New Japan Pro Wrestling 12/4/2024 World Tag League 2024 Day 12

New Japan Pro Wrestling 12/4/2024 World Tag League 2024 Day 12

Day 11 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2024/12/new-japan-pro-wrestling-1222024-world.html

They had Hiroshi Tanahashi come out and him and Liger were in some music video for the town. Jushin Liger then came out to talk. One of the mascots from the music video is in the stands.

We did not see a young lions match today.

Alex Zayne & Katsuya Murashima vs. BULLET CLUB (Chase Owens & KENTA)

KM = Katsuya Murashima

Alex headflips out of a wristlock and gets knee'd in the back by Kenta on the ropes. Chase shoulders Alex over. Alex hits a cinnamon twist on Chase. Chase fights off a double team then is hip attacked into a roll-up. KM hits a big slam on Chase and elbow drops him for 2.

Chase sentons KM and Kenta double stomps KM. Kenta kicks and stomps KM. Chase running shotei's KM and hip attacks him as Taguchi watches outside. KM dropkicks him. Alex is tagged in.

Alex hiptosses Chase and hits a cinnamon twist on him. Alex suplexes Chase for 2. Alex does a double hurricanrana then flipping legdrops Chase on the back of the neck. Alex is backdropped. KM and Kenta get in. KM hits forearms then flying forearms him.

KM shoulders Kenta over for 2. Kenta crabs KM. Kenta knees him in the gut for 2. Kenta hip attacks KM for 2. Kenta crossfaces KM while Chase STF's Alex. KM then taps out.

Thoughts: It was a short opener. KM and Alex looked fine. Chase and Kenta did nothing of note as usual. It was acceptable for an opener but not much more.

Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) & Shoma Kato vs. BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Gabe Kidd, Gedo & SANADA)

Goto and Gabe go at it. Gabe side headlocks him and they shoulder battle. They trade forearms and Gabe bites him. Bishamon shoulder Gabe over. Kato shoulders Gedo over then Sanada takes a triple back club. Gabe slams Kato. Kato is sent into the rails and Yoshi is sent into the seats. Goto's head is banged off a chair and Yoshi gets chaired in the gut.

Gedo stomps on Kato back in the ring and foot chokes him. Kato is sent into the rails. Sanada bangs Kato's head off the buckle. Gabe grabs a mic and I think he sings the song from earlier while stomping Kato. 

Goto then nails Gabe. Yoshi chops Sanada up and neckbreakers him. Yoshi is stomped on by Gedo and Sanada. Goto hits a double lariat on Sanada and Gedo. Yoshi suplexes Sanada.

Kato flying forearms Gabe then corner flying forearms him. Kato slams Gabe for 2. Kato crabs Gabe. Gabe double chops him then backdrops him. Kato cradles Gabe and rolls him up for 2. Gabe suplexes Kato then piledrivers him. Gabe picks up the win.

Thoughts: It was very average. They fought outside early and then it mostly boiled down to Gabe vs Kato which of course Gabe won. Kato got a lot of offense in on Gabe. Gabe also sang a song during the match.

Shota Umino, Tiger Mask & Tomoaki Honma vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji)

Shota stares down Yota. Shota dropkicks him and hits euros. Yota dropkicks him in the knee and ddt's the leg. Bushi dropkicks Shota in the knee. Shingo stomps on Shota's knee. Shota neckbreakers Shingo. Shingo and Honma shoulder battle and Honma knocks him over.

Honma bulldogs Shingo then misses a falling headbutt. Shingo misses a headbutt then spinning lariats Honma. Yota corner splashes Honma thne Honma takes a double team. Honma hits a ddt + flatliner combo.

Honma gets in and chest kicks Yota. He headkicks him then Tiger tilt-a-whirl backbreakerd Bushi. Tiger crucifixes Yota. Tiger rolls up Yota then Yota hits a big spear on Tiger to win.

Thoughts: It was too short and wasn't what it could have been. We didn't get much of anything here. Everyone just got their quick segment in and that was it. 

United Empire (Callum Newman, Jakob Austin Young & Jeff Cobb) vs. TMDK (Kosei Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr.)

Kosei and Jake go at it. They get off to a slow start. Jake forearms Kosei on the break. They trade forearms. Jake shoulders him over. Jake takes a knee to the gut and a chest kick. Zack euros Jake over. Oiwa slams and falling splashes Jake.

