Quick Results
EVIL, KENTA, Bad Luck Fale & Dick Togo submitted Yuya Uemura, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Toru Yano & Juice Robinson in 9:46 ( ½)
Jeff Cobb, Great-O-Khan & Will Ospreay pinned Tomoaki Honma, Yuji Nagata & Satoshi Kojima in 9:13 ( ¾)
BUSHI, Tetsuya Naito, SANADA & Shingo Takagi pinned SHO, Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto in 10:04 ( )
New Japan Cup 2021 – First Round: David Finlay pinned Chase Owens in 11:15 ( ¼)
New Japan Cup 2021 – First Round: YOSHI-HASHI pinned Yujiro Takahashi in 15:50 ( )
New Japan Cup 2021 – First Round: Jay White pinned Toa Henare in 24:26 ( ½)
The Sandan-ike Park Gymnasium in Kyoto’s hosting today, with Japanese-only commentary for the live feed. Let’s see how unstable the player is today, eh?
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 Quick Results
EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi & Bad Luck Fale submitted Yuya Uemura, YOSHI-HASHI & Toru Yano in 9:23 ( )
Jeff Cobb, Great-O-Khan & Will Ospreay pinned Gabriel Kidd, Tomoaki Honma & Satoshi Kojima in 8:36 ( ¾)
Toa Henare, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Juice Robinson & David Finlay pinned Gedo, Jay White, Chase Owens & KENTA in 11:43 ( ¾)
Hirooki Goto, Kazuchika Okada & SHO pinned BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito in 13:31 ( ¼)
New Japan Cup 2021 – First Round: Yuji Nagata pinned Yota Tsuji in 13:42 ( ½)
New Japan Cup 2021 – First Round: SANADA pinned Tomohiro Ishii in 25:19 ( ¼)
We’re at the ZIP Arena in Okayama for this one, with the usual Japanese-only commentary on the live feed…
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It’s that time of year again – the New Japan Cup is back to it’s usual March window, having been delayed last year due to the pandemic. Once again, the winner of the New Japan Cup gets a title shot – this time at Sakura Genesis on April 4, and it’ll be for the new IWGP World Heavyweight Championship that the winner of Kota Ibushi vs. El Desperado at the 49th Anniversary Show will receive.
Unlike last year, we’ve got an all-heavyweight field, with some familiar names returning after having been off the last few tours. Quarantines are complete, and starting this Thursday at the anniversary show, we’ll hit our first New Japan tournament of the year. Here’s the matches, paired off for your convenience
Participants Announced For This Yearâs NJPW New Japan Cup
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New Japan Cup full lineup, preview
30 to compete in single elimination tournament starting at 49th Anniversary ); );
The full lineup for New Japan Cup 2021 has been revealed, with 30 wrestlers participating in single elimination action starting on March 4 at the 49th Anniversary Event, and running through to March 21 in Sendai. The winner of the cup will be the first to challenge Kota Ibushi for the new IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, with that title match set to take place on April 4 at Ryogoku Sumo Hall at Sakura Genesis 2021.