Big Japan announced the Saikyo Tag League / 最侠タッグリーグ 2016. Which will see 16 teams competing in total. All the teams will be split between 4 blocks. With 2 being under the deathmatch division and the other 2 under the strong division. Making it a total of 4 teams that will then make up each block. The league will take place throughout Sepember, starting on 9/7, and October, with the final on 10/31. Though one match will be held on September 4 between Sekimoto & Okabayashi against Tsutomu Oosugi and Hercules Senga. The real first day though will be held on September 7 at the Shinkiba 1stRING with the quarter-finals scheduled for October 14 and the semi’s and final match on October 31 both of which will be at Korakuen.
Announced Teams
Deathmatch A Block
・ Yuko Miyamoto [666] & Isami Kodaka [BASARA]
・ Kankuro Hoshino & Masato Inaba [FREE]
・ Masashi Takeda [U-FILE] & Takumi Tsukamoto [BASARA]
・ Takayuki Ueki & Masaya Takahashi [ASUKA]
Deathmatch B Block
・ Abdullah Kobayashi & Jaki Numazawa
・ Ryuji Ito & Toshiyuki Sakuda
・ Saburo Inematsu [K-DOJO] & Ryuichi Sekine [BASARA]
・ Shu & Kei Brahman [both FREE]
Strong A Block
・ Shuji Ishikawa [FREE] & Kohei Sato [ZERO1]
・ Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi
・ Hideki Suzuki [FREE] & Takuya Nomura
・ Tsutomu Oosugi & Hercules Senga [both FREE]
Strong B Block
・ Akebono [Oudou] & Ryota Hama [FREE]
・ Hideyoshi Kamitani & Daichi Hashimoto
・ Ryuichi Kawakami & Yasufumi Nakanoue [FREE]
・ Yoshihisa Uto & Kazumi Kikuta
Event Listings
BJW “Death Rules 11”, 9/4/2016 [Sun] 18:00 @ Sendai Rensa in Miyagi
(1) Kazuki Hashimoto & Takuya Nomura vs. Kota Sekifuda & Yoshihisa Uto
(2) Atsushi Maruyama & Kazumi Kikuta vs. Shu & Kei Brahman
(3) Barbed-wire Board 6 Man Tag Deathmatch: Abdullah Kobayashi, Jaki Numazawa & Takayuki Ueki vs. Yuko Miyamoto, Isami Kodaka & Toshiyuki Sakuda
(4) Fluorescent Light-tube Deathmatch: Kankuro Hoshino & Ryuji Ito vs. Masashi Takeda & Takumi Tsukamoto
(5) Hideyoshi Kamitani, Daichi Hashimoto & GAINA vs. Ryuichi Kawakami, Yasufumi Nakanoue & Shinobu
(6) Saikyo Tag (Pre) League Strong A Block Match: Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi vs. Tsutomu Oosugi & Hercules Senga
BJW “Saikyo Tag League ~ Opener”, 9/7/2016 [Wed] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
(1) Kazuki Hashimoto vs. Takuya Nomura
(2) Tsutomu Oosugi & Hercules Senga vs. Tatsuhiko Yoshino & Atsushi Maruyama
(3) Daisuke Sekimoto, Yuji Okabayashi & Kota Sekifuda vs. Ryuichi Kawakami, Ryota Hama & Yasufumi Nakanoue
(4) Deathmatch: Ryuji Ito, Yuko Miyamoto, Isami Kodaka & Toshiyuki Sakuda vs. Abdullah Kobayashi, Jaki Numazawa, Masashi Takeda & Takumi Tsukamoto
(5) Saikyo Tag League Strong B Block Match: Hideyoshi Kamitani & Daichi Hashimoto vs. Yoshihisa Uto & Kazumi Kikuta
