\nApparently that sash that Nagata\u2019s been wearing all tour long has been for the Tokyo half marathon. I\u2019ve missed having Chris Charlton around to fill in these sorts of blanks.<\/p>\n
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Tenzan and Nakanishi start off with your usual stuff – headbutts, shoulder tackles and the like, and of course, Mongolian chops before Nagata and Kojima tagged in. Things quickly break down into a double-team as Nagata\u2019s slammed as Kojima seemed to be having an off-day, slipping on the slam then on the slingshot elbow. Kojima\u2019s back to get clotheslined by Nakanishi, retaliating with a Koji Cutter before bringing in Tenzan. A spear drops him, as Nagata tagged in to keep up the momentum, but Tenzan stops him with a brainbuster. Nagata back drops Kojima away as some double-teaming backfired, allowing Nakanishi to get a nosebleed, going up top for an axehandle before Nagata\u2019s Exploder got a near-fall on Tenzan\u2026 who was then forced to tap to the Nagata Lock crossface. Well, they\u2019ve had worse on this tour, but if the Nagata\/Nakanishi team\u2019s back for next year\u2019s tag league, you\u2019ll know it\u2019s bloated. **\u00bd<\/p>\n
World Tag League 2019: Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens) vs. Colt Cabana & Toru Yano<\/strong> Cabana and Fale start, with a Test of Strength that backfired for Colt\u2026 until Yano came in and snuck in a body blow. Wash, rinse, repeat. A third attempt led to Chase trying to block it, but he\u2019s poked in the eye and accidentally headbutts Fale low. Aha!<\/p>\n Fale turns things around as he took Colt outside for the obligatory guard rail stuff, before Chase Owens came in to choke at Colt in the ropes. The Tongan Massage Parlour follows, before Yano accidentally distracted the ref which led to Colt getting attacked some more. Ah, this is the low-energy stuff that generally personifies this tournament! Colt just sidesteps as Chase flew off the top with a double axehandle\u2026 and then tagged in Yano. Off come the turnbuckles! He bats Fale on the head, then sidesteps a charge into the corner as a roll-up nearly put away the big man. A hair pull doesn\u2019t work on the bald Fale, who comes in with an elbow drop for a near-fall, but Chase has hair\u2026 and it worked on him as Cabana returned.<\/p>\n A Flying Asshole traps Chase in the corner, with a double splash following for a near-fall, as the ring filled and cleared somewhat, with an elbow drop from Chase nearly getting a win. Another turnbuckle pad comes off as Fale\u2019s batted around, leading to the ref getting distracted as Yano\u2019s\u2019 low blow and Cabana\u2019s Superman pin getting the win. Colt and Yano have been a highlight of this tour for me, making some of the more unwatchable matches perversely enjoyable. **<\/p>\n World Tag League 2019: Los Ingobernables de Japon (Shingo Takagi & Terrible) vs. Jeff Cobb & Mikey Nicholls<\/strong> Apparently Jeff Cobb had dental work done on his day off\u2026 so trading forearms with Shingo perhaps was a decent way to test the sturdiness of that work? The obligatory guard rail spots happen, as LIJ looked to wear down Nicholls, with Terrible gnawing away on Mikey for good measure. He gets free and brought Cobb in to power through Terrible with a slam, before Shingo slipped out of a suplex. A Tour of the Islands had similar results, with Shingo retaliating with an Exploder, only for Cobb to hit one of his own too. LIJ combined again with shots as a Pumping Bomber and a big splash got Terrible a near-fall, before Cobb retaliated with a Spin Cycle on Terrible as the tide threatened to turn once more.