New Japan ran Day 6 of the New Japan Cup today in Ehime.
Today’s event was held at Uwajima City Gym in Ehime and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 838.
Match 1: Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI & Tomohiro Ishii beat Katsuya Murashima, Boltin Oleg & Tomoaki Honma. Ishii pinned Murashima.
Match 2: Francesco Akira & TJP beat Ryusuke Taguchi & El Desperado. TJP pinned Taguchi after 2/2.
Match 3: Yuya Uemura, Taichi & SANADA beat Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb. Uemura pinned Newman with a Tannuki suplex hold.
Match 4: Mikey Nicholls & Zack Sabre Jr. beat BUSHI & Yota Tsuji. Sabre beat BUSHI with STF.
Match 5: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita, Jack Perry & EVIL beat Yoh, Togi Makabe, Shota Umino, El Phantasmo & Hikuleo. EVIL pinned Makabe after EVIL. The usual “Sho Switcheroo” here was not well-received in Sho’s hometown as the fans booed him mercilessly.
Match 6: Taiji Ishimori, Gabriel Kidd & KENTA beat Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito. Ishimoti pinned Takahashi.
New Japan Cup Round 2:
Match 7: David Finlay beat Tanga Loa.
Main Event: Hirooki Goto beat Chase Owens.
As a result, the second Quarterfinals match will be Finlay vs. Goto.
Day 7 is tomorrow at Zip Arena Okayama in Okayama. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.
