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3/5 NEW JAPAN RESULTS FROM TOKYO, JAPAN

From Korakuen Hall, Tokyo Japan:

1 - Yuya Uemura, Gabriel Kidd and Tomoaki Honma vs. DOUKI, Zack Sabre Jr. and Minoru Suzuki

Suzuki pins Uemura with a Gotch Piledriver.   Kidd and ZSJ looked sharp.   Honma and Suzuki beat the crap out of each other.   Both of these 1st Round match ups could be really good.

2 - Tiger Mask, David Finlay, YOSHI-HASHI and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Taiji Ishimori, Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi and EVIL, with Dick Togo

EVIL forces Tiger Mask to tap to a Scorpion Death Lock.

3 - Master Wato, Satoshi Kojima and Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Great O-Khan, Jeff Cobb and Will Ospreay, with Bea Priestley 

Wato went for a tornado DDT on Cobb.  Cobb caught him, lifted him up into a powerbomb position.  Wato shifted his weight to block the powerbomb.  Cobb lifted and tossed him up in the air and caught him and hit Tour of the Islands.  Wow!   Cobb pinned Wato.

Cobb called out EVIL to the camera.   EVIL and Togo hit the ring and attacked Cobb, choking him.   O-Khan and Ospreay jumped in the ring and Bullet Club quickly scattered.

4 - New Japan Cup 1st Round Match:  Toru Yano vs. Bad Luck Fale

Yano had a long ring introduction as the announcer listed everything Yano was selling.  Fale slapped the KOPW trophy out of his hand and broke it again.   

Yano pulled out all his tricks but Fale’s power wore him down.   Fale tied Yano’s hands around the ring post.   Yano was able to low blow Fale and kick him into the guardrails.    The referee was counting.   Yano was trying to figure out how to get back in the ring.   He spun his body around the ring post and slid his legs into the ring, with his arms still tied.    The referee counted to 20.    Fale was counted out.

Toru Yano moves on to face Great O-Khan in Round 2.

5 - New Japan Cup 1st Round Match:  Hirooki Goto vs. Taichi

Zack Sabre Jr. accompanied his partner to ringside.   

Taichi stalled at the beginning.   He baited Goto into making a mistake and took the advantage by throwing him into the guardrails and choking him with a electric cord.

Goto fought back until they looked exhausted.  Goto hit a GTR for a two count.   Taichi chokeslammed Goto and hit a Dangerous Driver suplex.  Goto kicks out at two.  Taichi hit a Last Ride for a two count.   Goto hit a Shouten Kai (vertical suplex into a sit down side slam), but he was unable to make the pin.   Both men struggled to get to their feet.

They threw kicks and strikes.   They reversed out of each other’s finishers.  Taichi rolled up Goto in the Gedo Clutch.   Goto kicks out.    Goto hits a GTW.   Taichi kicks out.   Goto his a GTR.    Goto finally pins Taichi.

Hirooki Goto will move on to face the winner of Kazuchika Okada and Shingo Takagi.

Great match!   Both men took a beating.    ZSJ jumped in the ring to check on his partner.

Both of these men were in tag teams for most of the past year.   In these tournaments, Goto and Taichi can really show what they can do as singles competitors.    

Round 1 of the New Japan Cup 2021 continues tomorrow.

Thank you for reading.

 

 

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