NJPW crowns World Tag League tournament winners
New World Tag League winners have been crowned.
Zack Sabre Jr. and Ryohei Oiwa of TMDK won this year’s tournament, defeating Yota Tsuji and Gabe Kidd in the finals. The closing minutes of the match had Kidd battling Oiwa until the latter blasted Kidd with a huge lariat. Kidd fell on top of his head and Oiwa covered him to win the tournament, setting up a likely IWGP Tag Team title match at Wrestle Kingdom 20 against current champions Knock Out Brothers (Yuto-Ice and Oskar).
After the match, it was Oiwa who cut a promo for the team, saying he was not a NPC, he was the main character and has gotten stronger by being a part of TMDK, thanking Sabre. He said they would be on top in 2026 and NJPW will also be on top. The show ended with streamers and the tournament winners posing with their trophies.
In comments made backstage following the show, Sabre told Oiwa that they had to take the titles from the Knock Out Brothers, saying they are a real tag team now.
Yuto-Ice and Oskar nearly made it to the finals before losing the B Block tiebreaker match against Sabre and Oiwa, who advanced to the finals with eight points. Tsuji and Kidd advanced to the finals from the A Block with 10 points, edging out Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI via tiebreaker.
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