NJPW New Japan Cup Night 5 Results – March 12, 2024
Location: Ehime Japan
Venue: Uwajima City Overall Gymnasium
6 Man Tag Team Match
Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii, Yoshi Hashi & Toru Yano) vs. Tomoaki Honma, Katsuya Murashima & Boltin Oleg
Toru Yano beat up Katsuya Murashima early on before Murashima tried some forearm strikes on Ishii but he no sold them so Ishii drops him with a chop.
Murashima hit a dropkick on Yoshi Hashi and he made the hot tag to Boltin Oleg.
Oleg flips Yoshi Hashi around in his arms before hitting a gutwrench suplex for a near fall.
Ishii locks in a Boston Crab on Murashima and sat down on his lower back but Murashima reached the ropes. Tomoaki Honma enters and hit some chops on Ishii.
Honma hit a DDT on Yoshi Hashi then Murashima hits a dropkick on Ishii before Ishii re applied a Boston Crab and this time Murashima taps out.
Winners By Submission: Chaos (8:06)
Rate: 6
Tag Team Match
Catch 22 (Francesco Akira & TJP) vs. Ryusuke Taguchi & El Desperado
Francesco Akira & Ryusuke Taguchi starts this match and they did some comedy with Taguchi running the ropes until he was winded.
Desperado & TJP tags in and traded quicker reversals before Desperado hits a back suplex.
TJP tied Desperado in an Octopus then Akira hits a hurricanrana on Desperado then a top rope crossbody for a near fall. Desperado hit a spinebuster on Akira.
Taguchi & TJP both tagged back in with Taguchi hitting butt bumps before Catch 22 hits double team X Factor on Taguchi.
Desperado locks Akira in Numeros Dos while Taguchi had an Oh My & Garankle on TJP before Catch 22 hits 2/2 to get the win.
Winners: Catch 22 (10:45)
Rate: 6
6 Man Tag Team Match
United Empire (KOPW 2024 Champion Great O Khan, Callum Newman & Jeff Cobb) vs. Just 5 Guys (Yuya Uemura, Douki & Taichi)
Great O Khan & Taichi starts this match with Taichi hitting some spin kicks to the thighs and O Khan hitting Mongolian Chops.
Sanada & Jeff Cobb traded some offense with Sanada hitting a bodyslam before Cobb hits a running crossbody on Yuya Uemura.
Newman hit a running Penalty Kick on Uemura before Uemura hits Deadbolt for the win.
Winners: Just 5 Guys (10:50)
Rate: 6
Tag Team Match
Los Ingobernables De Japon (Yota Tsuji & Bushi) vs. TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr & Mikey Nicholls)
Yota Tsuji & Zack Sabre Jr starts this match and they traded offense while tied in a knuckle lock before Mikey Nicholls enters and hits a delayed vertical suplex.
Bushi enters but TMDK began working him over before ZSJ locks in ankle lock on Bushi and turned it into some type of Figure 4 and Bushi taps out.
Winners By Submission: TMDK (7:36)
Rate: 6
10 Man Tag Team Match
Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions Guerrillas Of Density, Togi Makabe, Shota Umino & Yoh vs. House Of Torture (NEVER Openweight Champion Evil, Yujiro Takahashi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Jack Perry & Ren Narita)
Both teams brawled at the bell then El Phantasmo & Ren Narita starts in the ring.
House Of Torture whips Yoh into a guardrail and began working him over.
Jack Perry hits a dropkick to the lower back for a near fall before Shota Umino finally made the hot tag and he hit several dropkicks on House Of Torture then a fisherman’s suplex on Perry for a near fall.
Perry hits a clothesline and they were both down then Evil & Hikuleo tags in and traded offense then Togi Makabe hits some punches on Evil.
Dick Togo trips Makabe and wraps a chain around his throat before Makabe hits a double clothesline then he bodyslams Evil.
Yoshinobu Kanemaru sprayed alcohol in Makabe’s eyes before Evil hits Everything Is Evil for the win.
