Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson And James Drake) Capture NJPW STRONG Tag Titles At NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed

The Grizzled Young Veterans are now the NJPW STRONG Tag Team Champions.

James Drake and Zack Gibson defeated Shane Haste and Mikey Nicholls of TMDK at NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2024 to capture the NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team Championships.

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Drake and Gibson captured the titles with a variation of Total Elimination, a high/low attack where Drake swept Haste's legs while Gibson delivered a Lariat.

This ended TMDK's 152-day run with the Tag Team Championships. They captured the gold in Osaka Japan at NJPW Dominion and only successfully defended the gold once.

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