Aussie Open’s Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis are now NJPW dual champions.
The IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Aussie Open won the NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Titles by winning a Triple Threat over former champions The Motor City Machine Guns and the team of Kazuchika Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi at Saturday’s Capital Collision event. In the final round, Aussie Open double team Chris Sabin hit Coriolis for the pin.
After the match, Fletcher declared Aussie Open the best tag team in the world. Fans chanted for AEW World Tag Team Champions FTR, but Fletcher dismissed them and stated that Aussie Open intends to start their own collection of title belts because they rule the world.
Aussie Open is in their second reign with the titles, having been crowned the inaugural NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions in July 2022. Sabin and Alex Shelley began their first reign as champions on October 28, 2022, when they defeated Aussie Open at NJPW Rumble on 44th Street. For 169 recognized days, the Guns held the straps.
Several photos of Saturday’s main event title change from the Sports & Entertainment Arena in Washington, DC are included below:
Two men with an intense rivalry over the years team up in hopes of winning tag team gold. #njcapital pic.twitter.com/fFmQ39BPzV
— FITE (@FiteTV) April 16, 2023
Will the new IWGP Tag Champs, #AussieOpen add to their collection? #njcapital pic.twitter.com/n4DDf9qIRC
— FITE (@FiteTV) April 16, 2023
Will the legendary Motor City Machine Guns be #AndStill at the end of the night? #njcapital pic.twitter.com/06uRVUoONX
— FITE (@FiteTV) April 16, 2023
It's Main Event Time at #njcapital pic.twitter.com/HFBFdKfiFs
— FITE (@FiteTV) April 16, 2023
The action is underway and it's already HOT! #njcapital pic.twitter.com/eM1Hkd8pZc
— FITE (@FiteTV) April 16, 2023
Aussie Open are the first ever dual IWGP and STRONG Tag Team Champions after a gripping three way main event in DC!#njcapital reporthttps://t.co/gKBdvrI6s2
Watch the replay now!https://t.co/poZQHcy5GN#njpwSTRONG pic.twitter.com/lXWLIct0Wb
— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) April 16, 2023
RUN
THE
WORLD pic.twitter.com/TjI3K2rvzD
— dunkzilla – マーク・デイビス (@DUNKZILLADavis) April 16, 2023
double double double double double double double double double double double double double double double pic.twitter.com/N3ZTWmuFPD
— Kyle Fletcher カイル・フレッチャー (@kylefletcherpro) April 16, 2023
CONGRATULATIONS to the new STRONG Openweight Tag team Champions @kylefletcherpro and @dunkzilladavis!
Order the Capital Collision replay NOW!https://t.co/poZQHcyDwl#njpwSTRONG #njcapital pic.twitter.com/2iIuZzhS2r
— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) April 16, 2023
