Browsing: Hiroshi Tanahashi

The marquee tournament match of the event saw reigning IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions and Suzuki-Gun members Dangerous Tekkers (Zack Sabre Jr/Taichi) take on HenarACE (Hiroshi Tanahashi/Toa Henare). HenarACE was coming off being blitzed by the Empire team of Jeff Cobb/Great-O-Kharn on the opening day of the tournament, thrown off by Cobb being O-Kharn’s mystery partner.

Reigning IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions and Suzuki-Gun members Dangerous Tekkers (Zack Sabre Jr/Taichi) come into World Tag League 2020 (WTL 2020) with a lot of momentum behind them. Despite Dangerous Tekkers performing well during WTL 2018 & WTL 2019, their ascension to IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions came as a surprise to many New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) fans in the west.

The first headline match of the Power Struggle feature event at Edion Arena Osaka #1 saw Bullet Club member Kenta defend his right to make the V3 challenge of the second reign of IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion Jon Moxley against former eight-time IWGP Heavyweight two-time IWGP Intercontinental, and Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro) Undisputed British Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi.