Knock Out Brothers

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Knock Out Brothers
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Yuto-Ice (left) and Oskar (right) in 2026
Tag team
Members Yuto-Ice/Yuto Nakashima
Oskar/Oskar Leube
Name(s)Knock Out Brothers
Young Blood
Years active2024–present

Knock Out Brothers (K.O.B.) are a professional wrestling tag team consisting of Oskar and Yuto-Ice. They are signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where they are the IWGP Tag Team Champions in their first reign, and also members of Unbound Co..

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Career

In 2023, Oskar Leube and Yuto Nakashima formed a tag team known as "Young Blood" in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). [1] In January 2024 at New Year Dash!!, Young Blood wrestled their final match as young lions before embarking on learning excursion (as is customary for NJPW Young Lions), losing to El Phantasmo and Hikuleo. [2]

After departing, Young Blood officially began their excursion with European promotions at Revolution Pro Wrestling's High Stakes 2024 event. [3] They also worked with the German promotion Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw), winning the wXw World Tag Team Championship at the World Tag Team Festival in October 2024, defeating KXS (Axel Tischer and Fast Time Moodo) in the finals. [4] In March 2025, they lost the titles to Big Bucks (Alex Duke and Norman Harras), ending their reign at 152 days. [5]

On the final night of G1 Climax 35 on August 17, 2025, Bullet Club War Dogs leader David Finlay introduced Nakashima (now known as Yuto-Ice) and Leube (now known as Oskar) as Knock Out Brothers and the newest members of Bullet Club War Dogs. [6] At Destruction in Kobe, Yuto and Oskar defeated Taichi and Tomohiro Ishii to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship, marking their first championship in NJPW. [7] After Wrestle Kingdom 20, at New Year Dash!!, David Finlay and Yota Tsuji announced the dissolution of Bullet Club and Mushozoku, replacing the alliance with Unbound Co., which was a complete merger; also in the main event of the show they defeated Ryohei Oiwa and Zack Sabre Jr. to retain the IWGP Tag Team Championship. [8]

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ↑ "Young Blood « Tag Teams Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved 2025-03-16.
  2. ↑ "NJPW New Year Dash !! 2024 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved 2025-03-16.
  3. ↑ "RevPro Results: High Stakes 2024 ~ Oku vs. Ospreay – London, England (2/18)". www.wrestling-news.net. February 19, 2024. Archived from the original on January 8, 2025. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  4. ↑ Powell, Jason (October 8, 2024). "WXW "World Tag Team Festival 2024, Night 3" results: Vetter's review of the tag team tournament three-way final".
  5. ↑ "wXw 16 Carat Gold 2025 Night One Results (3/7): 16 Carat Gold Tournament Begins | Fightful News". www.fightful.com. Retrieved 2025-05-04.
  6. ↑ Gronemann, Markus (August 17, 2025). "NJPW G1 Climax 35 finals results: Takeshita vs. EVIL". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online . Retrieved August 17, 2025.
  7. ↑ Michaels, Corey (September 27, 2025). "NJPW Destruction in Kobe live results: Sabre vs. Narita IWGP title match". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online . Retrieved September 28, 2025.
  8. ↑ Ballantyne, Craig (January 5, 2026). "Yota Tsuji Announces New NJPW Faction; Seemingly Ends Bullet Club". slamwrestling.net. Retrieved January 5, 2026.
  9. ↑ https://www.njpw1972.com/champions/iwgp-2tag
  10. ↑ https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=1316
  11. ↑ Saalbach, Axel. "wXw World Tag Team Titles @ Wrestlingdata.com". wrestlingdata.com.
  12. ↑ Vetter, Chris (October 8, 2024). "WXW "World Tag Team Festival 2024, Night 3" results: Vetter's review of the tag team tournament three-way final". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
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