Former AEW World Tag Group Champions The Younger Bucks are at present in Tokyo, Japan making ready for his or her IWGP Tag Group Championship match on the Wrestle Dynasty occasion on January 5, however their match has been modified as soon as once more, as one other group has been added. Initially, Matthew and Nicholas Jackson had been set to problem United Empire’s Nice-O-Khan and HENARE, however when HENARE received injured throughout the 2024 NJPW World Tag League match, they had been compelled to vacate the belts, making their match for the vacant titles, with Khan having a thriller companion for the occasion. Nevertheless, the Bucks will now must deal with the partnership of Tetsuya Naito and Hiromu Takahashi, as they’ve been added to the match following their very own one-on-one bout at Wrestle Kingdom 19.
IWGP Tag Title match tomorrow is now a 3 method match
Younger Bucks vs. Naito & Hiromu vs. Nice-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb#njwk19 pic.twitter.com/ghYkLTGR5z
— Peps🪭 (@Peps_Wrestling) January 4, 2025
Naito defeated Takahashi within the semi-main occasion of Wrestle Kingdom 19, however they remained pals afterwards and declared that they needed gold by the top of the weekend. Khan interrupted their backstage promo to confront them about coming into the match, whereas additionally revealing that he had chosen Jeff Cobb to be his companion.
Coincidentally, the final time the Bucks wrestled on the Tokyo Dome again in 2019 was additionally in a three-way match the place the IWGP Tag Group Championships had been on the road, sharing the ring with EVIL and SANADA (then of Los Ingobrenables de Japon) and the Guerrillas of Future, Tama Tonga and Tonga Loa. On that night time, it was EVIL and SANADA who walked away victorious, but when the Bucks go away the Tokyo Dome with the titles, they’ll grow to be the primary group in historical past to have gained 9 separate tag group titles in NJPW historical past, having already held the heavyweight belts as soon as, and the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Group Championship seven occasions.
