NJPW Super Juniors Tag League Night 7 Results – December 4, 2022
Location: Yamaguchi Japan
Venue: Yamaguchi KDDI Ishin Hall
Tag Team Match
Kosei Fujita & Yuto Nakashima vs. Oskar Leube & Ryohei Oiwa
Ryohei Oiwa locks in a Boston Crab then drags Kosei Fujita to the middle of the ring, and leaned back for pressure until Fujita finally taps out.
Winners By Submission: Oskar Leube & Ryohei Oiwa (7:04)
Rate: 5
6 Man Tag Team Match
Bullet Club (Junior Heavyweight Champion Taiji Ishimori,Bad Luck Fale & Gedo) vs. Master Wato,Yoshi Hashi & Tomoaki Honma
Bad Luck Fale & Tomoaki Honma starts this match off before Fale easily shoved him to the mat. Fale hit a double shoulder tackle on Honma & Yoshi Hashi. Bullet Club works over Honma. Honma hit a delayed vertical suplex on Taiji Ishimori before Master Wato tags in and hit a springboard flying forearm on Ishimori.
Ishimori hit a handspring back spin kick on Wato. Yoshi Hashi enters and traded chops with Gedo. Yoshi Hashi hit a standing neckbreaker. Fale hit a running Stinger Splash on Yoshi Hashi. Gedo got brass knuckles but Yoshi Hashi caught him with a superkick. Honma hit a 2nd rope Kokeshi on Gedo. Yoshi Hashi then locks Gedo in the Butterfly Lock for the submission win.
Winners By Submission: Master Wato,Yoshi Hashi & Tomoaki Honma (8:30)
Rate: 4
6 Man Tag Team Match
Los Ingobnrables De Japon (KOPW 2022 Champion Shingo Takagi,Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi) vs. Suzuki Gun (Minoru Suzuki,Lance Archer & El Desperado)
Los Ingobnrables De Japon & Suzuki Gun brawls at the bell with El Desperado & Hiromu Takahashi fighting onto the floor. In the ring, Minoru Suzuki began peppering Takahashi with overhand chops to the chest and Suzuki Gun worked Takahashi over in their corner. Shingo Takagi makes the hot tag and he traded blows with Lance Archer.
Archer nailed a Pounce, but he missed a splash. Archer hit a flying crossbody on both Naito & Takagi. Naito & Suzuki traded forearms then Suzuki Gun worked over Naito. Suzuki set up for a Gotch Style Piledriver but Naito escaped. Takagi nails a Pumping Bomber clothesline on Suzuki before Naito covers him for the win.
Winners: Los Ingobnrables De Japon (8:16)
Rate: 6
2022 Super Juniors Tag League Match
Bullet Club (Ace Austin & Chris Bey) (10) vs. Kushida & Kevin Knight (2)
Chris Bey & Kevin Knight kicks this match off before Knight would apply a side headlock, with Bey shoving him off before hitting a running shoulder tackle. Bey would get cocky and was dropped by a shoulder tackle before trying to take Knight down with a headscissors takedown and failing.
Knight with a springboard crossbody, before a twisting splash for a two count. Kushida & Knight would take turns wrenching on the arm of Bey, before a double knee drop to the arms. Ace Austin would look to save his partner, before being dropped with a running knee lift. Bullet Club would avoid dives to the floor, fleeing into the crowd.
Kushida & Knight took chase with Knight getting Bey back into the ring. Bey would block a springboard crossbody with a dropkick, before Austin would get a kick to the back of Knight’s head. A headscissors would be applied to Knight who was able to shift his way to freedom before the snap suplex.
The step over armbar was applied, Austin using his back to hide a laminated card that sliced between the fingers of Knight. Bey would lose control of Knight with a backdrop, allowing the tag to Kushida. A series of hard strikes would follow with Kushida wiping out Austin with a crossbody before Bey took the hip toss into dropkick combo.
Austin would be taken into an armbar but shifted Kushida into a triangle choke before a powerbomb. Bey would be launched into the cutter, but was instead caught with a German suplex before Austin took the Too Fly Dropkick. Jet Flight Dropkick was set, but Austin would save Bey who was placed on the top rope for a hurricanrana before the Jet Flight landed for a two count.
Austin would use his parkour skills to cut Knight & Kushida down, before hitting a twisting suplex. Bey would be caught on the top rope with a handspring kick, before Kushida was sent to the floor for a PK from Austin. Knight would try to make the dive to the floor, but Bey caught him with a cutter.
Back in the ring, Bey would be launched into the Art Of Finesse before Austin connects with The Fold to get the win.
