Night Five of NJPW’a New Japan Cup saw the first quarterfinals match decided as Shingo Takagi took on Don Fale and Yuya Uemura battled Drilla Moloney.
In his match against Fale, Shingo stunned him with a head butt. With the crowd’s encouragement he awkwardly suplexed Fale, sort of, kind of.
Fale kicked out of a Pumping Bomber but Kanemaru pulled the official out of the ring anyways. Togo threw blinding powder in Shingo’s face. He and Kanemaru put the boots to Shingo in a corner. Fale Stinger Splashed him. Fale and Kanemaru held Shingo so that Togo could execute his dick chop off the second rope. Fale hit a falling elbow smash but Gedo got the attention of the official.
Shingo ducked so that Kanemaru spit his whiskey in Togo’s face. Shingo popped Kanemaru in the face. Shingo too a swig and spit the whiskey into Fale’s face. Pumping Bomber for the win.
In his match against Drilla Maloney, Uemura slipped out of the Drilla Killer and put Maloney into an arm bar submission. Maloney escaped super kicking Uemura. Uemura answered back with a kick of his own but his suplex didn’t pin Maloney. Uemura dove off the top rope but Maloney drop kicked him. Maloney hit his spear. Maloney hit the Drilla Killer…but Uemura flipped Maloner around into a cradle pinning him.
We now have our first quarter final match-up with Uemura meeting Shingo Takagi.
The rest of the second round matches are:
- Ren Narita versus Satoshi Kojima
- Boltin Oleg versus Henare
- Jake Lee versus Hirooki Goto
- Callum Newman versus Hartley Jackson
- Shota Umino versus Yujiro Takahashi
- Ryohei Oiwa versus Zack Sabre Jr.
New Japan Cup Results Night Five
Aaron Wolf & Masatora Yasuda vs Knockout Bros. (OSKAR & Yuto-Ice)
A big boot by Yuto and a running penalty kick pins Young Lion, Yasuda.
Winners: Knockout Bros. (OSKAR & Yuto-Ice)
Hirooki Goto, Boltin Oleg, YOSHI-HASHI, Toru Yano & Tatsuya Matsumoto vs United Empire (Jake Lee, HENARE, Great-O-Khan, Francesco Akira & Jakob Austin Young)
Young Lion Matsumoto tries his best but is put down by Akira. Oleg and Henare share some words in preparation for their Cup match.
Winners: United Empire (Jake Lee, HENARE, Great-O-Khan, Francesco Akira & Jakob Austin Young)
TMDK (Hartley Jackson & Kosei Fujita) vs United Empire (Callum Newman & Zane Jay)
Jackson pins Jay with his Death Valley Driver. Gedo laughs at Newman from commentary. “What about your partner?” he asks as Newman prepares to head to the back. Newman grabs Gedo’s water and splashes it over anyone nearby. He then shares some words with Jackson in the ring.
Winners: TMDK (Hartley Jackson & Kosei Fujita)
Satoshi Kojima, Shota Umino & Tomoaki Honma vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (Ren Narita, Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens)
The official is distracted by Narita who threatens to bring his push-up bar into the ring. Owens hits Honma in the head with his branding iron. C Trigger for the win.
Winners: HOUSE OF TORTURE (Ren Narita, Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens)
Unbound Co. (Yota Tsuji & Daiki Nagai) vs TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr. & Ryohei Oiwa)
Oiwa pins Nagai with his suplex.
Winners: TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr. & Ryohei Oiwa)
New Japan Cup Round Two- Shingo Takagi vs Don Fale
Winner: Shingo Takagi
New Japan Cup Round Two- Yuya Uemura vs Drilla Moloney
Winner: Yuya Uemura
