New Japan Cup first round match: Kazuchika Okada vs. Shingo Takagi
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Jay White, Chase Owens & Taiji Ishimori (w/Gedo) defeated Toa Henare, David Finlay & Yuya Uemura (9:38)
Ishimori pinned Uemura after hitting a Bloody Cross.
Henare vs. White and Finlay vs. Owens are Cup matches on Wednesday, March 10.
Great-O-Khan, Will Ospreay & Jeff Cobb (w/Bea Priestley) defeated Tetsuya Naito, SANADA & BUSHI (10:55)
Cobb pinned BUSHI after a Tour of the Islands.
There was very little in the way of tournament implications in this match. Cobb and O-Khan are through to the second round and could potentially meet in the quarterfinals on Tuesday, March 16 if Cobb beats EVIL and O-Khan beats Toru Yano. SANADA and Ospreay are on the other side of the brackets and could potentially face off in the quarterfinals on Thursday, March 18.
Quick Results
Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr. & DOUKI pinned Yuya Uemura, Gabriel Kidd & Tomoaki Honma in 10:46 ( ¾)
EVIL, Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi & Taiji Ishimori submitted Tiger Mask, Hiroshi Tanahashi, YOSHI-HASHI & David Finlay in 11:40 ( ¼)
Jeff Cobb, Will Ospreay & Great-O-Khan pinned Master Wato, Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan in 9:24 ( )
New Japan Cup 2021 – First Round: Toru Yano defeated Bad Luck Fale via count-out in 5:50 ( ¼)
New Japan Cup 2021 – First Round: Hirooki Goto pinned Taichi in 22:43 ( ½)
We’re back at Korakuen Hall after the New Japan Cup started during yesterday’s 49th Anniversary show…
Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr. & DOUKI) vs. Tomoaki Honma, Gabriel Kidd & Yuya Uemura
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Quick Results
Hirooki Goto, Gabriel Kidd, Tomoaki Honma & Master Wato pinned DOUKI, Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr. & Taichi in 10:29 ( )
EVIL, Jay White, Chase Owens, KENTA & Taiji Ishimori pinned Ryusuke Taguchi, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Juice Robinson, David Finlay & Toa Henare in 7:39 ( ½)
SHO, Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii pinned BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & SANADA in 9:00 ( ¾)
New Japan Cup 2021 – First Round: Jeff Cobb pinned Satoshi Kojima in 11:49 ( ½)
New Japan Cup 2021 – First Round: Great-O-Khan defeated Tetsuya Naito via referee stoppage in 20:20 ( ¾)
Kota Ibushi pinned El Desperado in 20:36 to retain the IWGP Heavyweight & IWGP Intercontinental Championships ( )
We’re at Budokan Hall in Tokyo for this one, with English commentary via studio from Kevin Kelly, Gino Gambino and Chris Charlton. Poor Chris blew out everyone’s eardrums.
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