New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) recently held the fifth night of their New Japan Cup Event which is a single elimination tournament that lasts for 12 days and the winner of the said tournament will get an opportunity to face IWGP Heavyweight Champion “Switchblade” Jay White for The IWGP Heavyweight Title at The G1 Supercard Event in New York City’s Madison Square Garden on April 6th. The recent show which featured the second round of the tournament emanated from The ZIP Arena Okayama in Okayama, Japan and it was headlined by “The Stone Pitbull” Tomohiro Ishii taking on Taichi in a New Japan Cup Second Round Match as the main event. Below are the full results from the show:
– Bullet Club (“The Bone Soldier” Taiji Ishimori, HIKULEO & Bad Luck Fale) def. Yuya Uemura, Tomoaki Honma & “The Flamboyant” Juice Robinson).
– Satoshi Kojima, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Togi Makabe def. Toa Henare, Manabu Nakanishi & “Blue Justice” Yuji Nagata.
– Los Ingobernables de Japon (Shingo Takagi, BUSHI & Tetsuya Naito) def. Ren Narita, Shota Umino & “Big Mike” Michael Elgin.
– Los Ingobernables de Japon (“King Of Darkness” EVIL & “Cold Skull SANADA) def. Suzuki-gun (Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Minoru Suzuki).
– Hirooki Goto, “The Aerial Assassin” Will Ospreay & “The Golden Star” Kota Ibushi def. Suzuki-gun (TAKA Michinoku, Lance Archer & Zack Sabre Jr.).
– Colt Cabana, Mikey Nicholls & Ryusuke Taguchi def. Toru Yano, “The Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada & “The Ace Of NJPW” Hiroshi Tanahashi.
– YOSHI-HASHI def. “The Crown Jewel” Chase Owens (New Japan Cup Second Round Match).
– “The Stone Pitbull” Tomohiro Ishii def. Taichi (New Japan Cup Second Round Match).