NJPW New Japan Cup Results (3/13)
New Japan Pro Wrestling’s annual New Japan Cup tournament is underway.
The winner of this year’s single-elimination tournament will earn the chance to face “Switchblade” Jay White for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. This matchup is scheduled to take place at their upcoming show, co-promoted with Ring Of Honor, G1 Supercard. The event takes place on April 6th and emanates from the legendary Madison Square Garden in New York.
We are now in the second round of the tournament. This event took place on 3/13 from Okayama, Japan.
New Japan Cup Results (3/13)
- Taiji Ishimori, HIKULEO, and Bad Luck Fale defeated Yuya Uemura, Tomoaki Honma, and Juice Robinson via submission.
- Satoshi Kojima, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, and Togi Makabe defeated Toa Henare, Manabu Nakanishi, and Yuji Nagata via pinfall.
- Shingo Takagi, BUSHI, and Tetsuya Naito defeated Ren Narita, Shota Umino, and Michael Elgin via pinfall.
- EVIL and SANADA defeated Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Minoru Suzuki via pinfall.
- Hirooki Goto, Will Ospreay, and Kota Ibushi defeated TAKA Michinoku, Lance Archer, and Zack Sabre Jr. via pinfall.
- Colt Cabana, Mikey Nicholls, and Ryusuke Taguchi defeated Toru Yano, Kazuchika Okada, and Hiroshi Tanahashi via pinfall.
Tournament Matches
- YOSHI-HASHI defeated Chase Owens via pinfall.
- Tomohiro Ishii defeated Taichi via pinfall.
