NJPW World Tag League Night 16 Results – December 10, 2023
Location: Kumamoto Japan
Venue: Grand Messe Kumamoto
Tag Team Match
Ryusuke Taguchi & Boltin Oleg vs. Asosan & Kodai Nozaki (Pre Show)
Boltin Oleg & Asosan starts this match before Ryusuke Taguchi & Kodai Nozaki enters and Taguchi’s butt bumps didn’t budge him then Oleg flips Kodai in his arms.
Nozaki splashed Oleg & he easily tossed Taguchi around then splashes onto Taguchi then goes for the cover but Oleg made the save then Nozaki hits a Pounce on Oleg before Taguchi hits Nozaki with Kido Clutch for the win.
Winners: Ryusuke Taguchi & Boltin Oleg (5:53)
Rate: 4
6 Man Tag Team Match
TMDK (Mikey Nicholls, Shane Haste & Kosei Fujita) vs. Soberano Jr, Atlantis Jr & Master Wato
Shane Haste & Atlantis Jr starts this match then TMDK hits some double team moves on Soberano Jr & Mikey Nicholls rips at his mask before Soberano Jr hits a Fosbury Flop to the floor as Master Wato whips Kosei Fujita into a guardrail.
In the ring Nicholls hits a DDT on Atlantis Jr then Fujita hit a dropkick then a missile dropkick on Wato. Atlantis Jr & Soberano Jr hits planchas to the floor.
Wato mouse traps Fujita’s arms and got a seatbelt cover for a near fall then Wato immediately hits Fujita with Tsutenkaku German Suplex to get the win.
Winners: Soberano Jr, Atlantis Jr & Master Wato (8:34)
Rate: 6
8 Man Tag Team Match
Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Jack Bonza, Alex Coughlin & Gabe Kidd) vs. Monster Sauce (Lance Archer & Alex Zayne), Minoru Suzuki & Yuji Nagata
Bad Luck Fale & Lance Archer starts this match with shoulder tackles and neither man going down before Yuji Nagata & Alex Coughlin enters with Coughlin hitting a back suplex.
Bullet Club works over Nagata in their corner before Minoru Suzuki finally made the hot tag and hits a Helluva Kick on Gabriel Kidd then sets up for the Gotch Style Piledriver but Kidd fought free.
Zayne tags in and battles Jack Bonza before Bonza hits a short arm clothesline for a near fall then Suzuki hits Gotch Style Piledriver on Bonza before Monster Sauce hits Blackout Sauce for the win.
Winners: Monster Sauce, Minoru Suzuki & Yuji Nagata (8:49)
Rate: 6
8 Man Tag Team Match
Chaos (NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Champion Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano) & Young Blood (Yuto Nakashima & Oskar Leube) vs. United Empire (Great O Khan, Callum Newman, Jeff Cobb & Henare)
United Empire & Chaos & Young Blood brawled at the bell as Yuto Nakashima & Callum Newman fought in the ring while the others were on the floor before United Empire works over Toru Yano in the ring.
Henare & Tomohiro Ishii battled with Ishii hitting a vertical suplex then Jeff Cobb enters and battles Oskar Leube before Leube hits a leg drop for a near fall before Cobb hits Tour Of The Islands on Leube to get the win.
Winners: United Empire (6:55)
Rate: 6
Tag Team Match
House Of Torture (Ren Narita & Sho) vs. Shota Umino & Tiger Mask IV
House Of Torture & Shota Umino & Tiger Mask IV brawled at the bell then Tiger Mask hits a butterfly suplex on Sho then a tilt a whirl backbreaker on Dick Togo.
Ren Narita came out of nowhere and applied a Rear Naked Choke on Umino and they brawled to the floor.
Narita hops in the ring and hits an X Factor on Tiger Mask to get the win for House Of Torture.
Winners: House Of Torture (0:37)
Rate: 1
6 Man Tag Team Match
House Of Torture (Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi & Evil) vs. Kaito Kiyomiya, Ryohei Oiwa & Tomoaki Honma
House Of Torture attacks Kaito Kiyomiya, Ryohei Oiwa & Tomoaki Honma at the bell before Kiyomiya & Oiwa hits stereo dropkicks on Yoshinobu Kanemaru before House Of Torture hits a snap suplex on Oiwa on the bare floor.
In the ring Evil hits a bodyslam on Oiwa & House Of Torture kept him in their corner before Oiwa hits a gutwrench suplex on Kanemaru and he tags in Kiyomiya & hits a series of dropkicks on House Of Torture.
House Of Torture took control with Evil hitting a suplex for a near fall then bell rang and Evil celebrated but the referee yanks down Evil’s arm as it was Dick Togo that rang the bell.
Honma got the hot tag to enter & hits some chops on Evil but he missed Kokeshi then Togo hits a 2nd rope Kokeshi onto Honma’s groin with Evil making the cover for a near fall.
Honma hits a Kokeshi on Evil then a diving headbutt for a near fall before Kanemaru sprayed alcohol in Honma’s eyes then Evil hits Everything Is Evil for the win.
Winners: House Of Torture (11:01)
Rate: 3
Tag Team Match
NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Champions Kazuchika Okada & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Gates Of Agony (Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona)
Kazuchika Okada & Toa Liona starts this match off and Okada couldn’t bodyslam him but Liona easily body slams Okada then Bishop Kaun stomped on Okada before Okada finally hits a flapjack on Kaun and tags in Hiroshi Tanahashi.
