New Japan continued the New Japan Cup today with the last of the Quarterfinals.
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 707.
Match 1: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi beat Masatora Yasuda, Satoshi Kojima & Taichi. Takahashi pinned Yasuda after Pimp Juice.
Match 2: Dick Togo, Don Fale & Ren Narita beat Tatsuya Matsumoto, Toru Yano & Aaron Wolf. Narita beat Matsumoto with a kneebar.
Match 3: OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) beat Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa. OSKAR pinned Jackson with a nightmare hold.
Match 4: Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira, Great-O-Khan, HENARE & Jake Lee beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, Drilla Moloney, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji. Young pinned Gedo after Bite The Dust.
Match 5: YOSHI-HASHI & Boltin Oleg beat Tomoaki Honma & Yuya Uemura. YOSHI-HASHI beat Honma with Butterfly Lock.
New Japan Cup Quarterfinals:
Match 6: Callum Newman beat Hirooki Goto.
Main Event: Shota Umino beat Zack Sabre Jr.
As a result, the second of the Semifinals is Newman vs. Umino.
The Semifinals are Friday at Aore Nagaoka in Niigata. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.