Jake whips Kosei down by the arm. Cobb picks Kosei like a slam and rams him into the corner. Newman comes in and chinlocks Kosei. Newman headbutts him in the gut. Kosei step up enzugiri's him. Zack hits euros on Newman's arm and ties up both of his arms. Newman ropebreaks.

Zack stomps Newman's arm into the mat and euros him over. Newman enzugiri's him. Cobb comes in and dropkicks Zack. Cobb corner splashes Zack and Zack plants off the buckles for a tornado ddt on Cobb. Oiwa shoulder battles Cobb then takes a flying shoulder. Cobb misses a standing moonsault on Oiwa then Oiwa ddt's him. Oiwa suplexes Cobb for 2.

Cobb slams and standing moonsaults Oiwa. Jake boots Oiwa out of the corner and 2nd rope dropkicks him. Oiwa is snapmared into a Newman basement dropkick. Zack does a low dropkick on Newman then takes a german from Zack. Kosei springboard dropkicks Cobb. Oiwa lariats Jake over for 2.

Jake pumping knees Oiwa. Oiwa puts him in a sleeper. Oiwa spinning lariats him for the win.

Thoughts: It got a little more time than the usual 6-man tag but still wasn't really what it should have been. They did try some here at least though with Cobb putting out a good effort. They tried to maybe get something going here with Jake and Kosei but I don't think it worked.

Newman and Kosei have words after and Cobb has words for Oiwa and Zack.

World Tag League 2024 Block B Match - TMDK (Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste) vs. Just 4 Guys (Taichi & TAKA Michinoku)

Taka is stomped on in the corner and is lifted for a double gorilla press but he hits a double ddt out of it. Taka running knees Mikey for 2. Taka backslides Mikey then knees him in the face for 2. Mikey suplexes Taka for 2. Shane sends Taka into the rails.

Taka is backdropped on the apron. Shane kicks Taka in the back. Mikey knee drops Taka. Shane ties Taka's legs up and single leg crabs him. Shane kicks Taka around. Taka pump kicks Shane and hits a jumping back kick.

Tai corner facekicks Shane and running facekicks Mikey. He then side kicks Shane. Shane reverse slams Tai then corner leg lariats him. Tai corner lariats him and enzugiri's him.

Shane dropkicks Tai then lariats him. Tai takes a high/low. Tai lariats both opponents. Taka superkicks Mikey for 2. Mikey spinebusters Taka for 2. Mikey low diving lariats Taka and Tai takes a uranage/powerbomb combo. Mikey death valley drivers Taka for 2. Taka takes a uranage/powerbomb combo. and gets pinned.

Thoughts: I thought it was an average match. I didn't really think Taka and Tai had a real chance here. It got enough time but wasn't great.

World Tag League 2024 Block B Match - The Natural Classics (Stevie Filip & Tome Filip) vs. United Empire (Great-O-Khan & HENARE)

Khan and Tome go at it. Khan's head is banged off the buckles. He takes a running boot and a kneeling springboard swanton. Tome chokes Khan on the bottom rope then Stevie chokes Khan as well. Tome slams Khan and hits a legdrop for 2. Stevie dropkicks Hen out then sends him into the rails and post.

Khan mongolian chops Tome then shoulder throws him. Hen gets in and shoulders over his opponents. Hen runs through a double team and hits a double lariat. Hen sentons Tome. Stevie neckbreakers Hen. Stevie dropkicks him in the corner and Tome germans Hen. Tome suplexes Hen for 2.

Hen berzerker bombs Stevie. Khan comes in and pump kicks Stevie. Stevie jumps at him and is caught with a spinebuster. Khan northern lights suplexes Stevie. Tome spinebusters Khan. Khan takes a kick + drop combo and Stevie moonsaults outside. Hen hits a spinebuster on Tome and takes a superkick from Stevie.

Khan superkicks Tome then Tome takes an imperial drop. Khan pins Tome.

Thoughts: It didn't get enough time at all here. Because we just had to have 4 meaningless undercard matches. Had it gotten more time it might have been good but who had time for that? This would have been better if Khan and Hen were the heels and Stevie/Tome were the faces. 

