positions Jay like a holder in football so the Newman can PK his head off. Showing grit, Jay still kicks out. Newman pins him with Excalibur. Newman continues to pummel Jay after the bell has rung. Archer intervenes shoving Newman across the ring and right out of it. Archer shows off his shirt while heading to the back with his teammates. “Every time he is with us he loses,” grumbles Archer.
Winners: United Empire (Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman and Great-O-Khan)
Boltin Oleg, Toru Yano and Hiroshi Tanahashi versus House of Torture (Sho, Don Fale and EVIL)
Sho gives The Ace a chop to the groin from the top rope. As Evil distracts the official, Sho retrieves Dick Togo’s garotte choking out The Ace. Tanahashi breaks the hold. A Reverse Atomic Drop by Yano on Sho. Yano slingshots Sho onto Oleg’s back. Oleg slams Sho down hard. The Ace pins Sho with High Fly Flow.
Winners: Boltin Oleg, Toru Yano and Hiroshi Tanahashi
El Phantasmo, Yuya Uemura and Shota Umino versus House of Torture (Yoshinobu Kanemaru, SANADA and Ren Narita)
Umino made Kanemaru tap out to his STF lock. After the match, ELP brings some kids into the ring to celebrate with Uemura and Umino.
Winners: El Phantasmo, Yuya Uemura and Shota Umino
Gedo, Hiromu Takahashi, David Finlay and the Knockout Brothers versus Daiki Nagai, Drilla Moloney, Shingo Takagi, Gabe Kidd and Yota Tsuji
After Hiromu takes out everyone on the floor, Ice pins Nagai with his massive running kick, Ice High. United Umpire comes out putting the boots to Hiromu before being chased off by The War Dogs.
Winners: Gedo, Hiromu Takahashi, David Finlay and the Knockout Brothers
Bishamon (Yoshi-Hashi and Hirooki Goto) versus TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr. and Ryohei Oiwa) – World Tag League Semi-Finals
Winners: TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr. and Ryohei Oiwa
