Summary

NJPW’s 54th Anniversary Show on March 6 included an IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match where Robbie X and Taiji Ishimori challenged Ichiban Sweet Boys (Robbie Eagles and Kosei Fujita).

Robbie X and Ishimori won the titles, but the celebration ended quickly when United Empire’s Francesco Akira and Jakob Austin Young attacked the new champions after the match.

The post-match assault escalated when a chair was placed around Robbie X’s neck and Akira struck it with another chair.

Winner

Robbie X and Taiji Ishimori defeated Ichiban Sweet Boys (Robbie Eagles and Kosei Fujita) to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles.

Robbie X and Taiji Ishimori title win immediately turns into United Empire conflict

Robbie X and Taiji Ishimori leaving with the belts but getting jumped right away gives this title change an instant next feud, and it places United Empire directly at the front of the new champions’ first defense cycle.

The chair attack on Robbie X also raises immediate storyline stakes around the division, because United Empire shifted the focus from celebration to retaliation within minutes of the title switch.