World Tag League 2024 Block B Match - Hiroshi Tanahashi & Jado vs. Oleg Boltin & Toru Yano

Oleg and Tana go at it. They shoulder battle and Oleg shoulders him over. Tana 2nd rope twisting crossbodies Oleg. Yano takes a double shoulderblock and Oleg is tripped onto Yano. Oleg is thrown out. Jado and Tana play air guitar and Yano hits them in the back of the head.

Oleg double suplexes his opponents. Jado is sent into the exposed buckle. Oleg karelin's lifts Tana then chops Jado in the corner. Yano chokes Jado with some kind of string. Oleg splashes Jado for 2.

Oleg misses a corner splash and goes into the exposed buckle. Tana gets in and flying forearms Tana. Tana 2nd rope swantons Oleg for 2. Oleg dropkicks him.

Yano gets in. Tana hits a twist and shout on him. Yano takes shots from both opponents. Yano eye rakes Jado then Jado bridging ddt's him. Jado lariats Yano then Tana sling blades Yano for 2. 

Yano is rolled up by Jado for 2. The ref gets pushed over, Yano hits a double low blow and pins Jado.

Thoughts: It wasn't good as it expected. Yano goofed around like always and Tana/Jado are both limited. If there was a tag league match that should have gone short, it should have been this. Instead, it got too much time and wasn't interesting.

World Tag League 2024 Block B Match - Los Ingobernables de Japon (Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito) vs. House Of Torture (EVIL & Ren Narita)

LIJ attack early. The heels are sent into each other. Evil is knocked over by both opponents. Naito chinlocks Evil then HT basement dropkicks Evil. Evil eye rakes Naito then Naito rakes him back. Evil goes out and Naito poses. Togo fist drops Naito as he poses. Ren throws Naito out and sends him into the rails. Naito is sent into the wall.

Evil stomps on Naito's leg and Ren twists the ankle. Naito goes out and gets hit by Togo. Evil ties up Naito's leg. Ren kneeling chokes Naito. Naito atomic drops and neckbreakers Ren. HT is tagged in and he flying headscissors Ren. HT shotgun dropkicks Ren. HT crossbodies Ren off the apron then running crossbodies Evil outside. Togo tries to run away and HT crossbodies him too.

Ren sends HT into the exposed buckle and goes for the armbar. HT is sent into the buckle and takes a double suplex. Togo trips and sends HT into the rail outside. HT goes back in. Evil suplexes him and sharpshooters him. 

HT ropebreaks. Evil hits darkness falls. HT superkicks him. Naito armdrags and back elbows Evil. Naito baseball slides him. Naito hangs from the top rope and Evil footpresses him down. Ren gets in and jumping fcekicks Naito. He then underhook suplexes him for 2.

Naito hits elbows on Ren then hits a diamond dust. Naito is pushed into the ref. Togo then comes in. Naito gets double teamed. Naito takes corner attacks then is chopped in the nuts. Ren top rope diving kneepresses Naito for 2.

HT lariats Ren over and Naito rolls up Ren for 2. Naito is pushed into HT and he step up enzugiri's Ren. Evil brings a chair in then Togo chokes Naito with a weapon. 

Ren gets the push up board and fights for it with Naito. HT throws it away then drops Naito with a superkick. HT looks at House of Torture and nobody knows what's going on. House of Torture does their hand signal and HT joins in. HT shakes hands with Ren and Evil. He then STO's Evil and Ren. HT kicks the crotch into Togo then helps Naito tornado ddt Ren. Naito hits a bad destino on Ren and wins.

Thoughts: Well, this had a real shocker of a finish. I don't think I've ever seen a wrestler attack their partner, pretend to join the other team then reveal it was a trick. They certainly got tricked me here and it was a wild moment. The match wasn't much otherwise as it had the usual HoT BS with stupid refs, but at least they tried to do something here.

Naito and HT talk on the mic after. Naito talks about Hiromu's birthday and the Happy Birthday music is played for about 3 seconds. They talk more after.

Overall thoughts: I'm going to be honest with you - I am completely over this tour at this moment. As I said when it started, the teams looked bad and were going to bring this tournament down. And they have. However, the booking did them no favors, as the tag matches are just not getting enough time outside of the main and therefore aren't anything special. I was totally bored with this show and thought the only notable thing on here with Hiromu pretending to turn on Naito. I would not recommend this or really anything from this tour. I'd give it a 3 out of 10 overall.