NJPW New Japan Cup 2024 Night 11 Results
March 18, 2024
Koriyama, Japan – Big Palette Fukushima
English Commentary: Walker Stewart and Gino Gambino
Quick Match Results
- TMDK (Mikey Nicholls & Zack Sabre Jr.) defeated Shoma Kato & Boltin Oleg via Front Chancerie (submission 7:59)
- Sabre Jr. submitted Kato with a Front Chancerie hold to secure the win for TMDK and remain undefeated as a tag team during this year’s New Japan Cup tour.
- Just Five Guys (DOUKI, Yuya Uemura, & Taichi) defeated El Desperado, Togi Makabe, & Tomohiro Ishii via Cross Armbreaker (submission 7:51)
- Uemura submitted Makabe after locking in a cross armbreaker to give Just Five Guys the victory.
- Following the match, Ishii and Taichi got into a confrontation at ringside and had a brief brawl that was quickly stopped.
- Ryusuke Taguchi & Tanga Loa defeated United Empire (Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan) via OJK (submission 9:06)
- Loa submitted Newman after locking in a crossface to give his team the win.
- After the match, Loa grabbed a microphone and challenged Khan to a match for Khan’s Provisional King of Pro Wrestling 2024 Championship.
- Bullet Club (Gabe Kidd, Chase Owens, & KENTA) defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Toru Yano, & YOSHI-HASHI via Pinfall (8:01)
- Near the end of the match, Gedo distracted the referee leading to Owens grabbing his IWGP Tag Team Championship belt and attempted to strike Tenzan with it. This led to Tenzan dodging the attack and hitting a Mongolian Chop in return to Owens. KENTA then grabbed the belt and struck Tenzan in the face while the referee was still not looking and got the pinfall victory afterwards.
- After the match, Kidd, Owens, & KENTA attacked Tenzan and YOSHI-HASHI.
- YOH, El Phantasmo, Hikuleo, & Shota Umino defeated House of Torture (Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi, Jack Perry, & Ren Narita) via STF (submission 10:02)
- Umino submitted Takahashi after locking in the STF for his team’s victory.
- Following the match, YOH managed to steal back SHO’s IWGP Junior Heavyweight title belt and Kanemaru’s whisky bottle and made his way to the back but not before attacking Kanemaru who tried to stop him.
- BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, & Tetsuya Naito defeated United Empire (Francesco Akira, TJP, & Jeff Cobb) via Hiromu Roll (pinfall 8:12)
- Hiromu pinned Akira after countering Akira’s attack into a flash roll-up pin for LIJ’s victory.
- New Japan Cup 2024 Tournament Semifinal Round match – Yota Tsuji vs. EVIL went to a No Contest (1:30)
- This match was initially thrown out by the referee due to House of Torture and LIJ interfering and engaging in a big brawl.
- After things cleared up, Tsuji grabbed a microphone and demanded to have the match restarted with just him and EVIL while everyone else gets kicked out. This led to another referee coming out and discussing things with referee Red Shoes and agreed to let the match restart.
- New Japan Cup 2024 Tournament Semifinal Round match – Yota Tsuji defeated EVIL via Gene Blaster (pinfall 16:50)
- Near the end of the restarted match, House of Torture did their usual HoT things leading to LIJ coming out and brawling for a bit. After things went back to normal, Tsuji and EVIL had some more back-and-forth action before the match broke down again with a third referee bump spot and HoT getting involved again. This led to Shingo Takagi coming out and clearing HoT while LIJ hit a series of attacks on EVIL as payback and Tsuji finishing it off with a Gene Blaster to advance to the Finals.
- New Japan Cup 2024 Tournament Semifinal Round match – Hirooki Goto defeated SANADA via GTR (pinfall 19:05)
Partial Card for NJPW New Japan Cup 2024 Finals
Here is the partial card for the Finals of NJPW’s New Japan Cup 2024 tournament, which takes place on Wednesday, March 20th at the Ao-re Nagaoka in Nagaoka, Japan. New Japan Cup 2024 Night Finals will air live on New Japan World starting at 4:00 AM EST.
- YOH vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
- New Japan Cup 2024 Tournament Finals match – Yota Tsuji vs. Hirooki Goto