New Japan ran Day 7 of the New Japan Cup today, beginning the second half of Round 2.
Today’s event was held at Zip Arena Okayama in Okayama and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 1207.
Match 1: Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb beat Tomoaki Honma & Toru Yano. Khan beat Honma with Subaru Sheep Koller.
Match 2: Tomohiro Ishii, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Callum Newman, Francesco Akira & TJP. YOSHI-HASHI pinned Newman after Shoto.
Match 3: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Jack Perry beat Ryusuke Taguchi & Shota Umino. Perry pinned Taguchi after a running knee strike.
Match 4: DOUKI, Yuya Uemura, Taichi & SANADA beat Gedo, Chase Owens, KENTA & David Finlay. DOUKI beat Gedo with Italian Stretch 32.
Match 5: Mikey Nicholls & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita. Sabre pinned Takahashi after a running low kick.
Match 6: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji & Tetsuya Naito beat El Desperado, Togi Makabe, El Phantasmo & Tanga Loa. Tsuji pinned Makabe after Gene Blaster.
New Japan Cup Round 2:
Match 7: EVIL beat Hikuleo.
Main Event: Shingo Takagi beat Gabriel Kidd.
As a result, the third Quarterfinals match will be EVIL vs. Takagi.
Day 8 is Friday at Kanaoka Park Gym in Osaka. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.
