NJPW World Tag League 2024 night two results: First B Block matches

The second night of World Tag League 2024 took place on Thursday with the first B Block matches of the tournament.

Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi were one of the teams that started their Tag League campaign with a victory, defeating Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls in the main event. Here are the quick results:

– B Block match: Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi defeated Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls

– B Block match: EVIL & Ren Narita defeated Toru Yano & Oleg Boltin

– B Block match: Taichi & TAKA Michinoku defeated Great-O-Khan & HENARE

– B Block match: Tome Filip & Stevie Filip defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi & Jado

– Zack Sabre Jr., Ryohei Oiwa & Kosei Fujita defeated Shota Umino, Tomoaki Honma & Tiger Mask

– Shingo Takagi, Yota Tsuji & BUSHI defeated Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Shoma Kato

– KENTA, Chase Owens & Taiji Ishimori defeated Gabe Kidd, SANADA & Gedo

– Jeff Cobb, Callum Newman & Jakob Austin Young defeated Alex Zayne, Ryusuke Taguchi & Katsuya Murashima

– Masatora Yasuda and Daiki Nagai went to a 10-minute time limit draw

Victorious in their first tournament match, Tome & Stevie Filip are an Australian tag team known as The Natural Classics. The brothers are part of Bad Luck Fale’s Bullet Club Rogue Army and have competed on the NJPW Tamashii brand in the Oceania region.

World Tag League runs through December 8 with the next show — an A Block event — set for this Friday. The tournament will likely determine IWGP Tag Team title challengers for Wrestle Kingdom 19. Those belts are held by Great-O-Khan & HENARE.

Here are the initial standings through the first two nights of tournament action:

A Block —

  • Zack Sabre Jr. & Ryohei Oiwa (1-0): 2 points
  • Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI (1-0): 2 points
  • Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji (1-0): 2 points
  • Jeff Cobb & Callum Newman (1-0): 2 points
  • Gabe Kidd & Sanada (0-1): 0 points
  • KENTA & Chase Owens (0-1): 0 points
  • Alex Zayne & Ryusuke Taguchi (0-1): 0 points
  • Shota Umino & Tomoaki Honma (0-1): 0 points

B Block —

  • Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi (1-0): 2 points
  • EVIL & Ren Narita (1-0): 2 points
  • Taichi & TAKA Michinoku (1-0): 2 points
  • Tome Filip & Stevie Filip (1-0): 2 points
  • Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls (0-1): 0 points
  • Toru Yano & Oleg Boltin (0-1): 0 points
  • Great-O-Khan & HENARE (0-1): 0 points
  • Hiroshi Tanahashi & Jado (0-1): 0 points