2013 New Japan Cup

[Defrost]

Gotta feel like Katsuyori Shibata is the favorite.



NJPW, 3/15/14 (Samurai! TV)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Yujiro Takahashi vs. Shelton Benjamin
2. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Toru Yano vs. Minoru Suzuki
3. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Katsuyori Shibata vs. Karl Anderson
4. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Hirooki Goto vs. Doc Gallows
5. Special 6 Man Tag Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kota Ibushi & El Desperado vs. Kazuchika Okada, Jado & Gedo
6. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Lance Archer vs. Prince Devitt
7. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Togi Makabe vs. Bad Luck Fale
8. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Tetsuya Naito vs. Tomohiro Ishii
9. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.

NJPW, 3/22/14 (Samurai! TV)
Nagoya International Conference Hall

1. New Japan Cup – Round 2:
2. New Japan Cup – Round 2:
3. New Japan Cup – Round 2:
4. New Japan Cup – Round 2:

NJPW, 3/23/14 (TV Asahi ch5)
Amagasaki Memorial Park Gymnasium

1. New Japan Cup – Semi Final:
2. New Japan Cup – Semi Final:
3. New Japan Cup – Final:

[Defrost]

It's 2014 isn't it? Gonna take til July until I start getting that right

[Tainted Eclipse]

better get ishii/nakamura out of this

[Defrost]

He just beat Naito so gotta figure Naito eliminates him in the first round

[Tainted Eclipse]

stop it defrost!!!

i also like shibata/suzuki as a potential match up. has that happened recently? im sort of looking forward to this one, the other day i randomly starting feeling like i was really looking forward to the G1 again this year. i guess this will do for now.

[Defrost]

I can't think of Shibata and Suzuki ever crossing paths. Even back in the day.

A google search tells me they wrestled during the 2004 G1 Climax

[Peter Griffin]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI8hWJ1zbxs

Best thing in wrestling history.

[Ringo]

saw the New Beginning results with Ishii beating Naito and rejoiced...

...until I realised it was only for Naito to get revenge in ROUND FUCKING ONE. Awful.

Sure there'll be plenty of Makabe and Yujiro goodness though! :irked:

[Ringo]

Griffin, take a breather. You have become what you hate the most.

[Peter Griffin]

Hey im calm pal, I just figured I was allowed to post WWE content in a NJPW thread if Frosty keeps posting NJPW content in the WWE forum. #justsaying ;)

[Defrost]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI8hWJ1zbxs

Best thing in wrestling history.

I thought this was funny. Not sure why you'd assume otherwise.

[Defrost]

saw the New Beginning results with Ishii beating Naito and rejoiced...

...until I realised it was only for Naito to get revenge in ROUND FUCKING ONE. Awful.

Sure there'll be plenty of Makabe and Yujiro goodness though! :irked:

Shinsuke vs Shibata is very much in play. Warm yourself with that thought.

[Tainted Eclipse]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI8hWJ1zbxs

Best thing in wrestling history.

by far the best part of that segment is how the japanese, after being silent for a full minute of jbl's rant, react with amazed oooohs when the lizard slowly tips over

[Peter Griffin]

I thought this was funny. Not sure why you'd assume otherwise.

I never said you wouldn't find it funny, I know you love weird shit.

[DDT]

If Shibata doesn't win, I'm calling hax.

I also don't like how they are apparently going to give Naito his win back after everything he tried to do to sabatoge the NEVER title match. Dipshit; maybe New Japan will surprise us and give us a second Ishii win. Hell send Ishii to the finals to lose to Shibata. That would be beyond sweet.

[thesamuelcooke]

Shibata's winning it but choosing to go after Tanahashi. Leaving runner up Shinsuke to face Okada. Gets the IC title even more over and gets us CHAOS v CHAOS that peeps been waiting for.

[Defrost]

I watched today's show. Nothing special on it

NJPW, 3/15/14 (Samurai! TV/iPPV)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
2,015 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Shelton Benjamin beat Yujiro Takahashi (6:21) with the Paydirt.
2. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Minoru Suzuki beat Toru Yano (8:01) by European-style pinfall.
3. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Katsuyori Shibata beat Karl Anderson (9:14) with an Octopus hold.
4. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Hirooki Goto beat Doc Gallows (6:59) with the Goto Shiki.
5. Special 6 Man Tag Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kota Ibushi & El Desperado beat Kazuchika Okada, Jado & Gedo (11:38) when Desperado used the Guitarra de Angel on Gedo.
6. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Prince Devitt beat Lance Archer (7:57) with the Bloody Sunday.
7. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Bad Luck Fale beat Togi Makabe (9:36) with the Bad Luck Fall.
8. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Tetsuya Naito beat Tomohiro Ishii (12:55) with a Stardust press.
9. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Shinsuke Nakamura beat Davey Boy Smith Jr. (14:59) with the Boma Ye.