(6) Saikyo Tag League Deathmatch B Block Match: Saburo Inematsu & Ryuichi Sekine vs. Shu & Kei Brahman
(7) Saikyo Tag League Deathmatch A Block Match: Kankuro Hoshino & Masato Inaba vs. Takayuki Ueki & Masaya Takahashi
BJW “Saikyo Tag League”, 9/11/2016 [Sun] 13:00 @ Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Hall, East Wing
(1) Kazuki Hashimoto & Takumi Tsukamoto vs. Kota Sekifuda & Takuya Nomura
(2) Tsutomu Oosugi & Hercules Senga vs. Sakigake & Rey Paloma
(3) Yuko Miyamoto, Isami Kodaka & Takayuki Ueki vs. Ryuji Ito, Masashi Takeda & Toshiyuki Sakuda
(4) Saikyo Tag League Strong B Block Match: Ryuichi Kawakami & Yasufumi Nakanoue vs. Yoshihisa Uto & Kazumi Kikuta
(5) Saikyo Tag League Deathmatch B Block Match: Abdullah Kobayashi & Jaki Numazawa vs. Shu & Kei Brahman
(6) Hideyoshi Kamitani, Ryota Hama & Daichi Hashimoto vs. Daisuke Sekimoto, Yuji Okabayashi & Atsushi Maruyama
(7) BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship ~ Fluorescent Light-tube + Bring Your Own Weapons G-Shock Death Match: [33rd Champion] Kankuro Hoshino vs. [Challenger] Masaya Takahashi
~ 2nd title defense.
BJW “Saikyo Tag League”, 9/12/2016 [Mon] 18:30 @ Takamatsu Symbol Tower Exhibition Hall in Kagawa
(1) Barbed-wire Board Death Match: Masashi Takeda vs. Toshiyuki Sakuda
(2) Kota Sekifuda vs. Atsushi Maruyama
(3) Ryuji Ito, Tsutomu Oosugi & Hercules Senga vs. Jaki Numazawa, Shu & Kei Brahman
(4) Kazuki Hashimoto & Takumi Tsukamoto vs. Tatsuhiko Yoshino & Takuya Nomura
(5) Hideyoshi Kamitani, Ryuichi Kawakami & Daichi Hashimoto vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue, Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi
(6) Saikyo Tag League Strong B Block Match: Akebono & Ryota Hama vs. Yoshihisa Uto & Kazumi Kikuta
(7) Fluorescent Light-tube 6 Man Tag Death Match: Kankuro Hoshino, Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka vs. Masaya Takahashi, Abdullah Kobayashi & Takayuki Ueki
BJW “Saikyo Tag League”, 9/13/2016 [Tue] 18:30 @ Miyazaki Prefecture Gymnasium
(1) Masashi Takeda & Takumi Tsukamoto vs. Tatsuhiko Yoshino & Kazumi Kikuta
(2) Jaki Numazawa, Tsutomu Oosugi & Hercules Senga vs. Takayuki Ueki, Shu & Kei Brahman
(3) Kankuro Hoshino & Atsushi Maruyama vs. Yoshihisa Uto & Kota Sekifuda
(4) Hideyoshi Kamitani, Daichi Hashimoto & Takuya Nomura vs. Daisuke Sekimoto, Yuji Okabayashi & Kazuki Hashimoto
(5) Abdullah Kobayashi, Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka vs. Masaya Takahashi, Ryuji Ito & Toshiyuki Sakuda
(6) Saikyo Tag League Strong B Block Match: Akebono & Ryota Hama vs. Ryuichi Kawakami & Yasufumi Nakanoue
BJW “Saikyo Tag League”, 9/22/2016 [Thu] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
