Two more advanced in the opening round of the New Japan Cup on Wednesday.
The card from Fukushima drew 720 fans and featured two opening round matches to close out the show, including the night’s main event where EVIL pinned Ren Narita.
EVIL landed a low blow on Narita and proceeded to connect with a lariat, which Narita kicked out from. EVIL continued his attack with Everything is Evil and pinned Narita.
After the match, EVIL applied the Sasori-gatame
In the other tournament match, Mark Davis of Aussie Open advanced by defeating Toru Yano.
Davis blocked a low blow attempt from Yano and placed Yano onto his shoulders and hit the Waterslide for the win.
EVIL will square off with Jeff Cobb on 3/13 in the second round of the tournament while Mark Davis will meet his United Empire stablemate Will Ospreay on the same date in the upcoming round.
The final opening round matches are Friday in Yamanashi with Shingo Takagi vs. Aaron Henare and YOSHI-HASHI vs. Kyle Fletcher.
Here are the results from Wednesday’s show in Fukushima (Purolove.com):
*New Japan Cup – Round 1: EVIL over Ren Narita in 18:44
*New Japan Cup – Round 1: Mark Davis over Toru Yano in 12:33
*Will Ospreay, Jeff Cobb & Kyle Fletcher over Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & YOH in 9:47
*Tetsuya Naito, SANADA & Hiromu Takahashi over Tama Tonga, Lio Rush & Tomoaki Honma in 10:22
*Aaron Henare & Great O-Khan over Shingo Takagi & BUSHI in 9:57
*David Finlay, KENTA, El Phantasmo & Chase Owens over Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, DOUKI & Taka Michinoku in 8:24
*Shota Umino & Yuto Nakashima over Zack Sabre Jr. & Kosei Fujita in 7:40
