Friday’s show saw three teams tied for the top placement in the block and forced an impromptu three-way tag match involving Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi, Toru Yano & Oleg Boltin, and EVIL & Ren Narita.
New Japan Pro Wrestling held its first of two Wrestling Satsuma no Kuni events on Wednesday where the IWGP junior heavyweight tag titles were defended.
On Thursday’s show in Ehime, the second round of the New Japan Cup kicked off with two matches spotlighted including the main event between EVIL and Jeff Cobb.
John Pollock reviews the final second-round matches of the New Japan Cup with Sanada vs. Minoru Suzuki and Colt Cabana vs. Toru Yano from Sunday at Korakuen Hall.
The New Japan Cup tournament is down to the final four following Thursday’s card at Korakuen Hall, which featured Kota Ibushi taking on Zack Sabre Jr. and Sanada facing Toru Yano.