June 23rd New Japan Cup Show

Show Results

Results for the June 23rd New Japan Cup Show will be posted during the show.

Match Announcement

• Tetsuya Naito, Sanada, Shingo Takagi, Hiromu Takahashi vs. Toru Yano, Sho, Tomohiro Ishii, Kazuchika Okada

Bushi defeats Yoh – 15:42

• Bushi used a reverse neck breaker over the guardrail four minutes into the match.
• After connecting with MX, Bushi picked up the pinfall victory over Yoh

Yoshi-Hashi defeats Hiroyoshi Tenzan – 17:35

• At the 7:30 mark, Tenzan hit the brain buster. Yoshi-Hashi got back up.
• Yoshi-Hashi managed to twist out of the Anaconda Vice to put Tenzan’s shoulders on the mat. Tenzan kicked out, but Yoshi-Hashi immediately transitioned into a submission of his own for the victory.

LIJ and Chaos Ends in Double Count Out – 12:27

• Tetsuya Naito, Sanada, Shingo Takagi, Hiromu Takahashi vs. Toru Yano, Sho, Tomohiro Ishii, Kazuchika Okada
• This match previews second round matches:
  • Toru Yano vs. Hiromu Takahashi
  • Sho vs. Sanada.
• Hiromu Takahashi appears visibly upset to have to face Yano. They had a feud in 2011 that result in Yano shaving Hiromu Takahashi’s head.
• Before the match could even start, Yano pulled out a set of clippers from his pants.
• While the referee took those away, Toru Yano chased Takahashi through the arena with a second pair about 12:00 minutes in. With both men in the hallways of the arena, the referee counted both teams out of the match.

Hirooki Goto defeats Yujiro Takahashi – 16:40

• Jado accompanies Yujiro to the ring. That busts Takahashi’s “Tokyo Pimp” gimmick for the moment.
• When Goto went for the GTR, Yujiro grabbed the referee. That led to a distraction, which gave Jado an opportunity to hit Goto with a kendo stick..
• Goto used a GTW and then a GTR to secure the pinfall victory

Evil defeats Satoshi Kojima – 20:07

• Kojima vs. Evil is the final match of the first round.
• Evil ducked the lariat from Kojima and answered with everything is Evil for the pinfall victory
• After the match, Evil cut a promo to say “Everything is Evil.”

June 23rd Preview

The June 23rd 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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Hiroyoshi Tenzan (0-0) vs. Yoshi Hashi (0-0)

• Hiroyoshi Tenzan
  • Singles Wins: None
  • Singles Losses: None
• Yoshi Hashi
  • Singles Wins: None
  • Singles Losses: None

Hirooki Goto (1-1) vs. Yujiro Takahashi (0-0)

• Hirooki Goto
  • Singles Wins:
    • Kenta on 1/5.
  • Singles Losses:
    • Shingo Takagi on 2/1.
• Yujiro Takahashi
  • Singles Wins: None
  • Singles Losses: None

Yoh (0-0) vs. Bushi (0-0)

• Yoh
  • Singles Wins: None
  • Singles Losses: None
• Bushi
  • Singles Wins: None
  • Singles Losses: None

Satoshi Kojima (0-1) vs. Evil (0-1)

• Satoshi Kojima
  • Singles Wins: None
  • Singles Losses:
    • Ultimo Guerrero on 1/20
• Evil
  • Singles Wins: None
  • Singles Losses:
    • Tomohiro Ishii on 2/1.

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