Various: Best of the Super Juniors, WWE’s Tag Team Pessimism, Indies

Full Card for NJPW Best of the Super Juniors Night 4

NJPW recently released the full card for Night 4 of their on-going Best of the Super Juniors tournament. This event occurs on May 22nd at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan and airs live on New Japan World starting at 5:30AM EST.

Full card for Night 4:
* Tomoyuki Oka & Flip Gordon versus Chase Owens & Taiji Ishimori.
* Shota Umino & ACH versus Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Minoru Suzuki.
* Gedo & Will Ospreay versus Yoshi-Hashi & Yoh.
* Toa Henare & Tiger Mask versus BUSHI & Tetsuya Naito.
* Best of the Super Juniors B Block – Chris Sabin versus Sho.
* Best of the Super Juniors B Block – Ryusuke Taguchi versus Dragon Lee.
* Best of the Super Juniors B Block – KUSHIDA versus Marty Scurll.
* Best of the Super Juniors B Block – Hiromu Takahashi versus El Desperado.

WWE Reported to Hold a Pessimistic View of Their Tag Team Divisions

WWE is reported to currently hold a pessimistic view of their tag team divisions and tag team wrestling in general, according to PWInsider.

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported in a recent Elite Audio episode that the official reason why WWE puts very little effort into their tag team divisions is due to the internal feeling of there being no money to be made by showcasing tag team wrestling nor do they see the desire to invest in any of their current tag teams.

Mike Johnson – “I think they have decided that nobody involved in the tag division is worth their time and they’re not going to invest into it because they don’t think it makes them any money. And That’s that.”

Vince McMahon has been reported periodically to hold a poor outlook towards tag team wrestling due to his preference for singles wrestling and disliking potential money making stars being stuck in tag teams.

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

CMLL is currently expected to officially confirm the main event of their 85th Anniversary event this September will be a Hair vs. Mask match of Rush versus L.A. Park (La Parka in WCW). L.A. Park issued the challenge for this match to Rush during last Friday’s finals of the Gran Alternativa 2018 tournament.

Ring of Honor announced they will opening a new ROH wrestling academy on June 23rd in Baltimore, Maryland. Among those announced to be trainers includes former WWE producer and wrestler Joey Mercury.

Shimmer announced they will be launching a streaming service within the next three weeks with roughly 150 hours of content planned to be available to subscribers at launch.