Two wrestlers advance in NJPW World TV title tournament

  • Ian Carey
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Two more wrestlers have advanced to the second round of the NJPW World TV title tournament.

SANADA and KENTA will both move on to the tournament quarter-finals after victories on Sunday’s show from Niigata. KENTA defeated Hirooki Goto in the night’s semi-main event and SANADA beat Taichi to close the show. 

SANADA and KENTA will face each other in the next round on Sunday, October 30 from Chiba. 

All matches in the tournament have a 15-minute time limit. If the match goes to a time-limit draw, a coin flip will be used to determine who advances. 

Here’s the updated schedule:

  • Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Alex Zayne (October 14)
  • David Finlay defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru (October 14)
  • YOSHI-HASHI defeated Jeff Cobb (October 15)
  • EVIL defeated Aaron Henare (October 15)
  • SANADA vs. Taichi (October 16)
  • Hirooki Goto vs. KENTA (October 16)
  • Tomohiro Ishii vs. Ren Narita (October 26)
  • Toru Yano vs. The Great-O-Khan (October 26) 
  • EVIL vs. YOSHI-HASHI (October 27) (quarter-finals)
  • Zack Sabre Jr. vs. David Finlay (October 27) (quarter-finals)
  • SANADA vs. KENTA (October 30) (quarter-finals) 
  • Ishii/Narita vs. Yano/Great-O-Khan (October 30) (quarter-finals)
  • Semi-Final #1 (November 4)
  • Semi-Final #2 (November 4)
  • Finals (Wrestle Kingdom, January 4)