NJPW World Tag League Night 1 Results – November 20, 2023
Location: Tokyo Japan
Venue: Korakuen Hall
Oskar Leube defeated Shoma Kato via Body Slam (4:37) (Pre Show)
Tag Team Match
Just 5 Guys (Taka Michinoku & Douki) vs. Soberano Jr & Atlantis Jr
Douki & Soberano Jr starts this match and Soberano Jr hits a spinning corkscrew press before Douki hits a double stomp to the chest for a near fall. Atlantis Jr tags in Atlantis Jr. hits several backbreakers over his knee.
Taka Michinoku tags in and hit a Mafia Kick for a near fall then he cranks back on Atlantis Jr’s head before Atlantis Jr hits a powerslam.
Soberano Jr hits a Fosbury Flop to the floor & Atlantis Jr puts Michinoku in Atlántida for the submission win.
Winners By Submission: Soberano Jr & Atlantis Jr (7:07)
Rate: 6
8 Man Tag Team Match
Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Taiji Ishimori, Jack Bonza & Gedo) vs. Monster Sauce (Lance Archer & Alex Zayne), Minoru Suzuki & Yuji Nagata
Taiji Ishimori & Minoru Suzuki starts this match before Suzuki & Gedo brawled before Bad Luck Fale enters & stood on Suzuki’s stomach before Suzuki ignores Yuji Nagata to tag in Lance Archer.
Jack Bonza hits Alex Zayne with a clothesline before Zayne hits a tornado DDT then Archer tried to bodyslam Fale but he couldn’t so Fale grabs him and hit a Samoan Drop.
Nagata enters and hits some roundhouse kicks to Gedo’s chest before Suzuki applied a sleeper on Ishimori then Nagata locks Gedo in Nagata Lock II for the submission win.
Winners By Submission: Monster Sauce, Minoru Suzuki & Yuji Nagata (7:08)
Rate: 5
6 Man Tag Team Match
Just 5 Guys (IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Sanada, KOPW 2023 Champion Taichi & Yuya Uemura) vs. Los Ingobernables De Japon (Yota Tsuji, Zandokan Jr & Bushi)
Yuya Uemura & Yota Tsuji kicks this match off before Zandokan Jr enters and faces Taichi with Zandokan Jr. hitting a shoulder tackle before Sanada enters and hit dropkicks on Yota Tsuji & Bushi then planchas to the floor.
Sanada ties Tsuji in the Paradise Lock then Uemura tags in and chops Tsuji before Tsuji stomps on his head.
Sanada hits a dropkick then Uemura hit a top rope crossbody on Bushi then hits Deadbolt Suplex to get the win for Just 5 Guys.
Winners: Just 5 Guys (9:57)
Rate: 6
6 Man Tag Team Match
Guerrillas Of Density (Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions El Phantasmo & Hikuleo & Jado) vs. Chaos (IWGP Tag Team Champions Hirooki Goto & Yoshi Hashi & Yoh)
El Phantasmo & Hirooki Goto starts this match off then Goto hits a shoulder tackle that drops Phantasmo before ELP hits a dropkick then Hikuleo hits a double clothesline on Bishamon.
Hikuleo hit a chop on Yoshi Hashi and Guerrillas Of Density works Yoshi Hashi over in their corner. Goto made the hot tag and hits shoulder tackles on Hikuleo but he wouldn’t go down.
Goto hits a back suplex for a near fall before Hikuleo blocks a bulldog and hits a modified Blue Thunder Bomb then Yoh enters and traded quick reversals with ELP.
Yoh hits Vader Bomb style elbow drop for a near fall before ELP hits a Lionsault for a near fall.
Yoh hits a Falcon Arrow for a near fall but he couldn’t hit Direct Drive. ELP hits Yoh with CRII to get the win.
Winners: Guerrillas Of Density (10:02)
Rate: 6
Block A Match Of The 2023 World Tag League
TMDK (Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste) (0) vs. Gates Of Agony (0)
Shane Haste & Bishop Kaun starts this match as Kaun hit a senton before Toa Liona enters and hits a headbutt on Haste for a near fall then Nicholls whips Kaun into the guardrail and shoved him back into the ring where Haste got a near fall and TMDK works him over.
Liona enters and hits some Forever Clotheslines then a Samoan Drop for a near fall on Haste. Liona ran into the corner but his head hit the ring post.
Kaun hits a top rope superplex on Haste for a near fall before TMDK drills Kaun to the mat with Tankbuster for the win.
Winners: TMDK (2) (10:52)
Rate: 6
Block A Match Of The 2023 World Tag League
Chaos (NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Champion Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano) (0) vs. House Of Torture (Yujiro Takahashi & Evil) (0)
House Of Torture attacks as Chaos entered the ropes and they all brawled to the floor as Toru Yano playfully slaps Yujiro Takahashi in the back of the head before he rams Yano into the guardrail.
