{"id":94685,"date":"2021-06-23T08:45:33","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T12:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=94685"},"modified":"2021-06-23T08:45:33","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T12:45:33","slug":"taiji-ishimori-elp-jr-tag-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/06\/23\/taiji-ishimori-elp-jr-tag-titles\/","title":{"rendered":"#AndNEW: Taiji Ishimori &#038; El Phantasmo Win IWGP Jr. Tag Straps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At today&#8217;s Kizuna Road event in Korakuen Hall the latest IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship reign of Roppongi 3K (<strong>SHO<\/strong> &amp; <strong>YOH<\/strong>) came to an end at the hand of Bullet Club pair El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori.\u00a0 This marks the third time the Bullet Club duo have held these titles and their second reign in 2021 alone.<\/p>\n<h2>Taiji Ishimori &amp; El Phantasmo Cut Roppongi 3K&#8217;s Reign Short<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Your main event is next!<\/p>\n<p>Who leaves with the IWGP Jr. heavyweight Tag Team Championships as El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori challenge Roppongi 3K, next!<\/p>\n<p>Watch LIVE: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A2ZzDdlUjo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/A2ZzDdlUjo<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/njpw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#njpw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/njkizuna?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#njkizuna<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EyAKS7GLPR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/EyAKS7GLPR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/njpwglobal\/status\/1407655595805609987?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 23, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>SHO and YOH&#8217;s fifth reign with the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship lasted just 80 days with one successful defense to their name. This is the third short reign that Roppongi 3K has had with the titles across just five reigns as they never seem to keep a hold of the titles for too long.<\/p>\n<p>This is yet another short reign with the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship which has been tossed from team to team ever since Suzuki-Gun dropped them at the start of 2021, this game of hot potato isn&#8217;t doing any favors for the already barren division with the titles feeling less and less valuable with each passing defense.\u00a0 NJPW is going back to basics with Roppongi 3K presumably returning to chase mode for the tag titles.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s hope that they don&#8217;t resort to having SHO and YOH winning Jr. Tag League again as part of this story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><span class=\"s1\">Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this 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.\u00a0 You can watch New Japan Pro Wrestling and plenty more tremendous wrestling content from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/njpwworld.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NJPWWorld.com<\/a>; The King of Sports Streaming.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-30\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"snack_dex18\" class=\"mobile-unit\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1611852641523\"><em><span class=\"s1\">Looking to talk wrestling, pro football, or any number of sports? 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