NJPW World Tag League and AJPW Real World Tag Update
New Japan Pro-Wrestling's World Tag League tournament progressed with matches in both A and B blocks over the weekend, while All Japan Pro Wrestling's Real World Tag League advanced through its early nights, showcasing intense tag team competition across Japan's professional wrestling landscape.
On Saturday in Fujisawa City, the B Block opened with four round-robin bouts. Lance Archer and Alex Zayne of The Monstersauce secured a victory over House of Torture's SANADA and Ren Narita, overcoming interference including a referee bump and a whisky spray. Archer and Zayne sealed the win with their Blackout Sauce finisher on SANADA. In the second match, TMDK's Zack Sabre Jr. and Ryohei Oiwa defeated United Empire's Great-O-Khan and Callum Newman in a competitive exchange, using a double-team big boot into a German suplex for the pin. Yuya Uemura and Shota Umino then upset El Phantasmo and Hiroshi Tanahashi in the semi-main event, hitting a clothesline-Dragon Suplex combination followed by Umino's Second Chapter on Phantasmo. Post-match, three of the wrestlers knelt and bowed in respect, though Uemura remained upright. The main event saw David Finlay and Hiromu Takahashi defeat IWGP...