One of NJPW’s annual tournaments began on Saturday with “SUPER Jr TAG LEAGUE 2023” night one being held in the Kumagaya Municipal Gymnasium in Saitama, Japan. This years tournament is part of the Road to Power Struggle tour.
In the main event of the first night, BUSHI & Titan picked up a victory over SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru. While the recntly put togther team of long time firends of YOH & Michinoku Pro Wrestling star MUSASHI came up short in their opening match as they had the task of facing the Champions Bullet Culb War Dogs Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney. Also on the show SANADA teamed up with the newest J5G member Yuya Uemura for the first time as they defeated the young lion duo of Boltin Oleg & Oskar Leube.
Find the full results and updated Stadnings of Night 1 below.
“SUPER Jr TAG LEAGUE 2023” Night 1 Full Results & Standings:
- Main Event Super Junior Tag League Match: Titan & BUSHI (LIJ) def. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SHO (House of Torture)
- Super Junior Tag League: Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney (BULLET CLUB War Dogs) def. YOH & MUSASHI
- Super Junior Tag League: Master Wato & El Desperado def. The DKC & Ryusuke Taguchi
- Super Junior Tag League: Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA (Intergalactic Jet Setters) def. DOUKI & TAKA Michinoku (Just Five Guys)
- Super Junior Tag League: Francesco Akira & TJP (Catch 2/2) def. Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita (Ichiban Sweet Boys)
- Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi (LIJ) def. Taiji Ishimori & Gedo (Bullet Club)
- SANADA & Yuya Uemura (J5G) def. Boltin Oleg & Oskar Leube
- Callum Newman, HENARE & Great-O-Khan (United Empire) def. Yuto Nakashima, Ren Narita & Shota Umino
Standings after Night 1:
Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney (1-0, 2 pts)
Francesco Akira & TJP (1-0, 2 pts)
Titan & BUSHI (1-0, 2 pts)
Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA (1-0, 2 pts)
Master Wato & El Desperado (1-0, 2 pts)
YOH & MUSASHI (0-1, 0 pts)
Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita (0-1, 0 pts)
Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SHO (0-1, 0 pts)
The DKC & Ryusuke Taguchi (0-1, 0 pts)
DOUKI & TAKA Michinoku (0-1, 0 pts)