NJPW World Tag League 2025 night seven results, updated standings
NJPW’s 2025 World Tag League continued on Saturday with an event in Aomori.
After four rounds, three teams sit atop the group with 3-1 records.
The War Dragons team of Shingo Takagi and Drilla Moloney improved to 2-2 in the opening contest, beating the now 0-4 House of Torture duo of Chase Owens and Yujiro Takahashi. The finish saw a ref bump, a low blow from Takahashi on Moloney, and Owens attempting to use a branding iron before Takagi and Moloney fended off the HOT tactics. Takagi pinned Owens after a Moloney-assisted Made in Japan.
House of Torture’s tactics were more successful in the second tournament match of the night. EVIL and Don Fale improved to 3-1 with a win over Taichi and Satoshi Kojima (1-3). A ref bump led to EVIL motioning for someone from House of Torture to come out for help. Taichi made the ill-advised choice to grab a chair and walk up the ramp, expecting interference from that direction. Yoshinobu Kanemaru entered from the opposite side, hit the whiskey mist on Kojima, and EVIL followed with Everything is Evil for the pin.
El Desperado and Shuji Ishikawa improved to 3-1 with a victory over Bishamon in the semi-main event, dropping the three-time tournament winners to 2-2. Walker Stewart noted on commentary that Ishikawa and Desperado are working like a well-oiled machine right now. Ishikawa scored the fall on YOSHI-HASHI after a knee to the face and his Giant Slam finish.
The teams of Toru Yano & Boltin Oleg and Gabe Kidd & Yota Tsuji both entered today’s main event with 2-1 records. The finish saw Kidd avoid a corner charge from Yano, who ran into the exposed turnbuckle. Kidd followed with his knee-to-the-face strike before he and Tsuji hit their War Blaster spear/clothesline combo for the win.
After the match, Kidd cut an expletive-laced promo that Walker Stewart said he would not translate, even though most of it was in English. Tsuji cut a promo too but translations weren’t available. Kidd then closed the show with a very vulgar message.
Night Seven results for November 29 in Aomori (A Block)
- A Block: Yota Tsuji & Gabe Kidd (3-1) defeated Toru Yano & Boltin Oleg (2-2)
- A Block: El Desperado & Shuji Ishikawa (3-1) defeated Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) (2-2)
- A Block: EVIL & Don Fale (3-1) defeated Team 100 (Taichi & Satoshi Kojima) (1-3)
- A Block: War Dragons (Drilla Moloney & Shingo Takagi) (2-2) vs Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens (0-4)
- Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. defeated El Phantasmo, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Katsuya Murashima
- Ren Narita, SANADA & Yoshinobu Kanemaru defeated David Finlay, Gedo & Hiromu Takahashi
- Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan & Jakob Austin Young defeated The Knockout Brothers (OSKAR & Yuto-Ice) & Daiki Nagai
- Monster Sauce (Alex Zayne & Lance Archer) & Zane Jay defeated Shoma Kato, Shota Umino & Yuya Uemura
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 (3-1): 6 points
- EVIL & Don Fale (3-1): 6 points
- El Desperado & Shuji Ishikawa (3-1): 6 points
- Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI (2-2): 4 points
- Toru Yano & Oleg Boltin (2-2): 4 points
- Shingo Takagi & Drilla Moloney (2-2): 4 points
- Taichi & Satoshi Kojima (1-2): 2 points
- Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens (0-4): 0 points
B Block:
- David Finlay & Hiromu Takahashi (2-1): 4 points
- Zack Sabre Jr. & Ryohei Oiwa (2-1): 4 points
- Great-O-Khan & Callum Newman (2-1): 4 points
- Lance Archer & Alex Zayne (2-1): 4 points
- SANADA & Ren Narita (2-1): 4 points
- Shota Umino & Yuya Uemura (1-2): 2 points
- OSKAR & Yuto-Ice (0-2): 0 points
- Hiroshi Tanahashi & El Phantasmo (0-2): 0 points
Upcoming Schedule
Night Eight lineup for November 30 in Akita (B Block)
- David Finlay & Hiromu Takahashi (2-1) vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (Ren Narita & SANADA) (2-1)
- Knockout Brothers (Yuto-Ice & OSKAR) (1-2) vs United Empire (Great-O-Khan & Callum Newman) (2-1)
- Shota Umino & Yuya Uemura (1-2) vs Monster Sauce (Alex Zayne & Lance Archer)(2-1)
- Hiroshi Tanahashi & El Phantasmo (0-3) vs TMDK (Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr.) (2-1)
Night Nine lineup for December 2 in Yamanashi (A Block)
- Team 100(Satoshi Kojima & Taichi) (1-3) vs War Dragons(Drilla Moloney & Shingo Takagi) (2-2)
- Shuji Ishikawa & El Desperado (3-1) vs Gabe Kidd & Yota Tsuji (3-1)
- Bishamon (YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto) (2-2) vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (Don Fale & EVIL)(3-1)
- Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano (2-2) vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi) (0-4)
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