New Japan continued the New Japan Cup today with the first half of the Quarterfinals.
Today’s event was held at Aimesse Yamanashi in Yamanashi and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.
The announced paid attendance was 1192.
Match 1: Kosei Fujira & Hartley Jackson beat Taisei Nakahara & YOSHI-HASHI. Fujita pinned Nakahara.
Match 2: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi & Don Fale beat Masatora Yasuda, Satoshi Kojima, Toru Yano & Arron Wolf. Kanemaru beat Yasuda with a figure 4.
Match 3: Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira, Great-O-Khan, HENARE &Jake Lee beat Gedo, Drilla Moloney, OSKAR (The Grouch), Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) & Yota Tsuji. Young pinned Gedo after Bite The Dust.
Match 4: Zane Jay & Callum Newman beat Tatsuya Matsumoto & Hirooki Goto. Newman pinned Mataumoso after Firebolt.
Match 5: Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino. Oiwa pinned Honma after The Grip.
New Japan Cup Quarterfinals:
Match 6: Boltin Oleg beat Ren Narita.
Main Event: Yuya Uemura beat Shingo Takagi.
As a result, the first Semifinals match will be Oleg vs. Uemura. The Semifinals are Friday.
The second half of the Quarterfinals is Tuesday at Big Palette Fukushima in Fukushima. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.