Tanahashi hits a 2nd rope summersault senton onto Kaun before Tanahashi hits a twisting neckbreaker on Liona then Okada re enters and hits a DDT on Liona but Liona pops back to his feet.
Okada hits another DDT but he again couldn’t hit a bodyslam on Liona then he finally hits a bodyslam on the 3rd attempt but he immediately clutched at his lower back.
Gats Of Agony hits Fall From Heaven on Okada then goes for the cover but Tanahashi made the save.
Tanahashi hits a plancha to the floor on Kaun then Okada hits a dropkick on Liona then a scoop bodyslam then Rainmaker gets the win.
Winners: NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Champions Kazuchika Okada & Hiroshi Tanahashi (11:54)
Rate: 7
10 Man Tag Team Match
Just 5 Guys (IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Sanada, KOPW 2023 Champion Taichi, Yuya Uemura, Taka Michinoku & Douki) vs. Los Ingobernables De Japon (NEVER Openweight Champion Shingo Takagi, 2023 G1 Climax Winner Tetsuya Naito, Zandokan Jr, Yota Tsuji & Bushi)
Sanada & Tetsuya Naito starts this match off with an lock up before Shingo Takagi & Taichi enters with Takagi hitting chops and Taichi hitting spin kicks to the thigh before Takagi battles Douki in the ring while others brawled on the floor.
Bushi hits a standing neckbreaker on Douki before Zandokan Jr enters and hits a delayed vertical suplex and a Lionsault for a near fall on Douki. Sanada & Naito re enters with Sanada hitting a dropkick on the knee.
Sanada ties Bushi in Paradise Lock and he hits a dropkick on Naito then Sanada went for Skull End but Naito escaped then Bushi hits a top rope missile dropkick on Sanada.
Taka Michinoku ties up Bushi on the mat and cranked back on the head then hits Michinoku Driver then goes for the cover but Yota Tsuji made the save. Tsuji & Yuya Uemura traded chops and Uemura hits a back suplex and a dropkick.
Takagi fires back with the Pumping Bomber then Naito hit a tornado DDT on Sanada before Zandokan Jr hits a Tiger Driver on Michinoku and he was fired up.
He dove to the floor on Douki then in the ring Bushi hits MX on Michinoku for the win.
Winners: Los Ingobernables De Japon (16:04)
Rate: 6
Champion vs. Champions Finals Of The 2023 World Tag League
Block B Winners 2 IWGP Tag Team Champions Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & Yoshi Hashi) vs. Block B Winners 1 Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions Guerrillas Of Density (El Phantasmo & Hikuleo)
Yoshi Hashi & El Phantasmo starts this match before Guerillas Of Density began working over Hirooki Goto in their corner. Hikuleo hits a DDT for a near fall then Goto hits a decapitating clothesline on ELP.
Yoshi Hashi made the hot tag and Bishamon works over Phantasmo before ELP hits a hurricanrana on Yoshi Hashi but he couldn’t make the hot tag.
Hikuleo finally tags in and hits a snake eyes and a shoulder tackle on Goto then a double clothesline then ELP hits a top rope moonsault to the floor on Bishamon.
Hikuleo went under the ring and pulls out a table & they set it up on the floor & Hikuleo places Yoshi Hashi on the table.
ELP went to the top rope but Goto made the save before Phantasmo could dive onto Yoshi Hashi then in the ring Hikuleo & Goto hits simultaneous clotheslines and were both down.
Yoshi Hashi & Phantasmo tags in and traded forearm strikes. ELP hits a springboard crossbody then he dove through the ropes onto Yoshi Hashi then in the ring ELP hits a Swanton Bomb and a Lionsault for a near fall.
ELP hits Sudden Death on Yoshi Hashi & Hikuleo immediately hits Godsend then ELP went for the springboard Thunder Kiss 86 but Yoshi Hashi got his knees up and rolls up ELP for a near fall before ELP hits a stunner on Goto.
ELP hits a 2nd rope sit out powerbomb on Yoshi Hashi but Goto made the save then Hikuleo missed a top rope frog splash then Goto finally got the hot tag and hits a Saito Suplex on ELP for a near fall before ELP got a backslide for a near fall.
Goto hit a neckbreaker over his knee and he ties up Phantasmo on the mat and cranks on his left arm then Goto hits another neckbreaker over his knee before Bishamon sets up for Shoto but Hikuleo made the save.
Yoshi Hashi hits Headhunter with Goto making the cover on ELP for a near fall before Bishamon hits Shoto then goes for the cover but ELP kicks out and everyone was down.
Bishamon clotheslines Hikuleo over the top rope to the floor before Hikuleo & Goto fought on the ring apron right above the unbreakable table.
Yoshi Hashi made the save & Bishamon hits Shoto on Hikuleo leaping off the ring apron and crashing through the table as ELP was down on the mat while the others were down on the floor.
Bishamon got in the ring & ELP tried hitting chops and forearms on both of them before they set up for Shoto but ELP escaped & he hits a neckbreaker and Sudden Death and got a near fall.
ELP hits a neckbreaker over his knee but Goto kicks out at 1 then ELP hits CRII for a near fall then Goto slams ELP for a near fall.
Goto hits a top rope bulldog for a near fall before Bishamon finally hits Shoto on ELP to get the victory.
Winners Of The 2023 World Tag League: IWGP Tag Team Champions Bishamon (40:30)
Rate: 9 (Recommend)
After the match Bishamon & GOD shake hands.
