It’s back to Korakuen Hall as the second round ties continued as Ryusuke Taguchi continued in his quest to become the 69th IWGP champion.
Browsing: New Japan
The beautiful Centennial Hall in Nara provided the stage for the next pair of second round matches in the New Japan Cup, with Will Ospreay’s run against Big Lads continuing.
We’re into the round of 16 as the New Japan Cup continued into Okayama, with a pair of decent-ish matches.
The first round wrapped up in Kagawa, as the New Japan Cup rumbled on with a rather mixed bag of matches.
Next up in our delayed New Japan Cup coverage – a trio of bangers, among which was Shota Umino’s biggest test to date, as the Young Lion made his cup debut.
The second batch of New Japan Cup first round matches saw a David vs. Goliath battle as Will Ospreay faced his biggest test yet.
Just like last year, the New Japan Cup started as we were over in Germany… so here’s the start of us playing catch-up!
New Japan celebrated their 47th anniversary with another sold-out show at Tokyo’s Ota Ward Gymnasium, as the junior straps were all on the line.