() Abdullah Kobayashi, Jaki Numazawa, Masashi Takeda & Takumi Tsukamoto vs. Ryuji Ito, Shinobu, Shu & Kei Brahman
() Yasufumi Nakanoue, Ryuichi Kawakami & Tatsuhiko Yoshino vs. Atsushi Maruyama, Kazuki Hashimoto & Yoshihisa Uto
() Nekketsukan “Chimidoro” Thumbtack Deathmatch: Takayuki Ueki vs. Masaya Takahashi
() Saikyo Tag League Strong B Block Match: Hideyoshi Kamitani & Daichi Hashimoto vs. Akebono & Ryota Hama
() Saikyo Tag League Strong A Block Match: Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi vs. Hideki Suzuki & Takuya Nomura
() Saikyo Tag League Strong A Block Match: Kohei Sato & Shuji Ishikawa vs. Tsutomu Oosugi & Hercules Senga
() Saikyo Tag League Deathmatch A Block Match: Kankuro Hoshino & Masato Inaba vs. Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka
BJW “Saikyo Tag League ~ BJ STYLE #8”, 9/24/2016 [Sat] 17:00 @ Osaka Municipal Nishinari Ward Community Center
() Tsutomu Oosugi & Hercules Senga vs. Tatsuhiko Yoshino & Takuya Nomura
() Kazuki Hashimoto & Kota Sekifuda vs. Yoshihisa Uto & Shuri Joe
() Daisuke Sekimoto, Atsushi Maruyama & Kazumi Kikuta vs. ZERO, GAINA & Masamune
() Saikyo Tag League Strong B Block Match: Hideyoshi Kamitani & Daichi Hashimoto vs. Ryuichi Kawakami & Yasufumi Nakanoue
() Saikyo Tag League Deathmatch B Block Match: Ryuji Ito & Toshiyuki Sakuda vs. Saburo Inematsu & Ryuichi Sekine
() Saikyo Tag League Deathmatch A Block Match: Masashi Takeda & Takumi Tsukamoto vs. Takayuki Ueki & Masaya Takahashi
() Death Match: Kankuro Hoshino & Abdullah Kobayashi vs. Yuko Miyamoto & Jaki Numazawa
() Yuji Okabayashi, Isami Kodaka & Kotaro Suzuki vs. Ryota Hama, Shu & Kei Brahman
BJW “Saikyo Tag League ~ Death Market 34”, 9/25/2016 [Sun] 18:00 @ Nagoya Diamond Hall in Aichi
(1) Daisuke Sekimoto, Yuji Okabayashi & Kota Sekifuda vs. Kazuki Hashimoto, Yoshihisa Uto & Kazumi Kikuta
(2) Hideyoshi Kamitani, Daichi Hashimoto & Atsushi Maruyama vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue, Ryuichi Kawakami & Kengo Takai
(3) Saikyo Tag League Deathmatch B Block Match: Ryuji Ito & Toshiyuki Sakuda vs. Shu & Kei Brahman
(4) Saikyo Tag League Deathmatch A Block Match: Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka vs. Takayuki Ueki & Masaya Takahashi
(5) Saikyo Tag League Strong A Block Match: Hideki Suzuki & Takuya Nomura vs. Tsutomu Oosugi & Hercules Senga
(6) Saikyo Tag League Deathmatch B Block Match: Abdullah Kobayashi & Jaki Numazawa vs. Saburo Inematsu & Ryuichi Sekine
(7) Saikyo Tag League Deathmatch A Block Match: Kankuro Hoshino & Masato Inaba vs. Masashi Takeda & Takumi Tsukamoto
BJW “Saikyo Tag League”, 10/2/2016 [Sun] 13:00 @ Sakada Minato Ichiba Special Ring in Yamagata
(1) Kazuki Hashimoto & Tatsuhiko Yoshino vs.
