It was a pretty slow day in the New Japan Cup tournament today with there being only two matches on night five.
Jack Perry attacked Toru Yano before their semi main event match began. Yano sprayed his sanitizer in his face rolling him up for a two count. Yano then covered Perry with his robe and rolled him up again for a two count. Yano tore off one of the turnbuckles throwing it to Perry. As the official admonished Perry and took possession of the pad Yano rolled up Perry yet again for a two count. A drop kick by Perry put an end to Yano’s shenanigans. Perry tossed Yano to the floor so that Yujiro Takahashi could stomp the crap out of him and hurl him into the ringside barricade. Perry tossed Yano into barricade too before throwing him back into the ring.
Yano refused to submit to the Snare Trap. Yano would reverse an Irish Whip into the barricade sending Perry into and right over one. While the official was busy with Perry, Yujiro tried to handcuff Yano to a ringside barricade. Yano handcuffed him to it instead.
Out comes Yoshinobu Kanemaru to distract the official. Perry shoves Yano from behind into the official. Perry and Kanemaru double team Yano. Yano pushes Perry into Kanemaru hitting the double shot to the “lower abdomen”. Yano goes for the pin. Yujiro pulls the official out of the ring and threw him into the ringside barricade. Perry low blows Yano and pins him with running knee strike. The House of Torture handcuff Yano and stomp, kick him.
In the second New Japan Cup tournament match Sanada reversed Yoshi-Hashi’s Karma into a Deadfall to advance. Perry and Sanada will now meet in round three.
The upcoming round two matches are:
- David Finlay versus Tanga Loa
- Chase Owens versus Hirooki Goto
- Evil versus Hikuleo
- Shingo Takagi versus Gabe Kidd
- Yota Tsuji versus El Phantasmo
- Ren Narita versus Zack Sabre Jr.
New Japan Cup Night Five Results
SANADA vs YOSHI-HASHI – New Japan Cup 2nd Round
Winner: Sanada
Toru Yano vs Jack Perry – New Japan Cup 2nd Round
Winner: Jack Perry
Los Ingobernables De Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi, Hiromu Takahashi and BUSHI) vs United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Great-O-Khan, TJP, Francesco Akira and Callum Newman)
Bushi gets choked out by The Great-O-Khan.
Winners: United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Great-O-Khan, TJP, Francesco Akira and Callum Newman)
YOH, Ryusuke Taguchi, El Phantasmo and Hikuleo vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (EVIL, Ren Narita, Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Yujiro Takahashi)
Evil injures Hikuleo. Courtesy: New Japan World.
While the official is distracted by Dick Togo, Narita hits Taguchi with his push-up bar. Narita wins with Double Cross. Sho chases Yoh after the match. House of Torture attack Hikuleo. They pile chairs on his knee, leg. Evil then strikes the chairs with another steel chair. Hikuleo has to be helped to the back by Young Lions as he is stumbling and limping after the attack.
Hikuleo lays injured as Young Lions and ELP try to help him. Courtesy: New Japan World.
Winners: HOUSE OF TORTURE (EVIL, Ren Narita, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Yujiro Takahashi)
Jado, Tanga Loa and Shota Umino vs BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Gedo, Gabe Kidd and David Finlay)
Finlay battles Loa on the floor. Courtesy: New Japan World.
The match begins with all six men pairing off and battering each other. Finlay takes Loa through the crowd slamming him into a concrete wall, beating him to the ground and choking him out. Umino pins Gedo with Death Rider.
Winners: Jado, Tanga Loa and Shota Umino
Togi Makabe and Hirooki Goto vs BULLET CLUB (Chase Owens and KENTA)
Owens cracks Makabe with one of the IWGP Tag Team Championship belts in the head. Kenta pins Makabe.
Winners: BULLET CLUB (Chase Owens and KENTA)
El Desperado, Tomoaki Honma and Tomohiro Ishii vs Just Five Guys (DOUKI, Yuya Uemura and Taichi)
Honma eats yet another loss. He taps out to Uemura’s crossarm breaker. After the match Taichi has words with El Desperado on the outside and Douki, Ishii push each other around a bit.
Winners: Just Five Guys (DOUKI, Yuya Uemura & Taichi)
Shoma Kato and Boltin Oleg vs TMDK (Mikey Nicholls and Zack Sabre Jr)
Nicholls pins Kato for the TMDK win.
Winners: TMDK (Mikey Nicholls and Zack Sabre Jr)