NJPW World Tag League 2026 Line-Up Announced

By: Noah Leatherland

With NJPW Power Struggle and the Super Jr. Tag League in the books, it is time for this year’s heavyweight version. The NJPW World Tag League line-up has been announced, with the tournament kicking off on November 23rd.

This year, A Block will consist of:

• Yuya Uemura & Yuji Nagata
• Aaron Wolf & Boltin Oleg
• Yota Tsuji & Jeff Cobb
• Yuto-Ice & OSKAR
• Ryohei Oiwa & Hartley Jackson
• Callum Newman & Jake Lee
• SANADA & Yujiro Takahashi
• Lance Archer & Alex Zayne

Containing the current IWGP Tag Team Champions, the Knockout Brothers, Yuto-Ice and OSKAR, everyone is A Block is sure to have the champions in their sights. While most of these participants have been in World Tag League before, the Knockout Brothers and the duo of Archer and Zayne are the only A Block teams to have competed in the tournament as a unit before. Ryohei Oiwa was part of the last year’s trophy winning pair. However, this year he teams with Hartley Jackson instead of Zack Sabre Jr.

A Block also sees several individuals competing in World Tag League for the first time. This will be the first World Tag League for Hartley Jackson, Jake Lee, Aaron Wolf and Boltin Oleg.

Meanwhile, B Block will consist of:

• Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI
• Shota Umino & Satoshi Kojima
• Togi Makabe & Toru Yano
• Taichi & X
• Shingo Takagi & Drilla Moloney
• HENARE & Great-O-Khan
• Ren Narita & Shun Skywalker
• Don Fale & Chase Owens

In comparison, B Block holds more teams that have competed in World Tag League as duos before. Bishamon themselves are three-time winners of the World Tag League. Shun Skywalker is the only first-time World Tag League participant on this side of the tournament. Taichi’s partner is being kept under wraps for the time being, but he has several connections that he could call on.

NJPW World Tag League kicks off on November 23rd in the Yokohama Budokan, and is set to culminate on December 13th at the Gran Messe Kumamoto.