Teams for the 2015 New Japan Tag League announced
New Japan announced the teams for this year’s World Tag League tournament, which starts on November 21st at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, with the finals on December 9th in Sendai.
Michael Bennett & Matt Taven
Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian
Hiroshi Tanahashi & Michael Elgin
Kazuchika Okada & Yoshi-Hashi
Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata
Shinsuke Nakamura & Tomohiro Ishii
Tetsuya Naito & Evil
Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma
Kazushi Sakuraba & Toru Yano
Tama Tonga & Bad Luck Fale
A.J. Styles & Yujiro Takahashi
Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson
Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan
Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi
Last year’s finals saw Block B winners Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata beat Block A winners Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson.
The Tag League scoring system is identical to that used for the annual G-1 Climax singles tournament.
Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez review Friday’s New Japan Power Struggle show on Saturday’s Wrestling Observer Radio.
Dave Meltzer is the founder and lead writer on the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the weekly constant when it comes to news and reviews in pro wrestling and mixed martial arts for more than 40 years. Dave also co-hosts Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and had had bylines for The National, Yahoo Sports, MMA Fighting and others.