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:
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