{"id":8077,"date":"2020-06-16T03:00:41","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T09:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?p=8077"},"modified":"2020-06-16T19:08:16","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T01:08:16","slug":"new-japan-cup-2020-night-1-recap-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/new-japan-cup-2020-night-1-recap-review\/","title":{"rendered":"New Japan Cup 2020 (Night 1) Recap &#038; Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>NJPW New Japan Cup 2020<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Night 1 &#8211; Round 1<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Event Date: June 16, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\naired live on NJPW World<br \/>\n#njcup<\/p>\n<p><strong>City: <a href=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?tag=tokyo-japan\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Tokyo<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?tag=japan\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Japan<\/span><\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Venue: ?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Attendance: empty arena<br \/>\nSeries: <a href=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?tag=new-japan-cup-2020\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">New Japan Cup 2020<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Commentary<\/strong> (Japanese)<strong>: Milano Collection AT, Miki Motoi, Hiroki Mikami?<\/strong>(1, 3)<strong>, Yohei Onishi?<\/strong>(2, 5)<strong>, Koki Yamazaki <\/strong>(4)<br \/>\n<strong>Ring Announcer: Makoto Abe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em> <\/span><br \/>\nA brief look at this year&#8217;s New Japan Cup featuring heavyweights, juniors, and young lions battling for a shot at Tetsuya Naito&#8217;s double championship.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Ring Area<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nMakoto Abe is in the ring, and he announces tonight&#8217;s matches.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 1<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>New Japan Cup First Round Match<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Yota Tsuji vs Togi Makabe<\/strong><br \/>\n(referee: Kenta Sato)<\/p>\n<!-- Content Reveal v2.3.1 -->\n<div class=\"scrhead\" onmouseover=\"document.body.style.cursor='pointer'\" onmouseout=\"document.body.style.cursor='default'\" onclick=\"acr_swap_display('ran_69f48b64af0ad','0','','')\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/simple-content-reveal\/images\/image1.gif\" class=\"scrimg\" id=\"scrimg_ran_69f48b64af0ad\" alt=\"Reveal content\" title=\"Reveal content\"\/>');<\/script> Show\/Hide Results\n<\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<div style=\"display: none\" class=\"scrdiv\" id=\"scrdiv_ran_69f48b64af0ad\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Togi Makabe wins via pinfall with a bridging German suplex<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 8:41<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<\/div>');<\/script>\n<!-- End of Content Reveal -->\n\n<p><strong>Match Thoughts<\/strong><br \/>\nGood match. Tsuji started by quickly attacking Makabe, and that plan worked for Tsuji for a while. Makabe started hitting back very hard though, so Tsuji had to push through the pain. Makabe started to dominate the match, but Makabe still came through with some nice bursts of offense and a few pin attempts late in the match. The finish was no surprise, but it was still a good match.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 2<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>New Japan Cup First Round Match<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Jado<\/strong> w\/ Gedo, Yujiro Takahashi <strong>vs Toru Yano<\/strong><br \/>\n(referee: Kenta Sato)<\/p>\n<!-- Content Reveal v2.3.1 -->\n<div class=\"scrhead\" onmouseover=\"document.body.style.cursor='pointer'\" onmouseout=\"document.body.style.cursor='default'\" onclick=\"acr_swap_display('ran_69f48b64af1ac','0','','')\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/simple-content-reveal\/images\/image1.gif\" class=\"scrimg\" id=\"scrimg_ran_69f48b64af1ac\" alt=\"Reveal content\" title=\"Reveal content\"\/>');<\/script> Show\/Hide Results\n<\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<div style=\"display: none\" class=\"scrdiv\" id=\"scrdiv_ran_69f48b64af1ac\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Toru Yano wins via pinfall with a low blow and a schoolboy<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 9:07<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<\/div>');<\/script>\n<!