Winners: Bullet Club (12) (10:16)
Rate: 7
2022 Super Juniors Tag League Match
Wild Hips (4) vs. Flying Tigers (4)
Clark Connors would kick things off with Robbie Eagles, forcing Eagles to the ropes and hitting a knee to the midsection. Eagles missed a boot to the face and was run down with a stiff shoulder tackle. Ryusuke Taguchi hit the ring and was thrown into the corner, before Connors ran in for a spear, missing Eagles and catching his partner.
Tiger Mask IV hits the ring, and was able to help Eagles cut Connors down with a combination of kicks. Eagles tried to keep the pressure on but was launched with the Jeep Flip allowing the tag to Taguchi. A series of hip attacks would follow before Taguchi would look for Dodon only for Eagles to counter.
Eagles would land an enziguri, before Tiger Mask hit the ring and was hit with some hip attacks. Taguchi would look to catch Eagles or Tiger Mask with a stinkface, only for Flying Tigers to isolate Connors for the hold. Connors would be defeated by the ass of his own partner, and realizing what happened, Taguchi fired up and missed a flying hip attack.
A set of roundhouse kicks to the head of Taguchi would follow, before he was thrown into the corner. Tiger Mask kept the kicks coming, before setting up a Butterfly Suplex for a two count. Taguchi kicked out right into a Kimura Lock in the middle of the ring with Eagles fighting to free his partner.
Taguchi would pull his tights down and try to pin Tiger Mask only for Eagles & Connors to complicate the situation, rolling the pinfall back & forth until Tiger Mask & Taguchi collapsed to the side. Connors would take a dropkick to the knee, before coming back with a flying hip attack and pulling his tights down, before being shot from the sky with a kick.
Tiger Mask would look for the Tiger Driver in the ring with Taguchi able to counter and with the help of Connors roll up Tiger Mask to get the win.
Winners: Wild Hips (6) (9:17)
Rate: 5
2022 Super Juniors Tag League Match
Los Ingobnrables De Japon (Bushi & Titan) (8) vs. House Of Torture (2)
House Of Torture would attack Los Ingobnrables De Japon before the bell, then they would work to isolate Titan in the ring, only for Titan to be able to easily fight both men off using his speed to cause Dick Togo to attack Sho before sending them to the floor. Titan slided partially under the bottom rope, only to chop both men on the back.
House Of Torture teased a fight in the ring, before hugging it out and being sent to the floor. They’d use a Young Lion as a shield from dives over the top rope, before Sho drags Bushi to the crowd and threw him into a wall. Back in the ring, Togo would get a two count on Titan, before applying a rear chinlock.
Titan wiggled about to get a foot on the bottom rope before Togo hit his signature running fist drop. He’d go after the mask of Titan in the House Of Torture corner but was unable to get it off. Sho would continue the work, before being dropped by a swift kick from Titan. Bushi hit the ring and hit the basement dropkick, before a double hurricanrana to House Of Torture.
Sho would be spiked with a DDT, before being thrown into the corner and avoiding a rushing back elbow. Bushi hit the Pendulum Kick, before a springboard dropkick. Sho would be sent to the floor, but Togo tripped Bushi before he could complete a dive. Togo would hit a low blow, before Sho tried to use his wrench.
Titan took Sho down with a DDT, before sending Togo to the floor and wiping both out with a tope con hilo. Back in the ring, Togo was hit with the running lariat, with Titan slipping to the floor. Bushi hit the Codebreaker Hold, only for Evil & Yujiro Takahashi to take Titan down before the double stomp.
Bushi would be shoved into the referee, and suddenly it was 4 on 2. Sho would be taken down, before Evil was ran into Takahashi by Bushi before Titan hit a split legged dropkick. House Of Torture would be dropped with a springboard moonsault, before MX into Angel Immortal gets the job done.
Winners: Los Ingobnrables De Japon (10) (11:56)
Rate: 4
2022 Super Juniors Tag League Match
Chaos (8) vs. El Lindaman & Alex Zayne (10)
Lio Rush & Alex Zayne starts us off before Rush blocks a hurricanrana attempt before missing a pump kick but catching Rush with a double knee drop and a running shooting star senton. El Lindaman would get the tag, hitting a scoop slam and an elbow drop before running Yoh off the apron and throwing him into the ring post. Yoh would be fired up by this, getting the tag and taking the fight to Lindaman in the ring with a stiff chop.
Lindaman would be tripped up and caught with a dropkick to the side of the face before a cocky cover for a one count. They’d brawl into the corner, with Lindaman tripping Yoh and choking him with his boot. Zayne would follow up with a PK to the spine, before applying a dragon sleeper in the middle of the ring. Yoh would fight back, hitting a neckbreaker to open up the door for a tag to Rush.
