New Japan Pro Wrestling 11/26/2024 World Tag League 2024 Day 6

New Japan Pro Wrestling 11/26/2024 World Tag League 2024 Day 6

Day 5 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2024/11/new-japan-pro-wrestling-11242024-world.html

Daiki Nagai vs. Masatora Yasuda

They lock up and roll on the ropes. Yasuda hits forearms then takes forearms. Yasuda side headlock takeovers him, Nagai headscissors him and they standoff. Yasuda hammerlocks him then Nagai reverses it. Yasuda side headlocks him. Nagai wristlocks him. Yasuda wristlocks him then Nagai grabs the leg.

Nagai shoulders him over and stomps on him. Nagai hiptosses him for 2. They trade chest chops and forearms. Nagai armbars him. Nagai puts another armbar on and Yasuda ropebreaks after a while.

They trade forearms. Nagai hits slaps then takes a high dropkick. Nagai rolls him up for 2 then slams him. Yasuda crabs him and this goes to a 10 minute draw.

Thoughts: It was the usual match between these two. They made me think we might actually get a finish here at times so that's a win but there wasn't a lot going on except for the basics in this one. 

Shota Umino, Tiger Mask & Tomoaki Honma vs. FUNKY SAUCE (Alex Zayne & Ryusuke Taguchi) & Katsuya Murashima

KM = Katsuya Murashima, RT = Ryusuke Taguchi

Honma and Alex go at it. Alex side headlocks him and they they trade forearms. Alex drops knees on his back and hits a cinnamon twist. Shota get sent into the rails outside and RT gets in. RT slaps Honma in the butt then hip attacks him in the back of the neck.

Alex hip attacks Honma's head then RT does hip attacks on Honma. Honma back elbows him and misses a falling headbutt. RT then misses a falling headbutt. Honma then finally hits one.

Shota running back elbows RT then dropkicks Alex. Shota fisherman suplexes RT for 2. Shota avoids a double tem and takes an enzugiri from RT. Honma shoulders over RT then Alex flipping legdrops the back of HOnma's neck. Shota tornado ddt's Alex.

KM gets in and hits forearms on Tiger. He then hits a nice dropkick on him for 2. Tiger spin kicks him then buzzsaw kicks him in the head. Tiger paradise locks KM and taps out.

Thoughts: It was the usual lower card match here with everyone getting a segment in and not much else. I was surprised to see Honma take the flipping legdrop on his neck considering the issues he's had with it.

Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) & Shoma Kato vs. TMDK (Kosei Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr.)

Oiwa and Goto lock up. Oiwa shoulders him over then hiptosses him. Oiwa falling splashes him for 2. Oiwa takes a double shoulderblock then Goto suplexes Zack onto Oiwa. Kato then shoulders Kosei over. Oiwa gets his back triple clubbed on.

Kato hits forearms on Oiwa. Oiwa boots him out of the corner then Kato dropkicks him. Oiwa back body drops Kato. Oiwa hammerlocks Kato. Kato takes a back elbow and a kick. Kosei slams Kato for 2. Zack arm throws Kato.

Zack arm throws Kato then armbars him. Kato hits forearms on Zack then dropkicks him. Goto gets in and shoulders Zack over. Goto spinning heel kicks him in the corner then backdrops him for 2. Zack pele kicks Goto's arm then Goto hits an ushigoroshi on him.

Kato flying forearms Kosei then flying back elbows him. Kosei step up enzugiri's him then chops him down. Kosei slams him and Kato cradles him. Kosei trips him then pulls on his chin while tying up the legs. Kosei then taps out Kato with a surfboard type move.

Thoughts: It was a shorter undercard match as expected. Everyone got their section in and we didn't get much else. It was pretty much a wast of everyone and I'm sur it would have been good if they allowed it go o on, but no on these undercards.

United Empire (Callum Newman, Jakob Austin Young & Jeff Cobb) vs. BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Gabe Kidd, Gedo & SANADA)

Gedo took a shiranui from Young and a PK from Newman before being pinned here. There wasn't much of note in this one. There were no big spectacular moments. Newman talked trash in Japanese to Gabe. The heels controlled almost all of this early, the faces got a comeback in, the heels controlled things a big more then the faces got the win. This was by the numbers and not that interesting.

BULLET CLUB (Chase Owens, KENTA & Taiji Ishimori) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji)

TI = Taiji Ishimori

Yota hammerlocks him then Chase side headlocks him. Yota splashes him and hits forearms. Yota rolls Chase sideways out of the bodyscissors and Chase puts him in a hold off of it. Chase pulls Yota's arm around the rail outside and pulls.

TI comes in and rakes Yota's face. TI fistdrops him. Kenta rakes Yota's back then hits corner spears. Yota takes a double back elbow for 2. Yota hits Chase to the gut and shoulders him over. Shingo and Kenta go at it. Shingo hits a corner lariat and forearms.

