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3/7 NJPW NEW JAPAN CUP OPENING ROUND RESULTS FROM OTA CITY, JAPAN

3/7/22 Results from the First Round of the New Japan Cup 2022 in Ota City, Tokyo Japan:

Great O-Khan, Aaron Henare, Jeff Cobb and Will Ospreay vs. Ryohei Oiwa, Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma and Hiroshi Tanahashi 

Henare pins Oiwa with a Rampage Tackle.

El Phantasmo, Taiji Ishimori and Yujiro Takahashi vs. BUSHI, Tetsuya Naito and SANADA 

Interesting mix with Yujiro in this match without House of Torture.   This will feed more Bullet Club rumors.

ELP had problems going for a super kick on BUSHI.  Ishimori tagged himself in and BUSHI rolled him up for a two count.  Ishimori with a handspring kick.  Ishimori picks up BUSHI in tombstone position.  ELP tags himself in.  Ishimori hits a lung blower and goes for the pin.  Referee does not count because ELP was the legal man.   ELP hits a CR2 on BUSHI.

ELP pins BUSHI

Ishimori has words with ELP after the match.  Yujiro is trying to keep the peace between his teammates.   Drama within Bullet Club continues.

El Desperado, DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Zack Sabre Jr. and Taichi vs. YOH, Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto and Kazuchika Okada

ZSJ taps out YOH with a cross arm breaker.

New Japan Cup 2022 Matches:

Chase Owens vs. Jado

More teasing of problems in Bullet Club with the interaction between Owens and Jado.  

Owens hits a low blow on Jado and follows with a V-Trigger.

Owens pins Jado.

Chase Owens moves to the next Round to face Tiger Mask.

Ryusuke Taguchi vs. EVIL, with Dick Togo

Taguchi comes to the ring dressed in a black hood, a mask and a scythe, making fun of EVIL in his old persona.

EVIL hits Everything is Evil on Taguchi.

EVIL pins Taguchi.

EVIL moves to Round 2 to face Tama Tonga.

Competitive match, much more than it should have been.  I expected EVIL to win easily, but he needed Togo and the usual tricks to win against Taguchi.  

SHO vs. Hiromu Takahashi 

As Hiromu’s music plays, SHO attacks Hiromu with a chair.  They fight to the ring.   Hiromu loses his mind and batters SHO against the guardrails.  SHO hits Hiromu with the ring bell hammer.  He hits a Piledriver on Hiromu on the concrete floor.    Finally they get the match in the ring.  

Yujiro comes to the ring and hits Hiromu with the Pimp Stick.   SHO hits a cross arm Piledriver.  Hiromu kicks out at 2.   SHO goes for a Shock Arrow, but Hiromu rolls up SHO in a Small Package.

Hiromu pins SHO.

Hiromu Takahashi goes to Round 2 to face Minoru Suzuki.

Good match.  SHO and Hiromu usually  deliver when they battle.  SHO did a lot of moves to the head of Hiromu, which makes me nervous.  

Tomohiro Ishii vs. Shingo Takagi

This match was Japanese Strong Style personified.  

Takagi pins Ishii with Last of the Dragon.

Shingo Takagi moves to Round 2 to face Tanga Loa.

Great, brutal, hard hitting match.  Both men beat the hell out of each other.  I cannot say enough good things about both Ishii and Shingo.  Just great stuff.

Shingo addresses the crowd and tells him that he will win the New Japan Cup.

Check out this event for free on New Japan World.

This ends Round 1 of the New Japan Cup.  Round 2 begins on Wednesday, March 9.

Thanks for reading.

 

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