{"id":68014,"date":"2018-10-20T14:12:36","date_gmt":"2018-10-20T19:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=68014"},"modified":"2018-10-20T16:56:05","modified_gmt":"2018-10-20T21:56:05","slug":"10-17-new-japan-road-to-power-struggle-super-junior-tag-league-2018-on-site-report-roppongi-3k-vs-desperado-kanemura-tiger-mask-liger-vs-volador-jr-soberano-jr-plus-sabin-okada-ta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/10\/20\/10-17-new-japan-road-to-power-struggle-super-junior-tag-league-2018-on-site-report-roppongi-3k-vs-desperado-kanemura-tiger-mask-liger-vs-volador-jr-soberano-jr-plus-sabin-okada-ta\/","title":{"rendered":"10\/17 New Japan &#8220;Road to Power Struggle &#8211; Super Junior Tag League 2018&#8221; On-Site Report: Roppongi 3K vs. Desperado &#038; Kanemura, Tiger Mask &#038; Liger vs. Volador Jr. &#038; Soberano Jr., plus Sabin, Okada, Tanahashi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3914384917\" 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><h3>NEWJAPAN PRO WRESTLING LIVE EVENT &#8211; ON-SITE REPORT<br \/>\n&#8220;ROAD TO POWER STRUGGLE &#8211; SUPER JUNIOR TAG LEAGUE 2018&#8221;<br \/>\nOCTOBER 17, 2018<br \/>\nTOKYO, JAPAN AT KORAKUEN HALL<br \/>\nREPORT BY JAKE AKINO, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>If you attend a live event, please send results in the format of the following report to <a href=\"mailto:pwtorch@pwtorch.com\">pwtorch@pwtorch.com<\/a>. Thanks!<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Venue seemed close to a sell out with only a small number of emtpy seats. They had 2 or 3 broadcast announcer tables setup near the ring and the entrance to the ring. Most of the matches had a video package played explaining the storyline before the wrestlers made their entrances.<\/p>\n<p>(1)\u00a0Yuya Uemura &amp; Yota Tsuji &amp; Ayato Yoshida defeated\u00a0Ren Narita &amp; Shota Umino &amp; Tomoaki Honma.\u00a0Solid opener. All six men were impressive. There was some good grappling mid-match. After several submission attempts, Tsuji tapped out to the Boston Crab applied by Umino.<\/p>\n<p>(2) Chase Owens &amp; Yujiro Takahashi &amp; Kota Ibushi vs. Toa Henare &amp; Togi Makube &amp; Hiroshi Tanahashi when Owens pinned Henry.\u00a0Ibushi would high-five instead of doing the &#8220;too sweet&#8221; sign which the crowd found funny. He also didn&#8217;t want to do heel tactics for most of the match.\u00a0There was a cool sequence of moves when Tanahashi and Ibushi were facing off.<\/p>\n<p>(3)\u00a0Chuckie T &amp; Bretta &amp; Toru Yano &amp; Kazuchika Okada beat Tanga Loa &amp; Tama Tonga &amp; B.L. Fale &amp; Jay White via DQ.\u00a0Okada immediately went for an attack when he entered the ring. The heels were working the crowd. There was a lot of brawling in and out of the ring. Yano did some comedy and was hit with a kendo stick by Gedo early on. Gedo attacked Okada for the DQ finish.\u00a0Okada was being beaten down and Hiroshi Tanahashi came down for the save. Okada left quick after the save.<\/p>\n<h3>Super Jr. Tag League matches<\/h3>\n<p>(4) Tiger Mask &amp; Jushin Thunder Liger defeated\u00a0vs. Soberano Jr. &amp; Volador Jr.\u00a0All four shook hands before the match started. Volador executed a moonsault to the outside. They worked on Liger&#8217;s leg. A Liger Bomb followed by a Tiger Suplex on Soberano Jr. for the pin. Excellent match.<\/p>\n<p>(5)\u00a0Robbie Eagles &amp; Taiji Ishimori beat\u00a0ACH &amp; Ryusuke Taguchi.\u00a0Taguchi and ACH made a fun entrance wearing rugby uniforms with 69 on them. They were passing a rugby to each other on the way to the ring then coaching each other like in a rugby team before the match started. The crowd was enjoying this.\u00a0ACH and Taguchi did some comedy spots. Taguchi was mimicking what seemed like Shinsuke Nakamura. Ishimori pinned ACH. ACH was very emotional after the loss.<\/p>\n<p>(6) Shingo Takagi &amp; Bushi beat Chris Sabin &amp; Kushida.\u00a0Great match. Crowd was into it. Takagi pinned Sabin. 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