NJPW New Japan Cup
March 7th, 2021 | Aimesse Yamanashi in Kofu-shi, Yamanashi
We got a welcome step up in quality for the second official night of the tournament, we’re back for two matches. This is the way to watch wrestling! Two or three match bursts baby.
New Japan Cup First Round: Gabriel Kidd vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
I am so pumped for this. Kidd is one of the most impressive Young Lions in a long time and his exchanges with Suzuki-Gun and Sabre Jr. have been great leading up to this. Right off the bat, Kidd showed that he could do his thing on the mat. He may not get a lot of moves his arsenal as a Young Lion but he can grapple on the mat. They have a history and it showed with Kidd being right here at almost every step. It seemed to frustrate Sabre at times, knowing he should put this guy away. That boiled over as they started throwing strikes at each other and again, Kidd was able to hang tough. That Shibata training was kicking in. Sabre Jr. began talking trash but Kidd refu
New Japan Cup Quick Results
Yota Tsuji pinned Yuya Uemura in 6:56 ( ¾)
Jeff Cobb & Great-O-Khan pinned Tomoaki Honma & Satoshi Kojima in 12:00 ( ¾)
Hiroshi Tanahashi, Juice Robinson, Henare & Ryusuke Taguchi pinned Dick Togo, Jay White, EVIL & KENTA in 13:11 ( ¾)
Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito, SANADA & BUSHI pinned SHO, Kazuchika Okada, Hirooki Goto & Tomohiro Ishii in 13:28 ( )
New Japan Cup 2021 – First Round: Zack Sabre Jr. submitted Gabriel Kidd in 17:21 ( )
New Japan Cup 2021 – First Round: Will Ospreay pinned Hiroyoshi Tenzan in 13:36 ( ¼)
The Aimesse Yamanashi in Yamanashi is the stop for what feels like a rare, non-Tokyo show on NJPW World… and it’s a six-match card as opposed to the fivers we’ve had lately.