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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.