Early this morning we saw the start of the 2017 New Japan Cup, featuring some big upsets in the first round. Los Ingobernables de Japon’s big man Evil moved past ace Hiroshi Tanahashi in the main event, while Toru Yano stole a win over Tama Tonga. Yuji Nagata and Bullet Club’s heavy Bad Luck Fale also advanced, and tonight live on New Japan World we will find out which four stars will make up the second round.
Here are the tournament matches for tonight’s show:
- Kenny Omega vs. Tomohiro Ishii
- Katsuyro Shibata vs. Minoru Suzuki
- Yoshi-Hashi vs. Sanada
- Juice Robinson vs. Yujiro Takahashi
New Japan Cup night two is live on New Japan World at 3:00 a.m. EST, and we’ll have complete results from the event up moments after its conclusion. The following undercard matches are also scheduled:
- David Finlay vs. Tomoyuki Oka
- Jushin Thunder Liger & Yuji Nagata vs. Tiger Mask & Manabu Nakanishi
- Hirai Kawato, Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Tanga Loa, Tama Tonga & Bad Luck Fale
- Ryusuke Taguchi, Kushida, Michael Elgin & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Bushi, Hiromu Takahashi, Evil & Tetsuya Naito
- Jedo, Gado, Toru Yano, Hirooki Goto & Kazuchika Okada vs. Taka Michinoku, El Desperado, Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Takashi Iizuka
