NJPW New Japan Cup 2024 Night 9 Results, David Finlay Pulled from Night 9 Show Over Illness, Night 10 Card

NJPW New Japan Cup 2024 Night 9 Results

March 16, 2024
Nagoya, Japan – Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium
English Commentary: Walker Stewart and Gino Gambino

Quick Match Results

1. Shoma Kato, Boltin Oleg, & YOH defeated Katsuya Murashima, El Desperado, & Togi Makabe via Kamikaze (pinfall 8:03)
   • Boltin Oleg pinned Kato after hitting a Kamikaze for his team’s victory.
2. United Empire (Francesco Akira, Great-O-Khan, & Jeff Cobb) defeated Ryusuke Taguchi, Tanga Loa, & Tomohiro Ishii via Tour of the Islands (pinfall 11:25)
   • Jeff Cobb pinned Taguchi after hitting a Tour of the Islands on him for United Empire’s victory.
3. TMDK (Mikey Nicholls & Zack Sabre Jr.) defeated United Empire (Callum Newman & TJP) via Cross Heel Hook (submission 14:12)
   • Sabre Jr. submitted Newman after locking in a Cross Heel Hook to secure TMDK’s victory.
4. Bullet Club (Taiji Ishimori, Gabe Kidd, Chase Owens, & KENTA) defeated Jado, El Phantasmo, Hikuleo, & Toru Yano via Roll-up (pinfall 9:58)
   • Ishimori pinned Jado after a series of roll-up exchanges between the two leading to Ishimori getting the final roll-up for Bullet Club’s victory.
5. Just Five Guys (Yuya Uemura & Taichi) defeated Shota Umino & YOSHI-HASHI via Storm Clutch (pinfall 15:41)
   • Uemura caught YOSHI-HASHI in a clutch style pin to give his team the victory.
6. BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi, & Tetsuya Naito defeated House of Torture (Dick Togo, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita, & EVIL) via Gene Blaster (pinfall 17:04)
   • Tsuji pinned Yujiro after countering Kanemaru’s whisky mist attack and hit a Gene Blaster to Yujiro to give LIJ the victory.
   • Following the match, EVIL attacked Takagi leading to a brawl breaking out between LIJ and HoT on the outside while Narita and Tsuji had a staredown.
7. New Japan Cup 2024 Tournament Quarterfinal Round match – Hirooki Goto defeated David Finlay via Forfeit
   • Prior to the start of the show, NJPW announced that they had pulled Finlay from the show due to him suffering an undisclosed illness and was sent to the hospital for medical evaluation. As a result, it was announced that Goto will advance to the Semifinal Round via a forfeit loss for Finlay.
8. New Japan Cup 2024 Tournament Quarterfinal Round match – SANADA defeated Jack Perry via O’Connor Bridge (pinfall 16:02)

BREAKING

David Finlay will not compete tonight in Nagoya due to illness. He is currently undergoing evaluation at a local hospital. Hirooki Goto will advance to the semifinals via forfeit.

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— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) March 16, 2024

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Full Card for NJPW New Japan Cup 2024 Night 10

Here is the full card for Night 10 of NJPW’s New Japan Cup 2024 tournament, which takes place on Sunday, March 17th at the Twin Messe Shizuoka South Hall in Shizuoka, Japan. New Japan Cup 2024 Night 10 will air live on New Japan World starting at 2:00 AM EST.

• Shoma Kato & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Katsuya Murashima & Boltin Oleg
• Guerillas of Destiny (El Phantasmo, Hikuleo, & Tanga Loa) vs. United Empire (Francesco Akira, TJP, & Great-O-Khan)
• TMDK (Mikey Nicholls & Zack Sabre Jr.) vs. United Empire (Callum Newman & Jeff Cobb)
• YOH, El Desperado, & Shota Umino vs. House of Torture (Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi, & Jack Perry)
• Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii, YOSHI-HASHI, & Hirooki Goto vs. Bullet Club (Taiji Ishimori, Gabe Kidd, Chase Owens, KENTA, & David Finlay)
• BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, & Tetsuya Naito vs. Just Five Guys (Yuya Uemura, Taichi, & SANADA)
• New Japan Cup 2024 Tournament Quarterfinal Round match – Yota Tsuji vs. Ren Narita
• New Japan Cup 2024 Tournament Quarterfinal Round match – Shingo Takagi vs. EVIL