Shootkick Man
06-18-2014, 11:57 PM
Because you normally can’t have a tournament in puroresu without the previous year’s champions, NOAH has announced today that the New Japan duo of Tiger Mask 4 & Jushin Liger, who won the G+ Jr. Tag League last year, have been added to this year’s event and will presumably round out the field. Liger & TM 4 won the tournament in their first try last year. The blocks of 5 will be announced later.
Also, there is an apparent typo on NOAH’s website in this report-my translation indicates that the last item in the article states the winning team will become the 18th GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. That is incorrect-Zack Saber Jr. & Yoshinari Ogawa are still the champions and are the 21st champions. Whoever wins won’t become champions unless Saber & Ogawa have to give up or vacate the titles. (But that was the case last year when TM 4 & Liger became the 18th champions by winning the tournament)
Also, there is an apparent typo on NOAH’s website in this report-my translation indicates that the last item in the article states the winning team will become the 18th GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. That is incorrect-Zack Saber Jr. & Yoshinari Ogawa are still the champions and are the 21st champions. Whoever wins won’t become champions unless Saber & Ogawa have to give up or vacate the titles. (But that was the case last year when TM 4 & Liger became the 18th champions by winning the tournament)