NJPW New Japan Cup Night 4 Results – March 10, 2023
Location: Yamanashi Japan
Venue: Aimesse Yamanashi
Tag Team Match
TMDK (Television Champion Zack Sabre Jr & Kosei Fujita) vs. House Of Torture (Yujiro Takahashi & Sho)
TMDK attacks House Of Torture before the bell. House Of Torture works over Kosei Fujita. Zack Sabre Jr made the hot tag and cranked on Sho’s neck. Fujita applied a Fujiwara armbar on Sho but Sho reached the ropes. With the ref out of position, Sho hits a low blow follow by the Cross Armed Piledriver on Fujita gets the win.
Winners: House Of Torture (7:42)
Rate: 4
Tag Team Match
House Of Torture (Evil & Dick Togo) vs. Just 4 Guys (Taichi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
House Of Torture & Just 4 Guys brawled on the ramp before reaching the ring. House Of Torture works over Yoshinobu Kanemaru early on. Dick Togo got his piano wire, but Taichi fought him off. Togo accidentally spit alcohol at Evil’s face and Kanemaru immediately rolls up Togo for the win.
Winners: Just 4 Guys (4:06)
Rate: 2
8 Man Tag Team Match
NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Champions Strong Style (Minoru Suzuki,El Desperado & Ren Narita) & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Bullet Club (Strong Openweight Champion Kenta,El Phantasmo,Chase Owens & David Finlay)
Both teams brawled at the bell. Ren Narita & El Phantasmo squared off in the ring once the ref got the match going. Minoru Suzuki hit a Helluva Kick on Phantasmo as Strong Style & Ryusuke Taguchi work ELP over. In a funny spot, Suzuki was not amused by Taguchi’s antics, and Taguchi looked depressed.
Bullet Club pushed Desperado into their corner and began working him over. Kenta hit a hard kick to Desperado’s back. Desperado hit a back suplex on Kenta and he tags in Suzuki. Suzuki hits some forearms and a Helluva Kick on Kenta. Kenta hit a powerslam for a near fall. They traded more forearms and hit simultaneous Mafia Kicks and were both down. David Finlay tags in and hit some European uppercuts on Suzuki. Taguchi tags in for the f1st time and stomped on Finlay.
Taguchi hit his mid ring butt bump on Finlay, and he switched to an anklelock. ELP got in the ring but again didn’t make a save for Finlay. Finlay hit a backbreaker over his knee on Taguchi for a near fall. He then hits Trash Panda gets the win.
Winners: Bullet Club (12:05)
Rate: 6
8 Man Tag Team Match
Chaos (IWGP Tag Team Champion Hirooki Goto,Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii) & Tomoaki Honma vs. United Empire (Will Ospreay,Mark Davis,Jeff Cobb & Great O Khan)
Hirooki Goto & Mark started this match off as Davis missed a senton and they had a standoff. Great O Khan & Toru Yano tags in with Yano playfully slapping him in the back of the head and tugging on O Khan’s braid. O Khan hit a series of Mongolian Chops. Davis entered and this time he hit the senton for a near fall. Jeff Cobb surfed on Yano’s back as United Empire works Yano over.
Tomohiro Ishii & Will Ospreay enter and traded offense. Davis accidentally kicks Ospreay, and Ishii hit a back suplex on Ospreay. Ospreay & Davis argued with each other then Goto hit a spin kick in the corner on Cobb. Ishii hits a vertical suplex on Cobb, and they were both down. Tomoaki Honma entered for the first time and brawled with Cobb, hitting a Kokeshi for a near fall.
Honma leapt off the 2nd rope, but Cobb caught him. Cobb hit a decapitating clothesline for a near fall. Cobb hits a standing moonsault for a near fall. Cobb hit a dropkick, then the Tour Of The Islands gets United Empire the win.
Winners: United Empire (12:04)
Rate: 6
8 Man Tag Team Match
Los Ingobnrables De Japon (Junior Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi,Tetsuya Naito,Sanada & Bushi) vs. NEVER Openweight Champion Tama Tonga,Chaos (Lio Rush & Yoh) & Shota Umino
Sanada & Tama Tonga started this match off with a really intense lockup then they sped it up with some quick reversals, and Tonga hit a dropkick. Yoh enters & he tried to put Sanada in the Paradise Lock but Sanada blocks it and he put Yoh in the hold. LIJ began working over Yoh. Naito hits a Buff Blockbuster.
Yoh hit a Falcon Arrow on Naito. Lio Rush tags in and hits an enzuigiri on Hiromu Takahashi, and they traded quick moves. Rush hit a moonsault from the ring apron to the floor on Takahashi in the ring Rush hit a spear for a near fall and they traded forearm shots. Rush hits a handspring back elbow. Shota Umino tags in & Takahashi hits a dragon screw on him and tagged in Bushi. Bushi hit a missile dropkick on Umino then a dive between the ropes on him.
