NJPW: Knockout Bros Wins IWGP Tag Titles at 10/6 Road To King of Pro Wrestling 2026 Event, Knockout Bros & Jeff Cobb vs. United Empire for NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Titles Match Set for King of Pro Wrestling 2026

Knockout Bros Wins IWGP Tag Titles at 10/6 Road To King of Pro Wrestling 2026 Event

Tuesday’s Road to King of Pro Wrestling 2026 event for New Japan Pro Wrestling at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan featured The Knockout Brothers (OSKAR & Yuto-Ice) defeating United Empire (HENARE & Great-O-Khan to become the new IWGP Tag Team champions.

#andNEW K.O.B. FOR THE WIN! 💥 OSKAR & Yuto-Ice defeat HENARE & Great-O-Khan and begin their second IWGP Tag Team Championship reign! 👀 Check out: https://t.co/BKDpC12IgV 📺 Watch the replay: https://t.co/90IBhHBaEo #njpw #njkopw https://t.co/M1BYTGIpcp

— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) October 6, 2026

This was the Knockout Brothers second IWGP Tag Team Championship victory in their NJPW careers.

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Knockout Bros & Jeff Cobb vs. United Empire for NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Titles Announced for King of Pro Wrestling 2026

NJPW announced one newly updated match for the card of King of Pro Wrestling 2026, which takes place on October 12 at the Ryogoku Sumo Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

This newly updated match announced was a NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Championship match of Unbound Co. (Knockout Bros. (OSKAR & Yuto-ICE) & Jeff Cobb) vs. United Empire (Will Ospreay, HENARE, & Great-O-Khan) (c).

This newly updated match was setup following Knockout Brothers defeating United Empire’s HENARE & Great-O-Khan to become the new IWGP Tag Team champions and HENARE & Great-O-Khan responding by attacking the Knockout Bros. This led to Jeff Cobb coming out for the save and being revealed as the mystery partner for Knockout Bros’ team for their match against United Empire for the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag titles at King of Pro Wrestling 2026.

IWGPタッグを巡る遺恨王座戦は34分超えの死闘に！ 前王者K.O.Bが連合帝国から執念のベルト奪還！ そして共にNEVER6人タッグに挑む“X”にコブを指名！ ※⒑.6『Road to KING OF PRO-WRESTLING』後楽園大会 新日本プロレスのスマホサイトで詳報中！ https://t.co/3oAKEspR9F #njkopw https://t.co/eJ3jCAfOeB

— 新日本プロレスリング株式会社 (@njpw1972) October 6, 2026

Current card for NJPW King of Pro Wrestling 2026:

• IWGP Heavyweight Championship – Ryohei Oiwa vs. Yuta Tsuji (c)
• IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship – Shota Umino vs. Gabe Kidd (c)
• NEVER Openweight Championship – Kosei Fujita vs. Aaron Wolf (c)
• NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Championship – Unbound Co. (Knockout Bros. (OSKAR & Yuto-ICE) & Jeff Cobb) vs. United Empire (Will Ospreay, HENARE, & Great-O-Khan) (c)