New Japan ran the penultimate day of the New Japan Cup today with the Semifinals.
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 793.
Match 1: Mikey Nicholls & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Shoma Kato & Boltin Oleg. Sabre beat Kato with a front neck lock.
Match 2; DOUKI, Yuya Uemura & Taichi beat El Desperado, Togi Makabe & Tomohiro Ishii. Uemura beat Makabe with an armbar.
Match 3: Ryusuke Taguchi & Tanga Loa beat Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan. Loa pinned Newman after O.J.K. Afterwards, Loa made a challenge to Khan for the KOPW 2024 Championship.
Match 4; Gabriel Kidd, Chase Owens & KENTA beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI. KENTA pinned Tenzan.
Match 5: Yoh, El Phantasmo, Hikuleo & Shota Umino beat Yujiro Takahashi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Jack Perry & Ren Narita. Narita beat Takahashi with STF.
Match 6: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito beat Francesco Akira, TJP & Jeff Cobb. Takahashi pinned Akira with Nameless Hiromu Roll.
New Japan Cup Semifinals:
Match 7: Yota Tsuji vs. EVIL went to a no contest in 90 seconds. House Of Torture & LIJ interference. Which led to…
Match 7 (again): Yota Tsuji beat EVIL.
Main Event: Hirooki Goto beat SANADA.
As a result, the Finals will be Tsuji vs. Goto.
The finals are Wednesday at Aore Nagaoka in Niigata. Live streaming on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. This will be a TV Asahi broadcast in Japan.
