NJPW World Tag League & Super Junior Tag League winners crowned

  • Ian Carey
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NJPW crowned the winners of the 2022 World Tag & Super Junior Tag League tournaments on Wednesday in Sendai. 

Lio Rush & YOH defeated Bullet Club’s Ace Austin & Chris Bey in the finals to win the 2022 Super Junior Tag League. This was YOH’s third Super Junior Tag League victory. His Roppongi 3K team with Sho won the tournament in 2018 and 2019 as well. Roppongi 3K also won the Super Junior Tag Tournament (single-elimination) in 2016. 

Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) defeated Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis) in the finals to win the World Tag League for a second year in a row. Goto has now won the tournament four times (two-times w/ YOSHI-HASHI, one-time with Katsuyori Shibata, and one-time with Karl Anderson). He currently sits one back of both Keiji Mutoh and Antonio Inoki, who have each won the tournament five times with different partners. 

Lio Rush & YOH will now face TJP & Francesco Akira for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships at Wrestle Kingdom 17. Bishamon advance to challenge FTR for the IWGP Tag Team Championships on the show as well.