The New Japan Cup continues tonight with the last four first-round matches. The show will feature the continuation of Minoru Suzuki & Satoshi Kojima decade long rivalry, as well as the NJPW singles debut of Colt Cabana. The show is set to begin at 6am EST. It will air LIVE on NJPWWorld.com. The full card has yet to be announced. New Japan Cup First Round: Toru Yano vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr. Toru Yano vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr. New Japan Cup First Round: Satoshi Kojima vs. Minoru Suzuki Satoshi Kojima vs. Minoru Suzuki New Japan Cup First Round: Hirooki Goto vs. SANADA Hirooki Goto vs. SANADA New Japan Cup First Round: Togi Makabe vs. Colt Cabana<doc-sep>Show is available at NJPWWorld.com FIRST MATCH: YOSHI-HASHI, Yuya Uemura, Michael Elgin & Juice Robinson vs. Bullet Club (HIKULEO, Bad Luck Fale, Taiji Ishimori & Chase Owens) Good opener. YOSHI-HASHI and Chase Owens are brewing a mini-feud that is delightful. Yuya Uemura has star potential. HIKULEO is a pretty entertaining big man. Need To Watch Rating: (5.0) SECOND MATCH: Ren Narita, Manabu Nakanishi, Yuji Nagata & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, BUSHI & Shingo Takagi) Hectic, fun match. The New Japan Dads kinda let Narita do the work. LIJ was cohesive, but one forgets how SANADA really holds the team together in the ring. Need To Watch Rating: (4.9) THIRD MATCH: Kota Ibushi & Tomoaki Honma vs. Suzuki-gun (Zack Sabre Jr. & TAKA Michinoku) Sabre and Ibushi have amazing chemistry, leading to a solid preview of their 2nd round match. TAKA and Ibushi have some fun exchanges too. Tomoaki Honma is also there. Need To Watch Rating: (4.5) FOURTH MATCH: CHAOS (Tomohiro Ishii & Will Ospreay) vs. Suzuki-gun (Taichi & Lance Archer) Everyone in this match is good. Everyone. Great undercard tag. Give it a watch. Need To Watch Rating: (6.9)…nice FIFTH MATCH: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada & Shota Umino vs. Ryusuke Taguchi, Mikey Nicholls & Toa Henare Tanahashi, Okada and Umino are the past, present, and future of New Japan. Taguchi, Nicholls & Henare are a damn effective version of Taguchi Japan. Nicholls continue to shine in his NJPW return. Need To Watch Rating: (6.0) SIXTH MATCH: New Japan Cup First Round: Toru Yano vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr. I mean, this was technically a match…I guess. Need To Watch Rating: (5.0) SEVENTH MATCH: New Japan Cup First Round: Togi Makabe vs. Colt Cabana A way better version of the Yano/Davey match. Cabana brings out a hilariously deadpan side of Red Shoes Uno that is pretty delightful. Makabe is also a great straight-man to Cabana’s wacky antics. Need To Watch Rating: (7.05) EIGHTH MATCH: New Japan Cup First Round: Satoshi Kojima vs. Minoru Suzuki This is an absolute war. Definitely could’ve been longer, but a solid Dad Fight. Kojima has lately been on fire and Suzuki is not afraid to get burned. Need To Watch Rating: (8.0) MAIN EVENT: New Japan Cup First Round: Hirooki Goto vs. SANADA Match of the night by far. These two are so damn good together. Goto and SANADA have a very similar style and it leads to some pretty sensational one-upsmanship. Need To Watch Rating: (9.8)<doc-sep>We’re headed towards New Japan Pro Wrestling’s next huge show in the form of G1 Supercard, and that means only one thing— New Japan Cup! A thirty-two-man single elimination tournament spread across twelve shows, the winner earns a shot at a singles heavyweight-eligible title of his choice. All twelve shows, naturally, will air live and in full on NJPW World, so why not watch along with the best pro wrestling community on the internet? Today’s action takes place in Kagawa’s Takamatsu City General Gymnasium #1, kicking off at a brisk 6AM Eastern / 3AM Pacific, and features four of our first round matches, the winners of which will face off in two second round matches on March 17. Toru Yano over Davey Boy Smith, Jr. by pinfall with a side folding press. (New Japan Cup First Round Match) Colt Cabana over Togi Makabe with a Superman cradle. (New Japan Cup First Round Match) Minoru Suzuki over Satoshi Kojima by pinfall with the Gotch piledriver. (New Japan Cup First Round Match) SANADA over Hirooki Goto by pinfall with the diving moonsault. (New Japan Cup First Round Match) Enjoy the show!<doc-sep>
NJPW New Japan Cup first round ended earlier today with SANADA defeating Hirooki Goto in the main event to advance in the single elimination tournament. The winner will receive an opportunity against IWGP Heavyweight Champion Jay White at ROH / NJPW G1 Supercard on April 6 inside Madison Square Garden. Below are the full results: * Taiji Ishimori, Bad Luck Fale, Hikuleo and Chase Owens def. Juice Robinson, YOSHI-HASHI, Michael Elgin and Yuua Uemura * Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, BUSHI and Shingo Takagi def. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi and Ren Narita * Kota Ibushi and Tomoaki Honma def. Zack Zabre Jr. and Taka Michinoku * Will Ospreay and Tomohiro Ishii def. Lance Archer and Taichi * Mikey Nicholls, Toa Henare and Ryusuke Taguchi def. Shota Umino, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kazuchika Okada New Japan Cup Matches * Toru Yano def. Davey Boy Smith Jr. * Colt Cabana def. Togi Makabe * Minoru Suzuki def. Satoshi Kojima * SANADA def. Hirooki Goto See Also: NJPW G1 Climax From Dallas To Air Live On AXS TV Round two of the New Japan Cup begins on March 13. The matches will then continue to take place on March 14, 16 and 17. Here are the matches for the second round: * Tomohiro Ishii v. Taichi * YOSHI-HASHI v. Chase Owens * Kazuchika Okada v. Mikey Nicholls * Will Ospreay v. Lance Archer * Hiroshi Tanahashi v. Ryusuke Taguchi * Kota Ibushi v. Zack Sabre Jr. * Colt Cabana v. Toru Yano * Minoru Suzuki v. SANADA