Osaka sell out crowd sees critical night five for B Block
A sell out crowd in EDION Arena B on Saturday December 2 will see a critical night five of action for B Block. After a hugely rare time limit draw for two teams this past Wednesday, what twists lay in wait next?
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Main event: WTL B Block- Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) (1-2-1) vs Yota Tsuji & Zandokan Jr. (2-2)
Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI were looking to improve on their two point standing in Shizuoka this past Wednesday, and only partly accomplished that mission. Their 30 minute draw with Atlantis Jr and Soberano Jr., the first such in the modern World Tag League, and first in a heavyweight tag tournament since the 2008 G1 puts Bishamon at three points, five off the leading pace, and one point behind Yota Tsuji and Zandokan Jr. in Osaka. Can Goto and YOSHI-HASHI close the gap to the lead tonight?
7th Match: Yuji Nagata & Minoru Suzuki (0-4) vs Monstersauce (Lance Archer & Alex Zayne) (4-0)
Nagata and Suzuki are mathematically eliminated
Yuji Nagata and Minoru Suzuki have argued, jawed, blind tagged and slapped through to 0-4 and the first exit from mathematical hopes in World Tag League. Tonight, the bottom placed team faces the top in Monstersauce. After Lance Archer and Alex Zayne defeated Yuya Uemura and Archer’s former Suzuki-Gun ‘Brother’ in Taichi, will Archer be just as ungiving to his one time group leader in the King, and can the veteran side finally get along just long enough to pull off a significant upset?
6th Match: WTL B Block- Just Five Guys (Yuya Uemura & Taichi) (3-1) vs Soberano Jr. & Atlantis Jr. (2-1-1)
Taichi and Yuya Uemura, undefeated in their first three bouts, will have taken their first loss at the hands of Monstersauce on Wednesday hard. For Team CMLL, Soberano and Atlantis Jr.’s first loss ignited a rudo spark that Soberano had suppressed since coming to Japan, and the agression from both masked members was very evident in their match with Bishamon before it eventually went to the time limit. The luchadors will be intent not to let another point go to waste, as will Taichi and Uemura.
5th Match: Guerrillas of Destiny (Hikuleo & El Phantasmo) (2-2) vs BULLET CLUB Rogue Army (Bad Luck Fale & Jack Bonza) (1-3)
Rogue Army must win
Both GoD and Rogue Army put an end to respective slumps in Shizuoka Wednesday, with Hikuleo and ELP improving to four points while Bad Luck Fale and Jack Bonza finally got on the board. For Rogue Army though, the pressure is still on, with the team needing to win to stay in; conversely a loss for the STRONG Openweight Tag Champions will put them on the bubble of elimination as well.
4th Match: Shota Umino, Ren Narita & Master Wato vs TMDK (Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls & Kosei Fujita)
Sunday, it’ll be a battle of the two top teams in A block as TMDK will face Narita and Umino. Tonight’s six man preview should be a tense one, and Kosei Fujita will have a lot he’ll want to show Master Wato as well.
3rd Match: BULLET CLUB (Gabe Kidd, Alex Coughlin, Taiji Ishimori & Gedo) vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SHO)
BULLET CLUB derbies are always frenetic affairs, and while HOUSE OF TORTURE and BULLET CLUB War Dogs are under the same banner, that really doesn’t mean everyone gets along- least of all Taiji Ishimori and Yoshinobu Kanemaru, who have hated one another for years. Tonight they share the same ring in opposite corners, and sparks are sure to fly.
2nd Match: United Empire (Great-O-Khan, HENARE & Callum Newman) vs Bishop Kaun, Toa Liona & Boltin Oleg
The power of Gates of Agony, combined with Boltin Oleg, make for an intimidating three man combination when they face United Empire ahead of A Block action Sunday.
1st Match: CHAOS (Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano) vs Young Blood (Yuto Nakashima & Oskar Leube)
The Young Lion combination of Yuto Nakashima and Oskar Leube face A Block runners Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano in non tournament action to kick us off. Certainly the ‘Young Blood’ team wants to be seen as more than a tune up for the CHAOS side ahead of Kaito Kiyomiya and Ryohei Oiwa Sunday.
