Various: Maki Itoh’s Surprise Appearance at AEW Revolution, New Japan Cup Night 4 Results, Indies

More on Maki Itoh’s Surprise Appearance at AEW Revolution

Sunday’s AEW Revolution 2021 event featured a pre-show women’s tag team match. Prior to the start of the match, Britt Baker revealed that Rebel/Reba would not be competing due to an “injury” and instead announced Maki Itoh as her new tag partner.

Dave Meltzer reported in a recent episode of the Wrestling Observer Radio that the reason why AEW did not advertise Itoh’s appearance beforehand was due to AEW officials being concerned over potential travel issues. Itoh reportedly had wrestled for Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling’s Princess Max Heart Tournament Final event on Saturday in Japan and took a flight to the United States afterwards.

Meltzer reported that due to the short time window, a flight delay or any other notable delay would have prevented Itoh from being able to appear in time for AEW’s event. This reportedly was the reason for AEW’s decision to keep Baker’s mystery partner as a surprise leading into the event.

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NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 Tournament Night 4 Results & Night 5 Card

March 9, 2021
Okayama, Japan – ZIP Arena Okayama

NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 Night 4 Quick Match Results:

• EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi, & Bad Luck Fale defeated Yuya Uemura, YOSHI-HASHI, & Toru Yano via Scorpion Deathlock (submission 8:58)
• Great-O-Khan, Will Ospreay, & Jeff Cobb defeated Gabriel Kidd, Tomoaki Honma, & Satoshi Kojima via Tour of the Islands (pinfall 8:36)
• Toa Henare, David Finlay, Juice Robinson, & Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Gedo, Chase Owens, KENTA, & Jay White via Modified Death Valley Bomb (pinfall 11:34)
• SHO, Hirooki Goto, & Kazuchika Okada defeated BUSHI, Tetsuya Naito, & Shingo Takagi via GTR (pinfall 13:31)
• New Japan Cup 2021 tournament First Round match – Yuji Nagata defeated Yota Tsuji via Backdrop Hold (pinfall 13:42)
• New Japan Cup 2021 tournament First Round match – SANADA defeated Tomohiro Ishii via Rounding Body Press (pinfall 25:18)

Here is the full card for Night 5 of NJPW’s New Japan Cup 2021 tournament, which takes place this Wednesday at the Sandan-ike Park Gymnasium in Kyoto, Japan. Night 5 airs live on New Japan World starting at 4:30AM EST.

• Yuya Uemura, Juice Robinson, Toru Yano, & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Dick Togo, KENTA, Bad Luck Fale, & EVIL
• Tomoaki Honma, Yuji Nagata, & Satoshi Kojima vs. Great-O-Khan, Will Ospreay, & Jeff Cobb
• SHO, Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii, & Kazuchika Okada vs. BUSHI, Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, & Shingo Takagi
• New Japan Cup 2021 tournament First Round match – David Finlay vs. Chase Owens
• New Japan Cup 2021 tournament First Round match – YOSHI-HASHI vs. Yujiro Takahashi
• New Japan Cup 2021 tournament First Round match – Toa Henare vs. Jay White

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Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

AXS TV reportedly will be airing replays of weekly episodes of Impact Wrestling’s Impact! on Saturdays starting at 12PM EST going forward, according to PWInsider.

A new trademark for “World Wrestling Federation” was recently filed but not by WWE, according to WrestlingNews.co. It was reported that a trademark for this term was filed by a company called Demperio Sports & Entertainment, LLC on December 20, 2020 for wrestling and entertainment-related purposes. This trademark filing reportedly has yet to be reviewed by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Ring of Honor announced a new match for the card of their 19th Anniversary Show on March 26th in Baltimore, Maryland:

• ROH World Championship – Jay Lethal vs. RUSH (c)

Major League Wrestling announced a new match for the card of this Wednesday’s episode of MLW Fusion:

• Gino Medina vs. Gringo Loco