NJPW Announces Teams and Full Schedule for World Tag League 2019 Tournament

New Japan Pro Wrestling recently announced the list of officials teams and full schedule for this year’s World Tag League tournament, which takes place from November 16th to December 8th in Japan. The winner of this year’s tournament will receive an automatic title shot for the IWGP Tag Team Championship, currently held by the Guerrillas of Destiny, at this January’s Wrestle Kingdom 14 event.

NJPW also announced all of the official tournament matches for the first night of World Tag League 2019.

Full list of teams:

• Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toa Henare
• Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma)
• Tencozy (Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan)
• Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata
• FinJuice (David Finlay & Juice Robinson)
• Hirooki Goto & Karl Fredericks
• Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI
• Toru Yano & Colt Cabana
• Jeff Cobb & Mikey Nicholls
• EVIL & SANADA
• Shingo Takagi & Terrible
• Minoru Suzuki & Lance Archer
• Zack Sabre Jr. & Taichi
• Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa)
• KENTA & Yujiro Takahashi
• Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens

Tournament matches for Night 1 of World Tag League 2019:

• FinJuice vs. Hirooki Goto & Karl Fredericks
• Toru Yano & Colt Cabana vs. Jeff Cobb & Mikey Nicholls
• Shingo Takagi & El Terrible vs. Tencozy
• KENTA & Yujiro Takahashi vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata
• Minoru Suzuki & Lance Archer vs. Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens
• Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toa Henare vs. Great Bash Heel
• Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Zack Sabre Jr. & Taichi

Full schedule for World Tag League 2019:

• November 16th – Chichibunomiya Memorial Gymnasium in Kanagawa, Japan
• November 17th – Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan
• November 18th – Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan
• November 19th – Big Palette Fukushima in Fukushima, Japan
• November 21st – Aimesse Yamanashi in Yamanashi, Japan
• November 23rd – Culttz Kawasaki in Kanagawa, Japan
• November 24th – Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Aichi, Japan
• November 25th – Komatsu City Suehiro Gymnasium in Ishikawa, Japan
• November 27th – Act city Hamamatsu in Shizuoka, Japan
• November 28th – Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan
• November 29th – Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan
• December 1st – Ukaru Chan Arena in Shiga, Japan
• December 2nd – Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka, Japan
• December 3rd – Kochi Prefectural Gymnasium in Kochi, Japan
• December 5th – Fukuoka Citizen Gymnasium in Fukuoka, Japan
• December 6th – Grand Messe Kumamoto in Kumamoto, Japan
• December 8th – Hiroshima Green Arena in Hiroshima