NJPW crowns Super Junior Tag League 2023 winners
NJPW crowned the winners of Super Junior Tag League 2023 at today’s Power Struggle event in Osaka.
Catch 2/2’s TJP & Francesco Akira overcame Bullet Club’s House of Torture’s Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SHO and claimed victory in the tournament finals at Power Struggle.
House of Torture attacked Catch 2/2 both before the match and during the contest after a referee bump, but TJP & Akira landed their tandem knee finisher to claim victory and earn a shot at the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship at Wrestle Kingdom 18 in the Tokyo Dome on January 4, 2024.
After their win, TJP & Akira were attacked by the Junior Heavyweight Tag champs, the Bullet Club War Dogs Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors.
Connors & Moloney defeated TJP & Akira at NJPW Strong Independence Day in July to kick off their current title reign.
Catch 2/2 are former two-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions.
Three matches are now set for Wrestle Kingdom:
- IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: SANADA defends against Tetsuya Naito
- Bryan Danielson vs. Kazuchika Okada
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: Bullet Club War Dogs (Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney) defend against United Empire’s Catch 2/2 (TJP & Francesco Akira)
Final Super Junior Tag League 2023 standings —
- TJP & Francesco Akira: 12 points (6-3) — Winners
- SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru: 12 points (6-3) — Finalists
- 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)
- Ryusuke Taguchi & The DKC: 4 points (2-7)
- DOUKI & TAKA Michinoku: 4 points (2-7)
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