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New Japan Need To Watch (11/25) World Tag League Night 7 *No Spoilers*

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FIRST MATCH: World Tag League Tournament Match: The Elite (Yujiro Takahashi & Hangman Page) (2 pts) vs. Ayato Yoshida & Shota Umino (0 pts)

Young Lions continue to shine in this tournament. Page & Takahashi are starting to be a veteran team in their third tag league. Fun, inessential match.

Need To Watch Rating: (4.7)

SECOND MATCH: World Tag League Tournament Match: Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata (2 pts) vs. CHAOS (Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano) (4 pts)

Easily one of the best matches of the night. Ishii & Nagata have some sublimely violent exchanges. Yano is a perfect match for Nakanishi. Really solid match, worth a watch.

Need To Watch Rating: (9.0)

THIRD MATCH: World Tag League Tournament Match: Ten-cozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima) (4 pts) vs. Jeff Cobb & Michael Elgin (0 pts)

This is a hard hitting hoss battle. Elgin is probably a better tag wrestler than singles. His pace is quicker in tag action. Cobb is absolute money. Ten-cozy are truly back in their groove since Kojima’s injury.

Need To Watch Rating: (9.5)

FOURTH MATCH: World Tag League Tournament Match: Togi Makabe & Toa Henare (2 pts) vs. FinJuice (David Finlay & Juice Robinson) (4 pts)

This match was fine.

Need To Watch Rating: (3.5)

FIFTH MATCH: CHAOS (SHO, YOH & Kazuchika Okada) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & Shingo Takagi)

Okada & Roppongi 3K have developed amazing chemistry against LIJ. Hopefully this feud will return with some substance in 2019.

Need To Watch Rating: (5.5)

SIXTH MATCH: World Tag League Tournament Match: Guerrillas Of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) (4 pts) vs. Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki & Takashi Iizuka) (2 pts)

This is a shenanigans-filled war. Iizuka & GOD always leads to plenty of shenanigans. Get your broom, its shenanigans.

Need To Watch Rating: (1.0)

SEVENTH MATCH: World Tag League Tournament Match: The Besties (Chuckie T & Beretta) (6 pts) vs. Killer Elite Squad (Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr.) (4 pts)

These two teams have yet to have a bad match in New Japan. Definitely worth a viewing. KES haven’t been around much this year and their return is welcome.

Need To Watch Rating: (8.6)

MAIN EVENT: World Tag League Tournament Match: Los Ingobernables de Japon (EVIL & SANADA) (6 pts) vs. Suzuki-gun (Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr.) (2 pts)

Stellar main event, but not the most cohesive tag match. It felt like a patchwork of singles matches, though good singles matches nonetheless.

Need To Watch Rating: (8.9)

 

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