{"id":17577,"date":"2016-04-26T12:00:33","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T17:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=17577"},"modified":"2016-04-26T14:37:14","modified_gmt":"2016-04-26T19:37:14","slug":"17577","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/04\/26\/17577\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan News &#038; Notes &#8211; Elgin scores victory before IWGP IC Title challenge, NOAH&#8217;s Global Tag League standings, AJPW press conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-803204874\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><strong>April 26 Japan News &amp; Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; New Japan held their final show before <a href=\"http:\/\/njpwworld.com\/feature\/schedule\" target=\"_blank\">Wednesday&#8217;s live special on New Japan World<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday&#8217;s show, Michael Elgin scored the victory in an eight-man tag match against Bullet Club. This set up Elgin challenging Kenny Omega for the IWGP Intercontinental Title on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>In the main event of Tuesday&#8217;s show, IWGP World champion Naito&#8217;s\u00a0L.I.J. group got another victory over CHAOS when Sanada pinned Gedo. (<a href=\"http:\/\/puroresuspirit.net\/2016\/04\/njpw-results-for-april-26-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\">Full Results via PuroresuSpirit.net<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; NOAH is half-way through the Global Tag League tournament after Tuesday&#8217;s show.<\/p>\n<p>The teams of Go Shiozaki &amp; Maybach Taniguchi and New Japan&#8217;s Tenzan &amp; Kojima are currently tied for first place. GHC tag champions Lance Archer &amp; Davey Boy Smith are tied for second place with three other teams. (<a href=\"http:\/\/puroresuspirit.net\/2016\/04\/noah-results-for-april-26-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\">Full Standings<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; All Japan held a press conference setting up their next three big shows in Tokyo, Saitama, and Chiba.<\/p>\n<p>Set for May 25 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo is the next Triple Crown Hvt. Title match when Kento Miyahara defends against\u00a0Daisuke Sekimoto. 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