Quick Results
Yota Tsuji & Yuya Uemura submitted Gabriel Kidd & Tiger Mask in 8:48 ( ¾)
Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Jado defeated Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr. & DOUKI via disqualification in 7:53 ( ½)
Hiroshi Tanahashi, Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi submitted Gedo, Yujiro Takahashi & Taiji Ishimori in 9:36 ( ¾)
Jeff Cobb, Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan & Will Ospreay pinned BUSHI, SANADA, Tetsuya Naito & Shingo Takagi in 12:17 ( )
Toru Yano pinned EVIL in 14:58 in a Creation of Darkness Blindfold Match to retain the Provisional KOPW 2021 Trophy ( )
SHO & YOH pinned Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado in 27:09 to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship ( ½)
We’re at the Nishihara Shokai Arena in Kagoshima for the first half of these “B+” shows that are nestled into the Wrestling Dontaku tour. Orange you glad to be here? I’ll quit with the satsuma and fruit puns before we get started…
New Japan Road to Wrestling Dontaku Quick Results
Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Desperado & Minoru Suzuki pinned SHO, YOH & Gabriel Kidd in 10:00 ( ¾)
Tanga Loa, Tama Tonga & Jado pinned DOUKI, Zack Sabre Jr. & Taichi in 8:40 ( ¾)
EVIL, KENTA, Yujiro Takahashi & Taiji Ishimori submitted Tomoaki Honma, Tomohiro Ishii, Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI in 14:26
Gedo & Dick Togo pinned Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi in 11:14 ( )
Jeff Cobb, Will Ospreay, Great-O-Khan & Aaron Henare pinned BUSHI, SANADA, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito in 16:16 ( ¼)
For those who don’t follow me on Twitter, I’m going to be keeping a lot of these reports brief going forward, especially for the minor Road-to shows. One look at today’s card will tell you why I’m trying to fight off burnout…
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(1) DAVID FINLAY & YOTA TSUJI vs. YOSHI-HASHI & TOMOHIRO ISHII
Finlay and Hashi to start. Collar and elbow. Clean break against the ropes. Headlock by Finlay, who took Hashi down but got stuck in a brief headscissors. Rope run and a shoulder block by Hashi. Hashi wanted Karma early but Finlay blocked. Tsuji tagged himself in and wanted Ishii, so Hashi made the tag as well. Tsuji started throwing punches even before Ishii entered, and the two exchanged a good number of forearms shortly after. Tsuji tried a block and a running forearm, but Ishii took him down with a block. To a corner, the two traded big forearms again. Tsuji got the better of the exchange and briefly grounded Ishii, but Ishii started no-selling and threw one big forearm to take Tsuji down. Ishii took Tsuji to the Chaos corner and tagged Hashi, then took a cheap shot at Tsuji after hitting the apron. Tsuji took yet another shot at Ishii and Hashi kicked him in the back to get his attention.
Quick Results
Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI pinned Yota Tsuji & David Finlay in 11:33 ( ¾)
Yujiro Takahashi, Bad Luck Fale & Jado pinned Yuya Uemura, Satoshi Kojima & Tomoaki Honma in 10:28 ( ½)
SHO, Hirooki Goto, Yuji Nagata & Kazuchika Okada pinned BUSHI, Shingo Takagi, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito in 12:01 ( ¾)
Hiroshi Tanahashi, Toa Henare & Juice Robinson submitted Chase Owens, Jay White & KENTA in 13:17 ( )
New Japan Cup 2021 – Second Round: Toru Yano pinned Great-O-Khan in 13:02 ( )
New Japan Cup 2021 – Second Round: EVIL pinned Jeff Cobb in 23:08 ( ½)
The Item Ehime in, yes, Ehime is the venue for today’s action…
YOSHI-HASHI & Tomohiro Ishii vs. David Finlay & Yota Tsuji
We start with a lock-up between Finlay and YOSHI-HASHI, ahead of their second round match.
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NEW JAPAN CUP REPORT – NIGHT FOUR
MARCH 9, 2021
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(1) CHAOS (TORU YANO, YOSHI-HASHI) & YUYUA UEMURA vs. BULLET CLUB (EVIL, YUJIRO TAKAHASHI & BAD LUCK FALE) – Special 6 man tag match
The show kicked off with a six man tag between CHAOS & young lion Uemura versus the Bullet Club.
The finish came as Evil and company isolated Uemura, which allowed for him to be left to succumb to Evil’s Scorpion Death Lock for the submission. Post match, Yujiro and Yoshi-Hashi continued to jaw at one another as the beaten faces limped away.