On December 10, New Japan Pro Wrestling concluded the final day of their annual tag tournament. In the main event, IWGP Tag Team Champions Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) faced Guerrillas Of Destiny (El Phantasmo & Hikuleo).
It was an interesting road to the finals for the tag champions, who had two losses in the early stages of the tournament. Their first match was a loss to Guerrillas Of Destiny, which made fans wonder how far they would go in the World Tag League. However, Bishamon turned it around, won four matches, and had a time-limit draw to reach the semi-finals. They went on to defeat BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Alex Coughlin & Gabe Kidd) to get the finals which gave them extra confidence.
To make their comeback in the tournament complete, they avenged their loss to G.O.D in the finals.
Another match on the card had Tetsuya Naito teaming with his faction Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji) and Zandokan Jr. to defeat Just 5 Guys (DOUKI, SANADA, Taichi, TAKA Michinoku & Yuya Uemura).
NJPW World Tag League 2023 Day 16 occurred at the Grand Messe Kumamoto in Mashiki, Kumamoto, Japan. To watch the event, you must subscribe to NJPW World, which costs around $10.
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NJPW World Tag League 2023 Day 16 Match Card Results
Pre-Show
- Oleg Boltin & Ryusuke Taguchi def. Asosan & Kodai Nozaki- Frontier Zone Tag Team Match
Main Card
- Atlantis Jr., Master Wato & Soberano Jr. def. TMDK (Kosei Fujita, Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste)-Six-Man Tag Team Match
- Monstersauce (Alex Zayne & Lance Archer), Minoru Suzuki & Yuji Nagata def. BULLET CLUB (Alex Coughlin, Bad Luck Fale, Gabe Kidd & Jack Bonza)-Eight-Man Tag Team Match
- United Empire (Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan, HENARE & Jeff Cobb) def. CHAOS (Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano), Oskar Leube & Yuto Nakashima-Eight-Man Tag Team Match
- House Of Torture (Dick Togo & SHO) def. Shota Umino & Tiger Mask
- House Of Torture (EVIL, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Yujiro Takahashi) def. Kaito Kiyomiya, Ryohei Oiwa & Tomoaki Honma-Six-Man Tag Team Match
- Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada def. Gates Of Agony (Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona)
- Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito & Yota Tsuji) & Zandokan Jr. def. Just 5 Guys (DOUKI, SANADA, Taichi, TAKA Michinoku & Yuya Uemura)-Ten-Man Tag Team Match
- Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) def. Guerrillas Of Destiny (El Phantasmo & Hikuleo) in the finals of the World Tag League 2023
NJPW World Tag League 2023 Day 16 Highlights
Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) def. Guerrillas Of Destiny (El Phantasmo & Hikuleo)
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Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito & Yota Tsuji) & Zandokan Jr. def. Just 5 Guys (DOUKI, SANADA, Taichi, TAKA Michinoku & Yuya Uemura)
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