Finals set for NJPW Super Junior Tag League
The finals are set for the 2023 Super Junior Tag League.
The round-robin portion of the tournament concluded with a three-way tie atop the group after Thursday’s show in Osaka. Catch 2/2, El Desperado & Master Wato, and SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru all finished with 12 points.
Catch 2/2 advance to Saturday’s finals on tie-breakers as they defeated both SHO & Kanemaru and Wato & Desperado in the round-robin.
Kanemaru & SHO also advanced as they defeated Wato & Desperado in the main event of Thursday’s show.
Despite going into Thursday as the only team that controlled their own destiny, Master Wato & El Desperado are eliminated on tie-breakers despite a 6-3 record.
Super Junior Tag League 2023 night nine results:
- Super Junior Tag League 2023 match: SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru (6-3, 12pts) defeated Master Wato & El Desperado (6-3, 12pts)
- Super Junior Tag League 2023 match: Francesco Akira & TJP (6-3, 12pts) defeated KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight (5-4, 10pts)
- Super Junior Tag League 2023 match: Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles (4-5, 8pts) defeated Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney (5-4, 10pts)
- Super Junior Tag League 2023 match: YOH & MUSASHI (4-5, 8pts) vs. TITAN & BUSHI (5-4, 10pts)
- Super Junior Tag League 2023 match: DOUKI & TAKA Michinoku (2-7, 4pts) defeated The DKC & Ryusuke Taguchi (2-7, 4pts)
Super Junior Tag League standings —
- TJP & Francesco Akira: 12 points (6-3)
- SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru: 12 points (6-3)
- El Desperado & Master Wato: 12 points (6-3)
- Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney: 10 points (5-4)
- KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight: 10 points (5-4)
- BUSHI & Titan: 10 points (5-4)
- Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita: 8 points (4-5)
- YOH & MUSASHI: 8 points (4-5)
- DOUKI & TAKA Michinoku: 4 points (2-7)
- Ryusuke Taguchi & The DKC: 4 points (2-7)
Catch 2/2 vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SHO will meet in the finals on Saturday at Power Struggle.
NJPW Power Struggle November 4 lineup:
- IWGP United Kingdom/United States Champion Will Ospreay defends against Shota Umino
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi defends against Taiji Ishimori
- NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Champions Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tomohiro Ishii defend against Zack Sabre Jr., Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls
- Jon Moxley vs. Great-O-Khan
- Super Junior Tag League finals: TJP & Francesco Akira vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SHO
- SANADA & Yuya Uemura vs. Tetsuya Naito & Yota Tsuji
- David Finlay vs. Tanga Loa
- Frontier Zone match: Mochizuki Jr., Yoshiki Kato & Strong Machine J vs. three NJPW wrestlers (pre-show)
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