New Japan ran Day 10 of the New Japan Cup today, wrapping up the Quarterfinals.
Today’s event was held at Twin Messe Shizuoka South Building in Shizuoka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 1119.
Match 1: Katsuya Murashima & Boltin Oleg beat Shoma Kato & Ryusuke Taguchi. Oleg pinned Kato after Kamikaze.
Match 2; El Phantasmo, Hikuleo & Tanga Loa beat Francesco Akira, TJP & Great-O-Khan. Loa pinned Akira after Apeshit.
Match 3; Mikey NIcholls & Zack Sabre Jr. beat CAllum Newman & Jeff Cobb. Sabre beat Newman with a reverse armbar.
Match 4: Yoh, El Desperado & Shota Umino beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi & Jack Perry. Umino pinned Takahashi after Death Rider.
Match 5; Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, Gabriel Kidd, Chase Owens & KENTA. YOSHI-HASHI pinned Gedo after Shoto.
Match 6: Yuya Uemura, Taichi & SANADA beat BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito. Uemura pinned BUSHI with Storm Clutch.
Match 7: New Japan Cup Quarterfinals: Yota Tsuji beat Ren Narita.
Main Event: New Japan Cup Quarterfinals: EVIL beat Shingo Takagi.
As a result, the second Semifinals will be Tsuji vs. EVIL. I think we’re headed towards EVIL-SANADA in the Finals but we’ll see.
The Semifinals are tomorrow at Big Palette Fukushima in Fukushima. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.
