First team advances to NJPW World Tag League finals
One half of the NJPW World Tag League 2024 finals has been sorted out.
Gabe Kidd & SANADA emerged as the A Block winners on Thursday with a victory over Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI, who were looking to win the tournament for a fourth consecutive year. Instead, Kidd & SANADA are heading to the finals for the first time as a team. SANADA is a two-time Tag League winner in 2017-2018 when EVIL was his partner.
Kidd & SANADA ended A Block action with a 5-2 record and 10 points. That was good for sole possession of first place at the top of the block.
The B Block winners will be determined on Friday with the finals then taking place this Sunday (December 8). Entering the last day of B Block matches, Great-O-Khan & HENARE, Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi, and Toru Yano & Oleg Boltin are still alive with a chance to win. O-Khan & HENARE vs. Naito & Hiromu is happening on Friday and will likely decide the block winners, though Yano & Boltin could still force a three-way tie if they win their match against Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls and Naito & Hiromu defeat O-Khan & HENARE.
O-Khan & Henare are the current IWGP Tag Team Champions. The Tag League winners — if it’s not them — will be in line for a shot at the belts.
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