Wednesday, March 2, 2022

NJPW New Japan Cup Day 1

-CIMA Nobunaga d. TAKA Michinoku after the Meteora(top-rope double-kneedrive).

-IWGP Tag Team Champion Yoshi-Hashi d. Tomoaki Honma via Karma(pumphandle Michinoku Driver).

-IWGP Tag Team Champion Hirooki Goto d. Yuji Nagata with the Goto Ni Shiki(crossed-leg cradle).

-Jeff Cobb d. Togi Makabe via Tour Of The Islands(rewind powerslam).

-Taichi Ishikari d. Toru Yano after running him into an exposed turnbuckle, finishing with a forearm smash.

-Hiroshi Tanahashi d. Yohei Komatsu with a dragon suplex.

-Tetsuya Naito d. NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Co-Champion Yujiro Takahashi via jackknife cradle.

-IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada d. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion El Desperado(non-title) after the Rainmaker(windup short-arm lariat).


NOTE: Kota Ibushi and Hiroyoshi Tenzan had to withdraw from the tournament due to injuries.


Set for Round 2:

-Okada vs. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champion "Master Wato" Hirai Kawato

-Taichi gets a bye to Round 3 due to Tenzan's forfeit.

-Goto vs. Dick Togo

-CIMA vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru

-Tanahashi vs. Bad Luck Fale

-Naito vs. Gedo

-Cobb vs. Satoshi Kojima

-Yoshi-Hashi vs. Kosei Fujita

-"The Great O-Khan" Tomoyuki Oka(advancing due to Ibushi's forfeit) vs. Taiji Ishimori

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