NJPW World Tag League 2025 night 12 results, updated standings
The NJPW World Tag League 2025 continued on Sunday with a show in Ehime.
After the penultimate night in B Block, two teams sit atop the group with 8 points, another four teams are tied with 6, and two teams are eliminated from advancing with 4 points.
Callum Newman and Great-O-Khan (4-2) picked up a win over El Phantasmo and Hiroshi Tanahashi (2-4) in the opening tournament match of the show. The finish saw Tanahashi take O-Khan out on the outside leaving Newman and ELP the legal wrestlers. They exchanged pinning combinations until Newman grabbed a fistful of trunks and got the three count. The loss officially eliminates Tanahashi and ELP from advancing. Tanahashi went all around the ringside area greeting fans after the match as it will be his last time wrestling in Ehime.
Monster Sauce (Alex Zayne & Lance Archer) (3-3) beat IWGP Tag Team Champions The Knockout Brothers (Yuto-Ice & OSKAR) (3-3) in the second tournament match, which began with both teams brawling around the venue. The finish saw Monster Sauce get a near fall off Blackout Sauce on Yuto-Ice, but OSKAR broke up the pin and tossed Zayne out of the ring. OSKAR and Archer were then fighting on the turnbuckle when Zayne got back involved briefly, attempting what looked like a flying headscissors, but OSKAR tossed him to the floor again. Archer then ran in with a knee to OSKAR, gave him his Blackout finisher on top of Ice, and pinned Ice for the win. Archer cut a promo after the match and said Monster Sauce would win the tag league and go on to win the tag titles.
Zack Sabre Jr. & Ryohei Oiwa (3-3) kept their tournament hopes alive with a win over David Finlay and Hiromu Takahashi (2-4) in the semi-main event, eliminating their opponents from advancing. The finish saw Finlay once again attempt to slam his unwilling partner into his opponents, but missed and ended up slamming Takahashi into the turnbuckle instead. Moments later, ZSJ wrapped Takahashi up in a pinning combination and got the win. After the match, Finlay and Takahashi argued on the way to the back.
Shota Umino & Yuya Uemura (4-2) beat House of Torture’s SANADA & Ren Narita (3-3) in the main event of a show in Uemura’s hometown. The finish saw a ref bump and Dick Togo II (SHO) run in. However, SANADA missed a guitar shot and ended up hitting Narita. With SANADA and Uemura the two legal men, SANADA missed a shining wizard, Uemura hit a step up elbow drop followed by his Deadbolt Suplex for the win. Umino and Uemura cut promos after the match, but translations weren’t immediately available.
Heading into the final night of B Block round robin on Tuesday, only Newman & Khan and Uemura & Umino control their own destinies at 8 points, needing only a draw to advance. Everyone tied at six points will need a win and some help to advance. The top two teams in the group advance to the semi-finals. If two teams are tied, the tie-breaker is their head-to-head result. If more than two teams are tied, the teams with the highest points total in matches against the other tied teams advance.
NJPW World Tag League results for December 7 in Ehime (B Block)
- B Block: Shota Umino & Yuya Uemura (4-2) defeated SANADA & Ren Narita (3-3)
- B Block: Zack Sabre Jr. & Ryohei Oiwa (3-3) defeated David Finlay & Hiromu Takahashi (2-4)
- B Block: Lance Archer & Alex Zayne (3-3) defeated OSKAR & Yuto-Ice (3-3)
- B Block: Great-O-Khan & Callum Newman (4-2) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi & El Phantasmo (2-4)
- Shingo Takagi, Drilla Moloney & Daiki Nagai defeated Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Tatsuya Matsumoto
- EVIL, Don Fale, Dick Togo II (SHO) & Dick Togo III (Yoshinobu Kanemaru) defeated Toru Yano, Boltin Oleg, Katsuya Murashima & Zane Jay
- Taichi, Satoshi Kojima & Masatora Yasuda defeated Yota Tsuji, Gabe Kidd & Gedo
- Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi defeated Shoma Kato, Shuji Ishikawa & El Desperado
NJPW World Tag League 2025 standings:
A Block:
- Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI (4-2): 8 points
- Yota Tsuji & Gabe Kidd (4-2): 8 points
- Shingo Takagi & Drilla Moloney (4-2): 8 points
- EVIL & Don Fale (4-2): 8 points
- El Desperado & Shuji Ishikawa (3-3): 6 points
- Toru Yano & Oleg Boltin (3-3): 6 points
- Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens (1-5): 2 points
- Taichi & Satoshi Kojima (1-5): 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
Upcoming Schedule
Monday, December 8 in Hiroshima (A Block final night or round-robin)
- A Block: El Desperado & Shuji Ishikawa (3-3) vs. Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens (1-5)
- A Block: Yota Tsuji & Gabe Kidd (4-2) vs. Taichi & Satoshi Kojima (1-5)
- A Block: Toru Yano & Oleg Boltin (3-3) vs. EVIL & Don Fale (4-2)
- A Block: Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI (4-2) vs. Shingo Takagi & Drilla Moloney (4-2)
Tuesday, December 9 in Fukuoka (B Block final night of round-robin)
- B Block: OSKAR & Yuto-Ice (3-3) vs. Shota Umino & Yuya Uemura (4-2)
- B Block: Zack Sabre Jr. & Ryohei Oiwa (3-3) vs. Lance Archer & Alex Zayne (3-3)
- B Block: David Finlay & Hiromu Takahashi (2-4) vs. Great-O-Khan & Callum Newman (4-2)
- B Block: Hiroshi Tanahashi & El Phantasmo (2-4) vs. SANADA & Ren Narita (3-3)
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