First two teams advance to NJPW World Tag League 2025 semifinals
The A Block representatives in the World Tag League 2025 semifinals were determined on Monday with Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHi and Yota Tsuji & Gabe Kidd advancing out of block action.
Entering the last night of A Block matches, there was a logjam at the top of the standings with four teams tied with eight points. Goto & YOSHI-HASHI and Tsuji & Kidd emerged as the only teams to reach the 10-point mark. Because they defeated Tsuji & Kidd earlier in the tournament, Goto & YOSHI-HASHI earned first place in the block while Tsuji & Kidd are the second-place finishers.
Here are the quick results from today:
- A Block: Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI defeated Shingo Takagi & Drilla Moloney
- A Block: Toru Yano & Oleg Boltin defeated EVIL & Don Fale
- A Block: Yota Tsuji & Gabe Kidd defeated Taichi & Satoshi Kojima
- A Block: El Desperado & Shuji Ishikawa defeated Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens
- OSKAR, Yuto-Ice & Daiki Nagai defeated Shota Umino, Yuya Uemura & Shoma Kato
- Great-O-Khan, Callum Newman & Jakob Austin Young defeated David Finlay, Hiromu Takahashi & Gedo
- Zack Sabre Jr., Ryohei Oiwa & Hartley Jackson defeated Lance Archer, Alex Zayne & Zane Jay
- Ren Narita, SANADA & Yoshinobu Kanemaru defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, El Phantasmo & Katsuya Murashima
After B Block has its final night tomorrow, the semifinals will take place this Wednesday (December 10) and Friday (December 12). The finals will then be held on Sunday (December 14). Goto & YOSHI-HASHI will face the second-place team from B Block, and Tsuji & Kidd will meet the B Block winners.
The winning team will be in line to challenge for the IWGP Tag Team titles, which are currently held by OSKAR & Yuto-Ice.
NJPW World Tag League 2025 standings —
A Block:
- First place — Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI (5-2): 10 points
- Second place — Yota Tsuji & Gabe Kidd (5-2): 10 points
- Shingo Takagi & Drilla Moloney (4-3): 8 points
- El Desperado & Shuji Ishikawa (4-3): 8 points
- Toru Yano & Oleg Boltin (4-3): 8 points
- EVIL & Don Fale (4-3): 8 points
- Taichi & Satoshi Kojima (1-6): 2 points
- Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens (1-6): 2 points
B Block:
- Great-O-Khan & Callum Newman (4-2): 8 points
- Shota Umino & Yuya Uemura (4-2): 8 points
- SANADA & Ren Narita (3-3): 6 points
- OSKAR & Yuto-Ice (3-3): 6 points
- Zack Sabre Jr. & Ryohei Oiwa (3-3): 6 points
- Lance Archer & Alex Zayne (3-3): 6 points
- David Finlay & Hiromu Takahashi (2-4): 4 points
- Hiroshi Tanahashi & El Phantasmo (2-4): 4 points
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