<\/p>\n Another Pumping Bomber spun Cobb inside out, but a Mikey Bomb on Terrible ensured that the sorta-CHAOS pair ended the tour with a win. Considering this was a mid-table nothing match, this was really competitive, but I don\u2019t think we\u2019ll be seeing Terrible back for a while on this form. ***<\/p>\n World Tag League 2019: Hirooki Goto & Karl Fredericks vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toa Henare<\/strong> Tanahashi and Fredericks start off working each other\u2019s arms, before Fredericks rolled through a Tanahashi crossbody and almost pinned the Ace. IMAGINE. Tanahashi hit back with a slam and a flip senton to Fredericks\u2026 who replied with a spinebuster as tags brought in Goto, who took Tanahashi into the corner for a bulldog. Tanahashi counters a kick with a Dragon screw as a Cloverleaf awaited the next NEVER title challenger, before tags brought in Henare and Fredericks\u2026 with a high crossbody awaiting the Kiwi! The GODDAMN dropkick awaits Tanahashi as Karl looked to build momentum, adding a leaping elbow to Henare for a near-fall. Fredericks keeps up with a Blockbuster\/side Russian legsweep for a near-fall, before Henare blocks a spinebuster as a slingblade\/legsweep combo nearly got Henare the fall.<\/p>\n Goto\u2019s taken outside as Tanahashi lands a pescado\u2026 and from there it\u2019s elementary. Henare has to survive some flash pin attempts, before he flips Fredericks with a clothesline as a Toa Bottom got the win. Decent, but I do wonder if both of these teams were originally planned for this tour\u2026 ***<\/p>\n After the match, the lights go out as we got a video on the big screen\u2026 Chris Jericho\u2019s convinced some people to wear fedoras and paint their face like him. Apparently the Tokyo Dome match with Tanahashi on January 5 will be his last\u2026 evil laugh, and we cut to black. Tanahashi replies by mocking Jericho for not being here, then shot down all talk of that being his last match.<\/p>\n World Tag League 2019: Bullet Club (KENTA & Yujiro Takahashi) vs. Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki & Lance Archer)<\/strong> We\u2019ve a jump start, with KENTA and Suzuki pairing off. You know how to tease, eh? Meanwhile in the ring, Yujiro tried his luck with Lance Archer, and actually pulled off a tope. Did someone tell him he had to pull his finger out? Suzuki went ballistic at KENTA, ripping up guard rails and burying him under them. KENTA\u2019s up, while Suzuki stalks Pieter\u2026 who crawled on all fours as Suzuki was making a beeline for KENTA. Back in the ring, Yujiro\u2019s met with a rope-walk chop as KENTA was taking all of the guard rails, along with some right hands that has Chris Charlton grinning from ear to ear. Suzuki tags in and laughs off Yujiro\u2019s attempts at offence, before Archer tried to slam Yujiro through the mat. It\u2019s enough for a two-count, before KENTA came in with Suzuki.. Slapping the back of Minoru\u2019s head, and then getting some payback. I mean, you have to applaud the balls on him for that, but these things rarely end well, despite KENTA landing a Shibata-ish dropkick.<\/p>\n Of course, another strike battle ended with Suzuki walloping KENTA with elbows, but a powerslam has Suzuki down as Yujiro returned. Elbows from Yujiro end with him getting dragged in as Archer returned, only for Yujiro to hit a Fisherman buster as a stomp from KENTA nearly ends it. Archer gets payback with a POUNCE to Yujiro for a near-fall, while Suzuki took KENTA outside to make sure that Yujiro had to fight back on his own. Some biting only pisses off the US champion, who replies with a big boot, a chokeslam and Blackout, before he pulled up Yujiro to get the win with an EBD Claw. Violent, and enjoyable, especially since Suzuki was doing his best to drag a performance out of KENTA here. ***<\/p>\n After the match, Suzuki-gun attack the Young Lions some more before Lance Archer was distracted by a video. Is Jon Moxley doing a Jericho? Nope\u2026 he\u2019s here! Moxley stared down Archer from a tech desk, then leapt down and made a beeline for the ring. Yuya Uemura anxiously scratching his head was a sight\u2026 I mean, Moxley doesn\u2019t even have Shooter to throw to the wolves here. We get a staredown, before Moxley hit a Death Rider to Archer and Suzuki. THE BALLS. It gets better too: Moxley challenges Archer to a Texas Death Match at the Tokyo Dome for the US title that he never lost. Woah.