June 16th New Japan Cup Show

June 16th New Japan Cup Show Results

Results for the June 16th New Japan Cup Show will be posted during the show.

Match Lineup

• Special Match Announced as Suzuki Gun vs. Tanahashi, Ibushi, Nagata, and Uemura.

Togi Makabe defeats Yota Tsuji – 08:41

• Rating 7 of 10
• Makabe secured the pinfall using a German Suplex with a bridge.

Toru Yano defeats Jado – 09:07

• Rating 7 of 10
• Yujiro Takahashi and Gedo accompanied Jado to the ring.
• At one point Yujiro tossed Yano into the barricade. He also popped in the ring to do a combination side-suplex with Jado.
• Gedo and Jado attempted to double team Yano, but Yano evaded and hit a double low blow.
• Following the low blow, Yano rolled up Jado for the pinfall victory.

Suzuki Gun defeats Nagata, Uemura, Ibushi, Tanahashi – 13:25

• Rating 7 of 10
• Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Zack Sabre Junior, Taichi, and Minoru Suzuki represent Suzuki Gun.
• This match previews some opening round matches from later in the tournament
  • Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Kota Ibushi
  • Minoru Suzuki vs. Yuji Nagata
  • Taichi vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
  • Yuya Uemura vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• Per usual Suzuki Gun attacked prior to the opening bell.
• A lot of time focused on Tanahashi’s knee.
• Kanemaru used the liquor bottle on the side of Uemura’s head and then tossed him back to Suzuki.
• After a rear naked choke and a gotch-style pile driver on Uemura, Suzuki picked up the pinfall victory.
• Suzuki Gun cleared the ring afterward.

Tomoaki Honma defeats Hiromu Takahashi – 18:45

• Honma hit three consecutive kokeshis, but Hiromu kicked out.
• When Honma went for a second rope Kokeshi, Takahashi moved and the match continued.
• After finally connecting with a time bomb, Takahashi picked up the pinfall victory.

Tomohiro Ishii defeats El Desperado – 20:18

• A good match.
• The ending came when Ishii finally hit the brain buster to secure the pinfall victory.

June 16th Preview

The June 16th show includes 4 opening round matches plus one unannounced special 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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Togi Makabe (0-0) vs. Yota Tsuji (2-3)

• Togi Makabe
  • Singles Wins: None
  • Singles Losses: None
• Yota Tsuji
  • Singles Wins:
    • Gabriel Kidd on 2/20.
    • Gabriel Kidd on 6/15.
  • Singles Losses:
    • Uemura on 2/6.
    • Taguchi on 2/5.
    • Toa Henare on 2/2.

Tomoaki Honma vs. Hiromu Takahashi

• Tomoaki Honma
  • Singles Wins: None
  • Singles Losses: None
• Hiromu Takahashi
  • Singles Wins:
    • Ryu Lee on 2/9.
    • Will Ospreay on 1/4.
  • Singles Losses: None

Tomohiro Ishii vs. El Desperado

• Tomohiro Ishii
  • Singles Wins:
    • Evil on 2/1.
  • Singles Losses:
    • Shingo Takagi on 2/20.
• El Desperado
  • Singles Wins: None
  • Singles Losses: None

Toru Yano (0-0) vs. Jado (0-0)

• Toru Yano
  • Singles Wins: None
  • Singles Losses: None
• Jado
  • Singles Wins: None
  • Singles Losses: None