Winners: House Of Torture (9:50)
Rate: 4
6 Man Tag Team Match
Los Ingobernables De Japon (IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Tetsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi) vs Bullet Club (IWGP Tag Team Champion Kenta, Taiji Ishimori & Gabe Kidd)
Shingo Takagi & Gabe Kidd charged at each other at the bell and immediately traded forearm strikes before Kidd bites the top of Tetsuya Naito’s head.
Taiji Ishimori enters and also helped beat down Naito before Hiromu Takahashi hits a hurricanrana on Ishimori then a basement dropkick then a Falcon Arrow for a near fall.
The ref got bumped so Ishimori hits a pop up low blow kick then hits a roll up to get the victory.
Winners: Bullet Club (7:05)
Rate: 6
2nd Round Match Of The 2024 New Japan Cup
David Finlay vs. Tanga Loa
Tanga Loa came out first stood by the curtain so he could brawl with David Finlay the second he emerged.
They got in the ring and the bell sounded to officially begin but they immediately roll back to the floor to keep brawling. Loa whips Finlay into some empty chairs.
They returned to the ring and Loa remained in charge before Finlay clotheslined them both to the floor. It was now Finlay’s turn to whip Loa into rows of empty chairs.
Back in the ring Finlay kept Loa grounded before Loa hits a back suplex.
Back to the floor and Loa again whips Finlay into the guardrails several times and he drops Finlay back first on the apron.
Back in the ring Loa remained in charge before he botched a 619 attempt then Loa hits a better 619. He went for a slingshot senton but Finlay got his knees up.
They got up and traded forearm strikes and Finlay hit a uranage over his knee for a near fall.
Loa slams Finlay back first into a corner then he hits a short arm clothesline and a twisting uranage for a near fall then a standing powerbomb with a folding press for a near fall.
Finlay hits Oblivion over his knee for a near fall before Loa hit Apeshit for a near fall.
Finlay hit a powerbomb for a near fall then hits Overkill to get the win.
Winner: David Finlay (10:42)
Rate: 6
2nd Round Match Of The 2024 New Japan Cup
IWGP Tag Team Champion Chase Owens vs. Hirooki Goto
Chase Owens immediately rolls to the floor then back in the ring Hirooki Goto hits some punches and Owens went right back to the floor before they got back into the ring with Owens in charge.
Goto hits a clothesline and they were both down then hits a back suplex for a near fall.
Owens hits a flatliner into the top turnbuckle then a senton before they hit double clotheslines before Goto hits a Death Valley Driver.
They traded forearm strikes. Goto applied a sleeper before he hits a another Death Valley Driver for a near fall.
Owens hits a baseball slide dropkick to the floor then a swinging neckbreaker on the mat and they were both down at ringside.
Owens sets up for a Package Piledriver on the ring apron but Goto escaped.
He tried another one on the floor but Goto escaped and hit a back body drop onto the exposed floor then back in the ring Owens hits a running neckbreaker for a near fall.
He hits a DDT out of the ropes for a near fall before Goto hits an inverted DDT out of the ropes for a near fall.
Owens hits an enzuigiri and a running knee to the head then C Trigger to the side of the head but he again couldn’t hit Package Piledriver.
Goto hits a headbutt that drops Owens then hits GTR for the win.
Winner: Hirooki Goto (21:36) (He will face Finlay in the Quarter Finals)
Rate: 6
Remanding 2nd Round Matches
March 13th
NEVER Openweight Champion Evil vs. Strong Openweight Tag Team Champion Hikuleo
Shingo Takagi vs. Gabe Kidd
March 15th
Yota Tsuji vs. Strong Openweight Tag Team Champion El Phantasmo
Ren Nartia vs. Zack Sabre Jr
Quarter Finals
March 16th
Sanada vs. Jack Perry
David Finlay vs. Hirooki Goto
March 17th
NEVER Openweight Champion Evil or Strong Openweight Tag Team Champion Hikuleo vs. Shingo Takagi or Gabe Kidd
Yota Tsuji or Strong Openweight Tag Team Champion El Phantasmo vs. Ren Nartia or Zack Sabre Jr
