Penultimate night for league in Ishikawa
The Super Junior Tag League is getting right down to the wire, and November 1 ill see match eight out of nine for our ten league teams. Who will be on the hunt when it comes to Thursday, then Saturday in Osaka?
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Main event: Catch 2/2 (TJP & Francesco Akira) (4-3) vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) (5-2)
After TJP and Francesco Akira put a stop to El Desperado and Master Wato’s incredible momentum, the winds of change are blowing behind Catch 2/2. Now pressure is on Catch 2/2 from within, and within the fandom, to stop HOUSE OF TORTURE from reaching the finals November 4. SHO and Yoshinobu Kanemaru stole their own win from IWGP Junior Tag Champions Drilla Moloney and Clark Connors Tuesday, and will seek to steal two more points as the final league match approaches.
7th Match: El DespeWato (El Desperado & master Wato) (4-3) vs Just Five Guys (DOUKI & TAKA Michinoku) (1-6)
DOUKI & TAKA Michinoku are mathematically eliminated
At ten points, El Desperado and Master Wato are sure to at least be in the conversation come November 2. They want to head into the final night in winning form, but with emotional bonds tying El Desperado to his opposition tonight, will his former Suzuki-Gun teammates step up their game enough to get their second win?
6th Match: Musashi Komatsu (YOH & MUSASHI) (3-4) vs Intergalactic Jet Setters (Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA (4-3)
YOH and MUSASHI must win
At six points, YOH isn’t looking likely to be able to score back to back SJTL trophies with different partners. Thin hopes are still alive though, and YOH and MUSASHI will look to spoil Kevin Knight and KUSHIDA to keep it that way. Can the Jet Setters work their way closer to the final?
5th Match: Los Ingobernables De Japon (Titan & BUSHI) (4-3) vs Ichiban Sweet Boys (Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita) (3-4)
Eagles and Fujita must win
With a recent loss in Toyama to Kevin Knight and KUSHIDA, Robbie Eagles and Kosei Fujita’s hopes of the finals are looking slim. To stay in the hunt, they’ll try and spoil a Titan and BUSHI on a considerable rise tonight. Will the LIJ side be in the conversation on the final night, or will Ichiban Sweet Boys steal their thunder?
4th Match: Funky Fire (The DKC & Ryusuke Taguchi) (2-5) vs BULLET CLUB War Dogs (4-3)
Any championship team has designs in a tournament like this of going perfect and winning the trophies as champions. The perfect part of that vision hasn’t come true for Moloney and Connors, and the most painful of their losses had to come at the hands of HOUSE OF TORTURE, who outsmarted and outcheated the champs Tuesday in Toyama. Will they bounce back as Clark Connors comes face to face with two men from his recent past?
3rd Match: CHAOS (Tomohiro Ishii, YOSHI-HASHI & Toru Yano) vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi & Dick Togo)
Forever fated in the stars to do battle for all eternity, the time is near at hand for CHAOS and HOUSE OF TORTURE to part for the time being. Who will gain the upper hand before they reunite?
2nd Match: Los Ingobernables De Japon (Hiromu Takahashi & Yota Tsuji) vs BULLET CLUB (Taiji Ishimori & Gedo)
As Hiromu Takahashi returns from action in Las Vegas, he wrestles his penultimate preview match ahead of Saturday’s IWGP Junior Heavyweight title bout. Who will have the upper hand before Osaka?
1st Match: Shota Umino, Ren Narita & Tomoaki Honma vs United Empire (Great-O-Khan, HENARE & Callum Newman)
Kicking off the action, a six man tag match sees Shota Umino and Great-O-Khan continue to try and make a statement ahead of Power Struggle, will HENARE’s return make the difference in the wake of a spate of UE losses?
