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OKADA VS. CIMA, COBB VS. NAITO: 3/20 NEW JAPAN CUP QUARTER-FINAL RESULTS FROM NAGOKA, JAPAN

The first two Semifinalists are in, 3/20/22 Results from the Quarterfinals of the New Japan Cup 2022 from Nagaoka, Japan:

Kosei Fujita, Yuto Nakashima and Ryohei Oiwa vs.YOH, Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano

YOH pins Nakashima after a Falcon Arrow.

Satoshi Kojima and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. YOSHI-HASHI and Hirooki Goto

YOSHI-HASHI pins Kojima after hitting Shoto.

Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, El Phantasmo, Chase Owens and Bad Luck Fale vs. Jado, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Ryusuke Taguchi and Master Wato

Owens was still selling the effects from the match with Takagi.  

Wild fight as G.O.D. attacks Bullet Club.  Big brawl all around ringside.  Bullet Club corners Wato in their corner as the match settles into a normal tag match. 

Gedo hits Jado with brass knuckles.  Owens follows with a C-Trigger.

Owens pins Jado.

SHO, Yujiro Takahashi, Dick Togo and EVIL vs. El Desperado, TAKA Michinoku, Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Minoru Suzuki

Another crazy match.   TAKA gets choked out by Togo.  Yujiro hits Big Juice on TAKA.

Yujiro pins TAKA.

After the match, SHO attacks Desperado.  He hits Desperado in the head with his own title belt. Ring officials chase off both teams to the locker room.

Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma and Tiger Mask vs. BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi and Shingo Takagi

Takagi pins Honma with a Pumping Bomber. 

Hiromu and Takagi tease each other about fighting each other, ahead of their Quarterfinal match tomorrow.

DOUKI, Taichi, and Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Great O-Khan, Aaron Henare and Will Ospreay

Taichi teases a Sumo stance as he starts against O-Khan.  O-Khan announces that he will wrestle in the traditional Mongolian wrestling match.   O-Khan goes into a Mongolian dance ritual.  Taichi attacks him.  Ospreay shouts that Taichi does not respect traditions.   The match quickly breaks down into a fight. 

Henare pins DOUKI after hitting Streets of Rage. 

Ospreay and ZSJ continue to fight after the match.  Young lions come in to break them up.  Ospreay and ZSJ trash talk each other throughout all of this. 

New Japan Cup 2022 Quarterfinal matches:

Jeff Cobb vs. Tetsuya Naito

Kevin Kelly teased that Cobb has yet to beat Naito in a one on one match.   Ospreay, O-Khan and Henare come out to support Cobb.

Naito tried to attack the left leg of Cobb, but Cobb was smart to it.  Naito tried his Lucha attacks to break down Cobb.   Naito had difficulty applying submissions on Cobb due to his size.  Cobb used strikes to start breaking down Naito. Cobb picked up Naito in a vertical suplex.  He held him up with one arm.  Cobb throws Naito across the ring.  Crazy.  Naito fights back and goes after the leg of Cobb, the same leg in their match at Wrestle Kingdom.  Naito tried to pick up Cobb for a knee breaker but could not lift him.    Cobb fights back with striking moves.  Cobb picked up Naito in a deadlift superplex from the second rope.  The crowd gasps.   Naito bounced almost two feet in the air when he hit the mat.  Naito kicks out at two.   Naito hits an Esperanza and goes for Destino.   Cobb reverses into a Spincycle.   Cobb with a deadlift gutwrench powerbomb.  Two count.  Cobb goes for a Tour of the Island, but Naito reverses into Destino.  Two count.  Naito goes for another Destino.  Cobb reverses into a Tour of the Islands.  Naito escapes and rolls up Cobb.

Naito pins Cobb.

Tetsuya Naito moves on to the SemiFinals.

Really good match.   They told a good story in the ring tonight and in the events leading to this match. 

Kazuchika Okada vs. CIMA

Slow start to the match.  They grappled and kept things  on the mat.  CIMA explodes with some Lucha strikes.  Match goes to the floor.  Okada gets thrown into the guardrails.  CIMA hits a DDT on the floor.  CIMA follows with a running Meteora off the ring apron.  Okada is almost counted out.  Okada fights back.  He takes the match back to the floor.  He hits a DDT, then a running dropkick to CIMA's chest.   Back in the ring, Okada applies the Money Clip.  CIMA gets a break.  Okada hits a dropkick and top rope elbow.   He calls for the Rainmaker.  Okada misses a Rainmaker and CIMA hits a back cracker.  CIMA hits a Meteora to back of the head.   Okada counters with a jumping twisting tombstone.  CIMA fights back with another back cracker off the ropes and a coast to coast dropkick.  CIMA hits a glancing Meteora from the top rope.  CIMA pulls down the knee pads and goes to the top rope.  Okada moves out of the way and CIMA lands with bare knees on the mat.

Okada applies the Money Clip.  CIMA gets a rope break.  They exchange reversals.   Okada hits a Landslide and follows with a Rainmaker.

Okada pins CIMA.

Kazuchika Okada will face Tetsuya Naito in the SemiFinals on March 26.

Okada and CIMA kneel in the ring.  Okada bows to CIMA.  CIMA returns the bow toward Okada.  Much respect between these two men.

This was a good match.  Without a storyline to the match, it lacked a bit of drama.  Tomorrow's matches between Hiromu vs. Takagi and Ospreay vs. ZSJ should have lots of drama.  However, CIMA showed he could hang with the IWGP World Champion. 

Stay tuned tomorrow for the conclusion of the Quarterfinals of the New Japan Cup 2022.

Thank you for reading.

 

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