Wato and Ryusuke Taguchi have experience together, albeit in trios action. He would do that by defeating Will Ospreay to become the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion at Dominion.
Meanwhile, BUSHI wants to represent the juniors of LIJ, wanting to reclaim a title he used to hold with Shingo Takagi. })(); New Japan Pro Wrestling announced that Roppongi 3K have vacated the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championships due to an injury to YOH. If a team wins the match, they gain two points. Edward Mass Sep 14, 2011.
googletag.cmd.push(function() { Out of every tag team in this tournament, the ones with the most experience are El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru. "IWGP" is the acronym of NJPW's governing body, the International Wrestling Grand Prix.. History . }); var _comscore = _comscore || []; One of those juniors in the tournament was IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion YOH, who teamed with SHO in Roppongi 3K. This should be a very intriguing tour with some great junior heavyweight tag action. Gedo and Jado separately are tied for the record of total defenses by a single wrestler. Suzuki-gun (IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions) Write-In/None of the Above [Edit Poll (moderators only)] View Results. I cover primarily Puroresu & Joshi. The lineups for the New Japan Road Tour is: Tomoaki Honma and Satoshi Kojima vs. Jado and Yujiro Takahashi, Yota Tsuji, YOSHI-HASHI, Tomohiro Ishii, and Hirooki Goto vs. Yuya Uemura, SHO, Toru Yano and Kazuchika Okada, SANADA and Shingo Takagi vs. DOUKI and Minoru Suzuki, Master Wato, Ryusuke Taguchi, Kota Ibushi and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Desperado, Zack Sabre Jr, and Taichi, BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, and Tetsuya Naito vs. Gedo, Taiji Ishimori and EVIL, Yuya Uemura, YOSHI-HASHI, Tomohiro Ishii, and Hirooki Goto vs. Gabriel Kidd, SHO, Toru Yano and Kazuchika Okada, Tomoaki Honma, Yuji Nagata, Kota Ibushi and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. DOUKI, Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr, and Taichi, SANADA, Shingo Takagi, and Tetsuya Naito vs. Jado, Yujiro Takahashi and EVIL, IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Torunament: Ryusuke Taguchi and Master Wato vs. El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru, IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Torunament: Hiromu Takahashi and BUSHI vs. Taiji Ishimori and Gedo, Gabriel Kidd, YOSHI-HASHI, Tomohiro Ishii, and Hirooki Goto vs. Yota Tsuji, SHO, Toru Yano and Kazuchika Okada, Tomoaki Honma, Satoshi Kojima, Kota Ibushi and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. DOUKI, Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr, and Taichi, IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Torunament: El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Taiji Ishimori and Gedo, IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Torunament: Ryusuke Taguchi and Master Wato vs. Hiromu Takahashi and BUSHI, Yota Tsuji, YOSHI-HASHI, Tomohiro Ishii, and Hirooki Goto vs. Yuya Uemura,SHO, Toru Yano and Kazuchika Okada, Master Wato, Ryusuke Taguchi,Satoshi Kojima, and Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Jado, Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, and Yujiro Takahashi, Tomoaki Honma, Kota Ibushi and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. DOUKI, Zack Sabre Jr, and Taichi, Hiromu Takahashi, BUSHI, and Shingo Takagi vs. El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, and Minoru Suzuki, SANADA, and Tetsuya Naito vs. Dick Togo and EVIL, Yuya Uemura, YOSHI-HASHI, Tomohiro Ishii, and Hirooki Goto vs. Gabriel Kidd,SHO, Toru Yano and Kazuchika Okada, SANADA, Shingo Takagi, and Tetsuya Naito vs. Yujiro Takahashi, Dick Togo and EVIL, IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Torunament: Ryusuke Taguchi and Master Wato vs. Taiji Ishimori and Gedo, IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Torunament: Hiromu Takahashi and BUSHI vs. El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru. s.src = (document.location.protocol == "https:" ? Tomohiro Ishii, Hirooki Goto, & YOSHI-HASHI retained the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championships against Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano, & SHO, Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi, & SANADA defeated EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi, & Dick Togo, Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr., Taichi, & DOUKI defeated Kota Ibushi, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Master Wato, & Ryusuke, Taguchi Satoshi Kojima, Yuji Nagata, & Tomoaki Honma defeated Yota Tsuji, Yuya Uemura, & Gabriel Kidd. While his regular tag team partner El Phantasmo is still absent as a result of global events, Gedo will be his partner here.
In a major shake-up in management in NJPW, Harold Meij has resigned from his position…, This year's participants and blocks for this year's New Japan Pro Wrestling's G1 Climax tournament…, Tetsuya Naito had regained the IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championships. The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (IWGPジュニアタッグ王座, IWGP juniataggu ōza) is a professional wrestling tag team championship owned by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion.
In the first round of the New Japan Cup, BUSHI defeated YOH in a major upset. While not being the favorites of the tournament, Wato and Taguchi would be a breath of fresh air if they win the tournament. New Japan Pro Wrestling announced that Roppongi 3K have vacated the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championships due to an injury to YOH.
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This is a team that’s been around in NJPW since the return of Suzuki-gun at the beginning of 2016. The duo won the titles in the finals of the tournament, defeating Hiromu Takahashi and BUSHI on September 11 at New Japan Road in Korakuen.
Separately, Gedo and Jado are tied for most days as champion. [3] Being a professional wrestling championship, the title is won as a result of a predetermined outcome.
Even when Takahashi returned from injury, the team with BUSHI didn’t resurface until this tournament. While these shows are known for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Tournament, there will be more to keep an eye on.
Title changes happen mostly at NJPW-promoted events. The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team championship owned by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. Top two teams in the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Tournament face off. (function r(){if(!window.frames[e]){var t=a.body;if(t){var n=a.createElement("iframe");n.style.display="none",n.name=e,t.appendChild(n)}else setTimeout(r,5)}})();var c=[];function o(i){if(i&&i.data){var e,t="__tcfapiCall",c="string"==typeof i.data&&0<=i.data.indexOf(t);(e=c? The title was introduced on August 8, 1998 at a NJPW live event. The most proven effective combination in the league, can they convert to their second reign together? You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.
Gedo has been recently seen in NJPW as the punching bag of Kazuchika Okada. NJPW keep track of all championship title defenses per reign, which is unlike most mainstream wrestling organizations. With multiple events being this close to the G1 Climax, I’d expect some announcements for the singles tournament in question. The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship … However, this team carries the high of Ishimori and the possibility of Bullet Club causing some sort of interference. This allowed Desperado to hit his closed-fist punch and a Pinche Loco on BUSHI to win the match and the championships. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
Hiromu Takahashi is another man nursing a crushing loss in Jingu stadium, but having lost the singles IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship to Taiji Ishimori, Hiromu now shifts focus to tag team action. El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru are the new IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. He and BUSHI formed an effective team throughout 2017 and the early part of 2018, but were unable to seize IWGP gold before Hiromu suffered his neck injury in San Francisco.