(2) Jaki Numazawa vs. Frank Atsushi
(3) Barbed-wire Board Tag Deathmatch: Yuko Miyamoto & Ryuji Ito vs. Masashi Takeda & Masaya Takahashi
(4) Sakada-to Certified Intercontinental Tag Championship Decision Match: Kankuro Hoshino & Toshiyuki Sakuda vs. Abdullah Kobayashi & Takayuki Ueki
(5) Hideyoshi Kamitani, Daichi Hashimoto & Takuya Nomura vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue, Ryuichi Kawakami & Kazumi Kikuta
(6) Saikyo Tag League Strong A Block Match: Kohei Sato & Shuji Ishikawa vs. Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi
BJW “Saikyo Tag League”, 10/9/2016 [Sun] 16:00 @ Sasukino Mars Gym in Sapporo
(1) Kankuro Hoshino & Tatsuhiko Yoshino vs. Takayuki Ueki & Masaya Takahashi
(2) Daisuke Sekimoto, Yuji Okabayashi & Kazuki Hashimoto vs. Ryuichi Kawakami, Daichi Hashimoto & Yoshihisa Uto
(3) Saikyo Tag League Deathmatch A Block Match: Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka vs. Masashi Takeda & Takumi Tsukamoto
(4) Saikyo Tag League Deathmatch B Block Match: Ryuji Ito & Toshiyuki Sakuda vs. Abdullah Kobayashi & Jaki Numazawa
(5) Saikyo Tag League Strong A Block Match: Kohei Sato & Shuji Ishikawa vs. Hideki Suzuki & Takuya Nomura
(6) BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship Match: [Champion] Hideyoshi Kamitani vs. [Challenger] Yasufumi Nakanoue
~ 2nd title defense.
BJW “Saikyo Tag League ~ Quarter Finals”, 10/14/2016 [Fri] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(1) Kankuro Hoshino, Saburo Inematsu & Ryuichi Sekine vs. Masashi Takeda, Takumi Tsukamoto & Atsushi Maruyama
(2) Tsutomu Oosugi, Hercules Senga & Shinobu vs. Shu Brahman, Kei Brahman & Tatsuhiko Yoshino
(3) Kazuki Hashimoto vs. (to be announced)
(4) Ryuichi Kawakami, Yasufumi Nakanoue [FREE] & Kazuki Kikuta vs. Hideki Suzuki [FREE], Yoshihisa Uto & Takuya Nomura
(5) Saikyo Tag Death Block Quarter Finals: [B BLOCK #1] Ryuji Ito & Toshiyuki Sakua vs. [A BLOCK #2] Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka
(6) Saikyo Tag Death Block Quarter Finals: [A BLOCK #1] Takayuki Ueki & Masaya Takahashi vs. [B BLOCK #2] Jaki Numazawa & Abdullah Kobayashi
(7) Saikyo Tag Strong Block Quarter Finals: [A BLOCK #1] Kohei Sato & Shuji Ishikawa vs. [B BLOCK #2] Hideyoshi Kamitani & Daichi Hashimoto
(8) Saikyo Tag Strong Block Quarter Finals: [B BLOCK #1] Akebono & Ryota Hama vs. [A BLOCK #2] Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi
BJW “Saikyo Tag League ~ Finals”, 10/31/2016 [Mon] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
() Saiyko Tag Death Semi-finals: Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka vs. Takayuki Ueki & Masaya Takahashi
() Saikyo Tag Strong Semi-finals: Kohei Sato & Shuji Ishikawa vs. Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi
() Tsutomu Oosugi, Hercules Senga & Kota Sekifuda vs. Kazuki Hashimoto, Atsushi Maruyama & Tatsuhiko Yoshino
() Kankuro Hoshino, Jaki Numazawa, Masashi Takeda & Takumi Tsukamoto vs. Ryuji Ito, Toshiyuki Sakuda, Shu Brahman & Kei Brahman
() Hideki Suzuki, Yoshihisa Uto & Takuya Nomura vs. Hideyoshi Kamitani, Daichi Hashimoto & Kazumi Kikuta
() Abdullah Kobayashi, Akebono & Ryota Hama vs. Ryuichi Kawakami, Yasufumi Nakanoue & Shinobu
() Saikyo Tag Final Match:
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