<\/p>\n Archer and Moxley brawl around ringside, then through the crowd as I was licking my lips to see what kind of anarchy we\u2019d get at the Dome. No hot dog trucks, I assume…<\/p>\n Kota Ibushi, Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask vs. Kazuchika Okada & Roppongi 3K (SHO & YOH)<\/strong> Ibushi charges at Okada before the bell, fed up of the champion no-selling him elsewhere on the tour\u2026 and it\u2019s Okada who tastes ALL the guard rails, along with Ibushi\u2019s sole in the opening seconds. Okada takes control with a flapjack though, before tags bring in YOH and Tiger Mask. There\u2019s a quick Tiger Driver attempt, but YOH gets free as some double-teaming had Tiger Mask down, before Okada came in, interspersing moves with shots at Ibushi on the apron. Okada\u2019s become a bit of a dick in this build-up, hasn\u2019t he?<\/p>\n Tiger Mask avoids a back senton, but Okada knocks Liger off the apron to avoid the tag. SHO\u2019s in too, but he loses sight of Tiger Mask as Okada gets involved again, which drew Ibushi back in\u2026 and it seems the CHAOS team really didn\u2019t want Liger in this match. Eventually Tiger Mask broke free and got the tag in to Liger, and the roof blew off of the Green Arena! Tiltawhirl backbreakers for YOH\u2026 then a Shotei and a Romero special that Liger broke up rather disrespectfully. Okada stays in and teases a tombstone, but Liger gets out and hits a Shotei, before Ibushi tagged in and hit a missile dropkick. A barrage of strikes to Okada led to standing moonsault for a near-fall, but Okada hit back\u2026 and got kicked in the chest too.<\/p>\n Ibushi avoids a Rainmaker, but not a dropkick as Roppongi 3K came in with double-teams for a near-fall. SHO peppers Ibushi with kicks, as a Parade of Moves broke out, including a Shotei to Okada before Ibushi finished off SHO with a Bomaye knee and a Kamigoye for the hell of it. A fun trios match, as they sure do seem to be babyfacing Ibushi on the way to the Dome, eh? ***\u00bd<\/p>\n After the match, Okada tried to get in Ibushi\u2019s face\u2026 but that just ended up with Ibushi properly whacking him in the head with the G1 winner\u2019s briefcase. Lovely.<\/p>\n Liger then tried to say farewell to Hiroshima, but he\u2019s interrupted by another video. This time it\u2019s from Ryu Lee – the former Dragon Lee – who challenged him for one of his final matches. Liger replies, saying there\u2019s one other person he wants to wrestle: HIROMU. Hey, why is Liger autographing someone\u2019s Daryl?!<\/p>\n World Tag League 2019: Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa)<\/strong> The GOD try for a jump start, but things settle down a little as the Guerrillas took the match outside, with YOSHI-HASHI getting thrown into the guard rails. Ishii\u2019s taken outside too as we get the mandatory crowd crawl, which led to the random sight of Ishii running around ringside with a bit of railing that he tried to throw at Tama Tonga. Back in the ring, Tama throws some elbows to a seated YOSHI-HASHI as five minutes had gone by. There\u2019s back rakes too as I began to fear that the GOD were pacing themselves out for a draw that\u2019d help nobody\u2026 Tanga Loa\u2019s in to help with a double-team suplex for a near-fall, before YOSHI-HASHI turned the tables with a Bunker Buster on Tama.<\/p>\n Ishii tags in and resists headbutts, eventually charging through Tama with a shoulder tackle before suplexing Tanga. Tama\u2019s flurry of shots led to him hitting a misdirection dropkick, as some double-teaming led to a Flatliner on Ishii. That gets Tama a near-fall, but Ishii\u2019s quickly back with a Saito suplex as tags got us back to YOSHI-HASHI, who came close with a Head Hunter on Tanga Loa. Tama tries to sneak in a Gun Stun, but it\u2019s blocked as Ishii gives him a belly-to-belly amid a big Parade of Movez, which ended with a lungblower and German suplex combo on Tanga. YOSHI-HASHI\u2019s running Meteora is good for a two-count, before Jado hit the ring to distract the ref\u2026 that led to a low blow from Tama, as YOSHI-HASHI\u2019s pulled into an OJK crossface, but he\u2019s able to hold on and roll-up Tanga for a near-fall.