-- End of Content Reveal -->\n\n<p><strong>Match Thoughts<\/strong><br \/>\nThis was fun. As expected, it was more of a comedy match than a wrestling match. It was also practically a handicap match with Yano versus Yano, Takahashi, and Gedo. Pretty much whenever Yano would get an advantage (which was often), there would be a distraction at ringside and the other member of Bullet Club would attack Yano. The match stayed light-hearted throughout though, and I enjoyed it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 3<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Yoshinobu Kanemaru &amp; Minoru Suzuki &amp; Zack Sabre Jr. &amp; Taichi vs Yuya Uemura &amp; Yuji Nagata &amp; Kota Ibushi<\/strong> (IWGP Tag Champ)<strong> &amp; Hiroshi Tanahashi<\/strong> (IWGP Tag Champ)<br \/>\n(referee: Marty Asami)<\/p>\n<!-- Content Reveal v2.3.1 -->\n<div class=\"scrhead\" onmouseover=\"document.body.style.cursor='pointer'\" onmouseout=\"document.body.style.cursor='default'\" onclick=\"acr_swap_display('ran_69f48b64af1e2','0','','')\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/simple-content-reveal\/images\/image1.gif\" class=\"scrimg\" id=\"scrimg_ran_69f48b64af1e2\" alt=\"Reveal content\" title=\"Reveal content\"\/>');<\/script> Show\/Hide Results\n<\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<div style=\"display: none\" class=\"scrdiv\" id=\"scrdiv_ran_69f48b64af1e2\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Minoru Suzuki pins Yuya Uemura after a Gotch-style piledriver<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 13:27<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<\/div>');<\/script>\n<!-- End of Content Reveal -->\n\n<p><strong>Match Thoughts<\/strong><br \/>\nVery good match. Nearly right from the start, Taichi and ZSJ focused on trying to injure Tanahashi&#8217;s leg. The rest of Suzuki Gun joined in on the attack, and Tanahashi was in a bad way. Not only does hurting Tanahashi give Taichi an advantage in the first round of the New Japan Cup, but it also further sets up an eventual IWGP Tag Title match between Tanahashi and Ibushi versus Taichi and ZSJ. Tanahashi was able to tag out of the match, and we then got to see good segments with Ibushi versus ZSJ, Suzuki versus Nagata, and Suzuki versus Uemura. I particularly enjoyed seeing Nagata and Suzuki repeatedly smash each other with forearms in the center of the ring.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Ring Area<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nAfter the match, Suzuki Gun continues to attack their opponents. After Suzuki Gun decides they&#8217;ve had enough, they leave. Everyone left in the ring area struggles to get to their feet. When Ibushi gets up, he runs to the back after Suzuki Gun.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nWay to the Grand Master is coming.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Ring Area<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nThe commentators talk while the ring is sanitized during a brief intermission.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 4<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>New Japan Cup First Round Match<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Hiromu Takahashi<\/strong> (IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champ)<strong> vs Tomoaki Homna<\/strong><br \/>\n(referee: Marty Asami)<\/p>\n<!-- Content Reveal v2.3.1 -->\n<div class=\"scrhead\" onmouseover=\"document.body.style.cursor='pointer'\" onmouseout=\"document.body.style.cursor='default'\" onclick=\"acr_swap_display('ran_69f48b64af211','0','','')\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/simple-content-reveal\/images\/image1.gif\" class=\"scrimg\" id=\"scrimg_ran_69f48b64af211\" alt=\"Reveal content\" title=\"Reveal content\"\/>');<\/script> Show\/Hide Results\n<\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<div style=\"display: none\" class=\"scrdiv\" id=\"scrdiv_ran_69f48b64af211\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Hiromu Takahashi wins via pinfall after the Time Bomb<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 18:45<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<\/div>');<\/script>\n<!