In the ring, Bushi hit a DDT for a near fall. Everyone began hitting their finishers on each other. Umino hits a dropkick on Naito, then a pop up European uppercut on Bushi. Shota hit a side slam, and he locks Bushi in an STF with Bushi tapping out.
Winners By Submission: NEVER Openweight Champion Tama Tonga,Chaos & Shota Umino (10:46)
Rate: 7
1st Round Match Of The 2023 New Japan Cup
IWGP Tag Team Champion Yoshi Hashi vs. Kyle Fletcher
Match begins with some mat reversals. Kyle Fletcher hit a knee strike that sent Yoshi Hashi to the floor. Fletcher whips Yoshi Hashi into the guardrail and was in control. Yoshi Hashi barely made it back into the ring before being counted out. Fletcher hit a suplex for a near fall.
Yoshi Hashi hit a dropkick on Fletcher’s left knee. He hit a dropkick through the ropes that sent Fletcher flying into the guardrail and he whips Fletcher into the guardrails. In the ring, Yoshi Hashi hits a blockbuster for a near fall.
Fletcher hits a step up enzuigiri in the corner, then he dove through the ropes and barreled onto Yoshi Hashi. Fletcher drags him in the ring and nails a brainbuster for a near fall. Fletcher hit a Falcon Arrow for another near fall.
Yoshi Hashi fired back with a Canadian Destroyer for a near fall and they were both down. They traded forearm shots while on their knees, then while standing, Fletcher caught him with a superkick. Yoshi Hashi hit a 2nd rope Canadian Destroyer and a clothesline for a near fall.
Fletcher hit a half-nelson suplex. Yoshi Hashi hit another clothesline. Yoshi Hashi hit a modified brainbuster for a near fall. Yoshi Hashi hits a superkick before Fletcher hits the Grimstone Piledriver to get the win.
Winner: Kyle Fletcher (20:06) (He will face Hirooki Goto in the 2nd Round)
Rate: 8 (Recommend)
Non Title 1st Round Match Of The 2023 New Japan Cup
KOPW 2023 Champion Shingo Takagi vs. Aaron Henare
Shingo Takagi & Aaron Henare immediately traded stiff forearm shots, then shoulder tackles with neither man going down. They brawled on the floor. In the ring, Henare hit a senton then some knee strikes to the ribs, and he stretched Takagi on the mat. Henare stayed in control with a series of kicks.
Takagi hits a suplex for a near fall, then a DDT then a sliding clothesline. Takagi nailed a top rope superplex for a near fall. Takagi went for a pumphandle slam but Henare fought it off. Henare hit a 2nd rope spin kick to the head and they were both down. Henare hits a Samoan Drop and a 2nd rope senton for a near fall. Henare went for Rampage but Takagi blocks it Henare switched to going for Ultima but Takagi blocks that, too. They hit simultaneous clotheslines, and both were down.
Henare hit some spin kicks to the chest Takagi fired back with hard chops. Takagi nails a Gory Bomb. Henare hit a closed fist punch to the gut, then Rampage for a near fall. Henare locks in Ultima but Takagi was on the verge of passing out. Takagi got free and hits Made In Japan for a 2 count. Henare hit a knee strike to the jaw in the corner and he set up for Streets Of Rage but Takagi avoided it as they traded hard headbutts then Henare nails Takagi to the mat with Streets Of Rage for the win.
Winner: Aaron Henare (20:46) (He will face Tama Tonga in the 2nd Round)
Rate: 9 (Recommend)
2nd Round Matches
March 11th
Non Title Match
Sanada vs. Strong Openweight Champion Kenta
Tetsuya Naito vs. Chase Owens
March 12th
Kyle Fletcher vs. IWGP Tag Team Champion Hirooki Goto
Non Title Match
Aaron Henare vs. NEVER Openweight Champion Tama Tonga
March 13th
Evil vs. Jeff Cobb
Mark Davis vs. Will Ospreay
March 15th
David Finlay vs. Great O Khan
Non Title Match
Shota Umino vs. Television Champion Zack Sabre Jr
Best 1st Round Matches Of The 2023 New Japan Cup
Sanada vs. Taichi (Night 1)
Tetsuya Naito vs. El Phantasmo (Night 1)
David Finlay vs. Tomohiro Ishii (51th Anniversary Show)
IWGP Tag Team Champion Yoshi Hashi vs. Kyle Fletcher (Night 4)
KOPW 2023 Champion Shingo Takagi vs. Aaron Henare (Night 4)
Worst 1st Round Matches Of The 2023 New Japan Cup
NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Champion Ren Narita vs. Evil (Night 3)
Shota Umino vs. Yujiro Takahashi (51st Anniversary Show)
Toru Yano vs. Mark Davis (Night 3)
