Results - NJPW Best of Super Juniors and World Tag Leaguw FInals (Tokyo, Japan) 15th Dec, 2022
12/15/21 Results for New Japan's Best of Super Jr. 28 and World Tag League 2021 from Ryogoku, Tokyo, Japan:
1 - Kosei Fujita, Yuto Nakashima and Ryusuke Taguchi vs. DOUKI, TAKA Michinoku and Minoru Suzuki
DOUKI applies the Italian Stretch No. 32 to Fujita.
Fujita submits.
2 - Ryohei Oiwa and Tiger Mask vs. El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori
ELP hits Sudden Death on Oiwa.
Ishimori pins Oiwa.
After the match, Ishimori and ELP beat down Tiger Mask and Oiwa. Oiwa takes another Sudden Death. Tiger Mask is about to get a Sudden Death, when Robbie Eagles makes the save. Bullet Club beats down Eagles until Ryusuke Taguchi comes help. Bullet Club escapes. Taguchi hits Eagles and Tiger Mask with hip attacks. Taguchi grabs the IWGP Jr. Tag Team belts and dances with them.
They tease a 3-way match for the IWGP Jr. Tag Team belts between Ishimori and ELP, Eagles and Tiger Mask and Taguchi (with Rocky Romero).
3 - Master Wato, Tomoaki Honma, Togi Makabe and Toru Yano vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Desperado, Zack Sabre Jr. and Taichi
ZSJ traps Honma in a Triangle Choke.
Honma submits.
4 - Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima, Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Chase Owens, Bad Luck Fale, Tanga Loa and Tama Tonga, with Jado
Tanahashi misses a High Fly Flow on Owens. Owens follows with a V-Trigger. Owens goes to pick up Tanahashi for a Package Piledriver. Tanahashi reverses into a Victory Roll.
Tanahashi pins Owens.
Owens looked disappointed by the decision. He had words with Tanahashi after the match.
The lights go out and KENTA appears on the big screen. He said that he heard Tanahashi's challenge for his IWGP U.S. Heavyweight Title. KENTA said that he will put up the title in a No Disqualification Match. Tanahashi agrees to the stipulation.
A video plays for Katsuyori Shibata. Shibata comes to the ring in a suit. He bows to the crowd. Shibata was emotional as he takes the mic and says that he will have a match on January 4 at Wrestle Kingdom.
5 - SANADA and Tetsuya Naito vs. Great O-Khan and Jeff Cobb, with Aaron Henare
Cobb picked up Naito for a powerbomb but Naito took him down with hurricanrana and rolls him up.
Naito pins Cobb.
Cobb attacks Naito after the match. Naito uses his quickness and sends Cobb to the floor. Naito poses in te ring. Cobb tries to go after Naito in the ring. Naito and SANADA jump out of the ring and heads to the locker room. Cobb was steaming mad. He chases Naito back to the locker room.
This is a potential tease of a clash between Tetsuya Naito and Jeff Cobb, or their respective factions, at Wrestle Kingdom.
6 - BUSHI and Shingo Takagi vs. Robbie Eagles and Kazuchika Okada
Okada hit a Rainmaker on BUSHI.
Okada pins BUSHI.
Okada still carries the old IWGP Heavyweight Title. The Rainmaker looked sharp in this match and looks ready for Wrestle Kingdom.
World Tag League 2021 Final Match
YOSHI-HASHI and Hirooki Goto vs. Yujiro Takahashi and EVIL, with Dick Togo
Tons of cheating by House of Torture, but yet a back and forth contest. CHAOS hits a GYW and then a Shoto on Yujiro. Togo pulls the referee out of the ring. EVIL attacks Goto with a chair. Togo chokes out YOSHI-HASHI. Tomohiro Ishii runs to the ring to make the save. EVIL tries to hit Ishii with the chair but he blocks it. Ishii plants Togo with a back suplex. He hits a headbutt and lariat on EVIL. Ishii cheers his teammates on as hit exits. EVIL gets hit off the apron into the guardrails. YOSHI-HASHI blocks a low blow by Yujiro. CHAOS hits Yujiro with a spinning neck breaker out of a full nelson.
