New Japan resumed the New Japan Cup 2023 tour today with Day 3, continuing first-round action.
Today’s event was held at Big Palette Fukushima in Fukushima and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 720.
Match 1: Yuto Nakashima & Shota Umino beat Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. Umino beat Fujita with STF.
Match 2: El Phantasmo, Chase Owens, KENTA & David Finlay beat TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Taichi. Finlay pinned TAKA after Trash Panda.
Match 3: Aaron Henare & Great-O-Khan beat BUSHI & Shingo Takagi. Henare beat BUSHI with Ultima.
Match 4: Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito beat Lio Rush, Tomoaki Honma & Tama Tonga. Naito pinned Honma after Destino.
Match 5: Jeff Cobb, Kyle Fletcher & Will Ospreay beat Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Ospreay pinned Yoh after Hidden Blade.
Match 6: New Japan Cup Round 1: Mark Davis beat Toru Yano. As a result, Davis advances to Round 2 and will face Ospreay.
Main Event: New Japan Cup Round 1: EVIL beat Ren Narita. As a result, EVIL advances to Round 2 and will face Jeff Cobb. Afterwards, EVIL finished with a self-putting-over promo to send the crowd home UNHAPPY.
The next event is Friday at Aimesse Yamanashi in Yamanashi. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1;30 AM Pr/4:30 AM ET.
