July 2nd New Japan Cup

July 2nd New Japan Cup Results

Results for the July 2nd New Japan Cup will be posted during the show (6AM Eastern on 7/1).

Match Announcement

Bushi, Naito, Takagi vs. Sho, Goto, Uemura

Hiromu Takahashi defeats Tomohiro Ishii – 19:29

• There were a lot of false finishes starting around 12 minutes including Ishii kicking out after Takahashi hit the Time Bomb.
• Eventually Takahashi hit a face first brain buster, which is effectively a Jon Moxley style DDT, and another time bomb for the pinfall victory.

Evil defeats Yoshi Hashi – 1:59

• Evil attacked Yoshi-Hashi before the bell and hit him with multiple chair shots. This is the second day in a row someone from LIJ jumped Yoshi Hashi before the bell. This time, the referee allowed Yoshi-Hashi to get his gear off before ringing the bell.
• After Evil held Yoshi-Hashi in a sharp shooter without Yoshi-Hashi fighting back, the referee called for the bell. This is the first squash match that I’ve seen in New Japan.

Bushi, Naito, Takagi defeat Sho, Goto, Uemura – 09:34

• Bushi used a code breaker to get the pinfall victory over Yuya Uemura.
• After the match, Shingo and Sho stared each other down. Takagi seemed to ask Sho which belt he wanted. Reminder that Sho defeated Takagi in the opening round of the New Japan Cup, so he should get a NEVER Championship match.

Kazuchika Okada defeats Taiji Ishimori – 16:54

• Taiji Ishimori submitted to Okada’s sleeper hold

Sanada defeats Taichi – 22:42

• Taichi was tapping to Skull End, but Kanemaru jumped up on the apron to distract Red Shoes from making the call.
• Kanemaru would continue to get involved, but Sanada eventually won with an O’Conner Roll and a bridge.

July 1st Preview

The July 1 show includes 4 third round matches plus one special unannounced match.

All matches are listed below the video with the 2020 win-loss record for each individual.

The wins and losses that make up those record are listed and linked.

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Sanada (2-2) vs. Taichi (2-1)

• Sanada
  • Singles Wins:
    • Ryuske Taguchi on 6/22.
    • Sho on 7/1.
  • Singles Losses:
    • Zack Sabre Jr on 1/5.
    • Jay White on 2/9.
• Taichi
  • Singles Wins:
    • Tanahashi on 6/22.
    • Kota Ibushi on 7/1.
  • Singles Losses:
    • Okada on 2/2.

Yoshi-Hashi (2-0) vs. Evil (2-1)

• Yoshi-Hashi
  • Singles Wins:
    • Hiroyoshi Tenzan on 6/23.
    • Bushi on 7/1.
  • Singles Losses:
• Evil
  • Singles Wins:
    • Kojima on 6/23.
    • Goto on 7/1.
  • Singles Losses:
    • Tomohiro Ishii on 2/1.

Hiromu Takahashi (4-0) vs. Tomohiro Ishii (3-1)

• Hiromu Takahashi:
  • Single Wins
    • Ryu Lee on 2/9.
    • Will Ospreay on 1/4.
    • Tomoaki Honma on 6/16.
    • Toru Yano on 6/24.
  • Singles Losses: None
• Tomohiro Ishii
  • Singles Wins:
    • Evil on 2/1.
    • El Desperado on 6/16.
    • Togi Makabe on 6/24.
  • Singles Losses:
    • Shingo Takagi on 2/20.

Kazuchika Okada (4-1) vs. Taiji Ishimori (3-0)

• Kazuchika Okada
  • Singles Wins:
    • Taichi on 2/2.
    • Kota Ibushi on 1/4.
    • Gedo on 6/22.
    • Yuji Nagata on 6/24.
  • Singles Losses:
    • Naito on 1/5.
• Taiji Ishimori
  • Singles Wins:
    • Yuya Uemura on 2/4.
    • Gabriel Kidd on 6/17.
    • Yoshinobu Kanemaru on 6/24.
  • Singles Losses: None

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