In the ring House Of Torture works over Yano with Evil choking him with a shirt. Yano hits a belly 2 belly suplex on Takahashi then Ishii made the hot tag and he hits shoulder tackles on House Of Torture.
Ishii hits a Saito suplex on Takahashi for a near fall then a delayed vertical suplex and they were both down. Evil & Yano enters & Yano yanked him to the mat by his hair.
He got a schoolboy for a near fall before Evil hits a fisherman’s suplex for a near fall then Yano hits a low blow and got a rollup for a near fall as the ref was pulled to the floor.
Dick Togo jumps in the ring but Takahashi accidentally hit him then Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho hits the ring and also attacked with Kanemaru spraying alcohol in Yano’s face. Evil hits Everything Is Evil on Yano for the win.
Winners: House Of Torture (2) (9:16)
Rate: 4
Block A Match Of The 2023 World Tag League
Bullet Club War Dogs (Gabriel Kidd & Alex Coughlin) (0) vs. Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa (0)
Gabriel Kidd & Kaito Kiyomiya charged at each other and traded forearms before Alex Coughlin & Ryohei Oiwa traded blows on the floor.
In the ring Bullet Club War Dogs works over Oiwa as Coughlin drops him with some chops before Oiwa hits a gutwrench suplex on Coughlin then Kiyomiya made the hot tag and dropkicks Coughlin.
Kidd backs Kiyomiya in a corner and repeatedly punched him then he turns and shoved the ref then Kiyomiya mounted him and punched Kidd in the face before Oiwa hits a back suplex on Coughlin then Kidd hits a back suplex on Oiwa.
Kiyomiya hits a Tiger Suplex on Kidd for a near fall and he was fired up then Coughlin hits Kiyomiya with a leaping football tackle then Kidd nails a brainbuster on Kiyomiya for a near fall.
Bullet Club War Dogs peeled back the mat at ringside but Kiyomiya managed to hit a back body drop on Coughlin on the exposed floor then they all brawled on the floor and were ignoring the referee’s count.
Kiyomiya dove back into the ring at the 19 count but Bullet Club War Dogs made it in.
Winners By Count Out: Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa (2) (12:03)
Rate: 6
Block A Match Of The 2023 World Tag League
United Empire (Great O Khan & Henare) (0) vs. Shota Umino & Ren Narita (0)
Both teams brawled at the bell then Ren Narita & Henare fought in the ring while Shota Umino & Great O Khan fought on the floor. Henare hit a shoulder tackle on Narita then a kick to the spine.
Narita hits northern lights suplex with a bridge for a near fall then Umino hits a summersault senton for a near fall before Henare began working over Umino & O-Khan enters and hits Mongolian Chops on Umino.
Narita gets in and hits another northern lights suplex on O Khan then he locks in a Texas Cloverleaf but O Khan reaches the ropes before O Khan hits a gutwrench suplex.
Narita hits a German suplex with a bridge for a near fall and he was fired up but O Khan drops him with a clothesline and they were both down. Henare re enters and hits a knee lift to Narita’s gut in the corner.
Narita hit a spinning leg lariat before Umino made the hot tag and hits a flying forearm on Henare then a fisherman’s suplex for a near fall then an exploder suplex.
Umino hit a DDT onto the ring apron with Henare falling to the floor then in the ring Umino hits a swinging neckbreaker on Henare for a near fall then they got up and traded forearm strikes before Umino hits a dropkick before Henare hits a running Penalty Kick to the chest.
Umino nails a Tornado DDDT. Henare hits Berzerker Bomb then O Khan made the hot tag & put Umino in a Torture Rack and turned it into a neckbreaker for a near fall.
He locks in a modified Anaconda Vice on the mat before O Khan hits a butterfly suplex for a near fall then Umino applied a modified crossface on the mat but O Khan reaches the ropes.
Narita & Umino hits Hart Attack on O Khan for a near fall then Narita hits an exploder before Umino hits a half nelson suplex for a near fall but Henare made the save.
Henare hits a shotgun dropkick then O Khan locks in a Sheep Killer and slams Umino to the mat then goes for the cover but Narita made the save. Henare hits a powerbomb for another near fall.
Umino hits a tornado DDT on Henare then Umino & Narita hit stereo enzuigiris on O Khan. Umino hits a diving forearm to the back of the head then Death Rider on Henare for the win.
Winners: Shota Umino & Ren Narita (2) (24:40)
Rate: 7
Block A Standings After Night 1
1st Place- Shota Umino & Ren Narita, Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa, House Of Torture & TMDK (2 Points) (1-0)
Last Place- Bullet Club War Dogs, Gates Of Agony, United Empire & Chaos (0 Points) (0-1)
