SEVENTH MATCH: New Japan Cup First Round Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shota Umino
They lock up. Tanahashi gets Umino on the ropes but Umino reverses. Umino slaps Tanahashi’s chest.
They lock up. Tanahashi gets Umino on the ropes. Unimo blocks a chop with a series of elbows. Umino locks in a headlock. Tanahashi powers out. Umino gets a nearfall on Tanahashi.
Tanahashi gets Umino to the canvas. Tanahashi locks in a side headlock. Umino counters with a headscissors. Tanahashi counters with a headlock. Umino counters with a headlock. Tanahashi counters with a headlock. Tanahashi hits a back body drop. Tanahashi bodyslams Umino. Tanahashi hits a Senton. Tanahashi covers for two.
Tanahashi attacks Umino’s leg. Tanahashi locks in a deathlock. Umino gets to the ropes.
Umino pummels Tanahashi. Tanahashi drops Umino with an uppercut. They continue like this for some time.
Umino hits a dropkick. Umino maintains dominance with stiff strikes. Umino drops Tanahashi with a running forearm. Umino hits a corner back elbow. Tanahashi blocks a bodyslam. Umino pummels Tanahashi until Tanahashi final weakens. Umino bodyslams Tanahashi.
Umino locks in a Boston Crab but Tanahashi powers out. Tanahashi hits Dragon Screw. Tanahashi locks in a Liontamer. Umino fights to the ropes.
Tanahashi bodyslams Umino. Tanahashi hits a second-rope somersault senton. Tanahashi covers for two.
They trade blows. Umino hits a brainbuster. Umino hits a Missile Dropkick. Umino covers for two.
Umino locks in a Boston Crab. Umino locks in a Cloverleaf. Tanahashi fights out.
Umino and Tanahashi trade elbow strikes. Umino sends Tanahashi to his knees. Tanahashi counters the Fisherman’s Suplex with Twist & Shout. Tanahashi goes for a cloverleaf and Umino rolls him up for a two count.
Tanahashi locks in the Cloverleaf. Umino submits in 16:48.
WINNER: Hiroshi Tanahashi
