New Japan Cup Quick Results
Yota Tsuji pinned Yuya Uemura in 6:56 ( ¾)
Jeff Cobb & Great-O-Khan pinned Tomoaki Honma & Satoshi Kojima in 12:00 ( ¾)
Hiroshi Tanahashi, Juice Robinson, Henare & Ryusuke Taguchi pinned Dick Togo, Jay White, EVIL & KENTA in 13:11 ( ¾)
Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito, SANADA & BUSHI pinned SHO, Kazuchika Okada, Hirooki Goto & Tomohiro Ishii in 13:28 ( )
New Japan Cup 2021 – First Round: Zack Sabre Jr. submitted Gabriel Kidd in 17:21 ( )
New Japan Cup 2021 – First Round: Will Ospreay pinned Hiroyoshi Tenzan in 13:36 ( ¼)
The Aimesse Yamanashi in Yamanashi is the stop for what feels like a rare, non-Tokyo show on NJPW World… and it’s a six-match card as opposed to the fivers we’ve had lately.
NJPW Anniversary Event
March 4th, 2021 | Budokan Hall in Tokyo, Japan | Attendance: 3,026
I’m going to do my best to review the New Japan Cup. It’s a lot of shows and NJPW doesn’t have my total attention these days but I’ll do what I can. I’m mostly here today for the Ibushi/Desperado clash.
DOUKI, Minoru Suzuki, Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Gabriel Kidd, Hirooki Goto, Master Wato and Tomoaki Honma
Suzuki-Gun attacked before the bell. I like how they’ve kind of been babyfaces for a bit but they still do shit like that. Also, I’ve missed Suzuki. The idea here was to help build some New Japan Cup matches like Suzuki/Honma, Goto/Taichi, and one that I’m really anticipating, Sabre/Kidd. Speaking of Kidd, he keeps getting bigger and bigger and I love that he just goes after Suzuki. He holds nothing back. Taichi was a dick to Goto, Suzuki looked to murder everyone, and Kidd impressed greatly. I don’t care for DOUKI but it’s hard not to pop for a move when Gino Gamb