New Japan Pro Wrestling has revealed the teams for the 2019 World Tag League.
Sixteen tag teams will compete in the annual tournament for a chance to challenge the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team champions at Wrestle Kingdom 14. Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa (The Guerillas of Destiny) are currently the champions.
Like the G1 Climax and the Super Juniors Tag League, the World Tag League is a round-robin style competition that will take place within a span of three weeks. In addition to the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team champions, talents such as Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tomohiro Ishii, KENTA, and Lance Archer will be competing in the tournament this year.
Check out the full list of participants for the annual tournament below:
Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toa Henare
Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma)
Tencozy (Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan)
Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata
FinJuice (David Finlay & Juice Robinson)
Hirooki Goto & Karl Fredericks
Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI
Toru Yano & Colt Cabana
Jeff Cobb & Mikey Nicholls
EVIL & SANADA
Shingo Takagi & Terrible
Minoru Suzuki & Lance Archer
Zack Sabre Jr. & Taichi
Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa)
KENTA & Yujiro Takahashi
Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens
The event is scheduled to take place between November 16 to December 8th.