Super Junior Tag League finals confirmed for NJPW Power Struggle
The finals of NJPW’s Super Junior Tag League will be a three-way match.
The last match before the finals took place at this morning’s Road to Power Struggle event in Shizuoka. SHO & YOH defeated KUSHIDA & Chris Sabin, which means that there’s a three-way tie for first place. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kaemaru, Shingo Takagi & BUSHI, and SHO & YOH all finished at 10 points with a 5-2 record.
Desperado & Kanemaru hold the tiebreaker over Takagi & BUSHI, SHO & YOH hold the tiebreaker over Desperado & Kanemaru, and Takagi & BUSHI have the tiebreaker over SHO & YOH. Because of that, it will be Desperado & Kanemaru vs. Takagi & BUSHI vs. SHO & YOH at Power Struggle in Osaka on Saturday. If Desperado & Kanemaru don’t win, the winning team could be in line for a title shot at Wrestle Kingdom 13.
Here’s the updated card for Power Struggle:
- IWGP Intercontinental Champion Chris Jericho defending against EVIL
- RevPro British Heavyweight Champion Tomohiro Ishii defending against Minoru Suzuki
- Tetsuya Naito vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
- NEVER Openweight Champion Taichi defending against Hirooki Goto
- Hiroshi Tanahashi & David Finlay vs. Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi
- Kazuchika Okada & Beretta vs. Jay White & Bad Luck Fale
- El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Shingo Takagi & BUSHI vs. SHO & YOH in the Super Junior Tag League finals
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