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NJPW Battle Autumn Results (10/26): NJPW WORLD TV Title Tournament Continues, Great Muta Appears

On October 26, New Japan Pro-Wrestling continued its Battle Autumn tour with a ninth night of action from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

The eventful show aired on NJPW World, and it featured two matches in the NJPW WORLD TV Championship Tournament. Plus, The Great Muta made a surprising appearance. He spit mist in Great-O-Khan’s face and helped Yano win the bout. Backstage, Muta stated that he wants to team up with Yano and Kazuchika Okada to battle Great-O-Khan at NJPW x Stardom Historic X-Over on November 20.

The results, courtesy of Fightful, are as follows:

  • United Empire (Aaron Henare & Gideon Grey) def. Yuto Nakashima & Kosei Fujita
  • Alex Zayne, David Finlay & Tiger Mask def. Suzuki-Gun (Zack Sabre Jr., Yoshinobu Kanemaru & TAKA Michinoku)
  • Hiroshi Tanahashi & Hikuleo def. HOUSE OF TORTURE (EVIL & Dick Togo)
  • BULLET CLUB (Taiji Ishimori & KENTA) def. Suzuki-Gun (Taichi & El Desperado)
  • Los Ingobernables De Japon (Hiromu Takahashi & SANADA) def. Master Wato & Togi Makabe
  • United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Francesco Akira & TJP) def. Los Ingobernables De Japon (BUSHI, Tetsuya Naito & Titan)
  • NJPW World TV Championship Tournament: Toru Yano def. Great-O-Khan; The Great Muta interfered and helped Yano win the match.
  • NJPW World TV Championship Tournament: Ren Narita def. Tomohiro Ishii

Yano and Narita advanced to the quarterfinals of the NJPW WORLD TV Championship tournament, which will continue on October 27. Yano will face Narita at the NJPW Battle Autumn event on October 30. Elsewhere in the quarterfinals, KENTA will battle SANAD, EVIL will clash with YOSHI-HASHI, and David Finlay will take on Zack Sabre. Jr.

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