NJPW New Japan Cup 2024 Night 5 Results
March 11, 2024
Ehime, Japan – Item Ehime
English Commentary: Walker Stewart and Gino Gambino
Quick Match Results
- TMDK (Mikey Nicholls & Zack Sabre Jr.) defeated Shoma Kato & Boltin Oleg via Short Arm Lariat (pinfall 6:13)
- Nicholls pinned Kato after hitting a to secure TMDK’s victory.
- Just Five Guys (DOUKI, Yuya Uemura, & Taichi) defeated El Desperado, Tomoaki Honma, & Tomohiro Ishii via Cross Armbreaker (submission 9:41)
- Uemura submitted Honma after locking in a cross armbreaker for the victory.
- Following the match, DOUKI and Ishii confronted each other on the outside and threw some punches before being quickly broken up. Taichi and El Desperado also had a brief confrontation after the match.
- Chase Owens & KENTA defeated Togi Makabe & Hirooki Goto via Pinfall (7:24)
- KENTA pinned Makabe for the victory for his team.
- Jado, Shota Umino, & Tanga Loa defeated Bullet Club War Dogs (Gedo, Gabe Kidd, & David Finlay) via Death Rider (pinfall 8:15)
- Umino pinned Gedo after hitting a Death Rider for the victory.
- House of Torture (Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita, & EVIL) defeated YOH, Ryusuke Taguchi, El Phantasmo, & Hikuleo via Double Cross (pinfall 9:07)
- Narita pinned Taguchi after first hitting him with a pushup bar while the referee was not looking and then hit a Double Cross for the victory.
- Following the match, House of Torture attacked Hikuleo with chairs while SHO ran after YOH to get revenge for YOH stealing his IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship.
- United Empire (Callum Newman, TJP, Francesco Akira, Jeff Cobb, & Great-O-Khan) defeated BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi, & Tetsuya Naito via Ozora Subaru Sheep Killer (submission 10:02)
- Great-O-Khan submitted BUSHI after locking in the Ozora Subaru Sheep Killer to secure victory for the United Empire.
- New Japan Cup 2024 Tournament Second Round match – Jack Perry defeated Toru Yano via Running Knee Strike (pinfall 8:28)
- Prior to the start of the match, Yujiro Takahashi accompanied Perry to the ring to be in his corner.
- Near the end of the match, Yoshinobu Kanemaru ran out to distract Yano and the referee leading to Perry shoving Yano into the referee. Kanemaru and Perry then attacked Yano before Yano was able to regain the upper hand and shoved Perry into Kanemaru and gave a low blow to both of them. After the referee regained his senses and counted for the pin, Takahashi yanked the referee out of the ring and taunted Yano leading to Perry hitting a low blow to Yano and followed it with his finisher for the victory to advance to the next round.
- New Japan Cup 2024 Tournament Second Round match – SANADA defeated YOSHI-HASHI via Deadfall (pinfall 23:51)
Full Card for NJPW New Japan Cup 2024 Night 6
Here is the full card for Night 6 of NJPW’s New Japan Cup 2024 tournament, which takes place on Tuesday, March 12th at the Uwajima City Overall Gymnasium in Ehime, Japan. New Japan Cup 2024 Night 6 will air live on New Japan World starting at 6:00AM EST.
- Katsuya Murashima, Boltin Oleg, & Tomoaki Honma vs. Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI, & Tomohiro Ishii
- Ryusuke Taguchi & El Desperado vs. Francesco Akira & TJP
- Just Five Guys (Yuya Uemura, Taichi, & SANADA) vs. United Empire (Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan, & Jeff Cobb)
- BUSHI & Yota Tsuji vs. TMDK (Mikey Nicholls & Zack Sabre Jr.)
- YOH, Togi Makabe, Shota Umino, El Phantsamo, & Hikuleo vs. House of Torture (Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi, Jack Perry, Ren Narita, & EVIL)
- Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi, & Tetsuya Naito vs. Bullet Club (Taiji Ishimori, Gabe Kidd, & KENTA)
- New Japan Cup 2024 Tournament Second Round match – Tanga Loa vs. David Finlay
- New Japan Cup 2024 Tournament Second Round match – Hirooki Goto vs. Chase Owens