On Monday, NJPW's road to Wrestle Kingdom continued with the start of World Tag League 2023.
Night one of the tournament took place from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and featured A Block matches. Here are the results from the show:
NJPW is back at Korakuen Hall on Tuesday for World Tag League night two, which will consist of the first B Block action of the tournament.
The tournament runs through December 10. The winning team will be in line to challenge Goto & YOSHI-HASHI for the IWGP Tag Team titles at Wrestle Kingdom 18 on January 4.
World Tag League 2023 standings:
A Block —
Shota Umino & Ren Narita (1-0): 2 pointsKaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa (1-0): 2 pointsEVIL & Yujiro Takahashi (1-0): 2 pointsShane Haste & Mikey Nicholls (1-0): 2 pointsGreat-O-Khan & HENARE (0-1): 0 pointsAlex Coughlin & Gabe Kidd (0-1): 0 pointsTomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano (0-1): 0 pointsBishop Kaun & Toa Liona (0-1): 0 points
B Block —
Click Here: Hirooki Goto.& YOSHI-HASHIHikuleo.& El PhantasmoTaichi & Yuya UemuraYota Tsuji & Zandokan Jr.Lance Archer & Alex ZayneBad Luck Fale & Jack BonzaYuji Nagata & Minoru SuzukiAtlantis Jr. & Soberano Jr.