New Japan Cup 2018 Night 5 – Recap & Review
Juice Robinson attempts to defeat Michael Elgin and Bad Luck Fale takes in Hiroshi Tanahashi in the first two matches of the quarter finals of NJPW’s New Japan Cup!
Juice Robinson attempts to defeat Michael Elgin and Bad Luck Fale takes in Hiroshi Tanahashi in the first two matches of the quarter finals of NJPW’s New Japan Cup!
SANADA battles Chuckie T and Toru Yano tries to cheat his way to a victory over Davey Boy Smith Jr. in the final night of the first round of NJPW’s New Japan Cup 2018!
Kota Ibushi faces YOSHI-HASHI and Zack Sabre Jr. takes on Tetsuya Naito in two of the better matches so far in this year’s New Japan Cup.
The New Japan Cup continues with another strong show, this one featuring Archer vs Fale and Taichi vs Tanahashi in the first round.
New Japan Cup 2018 Event Date: March 9, 2018 (18:30 JST) aired live on NJPW World City: Bunko, Tokyo, Japan Venue: Korakuen Hall Attendance: 1,719 Series: New Japan Cup 2018 Commentary (English): Kevin Kelly, Chuckie T (matches 3- 7) Commentary (Japanese): Milano Collection AT, Hirooki Goto (matches 3-7) Ring Announcer: Kimihiko Ozaki, Makoto Abe …
The fallout from Tokyo lands at Korakuen Hall, and even though many people are hurting from last night, the beginnings of many new rivalries are formed among the chaos.
The last big show before Wrestle Kingdom was a good preview of what’s to come with some good matches.
The first of two nights to end the NJPW year at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo serves as a nice preview of things to come at Wrestle Kingdom in a few short weeks.
There were a lot of big expectations going in to many of the matches at Dominion, and I think they were met and in some cases exceeded. This was a great show top to bottom.
Two nights before the big event in Osaka, the Road to Dominion had a lot of fun tag matches and managed to build some solid interest in all of the upcoming title matches.
The Best of the Super Jr. 24 tournament ends with great final match a bunch of fun tag matches in the undercard.
Block A evens out the top of the bracket with some good matches highlighted by Liger vs Dragon Lee and Hiromu Takahashi vs Marty Scurll.
Dragon Lee and Will Ospreay battle to see who will take the lead in Block A during another fine night of tournament matches.
A Block reaches the halfway point of the tournament with another round of solid matches.
The tournament remains fairly even as Block A continues with another round of matches, highlighted by Ricochet taking on the current IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champ Hiromu Takahashi.
Night two of the 2017 Super Jr. tournament didn’t disappoint. Four more matches from the A Block were held, highlighted by a great match between Will Ospreay and Ricochet.