Evil defeats Kazuchika Okada: New Japan Cup July 11

Result: Evil defeats Kazuchika Okada

Match:

• Action quickly spilled to the outside where Evil shoved Red Shoes out of the way and hit Okada with several chair shots.
• Okada had Evil beat with a pair of rain makers. As Okada cinched in the Cobra Clutch, Red Shoes Uno was about to call for the bell when Gedo ran down and jumped on the ring apron.
• As the referee dealt with Gedo, Yujiro Takahashi attacked Okada. This did not lead to an immediate victory, but Evil backed Okada into the referee and hit Okada with a pair of low blows. He followed this up with Everything is Evil to secure the pinfall victory.

All Matches from New Japan Cup July 11

• Full Results
  • Tomoaki Honma and Togi Makabe vs. Yuya Uemura and Yota Tsuji
  • Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima vs. Gabriel Kidd and Hirooki Goto
  • Master Wato vs. Douki
  • Sanada and Bushi vs. Taiji Ishimori and Yujiro Takahashi
  • Kanemaru, Taichi, Desperado, and ZSJ vs. Nagata, Tanahashi, Ibushi, and Taguchi
  • Ishii, Yano, Sho vs. Naito, Takagi, and Hiromu Takahashi
  • Kazuchika Okada vs. Evil

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