NJPW New Japan Cup Results (3/9)
NJPW has begun their annual New Japan Cup tournament. 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 (ROH), G1 Supercard. The event takes place on April 6th and emanates from the legendary Madison Square Garden in New York.
This stage of the New Japan Cup took place on 3/9 from the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Aichi, Japan.
New Japan Cup Results 3/9
- Chase Owens and Taiji Ishimori defeated Tomoaki Honma and YOSHI-HASHI via pinfall.
- Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano, and Satoshi Kojima defeated Taichi, Davey Boy Smith Jr., and Minoru Suzuki via pinfall.
- Shingo Takagi and EVIL defeated TAKA Michinoku and Zack Sabre Jr. via pinfall.
- Juice Robinson, Hiooki Goto, and Kota Ibushi defeated BUSHI, SANADA, and Tetsuya Naito via pinfall.
- Yuji Nagata, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Togi Makabe, and Hiroshi Tanhashi defeated Manabu Nakanishi, Ryusuke Taguchi, Colt Cabana, and Shota Umino via pinfall.
New Japan Cup Tournament Results
- Lance Archer defeated Toa Henare
- Mikey Nicholls defeated HIKULEO
- Will Ospreay defeated Bad Luck Fale via pinfall
- Kazuchika Okada defeated Michael Elgin via pinfall
