NJPW Announces Teams and Full Schedule for World Tag League 2019 Tournament

Nov 7, 2019

New Japan Pro Wrestling recently announced the list of officials teams and full schedule for this year’s World Tag League tournament, which takes place from November 16th to December 8th in Japan. The winner of this year’s tournament will receive an automatic title shot for the IWGP Tag Team Championship, currently held by the Guerrillas of Destiny, at this January’s Wrestle Kingdom 14 event.

NJPW also announced all of the official tournament matches for the first night of World Tag League 2019.

Full list of teams:

Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toa Henare
Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma)
Tencozy (Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan)
Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata
FinJuice (David Finlay & Juice Robinson)
Hirooki Goto & Karl Fredericks
Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI
Toru Yano & Colt Cabana
Jeff Cobb & Mikey Nicholls
EVIL & SANADA
Shingo Takagi & Terrible
Minoru Suzuki & Lance Archer
Zack Sabre Jr. & Taichi
Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa)
KENTA & Yujiro Takahashi
Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens

Tournament matches for Night 1 of World Tag League 2019:

FinJuice vs. Hirooki Goto & Karl Fredericks
Toru Yano & Colt Cabana vs. Jeff Cobb & Mikey Nicholls
Shingo Takagi & El Terrible vs. Tencozy
KENTA & Yujiro Takahashi vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata
Minoru Suzuki & Lance Archer vs. Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens
Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toa Henare vs. Great Bash Heel
Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Zack Sabre Jr. & Taichi

Full schedule for World Tag League 2019:

November 16th – Chichibunomiya Memorial Gymnasium in Kanagawa, Japan
November 17th – Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan
November 18th – Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan
November 19th – Big Palette Fukushima in Fukushima, Japan
November 21st – Aimesse Yamanashi in Yamanashi, Japan
November 23rd – Culttz Kawasaki in Kanagawa, Japan
November 24th – Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Aichi, Japan
November 25th – Komatsu City Suehiro Gymnasium in Ishikawa, Japan
November 27th – Act city Hamamatsu in Shizuoka, Japan
November 28th – Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan
November 29th – Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan
December 1st – Ukaru Chan Arena in Shiga, Japan
December 2nd – Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka, Japan
December 3rd – Kochi Prefectural Gymnasium in Kochi, Japan
December 5th – Fukuoka Citizen Gymnasium in Fukuoka, Japan
December 6th – Grand Messe Kumamoto in Kumamoto, Japan
December 8th – Hiroshima Green Arena in Hiroshima