Rush would be met by Lindaman, able to corner him and leapfrog over Zayne to catch him with a spear to his own partner. Lindaman would be sent to the floor and hit with a dive, before taking a spear from Rush in the ring for a two count. Yoh would be placed into the corner alongside Rush with Rush taking a hurricanrana before having Yoh suplexed onto him.
German suplex would follow on Rush with Lindaman getting a two count. Rush would use Zayne to launch himself into a tag to Yoh. Back to Yoh & Lindaman, they’d trade forearm smashes in the ring before Lindaman would hit a chokeslam. Brainbuster would be blocked into a Falcon Arrow before a German suplex sent Lindaman into the corner.
Yoh rushed in, only to be thrown into the corner with an exploder suplex. Kumigoroshi would set Yoh up for the Cinnamon Twist, but Rush would make the last second save to take Zayne off the top rope. Lindaman would be quick to drop Rush with a DDT, before Yoh hit a rising knee and the Air Raid Crash.
Zayne tried to hit the Taco Driver but Yoh blocked into a roll up for two. Lindaman would catch him with a German suplex but Rush altered the pinfall to put Yoh on top. Rush would isolate Lindaman on the floor, before Yoh caught Zayne with the Five Star Clutch for the victory.
Winners: Chaos (10) (11:56)
Rate: 8 (Recommend)
Non Title 2022 Super Juniors Tag League Match
Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Catch 22 (10) vs. Suzuki Gun (Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Douki) (2)
Match starts off with TJP & Yoshinobu Kanemaru then they’d battle over control of a wrist lock, with TJP able to take Kanemaru down with a headscissors hold. TJP would be rolled back up to his feet, before they’d both go for shoulder tackles and then both for drop downs. Kanemaru had a kick caught, but TJP was convinced to put the foot down.
Francesco Akira & Douki would trade arm drags in the middle of the ring, before TJP would launch Akira into Douki setting up a roll into a double stomp. Akira would follow up with a shotgun dropkick, getting a two count before dropping Douki again with a stiff forearm smash. TJP got the tag, setting up the floating senton for another two count.
A spinning face wash on the mat would be followed by the Muta Lock. Douki would wrestle his way free, only to take a hammerlock armbreaker and to have Akira thrown onto him for a senton. Kanemaru would take this fight to the floor, driving Akira face first off the ring post before hitting a single leg dropkick to the side of the head.
Back in the ring, Douki would keep the pressure on Akira, before Kanemaru would simply stomp on his face. Akira tried to fight back, but was driven back into the corner with a rake to the eyes. Running boot to the jaw would follow, before Kanemaru was dropped with a running enziguri. TJP would get the tag, and hit the running face wash in the corner before a tornado DDT for a two count.
TJP would signal for the Mamba Splash but Kanemaru was able to roll to freedom. Akira would hit the ring to be thrown into a dropkick, before Douki fell to a double sidewalk slam. Suzuki Gun would roll to the floor, and Akira caught them with a dive over the top rope. Akira would spike Kanemaru with a German suplex, only for Douki to break the pinfall up.
Douki came off the top rope with a dropkick, taking Akira down before a Coffin Splash to TJP. Northern lights suplex would follow, with Douki getting a two count. Kanemaru would hit the British Fall, and Douki followed with a double stomp before applying the Douki Chokey. TJP attempted to make the save, but was caught in the Figure 4.
Akira was urged to not submit by TJP, and was able to get his foot on the bottom rope but Douki held on for a few more seconds to set up Daybreak This was blocked into a snap dragon suplex before Kanemaru ran Akira down with a big boot. Douki would trade blows with Akira in the middle of the ring, before taking the alley oop facebuster and Speed Fire for a near fall.
Kanemaru once again saved the match, before Akira would be ran into the referee. The bottle of whisky was grabbed, and Kanemaru set up the Suntory Special. He’d use the mist to take out Akira before a DDT to TJP. Douki hits Daybreak but Akira managed to kick out before Douki hits Suplex De La Luna for the win.
Winners: Suzuki Gun (4) (18:40)
Rate: 7
Super Juniors Tag League Standings After Night 7
1st Place- Bullet Club (12 Points) (6-1)
2nd Place- Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Catch 22, El Lindaman & Alex Zayne, Los Ingobnrables De Japon & Chaos (10 Points) (5-2)
3rd Place- Wild Hips (6 Points) (3-4) (Eliminated)
4th Place- Flying Tigers & Suzuki Gun (4 Points) (2-5) (Eliminated)
Last Place- Kushida & Kevin Knight & House Of Torture (2 Points) (1-6) (Eliminated)
