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New Japan wrapped up Round 2 of the New Japan Cup today, finishing setting up the Quarterfinals but there were changes to today’s card and the next round because Will Ospreay is now out of the tournament. He suffered a shoulder injury in his Round 2 win and is out indefinitely. It seems the man he beat to advance, Mark Davis, will take his place and be tasked with stopping EVIL from reaching the semifinals.

Today’s event was held at ZIP Arena Okayama in Okayama and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1298.

Match 1: Aaron Henare beat Yuto Nakashima by submission. This was to have been Nakashima & Oskar Leube vs. Henare & Jeff Cobb but Leube was removed from the event and Cobb was a replacement for Ospreay in Match 2.

Match 2: Jeff Cobb & Aussie Open beat Ryohei Oiwa, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Mark Davis pinned Oiwa after Waterslide.

Matxh 3: TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Taichi beat Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Taichi pinned Togo after Seitei Jujiro.

Match 4: El Phantasmo, Chase Owens & KENTA beat Jado, Ren Narita & Tama Tonga. KENTA beat Jado with GAME OVER.

Match 5: Lio Rush, Yoh, Tomoaki Honma, Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii beat BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA. Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito. Yoh pinned BUSHI after Direct Drive.

Match 6: New Japan Cup Round 2: David Finlay beat Great-O-Khan. As a result, Finlay advances to the Quarterfinals.

Main Event: New Japan Cup Round 2: Shota Umino beat Zack Sabre Jr. As a result, Umino advances to the Quarterfinals. No repeat tournament victory for Sabre.

As a result of today, the final Quarterfinal will be Finlay vs. Umino.

The next event is Friday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo with the start of the Quarterfinals. The full card including 2 Quarterfinals matches is TBA. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

New Japan has announced an unexpected change to the New Japan Cup Tournament: Will Ospreay, who advanced to the Quarterfinals with a Round 2 win Monday, is now OUT. Shoulder injury suffered in the win. Out indefinitely. Mark Davis, who Ospreay beat in Round 2, announced he will be the replacement but this has not been made official. If official as we are lef to believe, Davis will face EVIL in the Quarterfinals. There were also changes made to today’s event.

More as it becomes available.

New Japan continued the New Japan Cup today with the 3rd day of Round 2.

Today’s event was held at Item Ehime in Ehime and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 604.

Match 1: Chase Owens & KENTA beat Oskar Leube & Ren Narita. Owens pinned Leube after C Trigger.

Match 2: Shota Umino & Tama Tonga beat Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. Tonga pinned Fujita after Gun Stun.

Match 3: Sho & Yujiro Takahashi beat TAKA Michinoku & Taichi. Takahashi pinned TAKA after Pimp Juice.

Match 4: Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan & Kyle Fletcher beat Gedo, El Phantasmo & David Finlay. Khan beat Gedo with Subaru Sheep Killer.

Match 5: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat Lio Rush, Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI, Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto. Takagi pinned Yoh after Pumping Bomber.

Match 6: New Japan Cup Round 2: EVIL beat Jeff Cobb. As a result, EVIL advances to the Quarterfinals.

Main Event: New Japan Cup Round 2: Will Ospreay beat Mark Davis. As a result, Ospreay advances to the Quarterfinals.

The 3rd Quarterfinals match, as a result of today, will be EVIL vs. Ospreay.

The next event is Wednesday at ZIP Arena Okayama in Okayama. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

New Japan continued the New Japan Cup today with the second day of Round 2 action, which would set up the second match of the Quarterfinals. There is potential for an all-United Empire section of the bracket to continue depending on what happened.

Today’s event was held at Shiga Prefectural Cultural Industry Community House Event Hall in Shiga and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 789.

Match 1: Ryohei Oiwa & Ren Narita beat Oskar Leube & Tomoaki Honma. Narita beat Leube with a Figure 4.

Match 2: Shota Umino & Yuto Nakashima beat Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. Umino beat Fujita with STF.

Match 3: David Finlay., El Phantasmo, Chase Owens & KENTA beat Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, DOUKI & TAKA Michinoku. Phantasmo pinned TAKA after Sudden Death.

