NJPW World Tag League Night 9 Results – December 1, 2023
Location: Wakayama Japan
Venue: Wakayama Prefectural Gymnasium
Yuto Nakashima defeated Shoma Kato by submission via Boston Crab (4:21) (Dark Match)
6 Man Tag Team Match
Guerrillas Of Density (Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions El Phantasmo & Hikuleo & Jado) vs. Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Jack Bonza & Taiji Ishimori)
Bad Luck Fale rejects a handshake offer from Hikuleo then Bullet Club attacks to start the match and they work El Phantasmo over in their corner before Fale stood on Phantasmo’s back and there was the added weight of Taiji Ishimori climbing onto Fale.
ELP finally hits a DDT on Jack Bonza and he tags in Hikuleo & he hits a double clothesline before Fale pushed Hikuleo into ELP then Bonza hits a backbreaker over his knee on Jado then Fale hits an elbow drop on Jado to get the win.
Winners: Bullet Club (6:21)
Rate: 5
6 Man Tag Team Match
Just 5 Guys (KOPW 2023 Champion Taichi, Yuya Uemura & Douki) vs. Soberano Jr, Atlantis Jr & Tiger Mask IV
Taichi & Atlantis Jr starts this match and they immediately traded chops and Atlantis Jr hits a hurricanrana before Douki enters and hits a double stomp on Atlantis Jr’s stomach.
Tiger Mask IV enters and he ties up Douki on the mat before Soberano Jr hits a basement dropkick on Douki’s back then Yuya Uemura tags in and hits a flying forearm and deep arm drags before Soberano Jr hits a top rope corkscrew press on Uemura.
Atlantis Jr hits a backbreaker over his knee then Tiger Mask hits a Tiger Driver on Uemura for a near fall then a Crucifix Driver for a near fall then Uemura hits a top rope crossbody on Tiger Mask follow by Deadbolt Suplex gets the win.
Winners: Just 5 Guys (10:48)
Rate: 6
6 Man Tag Team Match
Monster Sauce (Lance Archer & Alex Zayne) & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Minoru Suzuki, Yuji Nagata & Master Wato
Lance Archer offers a handshake to Minoru Suzuki but Suzuki slaps it away and they immediately traded forearm strikes before Alex Zayne & Yuji Nagata enters with Nagata hitting some roundhouse kicks and a Helluva Kick.
Zayne hit a summersault axe kick to the back of the neck. Meanwhile, Archer & Suzuki traded more forearm strikes on the floor then in the ring Monster Sauce & Ryusuke Taguchi works over Nagata before Archer slams Zayne onto Nagata.
Suzuki got the hot tag and hits a Helluva Kick on Archer then tries a sleeper but Archer shrugs it off so Taguchi enters and hits some butt bumps on Suzuki then Master Wato tags in and battled Taguchi & Taguchi locks in Oh My & Garankle.
Wato hits a basement dropkick on the knee and they traded roll ups before Wato locks in The Vendeval for the submission win.
Winners By Submission: Minoru Suzuki, Yuji Nagata & Master Wato (9:42)
Rate: 6
8 Man Tag Team Match
Chaos (IWGP Tag Team Champions Hirooki Goto & Yoshi Hashi & Yoh) & Boltin Oleg vs. Los Ingobernables De Japon (NEVER Openweight Champion Shingo Takagi, Zandokan Jr, Yota Tsuji & Bushi)
Chaos & Boltin Oleg backs Yota Tsuji into his corner and they worked over Tsuji early on before Shingo Takagi & Oleg traded forearms before Yoshi Hashi enters and hits a swinging neckbreaker on Zandokan Jr before Bushi hits a dive through the ropes.
Bishamon works over Zandokan Jr with Yoshi Hashi hits Headhunter then Yoh hits a superkick on Bushi then a neckbreaker over his knee then Direct Drive to Bushi gets this win for his team.
Winners: Chaos & Boltin Oleg (9:57)
Rate: 6
Block A Match Of The 2023 World Tag League
House Of Torture (Yujiro Takahashi & Evil) (2) vs. Gates Of Agony (Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona) (2)
Losing team is mathematically eliminated.
House Of Torture & Gates Of Agony gave Two Sweet and were seemingly on the same page until Gates Of Agony attacks Dick Togo then Evil & Yujiro Takahashi and they peeled off House Of Torture t shirts.
House Of Torture rolls to the floor to stall and regroup before they all brawled on the floor before Sho & Yoshinobu Kanemaru joins in on beating down Gates Of Agony.
In the ring Bishop Kaun hits a flying dropkick and everyone was down before Toa Liona made the hot tag and he hits a short arm clothesline on Evil then hits a double shoulder tackle.
Togo hits knife edge chop to the groin of an upside down Kaun with Evil getting a near fall then as Gates Of Agony were getting the upper hand Sho & Kanemaru snuck in and hits low blows before Evil hits Everything Is Evil to get the win.
