NJPW New Japan Cup 2024 Night 2 Results, Night 3 Card

NJPW New Japan Cup 2024 Night 2 Results

March 7, 2024
Tokyo, Japan – Korakuen Hall
English Commentary: Walker Stewart, Chris Charlton, and Gino Gambino

Quick Match Results

1. Boltin Oleg, YOSHI-HASHI, & Hirooki Goto defeated Guerillas of Destiny (Jado, El Phantasmo, & Hikuleo) via Shoto (pinfall 6:50)
   • Goto pinned Jado after he and YOSHI-HASHI hit their double team Shoto finisher onto Jado for the victory.
2. TMDK (Mikey Nicholls & Zack Sabre Jr.) defeated Toru Yano & Togi Makabe via Sliding Lariat (pinfall 7:27)
   • Nicholls pinned Makabe after hitting a sliding lariat to him for the victory.
3. United Empire (Callum Newman, Francesco Akira, & Jeff Cobb) defeated Bullet Club (Taiji Ishimori, Gabe Kidd, KENTA) via Tour of the Island (pinfall 7:04)
   • Cobb pinned Ishimori after hitting a Tour of the Island for the victory.
   • After the match, Kidd and Newman brawled on the outside that ended with Kidd hitting a running lariat to Newman laying him out and Kidd leaving right afterwards.
4. House of Torture (Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Jack Perry, Ren Narita, & EVIL) defeated YOH, El Desperado, Tomoaki Honma, & Shota Umino via Double Cross (pinfall 7:44)
   • Prior to the start of the match, SHO came out to the ring walking with a crutch and sporting a sling on his arm and neck brace. SHO gave a promo claiming that he was injured due to Tetsuya Naito’s cheating actions during their match last night. SHO stated that due to his injury, he will not be competing tonight. EVIL grabbed the microphone and stated that Jack Perry will be replacing SHO for the match leading to Perry coming out right afterwards.
   • During the match, YOH was wrestling while wearing a backpack that contained SHO’s IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship inside it. SHO managed to get back his title and proceed to walk like normal to the back revealing he was faking being hurt the whole time.
   • Near the end of the match, Dick Togo went onto the apron and distracted the referee leading to Narita hitting Honma with a pushup bar and followed it by hitting a Double Cross pinning Honma for the victory for his team.
   • Following the match, House of Torture attacked Umino and laid him out in the ring before leaving as a group.
5. BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi, & Tetsuya Naito defeated Just Five Guys (TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Yuya Uemura, Taichi, & SANADA) via Gene Blaster (pinfall 9:52)
   • Tsuji pinned Michinoku after Tagaki hitting a Pumping Bomber to Michinoku that was followed by Tsuji hitting the Gene Blaster right after.
6. New Japan Cup 2024 Tournament First Round match – Chase Owens defeated Tomohiro Ishii via Package Piledriver (pinfall 16:20)
7. New Japan Cup 2024 Tournament First Round match – Tanga Loa defeated Great-O-Khan via Kamigoye (pinfall 15:50)
8. New Japan Cup 2024 Tournament First Round match – David Finlay defeated TJP via Overkill (pinfall 16:17)

Full Card for NJPW New Japan Cup 2024 Night 3

Here is the full card for Night 3 of NJPW’s New Japan Cup 2024 tournament, which takes place on Friday, March 8th at the Aimesse Yamanashi in Kofu, Japan. New Japan Cup 2024 Night 3 will air live on New Japan World starting at 4:30AM EST.

• Ryusuke Taguchi, Tomohiro Ishii, YOSHI-HASHI, & Hirooki Goto vs. Bullet Club (Gedo, Chase Owens, KENTA, & David Finlay)
• Tomoaki Honma & El Phantasmo vs. TMDK (Mikey Nicholls & Zack Sabre Jr.)
• YOH, El Desperado, & Shota Umino vs. House of Torture (Dick Togo, SHO, & EVIL)
• Just Five Guys (DOUKI, Taichi, & SANADA) vs. House of Torture (Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi, & Ren Narita)
• BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji, & Tetsuya Naito vs. United Empire (Francesco Akira, TJP, Great-O-Khan, & Jeff Cobb)
• New Japan Cup 2024 Tournament First Round match – Boltin Oleg vs. Hikuleo
• New Japan Cup 2024 Tournament First Round match – Callum Newman vs. Gabe Kidd
• New Japan Cup 2024 Tournament First Round match – Shingo Takagi vs. Yuya Uemura