-- End of Content Reveal -->\n\n<p><strong>Match Thoughts<\/strong><br \/>\nVery good match! Takahashi likes to fight, and it often seems like he likes to get hit, so Honma was more than willing to give Takahashi lots of what he likes. Takahashi had a hard time dealing with Honma&#8217;s strength and strikes, but Takahashi&#8217;s speed and willingness to take big risks to hit big moves started to pay off more and more as the match went on. This went longer than I really expected it to, and I enjoyed it more than I thought I would.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 5<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>New Japan Cup First Round Match<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>El Desperado vs Tomohiro Ishii<\/strong><br \/>\n(referee: Red Shoes Unno)<\/p>\n<!-- Content Reveal v2.3.1 -->\n<div class=\"scrhead\" onmouseover=\"document.body.style.cursor='pointer'\" onmouseout=\"document.body.style.cursor='default'\" onclick=\"acr_swap_display('ran_69f48b64af23d','0','','')\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/simple-content-reveal\/images\/image1.gif\" class=\"scrimg\" id=\"scrimg_ran_69f48b64af23d\" alt=\"Reveal content\" title=\"Reveal content\"\/>');<\/script> Show\/Hide Results\n<\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<div style=\"display: none\" class=\"scrdiv\" id=\"scrdiv_ran_69f48b64af23d\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Tomohiro Ishii wins via pinfall after a brainbuster<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 20:17<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<\/div>');<\/script>\n<!-- End of Content Reveal -->\n\n<p><strong>Match Thoughts<\/strong><br \/>\nGreat match. El Desperado gave Ishii a better fight than I expected. For large segments of the match, El Desperado was in control, and he really worked on Ishii&#8217;s legs. That put Ishii at a disadvantage early in the match. Ishii was able to absorb punishment and keep going though, and his strength allowed him to shut down a good amount of El Despeardo&#8217;s more agile moves. When it came to trading strikes, Ishii had the ultimate advantage, but El Desperado didn&#8217;t do bad. He pushed Ishii in this match, and it was fun to watch.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Show Impressions<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThis was a good first show of the New Japan Cup. I think there will be better shows and matches to come (night three looks particularly interesting to me), but this was a very good way to start things off.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match of the Night<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>El Desperado vs Tomohiro Ishii<\/strong><br \/>\nLike all the matches tonight, there was no big surprise here, It was just a solid match.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Official Results (Japanese):?<a href=\"https:\/\/www.njpw.co.jp\/tornament\/248162?showResult=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">https:\/\/www.njpw.co.jp\/tornament\/248162?showResult=1<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first part of round one of the New Japan Cup 2020 started with four fun matches highlighted by El Desperado versus Tomohiro Ishii in the main event!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8078,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[620,297],"tags":[723,1389,1327,3129,586,1581,1331,616,705,621,1322,1319,2033,877,2684,1277,1320,1326,1792,1315,1405,1899,3268,1904,577,576,1328,1487,1324,605,1400,604,613,603,1570,1329,2102,599,595,2103,901],"class_list":["post-8077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-njpw","category-show-results","tag-bullet-club","tag-chaos","tag-el-desperado","tag-empty-arena","tag-gedo","tag-hiroki-mikami","tag-hiromu-takahashi","tag-hiroshi-tanahashi","tag-jado","tag-japan","tag-kenta-sato","tag-kimihiko-ozaki","tag-koki-yamazaki","tag-kota-ibushi","tag-lij","tag-los-ingobernables-de-japon","tag-makoto-abe","tag-marty-asami","tag-miki-motoi","tag-milano-collection-at","tag-minoru-suzuki","tag-new-japan-cup","tag-new-japan-cup-2020","tag-new-japan-cup-first-round-match","tag-new-japan-pro-wrestling","tag-njpw","tag-red-shoes-unno","tag-suzuki-gun","tag-taichi","tag-togi-makabe","tag-tokyo-japan","tag-tomoaki-honma","tag-tomohiro-ishii","tag-toru-yano","tag-yohei-onishi","tag-yoshinobu-kanemaru","tag-yota-tsuji","tag-yuji-nagata","tag-yujiro-takahashi","tag-yuya-uemura","tag-zack-sabre-jr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8077"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8087,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8077\/revisions\/8087"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}