Kenta eye rakes Shingo and Shingo suplexes him. Shingo goes for the sliding lariat and is put in a crossface. Shingo ddt's him. Bushi dropkicks TI in the knee then topes Kenta into the rails outside. Bushi ddt's Kenta for 2. TI pump kicks Bushi and everyone starts getting a move in. Chase superkicks Shingo then Bushi pushes Kenta into Chase. Kenta crossfaces Bushi and taps him out.

Thoughts: It was another short one that wasn't much. Bushi got very little in, though that always seems to be the case. Taiji wasn't in this much at all either.

World Tag League 2024 Block B Match - Oleg Boltin & Toru Yano vs. The Natural Classics (Stevie Filip & Tome Filip)

The Filips beat up on their opponents and send them outside. Yano is sent into the rails then Stevie stomps on him. The Bros are pushed into each other and pulled down by the hair together. Oleg comes in and forearms both. He double shoulders The Bros then is knocked over by Tome. Tome then shoulders Yano over.

Stevie kicks Oleg in the back. Tome slams Oleg and legdrops him. Tome chokes Oleg on the ropes. Oleg takes forearms from Tome in the corner and Stevie chokes Oleg. Tome running boots Oleg. Stevie kneeling springboard 450's him but Oleg gets his knees up on it.

Yano takes the turnbuckle pad off and gives it to Stevie. The ref takes it, Yano sends Stevie into the exposed buckle and rolls him up for 2. Yano belly to belly suplexes Stevie for 2. Yano goes into the exposed buckle when Stevie moves then takes a boot.

Tome running lariats Yano then Stevie misses a 2nd rope moonsault on Yano. Yano atomic drops Tome then Oleg shoulders Tome over. Oleg hits karelin's lift on Tome. Oleg slams him then splashes him for 2. Oleg hangs from the top rope and Tome double stomps him down for 2. Oleg takes a drop + facekick for 2.

Oleg takes a delayed double suplex for 2. Oleg takes a double boot then does a double dropkick of his own. Tome is catapulted into an Oleg belly to belly suplex for 2. Ole F-5's Tome and finlay rolls him for the win.

Thoughts: It was average for the most part. I saw a little more out of The Filip's here but nothing too great. There were definitely 2 different matches going on here with Yano fooling around and Oleg being all business in this one. Oleg did alright in this one.

World Tag League 2024 Block B Match - Hiroshi Tanahashi & Jado vs. TMDK (Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste)

Tana and Shane want to go at it but Mikey pulls Shane away. Tana backs Mikey up on the ropes. They trade wristlocks. Tana back elbows him then hammerlocks him. Tana 2nd rope twisting crossbodies him. Tana and Jado get the edge on TMDK and send them into each other. TMDK are then thrown over the top together. Jado and Tana then play air guitar.

Jado takes a dragon screw over the 2nd rope and Mikey elbow drops his leg. Shane wraps Jado's leg aroun the post and plays air guitar with it. Jado has his legs split. Shane stomps on Jado then hits forearms. Jado hulks up and shoulders him over.

Tana tags in and flying forearms Mikey. Tana dragon screws Shane and Mikey. Tana slams Mikey and 2nd rope swantons him for 2. Mikey ddt's Tana then misses a sliding lariat. Tana slingblades him. Tana goes up top and is stopped. 

Tana and Mikey fight up top. Shane hurricanrana's Mikey on a failed double team then Tana top rope crossbodies both. Jado gets in and shoulders over Shane. Jado lariats him and shakes the ropes.

Jado's neck is pulled down over the top rope and Shane corner cannonballs him. Jado bridging ddt's Shane on the floor. Jado bridging ddt's Shane in the ring for 2. Shane hits a kick on the back of Jado's neck. Jado takes corner lariats and a high/low. Shane dropkicks Tana.

Jado and Mikey lariat each other. Mikey lariats Shane on accident then takes a slingblade. Tana hits a twist and shout on Haste. Jado and Tana do stereo crossfaces. Mikey escapes it and sliding lariats Jado. Mikey does a figure four variation on Jado and wins.

Thoughts: I have a hard time taking Jado as a serious competitor. The finish was a bit weak. There was some leg work on Jado early in the match but then they forgot about it. I thought the spot with the two TMDK members doing a hurricanrana on the other wasn't done too well. It also went a little longer than it needed though Tana and Jado did try. Shane also screwed around a lot here. It was just not that good.

World Tag League 2024 Block B Match - Los Ingobernables de Japon (Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito) vs. Just 4 Guys (Taichi & TAKA Michinoku)

HT = Hiromu Takahashi

Taka and Naito tease going at it but Taka and Tai attack their opponents together. Tai gets thrown out. Taka goes for just facelock on both opponents and Naito ropebreaks. Tai snapmares Naito and kicks him in the back for 2. Tai abdominal stretches him. Taka stands on Naito's sternum and hits forearms. HT kicks Taka from the ropes then Tai is tripped into a baseball slide.

Taka takes a double hiptoss then is held for a baseball slide. Naito holkds onto Taka's hair and HT double axe handles Naito's arms as he does it. HT running basement dropkicks Taka then pulls his hair. Naito cravates Taka and Taka gets beat up on for a bit.

