Penultimate night for B Block
Monday December 4 sees the penultimate night for B Block’s WTL campaign. With only two matches left, the backmarkers will be eliminated, and only the best of the best will remain to determine who reaches Friday’s semifinals.
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Main event: WTL B Block- Monstersauce (Lance Archer & Alex Zayne) (4-1) vs Yota Tsuji & Zandokan Jr. (2-3)
Tsuji & Zandokan Jr. must win
While Yota Tsuji and Zandokan Jr. are not entirely out of the running, their path to the final four is the most convoluted, requiring a multi team tie for second at eight points. To keep even that hop ealive, they must win tonight against Monstersauce, who were handed their first loss Saturday in Osaka by Nagata and Suzuki. Will they get back on the winning track and eliminate Tsuji and Zandokan in the process?
8th match:: WTL B Block- Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) (-) vs Yuji Nagata & Minoru Suzuki (1-4)
Bishamon must win
Nagata and Suzuki are mathematically eliminated
Yuji Nagata and Minoru Suzuki were the first team in this year’s tournament to be mathematically eliminated, but with nothing left to lose, the two were able to get their first points on the board against league leaders Monstersauce on Saturday. Now, even though they leave much to be desired as a compatible duo, the two look to double up against the IWGP Tag Team Champions tonight. For Bishamon, anything less than a win is unacceptable- will the veteran enemies spoil the chances of an unprecedented threepeat?
7th Match: WTL B Block- Guerrillas of Destiny (Hikuleo & El Phantasmo) (3-2) vs Soberano Jr. & Atlantis Jr. (2-2-1)
Atlantis Jr & Soberano jr. must win
Results have been mixed for both sides in this contest; especially for team CMLL who are dead even at 2-2-1 with two matches to go. Now the rubber hits the road, and Atlantis and SOberano have to win, with Guerrillas of Destiny close to the bubble themselves. can the STRONG Tag Champions show superiority, or will the masked luchadors hang in there?
6th Match:WTL B Block- Just Five Guys (Taichi & Yuya Uemura) (4-1) vs BULLET CLUB Rogue Army (Jack Bonza & Bad Luck Fale) (1-4)
Rogue Army are mathematically eliminated
Taichi and Yuya Uemura might not have been full of flashy double team combinations in this tournament, but a classical style from Uemura and the hard hits from Taichi have seen them to immense success, with only one loss. They will look to punch their ticket to the final four tonight if they can, but Fale and Bonza, now out of the running, will be looking to spoil as many teams as they can from here on out.
5th Match: TMDK (Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls & Kosei Fujita) vs BULLET CLUB (Gabe Kidd, Alex Coughlin & Taiji Ishimori)
TMDK’s last league match on December 6 will pit Shane Haste and Mikey Nicholls against the War Dogs Gabe Kidd and Alex Coughlin. This last preview for their league campaign will also include some high pace and high intensity exchanges for Kosei Fujita and Taiji Ishimori.
4th Match: Shota Umino, Ren Narita & Ryusuke Taguchi vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi & Dick Togo)
HOUSE OF TORTURE will be looking to spoil Ren Narita and Shota Umino’s run to the last four when they meet on December 6. Before they pull out all the stops to enact that dastardly plan, a chance for the young Hontai side to do valuable scouting tonight.
3rd Match: Tomoaki Honma, Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano vs United Empire (Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan & HENARE)
A GBH reunion of Honma, Yano and Ishii go up against the United Empire in six man action. will this match be a sign of things to come in the critical last league night?
2nd Match: Ryohei Oiwa, Kaito Kiyomiya & Oskar Leube vs Bishop Kaun, Toa Liona & Boltin Oleg
Kiyomiya and Oiwa’s last league match will pit them against the Gates of Agony in a battle of two outside teams. This last preview tag adds Leube and Boltin, who has gelled well with Gates of Agony on the road this tour.
1st Match: Los Ingobernables De Japon (BUSHI & Shingo Takagi) vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
A unique start to the action tonight, and an added attraction for the nine matches on the card sees a rare bout unconnected to the World Tag League competition. The KOPW 2023 title connects three of these four men, with the belt having gone from Shingo Takagi, via Taichi to SHO and back again this year. Taichi has demanded he face Yoshinobu Kanemaru for that title before the year is out, but might the winner of this tag opener have the strongest claim?