NJPW, 3/22/14 (Samurai! TV/iPPV)
Nagoya International Conference Hall

1. New Japan Cup – Round 2: Tetsuya Naito vs. Bad Luck Fale
2. New Japan Cup – Round 2: Katsuyori Shibata vs. Karl Anderson
3. New Japan Cup – Round 2: Hirooki Goto vs. Minoru Suzuki
4. New Japan Cup – Round 2: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Prince Devitt

NJPW, 3/23/14 (WPW/TV Asahi ch5/iPPV)
Amagasaki Memorial Park Gymnasium

1. New Japan Cup – Semi Final: Winner of Naito/Fale vs. Winner of Shibata/Anderson
2. New Japan Cup – Semi Final: Winner of Goto/Suzuki vs. Winner of Nakamura/Devitt
3. New Japan Cup – Final:

[Ringo]

Nakamura/Devitt and the likely Naito/Shibata semi are tasty though.

How was Naito/Ishii?

[Defrost]

It was good

I thought the best watch was Devitt vs Archer

[Tainted Eclipse]

decent show. devitt/archer was a lot of fun. cant say the quarter finals looks too appealing.

[Defrost]

Shinuske vs Devitt appeals to me

[Ringo]

Fuuuuuuuuuuuck.

Shelton beat Shibata. Gonna be Shelton/Fale and Suzuki/Nakamura in the semis. Jesus.

I guess there's SOMETHING to be said for unpredictability. :\

:irked:

[Defrost]

Show was not very good

[Tainted Eclipse]

what what what

why does shelton benjamin ruin everything in njpw

and holy shit that other result. that second semi-final match literally turned out as bad as it possibly could. doesnt augur well for the finals. i'll probably still stay up to watch them live though.

[Defrost]

Shinsuke is the only one left who can win this. Doing Shinsuke vs Okada in Sumo Hall instead of the Yokohama Arena makes no sense to me

[Defrost]

Tonight's card

Sho Tanaka & Captain New Japan vs. Bushi & Kushida

Tiger Mask & Jushin Liger & Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Taichi & Taka Michinoku & Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Lance Archer

Kazushi Sakuraba & Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata vs. Jado & Takashi Iizuka & Toru Yano

Shelton Benjamin vs. Bad Luck Fale in semifinals

Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Minoru Suzuki in semifinals

Katsuyori Shibata & Hirooki Goto vs. Yoshi-Hashi & Yujiro Takahashi

Ryusuke Taguchi & Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tama Tonga & Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson & Prince Devitt

Tetsuya Naito & Kota Ibushi & Desperado vs. Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii & Gedo

Finals

[Ringo]

So


NJPW "NEW JAPAN CUP 2014", 23.03.2014 (WPW/PPV/iPPV)
Amagasaki Memorial Park Gymnasium
5,800 Fans - Super No Vacancy Full House

1. KUSHIDA & BUSHI besiegen Captain New Japan & Sho Tanaka (9:08) nach dem MX von BUSHI gegen Tanaka.
2. Lance Archer, Davey Boy Smith Jr., TAKA Michinoku & Taichi besiegen Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask (8:04) als Smith Tiger nach der Killer Bomb pinnte.
3. Yuji Nagata, Kazushi Sakuraba & Manabu Nakanishi besiegen Toru Yano, Takashi Iizuka & Jado (8:24) nach einem Backdrop Hold von Nagata gegen Jado.
4. New Japan Cup - Semi Final: Bad Luck Fale besiegt Shelton Benjamin (4:13) mit dem Bad Luck Fall.
5. New Japan Cup - Semi Final: Shinsuke Nakamura besiegt Minoru Suzuki (13:12) mit dem Boma Ye.
6. Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata besiegen Yujiro Takahashi & YOSHI-HASHI (10:02) nach einem PK von Shibata gegen YOSHI-HASHI.
7. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & Ryusuke Taguchi besiegen Prince Devitt, Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows & Tama Tonga (9:32) nach dem High Fly Flow von Tanahashi gegen Tonga.
8. Tetsuya Naito, Kota Ibushi & El Desperado besiegen Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii & Gedo (13:58) nach einer Stardust Press von Naito gegen Ishii.
9. New Japan Cup - Final: Shinsuke Nakamura besiegt Bad Luck Fale (15:20) mit dem Boma Ye.

[Ringo]

Oh and this:


* A bloody Shinsuke Nakamura won his first New Japan Cup today after a grueling couple of matches. He first had to defeat Minoru Suzuki, never an easy task, while the Bullet Club’s Bad Luck Fale made short work of Shelton Benjamin. This put the “King of Strong Style” at a disadvantage going into the final and he lost a lot of blood after getting a cut above his nose. Fale put in his biggest performance since returning from his excursion in an exciting main event, but in an awesome finish, Shinsuke countered the Bad Luck Fall with a huracanrana and quickly hit the Boma Ye to win the match. Nakamura had won pretty much everything except the New Japan Cup today and can now add that trophy to his collection.

Then came the big shocker. It’s customary for the winner of the NJC to get a shot at the IWGP Heavyweight Title, which had everyone thinking “Okada vs. Nakamura”, the battle between CHAOS leaders many are eager to see. But Shinsuke made a choice and said he couldn’t live with losing twice in a row to Tanahashi this year, so instead demanded a rematch for the title he made famous – the IWGP Intercontinental Title! This will take place at Sumo Hall next month, while New Japan must find a challenger for Okada in the next day.

[Tainted Eclipse]

so no title defense for okada at invasion attack and he's in an undercard tag instead. pretty lame.