The 2020 New Japan Cup finally gets underway, with Hiromu Takahashi and Tomohiro Ishii in the pick of our matches today. So, where were we before the big shutdown? Ah yes, the first round of the New Japan Cup, and these first round “shows” will feature five matches: four from the tournament, and a non-tournament bout. Since these shows were announced a week ago, New Japan’s slowly started to fill out their summer schedule. Normality looks to be resuming. Slowly. Quick Results New Japan Cup – First Round: Togi Makabe pinned Yota Tsuji in 9:00 (**¾) New Japan Cup -…
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New Japan gets the show going again, with a mystery card acting as the curtain raiser to the rescheduled New Japan Cup.
We’ve a new series here on BackBodyDrop, as we take a look at the singles matches from another long-running feud of the current era – Hiromu Takahashi vs. Dragon/Ryu Lee. At time of writing, they’ve had 19 singles matches, stretching from CMLL (when Hiromu was there on excursion), to Ring of Honor, and of course, New Japan. Add in undercard tags and trios matches, and that number’s pushing 100, aided by them spending almost all of 2015 on the opposite side of the ring of each other in Mexico. We’ve been able to track down the lion’s share of these…
Manabu Nakanishi’s 27-year-plus career came to an end on Saturday as New Japan’s year of retirements continued.
Two sets of tag titles were on the line at Korakuen on Friday, as the New Japan Road continued!
We’re here for this! Tomohiro Ishii and Shingo Takagi headlines the latest New Japan show at Korakuen Hall as the NEVER title took centre stage.
New Japan began a four-day run at Korakuen Hall, with their first retirement show of the week as longtime ref Tiger Hattori called it a day.
The New Beginning wrapped up in Osaka with four title matches – and a contest that had a lot of people waiting with baited breath.