Various: Raw Ratings Delayed, NJPW World Tag League Results, Indies

Ratings & Viewership Note for This Week’s WWE RAW and SmackDown Live Shows

Due to Nielsen still being in the process of catching up from last week’s Thanksgiving holiday, this week’s WWE RAW ratings and viewership numbers have been delayed until tomorrow while WWE SmackDown Live numbers will be released on its normal schedule (also tomorrow).

NJPW World Tag League 2018 Night 8 Results & Night 9 Card; Updated Standings

NJPW World Tag League 2018 tournament Night 8 quick match results:

• World Tag League 2018 match – Zack Sabre Jr. & Taichi defeated Ayato Yoshida & Shota Umino via pinfall
• World Tag League 2018 match – Killer Elite Squad defeated Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi via pinfall
• World Tag League 2018 match – Hangman Page & Yujiro Takahashi defeated Togi Makabe & Toa Henare via pinfall
• World Tag League 2018 match – Minoru Suzuki & Takashi Iizuka defeated Best Friends via pinfall
• World Tag League 2018 match – EVIL & SANADA defeated Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan via pinfall
• World Tag League 2018 match – Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano defeated Juice Robinson & David Finlay via pinfall
• World Tag League 2018 match – Michael Elgin & Jeff Cobb defeated Guerrillas of Destiny via pinfall

Here is the full card for Night 9 of NJPW’s World Tag League 2018, which takes place this Wednesday at the Mito Municipal Gymnasium in Ibaraki, Japan. The event’s card features eight matches but will not air live on New Japan World. Instead the event will be uploaded at a later time to the service’s Video On Demand section.

• World Tag League 2018 match – Ayato Yoshida & Shota Umino vs. EVIL & SANADA
• World Tag League 2018 match – Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Zack Sabre Jr. & Taichi
• World Tag League 2018 match – Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Best Friends
• World Tag League 2018 match – Juice Robinson & David Finlay vs. Minoru Suzuki & Takashi Iizuka
• World Tag League 2018 match – Togi Makabe & Toa Henare vs. Michael Elgin & Jeff Cobb
• World Tag League 2018 match – Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano vs. Hangman Page & Yujiro Takahashi
• World Tag League 2018 match – Guerrillas of Destiny vs. Killer Elite Squad
• Roppongi 3K (SHO & YOH) & Kazuchika Okada vs. Shingo Takagi, BUSHI, & Tetsuya Naito

Updated Standings:
1) EVIL & SANADA – 8 points (4-1)
2) Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano – 8 points (4-1)
3) Killer Elite Squad (Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr.) – 8 points (4-1)
4) Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) – 6 points (3-2)
5) Best Friends (Beretta & Chuckie T.) – 6 points (3-2)
6) Hangman Page & Yujiro Takahashi – 6 points (3-2)
7) Zack Sabre Jr. & Taichi – 6 points (3-2)
8) Juice Robinson & David Finlay – 6 points (3-2)
9) Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan – 4 points (2-2)
10) Minoru Suzuki & Takashi Iizuka – 4 points (2-3)
11) Michael Elgin & Jeff Cobb – 4 points (2-3)
12) Togi Makabe & Toa Henare – 2 points (1-4)
13) Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi – 2 points (1-4)
14) Ayato Yoshida & Shota Umino – 0 points (0-5)

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

ROH announced a new match for the card of their December 14th Final Battle 2018 event in New York City, New York – a ROH World Tag Team Championship Ladder War match with SoCal Uncensored (Scorpio Sky & Frankie Kazarian) (c) vs. The Young Bucks vs. The Briscoe Brothers. ROH also announced that they will be holding a Toys for Tots Foundation charity drive at the event and are asking for fans to please bring toys for donations.

Canadian-based Alpha-1 Wrestling announced that MJF has been pulled from the card of their December 2nd event in Hamilton, Canada due to his recent elbow injury. The company also announced that Eddie Kingston will be MJF’s replacement, teaming with Homicide against Ethan Page & Colt Cabana.

Major League Wrestling announced that Dragon Lee will be making his official debut for the company at their December 13th Never Say Never event in Miami, Florida. MLW also announced that the main event will be a singles match between Pentagon Jr. and Teddy Hart due to Rey Fenix’s recent groin injury causing the MLW World Tag Team Championship match to be pulled from the event’s card.