KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight win IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag titles

Originally posted on F4WOnline.com | By Ian Carey | Last updated 4/27/23

NJPW has crowned new IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions.

The Jetsetters, KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight, defeated Catch 2/2, TJP & Francesco Akira, for the belts on Thursday's Road to Wrestling Dontaku show in Hiroshima. Knight pinned Akira after he and KUSHIDA hit Kulture Klash for the win.

For KUSHIDA, this is his third time winning these titles after his Time Splitters team with Alex Shelley won the belts in 2012 and again in 2014. As for Knight, this is his first championship in the promotion. They become the 40th team to win the belts and begin the 71st reign in the titles' lineage.

Knight and KUSHIDA started teaming together at the Super Juniors Tag League last year. They finished the tournament with a record of two wins and seven losses, placing them in a three-way tie for last place.

Catch 2/2's title reign ends after 310 days and four successful title defenses.

Full results from NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku on 4/27 from Hiroshima:

United Empire (Aaron Henare & Great-O-Khan) defeated Oleg Boltin & Oskar Leube
CHAOS (Hirooki Goto, Toru Yano, YOH & YOSHI-HASHI) defeated House Of Torture (Dick Togo, EVIL, SHO & Yujiro Takahashi)
BULLET CLUB (David Finlay, KENTA & Taiji Ishimori) defeated Guerrillas Of Destiny (Hikuleo & Tama Tonga) & Master Wato
TMDK (Mikey Nicholls, Shane Haste & Zack Sabre Jr.) defeated United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis)
Strong Style (El Desperado, Minoru Suzuki & Ren Narita) & Shota Umino defeated CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii) & Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma)
Just 5 Guys (SANADA & Taichi) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI & Shingo Takagi)
Tetsuya Naito defeated DOUKI
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: Jet Setters (Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA) defeated Catch 22 (Francesco Akira & TJP) (c)
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: Hiromu Takahashi (c) defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru