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SANADA VS. OSPREAY, OSPREAY CALLS OUT MOXLEY & MORE: 3/17 NEW JAPAN CUP RESULTS FROM SHIOZAKA, JAPAN

3/17/22 Results from Round 3 of the New Japan Cup 2022 from Shizuoka, Japan:

YOH and Tiger Mask vs. El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori

ELP comes to the ring wearing his flashing LED jacket.  The jacket was colored black and flashing red lights with "NWO" on the back in honor of Scott Hall and the NWO Wolf Pack.

ELP pins Tiger Mask after Sudden Death.

After the match, ELP takes a child's LIJ hat and tosses it into the upper seats.  What a heel.

Master Wato and Ryusuke Taguchi vs. TAKA Michinoku and El Desperado

Taguchi forces TAKA to tap out to an ankle lock submission.

After the match, ELP and Ishimori attack Taguchi and Wato.  Taguchi hits them both with hip attacks.   Gedo, Chase Owens and Bad Luck Fale jump in the ring to attack the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Champs.   Tanga Loa, Tama Tonga and Jado hit the ring to make the save.  Bullet Club escapes to the locker room.   G.O.D. chase after them.  They fight out of the locker room, leading to the next match.

Jado, Tanga Loa and Tama Tonga vs. Gedo, Chase Owens and Bad Luck Fale

Chaotic start to the match.  Bullet Club triple teams Jado, keeping G.O.D. on the ring apron.   Gedo tries to bring in his brass knuckles and the referee stops him.  Owens low blows Jado and hits a V-Trigger.

Owens pins Jado.

Tomoaki Honma and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Aaron Henare and Jeff Cobb

Henare pins Honma after Streets of Rage. 

Henare has been getting the win in these preview tags during the New Japan Cup.  In past years, with Great O-Khan and with Jeff Cobb, this was the pattern with the United Empire.  This makes Henare look strong and on par with his teammates.

Tanga Loa joins Kevin Kelly on English commentary.   Kevin Kelly asks Tanga Loa how it feels to be cheered.  Tanga answers that it is weird.  He prefers to be booed and hated, and it will take time to get used to it.   Tanga said he would not get involved

BUSHI, Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito and Hiromu Takahashi vs. Dick Togo, SHO, Yujiro Takahashi and EVIL

Wild match.  Yujiro hits BUSHI with his Pimp Stick, then followed with Big Juice.

Yujiro pins BUSHI.

After the match, Hiromu got in the face of EVIL.  Togo choked out Hiromu with a wire.   Takagi grabs a chair and chases House of Torture from the ring.   Chase Owens hits Takagi from behind.  Owens hits a Package Piledriver on Takagi on the chair.  Owens screams at Takagi about beating in under five minutes.  Owens tells Kevin Kelly that tomorrow, he will beat Takagi in five minutes.

YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto and Kazuchika Okada vs. DOUKI, Minoru Suzuki and Taichi

YOSHI-HASHI pins DOUKI after he and Goto hit Shoto.

New Japan Cup 2022 Round 3 Matches:

Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Great O-Khan

Aaron Henare and Jeff Cobb join O-Khan at ringside.

Lots of mat wrestling and grappling to start.  They both got ankle locks and they rolled out of the ring.  O-Khan smashed ZSJ's ankle into the guardrail.  Back in the ring, they hit each other with strikes.  They traded submissions.  ZSJ grabbed O-Khan's arm trying for a cross arm breaker.  O-Khan lifted ZSJ into a powerbomb position.   ZSJ pulled back on O-Khan's arm hyper extending his elbow.

O-Khan taps out.

Zack Sabre Jr. moves on in the New Japan Cup.

This was the same way ZSJ beat Shingo Takagi in the G1 Climax 2021.   Such a good match.

SANADA vs. Will Ospreay

Henare and Cobb remain at ringside for Ospreay.

They began wrestling on the mat.  Ospreay went after SANADA's arm and tried for a submission.  The pace picked up and they both pulled out aerial moves.  Ospreay hit a standing moonsault, but SANADA got his knees up.  They both hit each other in the head.  SANADA got kneed in the eye.   SANADA went for Skull End and a moonsault.  Ospreay got his knees up.   Ospreay hit the Hidden Blade.  SANADA kicked out at two.  Ospreay took off his elbow pad and hit SANADA with a barrage of elbows.  SANADA slumped to the mat with the hits. 

The referee stopped the match.  Ospreay wins.

Will Ospreay will face Zack Sabre Jr. in the next Round.

Big win for Ospreay.  Not only advancing in the tournament, but he also beat the IWGP U.S. Heavyweight Champion.   Ospreay may get a title shot at some point.

Ospreay craps on SANADA for taking six years to win his first title.   He won his first singles title in his first year.  He said SANADA was not on his level.   He said Zack Sabre Jr. broke his nose last year.  This year he will break Zack's face.

In the interview area, Ospreay calls out Jon Moxley.  He calls him a bunch of names and challenges him to a match.  I am sure they will meet on tour in New Japan Strong.

Round Three of the New Japan Cup continues tomorrow.

Thank you for reading.

 

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