Winners: House Of Torture (4) (10:54) (Since Gates Of Agony lost they are mathematically eliminated)
Rate: 3
Block A Match Of The 2023 World Tag League
TMDK (Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste) (6) vs. Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa (4)
Mikey Nicholls & Ryohei Oiwa starts this match as they traded forearm strikes and TMDK works Oiwa over before Nicholls hits a DDT on Kaito Kiyomiya before Shane Haste hits rolling cannonball in the corner then a Falcon Arrow for a near fall.
Oiwa enters and hits some gutwrench suplexes on Haste then a powerslam for a near fall before TMDK hits a double team suplex.
Oiwa hits a back suplex then a German suplex then goes for the cover but Nicholls made the save then TMDK hits Oiwa with Tankbuster to get the win.
Winners: TMDK (8) (11:38)
Rate: 7
Block A Match Of The 2023 World Tag League
Bullet Club War Dogs (Alex Coughlin & Gabriel Kidd) (4) vs. United Empire (Great O Khan & Henare) (4)
Bullet Club War Dogs & United Empire brawled on the floor before Callum Newman hits a flip dive onto Bullet Club War Dogs then in the ring Henare hits a shoulder tackle on Alex Coughlin then kicks to the spine.
Gabriel Kidd & Great O Khan brawled over the guardrail and over to a wall far far from ringside. In the ring Coughlin hits a fallaway slam on Henare for a near fall then Kidd got in and they kept Henare in their corner.
O Khan finally got in and hits a TKO neckbreaker on Kidd for a near fall before Henare hits a powerbomb before O Khan hits a Tombstone Piledriver on Kidd for a near fall.
Coughlin & Henare traded punches and Coughlin blocks a Ultima attempt then Kidd hits a springboard stunner on O Khan and Bullet Club War Dogs drills O Khan to the mat with Hijack Piledriver to get the win.
Winners: Bullet Club War Dogs (6) (9:55)
Rate: 7
Block A Match Of The 2023 World Tag League
Chaos (NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Champion Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano) (4) vs. Shota Umino & Ren Narita (6)
Tomohiro Ishii & Ren Narita starts this match off with an lock up then they traded forearm strikes before Narita & Umino each hit sentons then Umino hit a series of forearms that Ishii no sold and Ishii beat Umino down with strikes in the corner.
Toru Yano enters and immediately removed a corner pad then slaps Umino in the back of the head to tick him off. Narita hits a running knee to the chest for a near fall then they all went to the floor with Yano brawling with Narita & Ishii fighting Umino.
In the ring Chaos kept Narita in their corner then Umino tags in and hits a fisherman’s suplex on Ishii then Umino & Ishii traded forearm strikes before Ishii hits a high back suplex and they were both down. Yano tags in but Umino hits a dropkick.
Narita hits a northern lights suplex on Yano for a near fall before Narita locks in a Sharpshooter on Yano and drags him to the center of the ring but Yano eventually reached the ropes. Narita locks in Cobra Twist but Yano powers out.
Yano did a slingshot sending Narita face first onto a turnbuckle then Narita again applied the Cobra Twist but Yano fired back with a belly 2 belly suplex and they were both down.
Ishii made the hot tag & Narita hits a German suplex with a high bridge for a believable near fall before Umino tags in and hits a DDT onto the ring apron on Ishii before Umino hits a slingshot stunner into the ring on Ishii then a powerslam rolls through and applied a crossface.
Narita hits Hart Attack clothesline with Umino makes the cover but Yano made the save then Umino sets up for Death Rider but Yano fought free.
Ishii immediately grabs Umino and hit a standing powerbomb for a near fall before Shota hit an enzuigiri on Ishii. Ren hit a Northern Lights Suplex on Ishii then an enzuigiri. Narita accidentally kicks Umino then Ishii hits a clothesline for a near fall on Umino.
Umino hits a shotgun dropkick and a clothesline on Ishii before Umino hits a half nelson suplex for a near fall. Umino nails Blaze Blade diving forearm to the back of the head but Ishii immediately hits an enzuigiri and they were both down.
Ishii hits a sliding clothesline then goes for the cover but Narita made the save before Umino again sets up for Death Rider but Ishii blocks it then Ishii hits a leaping headbutt to the chin then a Brainbuster for the win.
Winners: Chaos (6) (22:31)
Rate: 7
Block A Standings After Night 9
1st Place- TMDK (8 Points) (4-1)
2nd Place- Shota Umino & Ren Narita, Bullet Club War Dogs & Chaos (6 Points) (3-2)
3rd Place- Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa, House Of Torture & United Empire (4 Points) (2-3) (On the bubble)*
Last Place- Gates Of Agony (2 Points) (1-4) (Eliminated)
*On the bubble means they are on the verge of being mathematically eliminated.
