{"id":144016,"date":"2025-10-14T10:03:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T14:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=144016"},"modified":"2025-10-14T10:03:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T14:03:46","slug":"njpw-super-jr-tag-league-teams-two-big-matches-announced-for-tanahashi-final-homecoming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/10\/14\/njpw-super-jr-tag-league-teams-two-big-matches-announced-for-tanahashi-final-homecoming\/","title":{"rendered":"NJPW Super Jr. Tag League Teams; Two Big Matches Announced for Tanahashi Final Homecoming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NJPW Super Jr. Tag League is set to begin on October 23, and NJPW has announced the teams that will be competing this year. There are a few eye-catching first-time pairings for both blocks mixed with more established teams.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check out all the teams for both blocks below:<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>A Block<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOUKI &amp; SHO (debut entry, IWGP Jr. Tag Team Champions)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Skateboard Bros.: Ryusuke Taguchi &amp; Dragon Dia (Dragongate) (2nd consecutive entry)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YOH &amp; Master Wato (debut entry)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Templario &amp; Jakob Austin Young (debut entry)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clark Connors &amp; Daiki Nagai (debut entry)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hiromu Takahashi &amp; Gedo (debut entry)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>B Block<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ichiban Sweet Boys: Robbie Eagles &amp; Kosei Fujita (3rd consecutive entry, 2024 winners)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taiji Ishimori &amp; Robbie X (2nd consecutive entry)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El Desperado &amp; KUUKAI (debut entry)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tiger Mask &amp; YAMATO (Dragongate) (debut entry)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KUSHIDA &amp; Yuki Yoshioka (Dragongate) (debut entry)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Half of this year\u2019s competitors will team up for the first time ever. Two of the most noticeable ones on the A Block are the mixed Unaffiliated and Bullet Club War Dogs pairs of Clark Connors and Daiki Nagai, and Hiromu Takahashi and Gedo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, the B Block has two teams with Dragongate representation in Tiger Mask and YAMATO, and KUSHIDA and Yuki Yoshioka. They also have the most experienced team in the entire league, which also happens to be the team that won it last year, the Ichiban Sweet Boys.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tournament will retain its round robin format, where the top two teams of each block with the most points advance to the finals. The trophy will be contested at the Tanahashi Final Homecoming show on November 2nd.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_144020\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-144020\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-144020 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/10\/11-43-1024x910.jpg\" alt=\"A graphic for the NJPW Super Jr. Tag League Teams.\" width=\"640\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/10\/11-43-1024x910.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/10\/11-43-300x267.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/10\/11-43-768x683.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/10\/11-43-1536x1365.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/10\/11-43.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-144020\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: NJPW<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><b>Two Title Matches Slated for Tanahashi Final Homecoming<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaking of the special show on November 2nd, two title matches are set for the event. The headliner will be Konosuke Takeshita\u2019s first defense of the IWGP World Heavyweight title against Hirooki Goto.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The other one is the Global Heavyweight title duel between Yota Tsuji and Hiroshi Tanahashi. It will be The Ace\u2019s final match in his hometown of Gifu, which has now turned into a golden opportunity to add another singles title reign nine weeks before his retirement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"s1\">Header photo \u2013 NJPW \u2013 Stay tuned to the\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a> for more on NJPW, NJPW Super Jr. Tag League Teams, Hiroshi Tanahashi&#8217;s Final Homecoming, and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. You can rewatch all NJPW events and plenty more tremendous wrestling content from New Japan Pro-Wrestling on <a href=\"http:\/\/njpwworld.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NJPWWorld.com<\/a>, The King of Sports Streaming.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NJPW Super Jr. Tag League is set to begin on October 23, and NJPW has announced the teams that will be competing this year. There are a few eye-catching first-time pairings for both blocks mixed with more established teams. Check out all the teams for both blocks below: A Block DOUKI &amp; SHO (debut entry, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5576,"featured_media":144021,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13,14,2192],"tags":[1029,1617],"class_list":["post-144016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","category-njpw","category-wrestling","tag-hiroshi-tanahashi","tag-super-jr-tag-team-tournament"],"modified_by":"Michael Joseph Sugue, Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5576"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144016"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144022,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144016\/revisions\/144022"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}