Match 4: Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb, Mark Davis & Will Ospreay beat Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Khan beat Togo with Subaru Sheep Killer.

Match 5: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat Lio Rush, Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI, Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii. Naito pinned Yano with a jackknife.

Match 6: New Japan Cup Round 2: Tama Tonga beat Aaron Henare. As a result, Tonga advances to the Quarterfinals.

Main Event: New Japan Cup Round 2: Hirooki Goto beat Kyle Fletcher. As a result, Goto advances to the Quarterfinals.

The second Quarterfinals match after today will be Tonga vs. Goto.

The next event is tomorrow at Item Ehime in Ehime with EVIL vs. Cobb and Davis vs. Ospreay in Round 2. United Empire lost 2 today but they are guaranteed to have at least one move on to the Quarterfinals via the main event. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

UPDATE: After today’s event New Japan confirmed on Twitter the New Japan Cup winner will, as is traditionally the case, get an IWGP World Heavyweight Championship match against Kazuchika Okada at SAKURA GENESIS in April.

New Japan began Round 2 of the New Japan Cup today with the first 2 matches, which would set up the first of the Quarterfinals beginning next week.

Today’s event was held at Aichi Prefectural Gym in Nagoya and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 2190.

Match 1: Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb beat Oskar Leube, Toru Yano & Tama Tonga. Henare pinned Leube after Rampage.

Match 2: El Phantasmo & David Finlay ebat Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. Finlay pinned Fujita after Blue Thunder Bomb.

Match 3: Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Taichi. Sho pinned TAKA after a cross arm piledriver.

Match 4: Lio Rush, Yoh & Tomohiro Ishii beat BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi. Rush pinned BUSHI after Final Hour.

Match 5: Aussie Open & Will Ospreay beat Tomoaki Honma, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Mark Davis pinned Honma after Corealis.

Match 6: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada beat Ren Narita & Shota Umino. Okada pinned Narita after Rainmaker.

Match 7: New Japan Cup Round 2: Tetsuya Naito beat Chase Owens.

Main Event: New Japan Cup Round 2: SANADA beat KENTA. As a result, the first quarterfinal will be Naito vs. SANADA. All LIJ, guaranteeing they’ll be in the Semifinals. The question of course is who…we’ll find out on Friday.

The next event is tomorrow at Shiga Prefecture Cultural Industry Community House Event Hall in Shiga. Tomorrow’s Quarterfinals are Tonga vs. Henare and Goto vs. Kyle Fletcher, which could set up the first of potentially two all-United Empire Quarterfinals. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET, however the start time in the ET and CT time zones is subject to change because of the time change tomorrow at 2 AM local time (set clocks forward 1 hour).

New Japan ran Day 3 of the New Japan Cup today, finishing up Round 1 and filling out the 16 participants in Round 2.

Today’s event was held at Ainesse Yamanashi in Yamanashi and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 710.

Match 1: Sho & Yujiro Takahashi beat Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. Sho pinned Fujita after a cross arm piledriver.

Match 2: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Taichi beat Dick Togo & EVIL. Kanemaru pinned Togo with a rollup.

Match 3: El Phantasmo, Chase Owens, KENTA & David Finlay beat Ryusuke Taguchi, Ren Narita, El Desperado & Minoru Suzuki. Finlay pinned Taguchi after Trash Panda.

Match 4: Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb, Mark Davis & Will Ospreay beat Tomoaki Honma, Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto. Cobb pinned Honma after Tour of the Islands.

Match 5: Lio Rush, Yoh, Shota Umino & Tama Tonga beat BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito. Umino beat BUSHI with STF.

Match 6: New Japan Cup Round 1: Kyle Fletcher beat YOSHI-HASHI. As a result, Fletcher advances to Round 2 and will face Hirooki Goto.

Main Event: New Japan Cup Round 1: Aaron Henare beat Shingo Takagi. As a result, Henare advances to Round 2 and will face Tama Tonga. UPSET ALERT!!! Could Henare be this year’s David Finlay?

