New Japan continued the New Japan Cup today with the second day of Round 1.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was also a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan. You can also watch the pre-show match FOR FREE on YouTube.
The announced paid attendance was 1080.
Pre-show match: Masatora Yasuda beat Taisei Nakahara.
Match 1: Toru Yano, Aaron Wolf, Master Wato & Shota Umino beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi, DOUKI & Chase Owens. Wato beat Kanemaru with Vendeval
Match 2: Gedo & Shingo Takahi beat Dick Togo & Don Fale. Takagi pinned Togo after War Special.
Match 3: Jacob Austin Young, HENARE & Jake Lee beat Tatsuya Matsumoto, Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI. Young beat Matsumoto with Imperial Prison.
Match 4: Drilla Moloney & OSKAR (The Grouch) beat Zane Jay & Callum Newman. OSKAR pinned Jay after a neck hanging bomb.
Match 5: Hartley Jackson, Zack Sabre Jr., Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles & Ryohei Oiwa beat Diaki Nagai, Yota Tsuji, Robbie X, Taiji Ishimori & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Sabre beat Nagai with a leg split with face lock.
New Japan Cup Round 1:
Match 6: Boltin Oleg beat El Phantasmo. As a result, Oleg advances to Round 2 and will face HENARE.
Main Event: Ren Narita beat Taichi. As a result, Narita advances to Round 2 and will face Satoshi Kojima.
The next event is the annual Anniversary Event, this year being the 54th Anniversary, tomorrow at Ota City General Gym. The event is always held on the date of and at the location of the promotion’s inaugural event, which was on March 6, 1972. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.