NJPW crowns new IWGP Tag Team Champions at Wrestling Redzone

  • Ian Carey
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There are new IWGP Tag Team Champions.

Callum Newman and Great-O-Khan defeated Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI in the main event of NJPW Wrestling Redzone in Hiroshima on Saturday. With the win, they captured the titles that had been vacated by Newman and Jeff Cobb due to Cobb’s departure from the promotion.

Newman got the pin on YOSHI-HASHI after the Prince’s Curse to pick up the win for his team. Goto is set to defend the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship against Newman at Wrestling Dontaku on May 4.

After the match, the new champions were confronted by Tomohiro Ishii and Taichi, who issued a challenge for a future title bout. Great-O-Khan accepted on behalf of his team. Earlier in the night, Ishii and Taichi defeated Hiromu Takahashi and Tetsuya Naito in the semi-main event.

This is Great-O-Khan’s fourth IWGP Tag Team title reign. He previously won the belts twice with Cobb, once with HENARE, and now with Newman. Great-O-Khan is currently a double champion in NJPW, also holding the promotion’s TV title.

NJPW Wrestling Redzone in Hiroshima results:

  • IWGP Tag Team Championships: Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan defeated Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI to win the vacated titles
  • Taichi & Tomohiro Ishii defeated Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito
  • EVIL, Ren Narita & SANADA defeated David Finlay, Drilla Moloney & Gabe Kidd
  • Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji defeated Shota Umino & Yuya Uemura
  • El Desperado, El Phantasmo & Ryusuke Taguchi defeated Francesco Akira, Jakob Austin Young & Templario
  • SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru defeated Clark Connors & Taiji Ishimori
  • Hiroshi Tanahashi, Toru Yano, Master Wato, Oleg Boltin & YOH defeated Hartley Jackson, Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr.
  • Katsuya Murashima defeated Daiki Nagai