New Japan continued the New Japan Cup today in Hyogo, finishing up Round 1 as the 24-man field is now down to 16.
Today’s event was held at Baycom General Gym in Hyogo 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 2511.
Match 1: Masatora Yasuda & Yuya Uemura beat Daiki Nagai & Drilla Moloney. Uemura beat Nagai with a chicken wing.
Match 2; Great-O-Khan & HENARE beat Tomoaki Honma & Boltin Oleg. Khan beat Honma with Domination Claw.
Match 3: Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira & Jake Lee beat Tatsuya Matsumoto, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Young pinned Matsumoto after Bite The Dust.
Match 4: Kosei Fujita & Hartley Jackson beat Zane Jay & Callum Newman. Jackson pinned Jay after Death Valley Bomb.
Match 5: Toru Yano, Aaron Wolf & Satoshi Kojima beat Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita. Yano pinned Togo.
Match 6: Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Don Fale. Takagi pinned Kanemaru after Burning Dragon.
New Japan Cup Round 1:
Match 7: Shota Umino beat Chase Owens. As a result, Umino advances to Round 2 and will face Yujiro Takahashi.
Main Event: Ryohei Oiwa beat Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). As a result, Oiwa advances to Round 2 and will face Zack Sabre Jr.
The next event is Tuesday at Shigeto Arena in Okayama with the start of Round 2. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.