NJPW World Tag League 2025 night nine results, updated standings
The 2025 NJPW World Tag League continued on Tuesday in Yamanashi.
After five rounds, Gabe Kidd & Yota Tsuji sit alone atop the group at eight points and another five teams sit just below them at six points.
Toru Yano and Oleg Boltin are now 3-2 after beating Chase Owens and Yujiro Takahashi (0-5) in the first tournament match of today’s show. Boltin pinned Owens after his Kamikaze fireman’s carry slam finisher.
Bishamon (3-2) beat Don Fale & EVIL (3-2) in the second tournament match. The finish saw Dick Togo and SHO interfere, but when the dust settled, Fale picked up YOSHI-HASHI and was countered into his Itadakigari crucifix roll-up for the three count. House of Torture attacked YOSHI-HASHI after, but Goto and Tatsuya Matsumoto made the save.
Gabe Kidd and Yota Tsuji improved to a block-leading 4-1 after a tough win over Shuji Ishikawa & El Desperado (3-2) in the semi-main event. Tables and chairs factored into the bout, with Ishikawa giving Kidd a piledriver from the ring apron through a table on the outside. Kidd came up bleeding after the move but was only out of the match for one near fall. Kidd came back in, hit both his opponents with knee strikes and then tossed Desperado into a spear from Tsuji for the win. Tsuji stayed in the ring to celebrate longer than Kidd did, and they walked to the back separately. Kidd could be heard saying, “No, we won” to Tsuji before he left the ring.
The War Dragons (3-2) defeated Satoshi Kojima and Taichi (1-4) in the main event. Takagi, who was wrestling in his hometown, pinned Kojima after a Burning Dragon. After the match, Takagi cut a promo giving respect to Taichi, who is celebrating his 23rd wrestling anniversary, having debuted on December 2, 2003. Moloney cut a promo in Japanese and led the crowd in a Takagi chant. Takagi then got back on the mic and celebrated to close the show.
NJPW World Tag League results for December 2 in Yamanashi (A Block)
- A Block: War Dragons (Drilla Moloney & Shingo Takagi) (3-2) defeated Team 100 (Satoshi Kojima & Taichi) (1-4)
- A Block: Gabe Kidd & Yota Tsuji (4-1) defeated Shuji Ishikawa & El Desperado (3-2)
- A Block: Bishamon (YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto) (3-2) defeated Don Fale & EVIL) (3-2)
- A Block: Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano (2-2) defeated Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi (0-4)
- Yuya Uemura, Shota Umino & Shoma Kato defeated Hiromu Takahashi, David Finlay & Gedo
- Kosei Fujita, Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa defeated Daiki Nagai, OSKAR & Yuto-Ice
- Yoshinobu Kanemaru, SANADA & Ren Narita defeated Jakob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan
- Katsuya Murashima, El Phantasmo & Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Zane Jay, Alex Zayne & Lance Archer
NJPW World Tag League 2025 standings:
(Top two in each block advance to semifinals. A1 vs. B2, B1 vs. A2)
A Block:
- Yota Tsuji & Gabe Kidd (4-1): 8 points
- EVIL & Don Fale (3-2): 6 points
- El Desperado & Shuji Ishikawa (3-2): 6 points
- Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI (3-2): 6 points
- Toru Yano & Oleg Boltin (3-2): 6 points
- Shingo Takagi & Drilla Moloney (3-2): 6 points
- Taichi & Satoshi Kojima (1-4): 2 points
- Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens (0-5): 0 points
B Block:
- SANADA & Ren Narita (3-1): 6 points
- David Finlay & Hiromu Takahashi (2-2): 4 points
- Zack Sabre Jr. & Ryohei Oiwa (2-2): 4 points
- Great-O-Khan & Callum Newman (2-2): 4 points
- Lance Archer & Alex Zayne (2-2): 4 points
- Shota Umino & Yuya Uemura (2-2): 4 points
- OSKAR & Yuto-Ice (2-2): 4 points
- Hiroshi Tanahashi & El Phantasmo (1-3): 2 points
Upcoming Schedule
NJPW World Tag League lineup for December 3 in Shizuoka (B Block)
- B Block: Hiroshi Tanahashi & El Phantasmo (1-3) vs Monster Sauce (Alex Zayne & Lance Archer) (2-2)
- B Block: Yuya Uemura, Shota Umino (2-2) vs David Finlay & Hiromu Takahashi (2-2)
- B Block: Knockout Brothers (OSKAR & Yuto-Ice) (2-2) vs Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. (2-2)
- B Block: Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan (2-2)vs SANADA & Ren Narita (3-1)
NJPW World Tag League lineup for December 5 in Osaka (A Block)
- Bishamon (YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto) (3-2) vs Gabe Kidd & Yota Tsuji (4-1)
- Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano (3-2) vs War Dragons (Drilla Moloney & Shingo Takagi) (3-2)
- Shuji Ishikawa & El Desperado (3-2) vs EVIL & Don Fale (3-2)
- TEAM 100 (Satoshi Kojima & Taichi) (1-4) vs Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens (0-5)
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