Taka pump kicks Naito over. Tai hits Kawada kicks on Naito and then corner facekicks him. Tai side kicks Naito. Tai corner enzugiri's Naito. Tai takes his pants off and takes a neckbreaker from Naito.

Tai takes offense from both opponents then hits lariats on both. Taka is tagged in. He step up knees HT then superkicks him for 2. Taka slaps HT then HT lariats him over. Naito baseball slides Tai and Taka superkicks HT. All 4 men end up down.

HT tries to flying headscissors Taka but Taka turns it into a facelock. Tai then does stretch plum on Naito at the same time. HT ropebreaks.

Taka kicks Ht in the shin and rolls him up. Taka then running knees him. Naito step up enzugiri's Taka. HT tsuperkick Tai and Tai blocks Naito's tornado ddt. Taka michinoku drivers HT for 2.

HT superkicks Taka and Taka leg lariats him. HT rolls up Taka and wins.

Thoughts: It's a shame Taka didn't get a win here. He hit a lot of his signature stuff and it seemed possible but it didn't happen. It was a decent match as I bought into Taka's upset chances here. 

World Tag League 2024 Block B Match - United Empire (Great-O-Khan & HENARE) vs. House Of Torture (EVIL & Ren Narita)

The heels attack early as usual. Khan is sent out and Evil clubs on him. Ren tries facekicks on Hen then just chokes him. Ren hits forearms on Hen and Hen eurors him. Hen shoulders him over. Hen kicks him in the back then sentons him.

Khan mongolian chops Ren then uppercuts him. Khan then sits on Ren's neck on the buckles. Hen facekicks Ren then Khan splashe Ren for 2. Khan hits a big forearm on Ren then Ren running facekicks him. Evil throws Khan out then sends him into the rails, knocking the timekeeper over. Evil chokes Khan with the mic cord and shoves the mic into his mouth.

Ren back elbows Khan. Ren stomps on Khan. Evil gets in and abdominal stretches Khan. The rest of HoT helps Evil pull and the ref doesn't care at all. Ren chokes Khan and rakes his face on the ropes. Khan takes a double shoulderblock for 2. Evil blocks Khan's sleeper then Khan shoulder throws him.

Hen gets in and shoulders Evil over. He hits forearms then 2nd rope spin kicks him in the head. Hen snapmares Evil and PK's him. Evil corner lariats Hen then eye pokes him. Hen is sent into the exposed buckle.

Ren gets in. He running back elbows and jumping facekicks Hen in the conrer. He then fisherman suplexes him. Hen is thrown out and Togo hits Hen with a turnbuckle pad. Evil fisherman suplexes Hen for 2 then sharpshooters him. 

Evil chops Hen over and bangs his head off the buckles. Hen no sells it and stares him down. Evil eye rakes him then sends him into the exposed buckle. Hen no sells it and lariats him. Khan and Ren get in. Khan spinebusters him then does a fireman's carry takeover. Khan monkey flips him then hits a belly to belly suplex. Khan chinlocks Ren.

Ren rolling armbars Khan and Khan ropebreaks. Ren does a flying knee press on Khan then armbars him. Ren stomps on Khan. Ren tries to do a top rope move but crotches himself (Khan was supposed to do it to him). Khan and Hen hit corner attcks on Ren. Khan and Hen are pushed into each other and Khan sheepkillers Hen. Kanemaru distracts the ref and HoT interferes.

Khan is stomped on by HoT. Khan takes corner attacks and a 2nd rope chop to the crotch. Ren top rope kneedrops Khan. Ren tries to use the push-up board on Khan but Hen stops it. Hen hedbutts Evil and hits a big slam on him. Khan claw slams Evil.

Khan and Hen pose down. Ren grabs the ref while in a move. Ren misses a push-up board shot on Khan then is lifted for a cutter from Khan. Khan then picks up the win.

Thoughts: It was the usual HoT match with lots of interference and shenanigans. It's the same stuff we've been seeing from them and like clockwork, the faces, the ref and management was too stupid to know it was coming. They made the best they could of it and it wasn't awful but I'm not nor will ever be a big fan of this match.

Khan talks on the mic and we see a video from The Young Bucks. They get no reaction and are still doing the EVP stuff. They say they are tired of working from home so they are coming to Japan. They say they need to get the IWGP Tag Titles back before they retire. They say they will see us soon and we see a graphic for Wrestle Dynasty. We then see one of them being asked about getting groceries on the phone and the other moonsaults into the pool.

Thoughts: This was awful as usual and nobody cared.

Khan talks more on the mic after.

Overall thoughts: It was a weak show as expected. There was nothing great on here and it's really just mostly down to the team selections. There's too many weak teams in this side of the block and the quality just isn't there. The semi main was maybe the best thing on here but that was not saying much and it was nothing you'd remember. We also got another Young Bucks video which got no reaction. I'd give this a 4 out of 10 and would not recommend it.