<\/p>\n Ishii blasts Jado off the apron, but couldn\u2019t avoid a Tongan Twist as YOSHI-HASHI got slammed ahead of a splash and a swandive headbutt\u2026 but it\u2019s still not enough. The super powerbomb\u2019s teased, but YOSHI-HASHI \u2018ranas free as Ishii helps clear house, leading to a flash inside cradle from YOSHI-HASHI for the win! This was fine, but for me it never really got going as the Guerrillas\u2019 shithousery took way too much time. So we\u2019re officially safe from a three-way caused by the league – but with Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI having beaten the Guerrillas (along with Yano and Cabana), don\u2019t write it off yet. ***\u00bc<\/p>\n World Tag League 2019: Los Ingobernables de Japon (EVIL & SANADA) vs. Juice Robinson & David Finlay<\/strong> We start with Finlay and SANADA working over each other\u2019s arms, but it was Finlay who edged ahead with a hiptoss that revealed the balding arse patches on SANADA\u2019s gear. Hopefully there\u2019s new stuff coming his way in 2020\u2026 Juice is in for some early double-teaming, dropping SANADA with a bulldog, before some Dusty punches and a chop had SANADA on the ropes. EVIL trips Juice as we\u2019ve a quick turnaround, leading to him having to push away a Paradise Lock, only for SANADA to tie him up seconds later. Finlay\u2019s in to help take EVIL down, chasing him into the corner head of a diving European uppercut for a near-fall, but EVIL quickly gets some payback with a spot of chair baseball on the outside. Batter up!<\/p>\n SANADA\u2019s back in, landing a low dropkick after having to abort a standing moonsault, before EVIL returned to wrench Finlay\u2019s shoulder on the way to a Bronco buster. Finlay began to fight back against SANADA, landing a back suplex before tagging in Juice, who found his mark with a leaping back senton. Corner-to-corner clotheslines from Juice led to a cannonball into SANADA, before a falling powerbomb was fought out of. SANADA tries a \u2018rana, but it\u2019s caught and turned into that falling powerbomb anyway, before some double-teaming allowed SANADA to almost snatch a win with a backdrop suplex. LIJ call for a Magic Killer, but it feels way too early, and Finlay\u2019s in to break it up as the tables turn again, this time with SANADA running into a double-team flapjack. A superplex\/frog splash combo gets a near-fall on SANADA, as another Parade of Moves broke out, including a Finlay spear and a springboard missile dropkick from SANADA.<\/p>\n Finlay\u2019s clutching his shoulder worryingly, as Juice flips out of a Skull End and tries a Pulp Friction, but that too is pushed away as the Skull End was re-applied. SANADA lets go so he could moonsault, but Juice gets the knees up, as tags get us back to EVIL and Finlay trading shots. That culminated in a uranage backbreaker as Finlay added to it with a Blackheart Buster for a near-fall as he was looking to get his moment in the sun.\u00a0EVIL\u2019s right back in with a superplex as we entered the final ten minutes\u2026 a lariat spins Finlay for a near-fall, while Juice tried to neutralise SANADA and ended up in a Skull End as Finlay had to fight out of a Darkness Scorpion. Finlay gets free from that, and a Magic Killer, as he almost stole a roll-up on EVIL\u2026 a Darkness Falls gets another near-fall as LIJ looked to be pushing to their three-in-a-row\u2026<\/p>\n A Magic Killer looked set to seal the deal, but Juice breaks it up as Finlay hit back with his own take on Everything is EVIL! From there, Finlay rips off the shoulder tape and lands a leaping knee, before an Acid Drop was blocked\u2026 but a Prima Nocta wasn\u2019t! The Left Hand of God\u2019s next on EVIL, before SANADA took another punch, then Pulp Friction, as Juice waved Finlay on to hit the Acid Drop\u2026 and Finlay gets the win! A hell of a moment for Finlay, whose momentum had come to a shuddering halt during the Honor Rising tour when he injured his shoulder in February, as his 2019 ends by getting the fall that wins World Tag League! This was a well-fought main event, and a deserved tournament win for the American duo who fought from the bottom in the dojo system and have finally made a break through. ****<\/p>\n You know what? Give them the tag titles – with the Guerrillas having held the IWGP tag straps since February, the division has felt a little forgotten and stale. FinJuice isn\u2019t the silver bullet, but a new team with the gold is far from the worst thing.