New Japan continued the New Japan Cup today with the first half of the Semifinals.
Today’s event was held at Twin Messe Shizuoka South Building in Shizuoka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was also a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.
The announced paid attendance was 856.
Match 1: Hartley Jackson (Independent/Freelancer) & Ryohei Oiwa beat Katsuya Murashima & Tomohiro Ishii. Jackson pinned Murashima after Death Valley Bomb.
Match 2: Satoshi Kojima & Yuji Nagata beat Daiki Nagai & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Kojima pinned Nagai after a lariat.
Match 3: YOSHI-HASHI & Toru Yano beat TAKA Michinoku & Yuya Uemura. YOSHI-HASHI beat TAKA with Butterfly Lock.
Match 4: Jado, Boltin Oleg & El Phantasmo beat Jacob Austin Young, TJP & Great-O-Khan. Oleg pinned Young after Kamikaze.
Match 5: Callum Newman & Jeff Cobb beat BUSHI & Tetsuya Naito. Newman pinned BUSHI after a running knee strike.
Match 6: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita & EVIL beat Chase Owens, Bad Luck Fale, SANADA, Drilla Moloney & Gabriel Kidd. EVIL pinned Owens after EVIL.
Match 7: Tora Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino. Tsuji pinned Honma after Gene Blaster.
Main Event: New Japan Cup Semifinals: David Finlay beat Zack Sabre Jr. As a result, Finlay advances to the Finals to face the Umino-Takagi winner.
The second Semifinal is tomorrow at Big Palette Fukushima in Fukushima. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.
