Cobb speaks about his future.
Kanaoka Park Gymnasium in Osaka, Japan was the host of New Japan Cup action on March 14th. The main event of the evening was Jeff Cobb versus Tetsuya Naito in a tournament match.
Cobb emerged victorious from the bout to advance and afterwards, he stated that he has a lot more left in the tank in NJPW. A report emerged from Fightful Select that WWE is interested in Cobb and one source relayed to the outlet that Cobb’s name is on WWE’s internal roster.
Cobb addressed the speculation about his future and said people assumed he was going to lose to Naito. Next up for Cobb is a quarterfinal round bout against Shota Umino.
Below are the complete results from the 3/14 show:
- Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima, Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano def. Hirooki Goto, Hiroshi Tanahashi, YOSHI-HASHI & Katsuya Murashima
- Shota Umino, El Phantasmo & Jado def. United Empire (Great-O-Khan, Callum Newman & Jakob Austin Young)
- Gabe Kidd, SANADA, Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens def. House of Torture (Ren Narita, Yujiro Takahashi, SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) via disqualification
- House of Torture (EVIL, Dick Togo, Ren Narita, Yujiro Takahashi, SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) def. David Finlay, Gedo, Gabe Kidd, SANADA, Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens
- T.M.D.K. (Zack Sabre Jr., Ryohei Oiwa & Hartley Jackson) def. Taichi, Yuya Uemura & TAKA Michinoku
- New Japan Cup 2nd Round Match: Drilla Moloney def. TJP
- New Japan Cup 2nd Round Match: Shingo Takagi def. Oleg Boltin
- New Japan Cup 2nd Round Match: Jeff Cobb def. Tetsuya Naito