<\/p>\n Right, after Juice and Finlay formally challenged the Guerrillas, it was time for happy beers\u2026 and yes, we noticed that Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI and Tomohiro Ishii weren\u2019t present at that celebration either!<\/p>\n The final standings…<\/p>\n 1. David Finlay & Juice Robinson; EVIL & SANADA (13-2; 26pts) So, what\u2019s the 2019 World Tag League taught us? Apart from I\u2019m horrible at maintaining league tables (yeah, I\u2019m working on that for 2020\u2026)? Well, 16 teams and 120 tournament matches was simply way too many for this tour, which already had a reputation for being missable. There were some bright spots, in the form of the Cabana\/Yano team as well as the winners, while Hiroshi Tanahashi\u2019s felt like a goddamn waste, as we\u2019re still waiting to see when Toa Henare\u2019s going to make the next level.<\/p>\n As for this show\u2026 well, World Tag League finales tend to have some surprises and this was no different, with Jon Moxley hot-footing it from Champaign to Hiroshima to get his way onto the WrestleKingdom cards\u2026 along with videos from Chris Jericho and the newly-named Ryu Lee. There\u2019s some \u201cRoad to Tokyo Dome\u201d shows in the days before Christmas, which we\u2019ll watch for you, but for a lot of people, this was the last big stop on the way to WrestleKingdom. 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\nSomething tells me that if they avoid comedy, this may be a hard watch\u2026 and Chase saying \u201cno jokes\u201d put the fear of God into me. So much so, I was hearing stuff twice.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/njpw-wtl19n17-falechase.jpg?resize=700%2C394\")
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\nI never really paid attention, but those template CMLL entrance videos sure are wacky, huh?<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/njpw-wtl19n17-shingoterrible.jpg?resize=700%2C394\")
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\nA win for Tanahashi and Henare would mean that they\u2019re not quite overshadowed by the tournament\u2019s only team with Young Lion representation\u2026<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/njpw-wtl19n17-henare.jpg?resize=700%2C394\")
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\nIt may be the final night, but Lance Archer hasn\u2019t stopped beating up Young Lions.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/njpw-wtl19n17-suzuki.jpg?resize=700%2C394\")
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\nThe Liger farewell tour is wrapping up. A maximum of five matches after this: with just the two at the Tokyo Dome even confirmed\u2026 get your tissues ready for that first weekend of the year.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/njpw-wtl19n17-liger.jpg?resize=700%2C394\")
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\nA win for the GOD means that they have a chance of at least sharing top stop\u2026 a loss means the main event is winner-take-all.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/njpw-wtl19n17-ishii.jpg?resize=700%2C394\")
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\nIt\u2019s winner-take-all\u2026 although a draw would hand LIJ the league title too. So we\u2019ve effectively gotten a tournament final without it actually being one. Funny how that works.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/njpw-wtl19n17-evil.jpg?resize=700%2C394\")
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\n3. Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa (12-3; 24pts)
\n4. Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI (11-4; 22pts)
\n5. Minoru Suzuki & Lance Archer; Toru Yano & Colt Cabana; Zack Sabre Jr. & Taichi (9-6; 18pts)
\n8. Jeff Cobb & Mikey Nicholls; KENTA & Yujiro Takahashi (8-7; 16pts)
\n10. Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale; Shingo Takagi & El Terrible (6-9; 12pts)
\n12. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima; Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma (4-11; 8pts)
\n14. Hirooki Goto & Karl Fredericks; Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toa Henare (3-12; 6pts)
\n16. Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata (2-13; 4pts)<\/p>\n