New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced the teams and blocks for this year’s edition of the World Tag League tournament. The winners will get a shot at the IWGP World Tag Team titles at Wrestle Kingdom on January 4 at the Tokyo Dome. World Tag League begins on November 19 and wraps up on December 6. The teams and blocks include:
A Block:
Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI)
BULLET CLUB (Chase Owens & KENTA)
Shota Umino & Tomoaki Honma
United Empire (Jeff Cobb & Callum Newman)
Alex Zayne & X
Los Ingobernables De Japon (Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji)
TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr. & Ryohei Oiwa)
BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Gabe Kidd & SANADA)
B Block:
United Empire (Great-O-Khan & HENARE)
Just Four Guys (TAKA Michinoku & Taichi)
TMDK (Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls)
Los Ingobernables De Japon (Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi)
Hiroshi Tanahashi & Jado
Natural Classics (Tome & Stevie Fillip)
Toru Yano & Boltin Oleg
HOUSE OF TORTURE (Ren Narita & EVIL)