Round 2 of the Cup is now set. Interesting statistic: 12 of the 16 cumulatively represent one of Bullet Club, LIJ or United Empire. And half of that is just United Empire as all 6 members are in Round 2. But all can’t advance further as Mark Davis faces Will Ospreay next. The winner then could get Cobb in the Quarterfinals.

Round 2 begins tomorrow at Aichi Prefectural Gym in Nagoya with Tetsuya Naito vs. Chase Owens and SANADA vs. KENTA. The winners meet in the Quarterfinals so it could be all Bullet Club of all LIJ. Or Bullet Club vs. LIJ again! Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 3 AM ET/midnight PT.

In other news, the next round of TAMASHII events has been announced for 4/14-4/16 in Australia. 4/14 will be the debut event in Adelaide, 4/15 will be the Sydney return, 4/16 will be the Melbourne return. Additionally, a 5/21 US event, RESURGENCE, has been announced for Long Beach, CA. That will be a STRONG LIVE event and should be a PPV on FITE.

New Japan resumed the New Japan Cup 2023 tour today with Day 3, continuing first-round action.

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 720.

Match 1: Yuto Nakashima & Shota Umino beat Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. Umino beat Fujita with STF.

Match 2: El Phantasmo, Chase Owens, KENTA & David Finlay beat TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Taichi. Finlay pinned TAKA after Trash Panda.

Match 3: Aaron Henare & Great-O-Khan beat BUSHI & Shingo Takagi. Henare beat BUSHI with Ultima.

Match 4: Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito beat Lio Rush, Tomoaki Honma & Tama Tonga. Naito pinned Honma after Destino.

Match 5: Jeff Cobb, Kyle Fletcher & Will Ospreay beat Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Ospreay pinned Yoh after Hidden Blade.

Match 6: New Japan Cup Round 1: Mark Davis beat Toru Yano. As a result, Davis advances to Round 2 and will face Ospreay.

Main Event: New Japan Cup Round 1: EVIL beat Ren Narita. As a result, EVIL advances to Round 2 and will face Jeff Cobb. Afterwards, EVIL finished with a self-putting-over promo to send the crowd home UNHAPPY.

The next event is Friday at Aimesse Yamanashi in Yamanashi. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1;30 AM Pr/4:30 AM ET.

On March 6, 1972, Shin Nihon Puroresu aka New Japan Pro Wrestling held its first official event. The promotion continued its annual tradition of holding an anniversary event aka Flag Raising Day event today, celebrating their 51st Anniversary (but first without the pate Antonio Inoki, the founder of New Japan and Hall of Famer).

Today’s event was held at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World FOR FREE! The event also streamed on ABEMA in Japan.

Click below to watch in Japanese:
https://njpwworld.com/p/s_00641_1_1

English is also available but the URL appears to be the same. Go to the New Japan World homepage to choose English.

The announced paid attendance was 2020.

Match 1: El Phantasmo & KENTA beat Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. KENTA beat Fujita with GAME OVER.

Match 2: Aussie Open & Will Ospreay beat Satoshi Kojima, Toru Yano & Tama Tonga. Kyle Fletcher pinned Kojima after Corealis.

Match 3: El Desperado, Ren Narita & Minoru Suzuki beat Dick Togo, Sho & EVIL. Desperado pinned Togo after Pinche Loco.

Match 4: Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb beat SANADA, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito. Henare pinned Takagi after Streets Of Rage. Huge.

Match 5: Lio Rush & Yoh beat BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi. Rush pinned BUSHI after Final Hour.

Match 6: New Japan Cup Round 1: Shota Umino beat Yujiro Takahashi. As a result, Umino advances to Round 2 and will face Zack Sabre Jr.

Match 7: New Japan Cup Round 1: David Finlay beat Tomohiro Ishii. As a result, Finlay advances to Round 2 and will face Great-O-Khan. After the match, Finlay joined Bullet Club.

Main Event: IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada to retain the titles. YOSHI-HASHI pinned Tanahashi after Abyss. V2 for the champs.

The next event is a special Antonio Inoki Farewell Party tomorrow at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. The first part of the event will be a special ceremony for paying ticket holders only. The second part will be for fans to leave flowers and is open to the public

The New Japan Cup continues Wednesday at Big Palette Fukushima in Fukushima. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.