Full card revealed for NJPW Cup night one, new Young Lion to debut
The card for the first night of the NJPW Cup has been released.
March 4 at Korakuen Hall will see Yuya Uemura face Great-O-Khan in the main event, while Aaron Wolf will face Don Fale in the co-main. Wolf will be looking to get a measure of revenge after members of the House of Torture, including Fale, attacked him prior to his match against Ren Narita at New Beginning in Osaka. He ultimately lost the NEVER Openweight title to Narita in under three minutes.
The undercard features matches pitting Unbound Company against the likes of TMDK and the House of Torture in multi-man bouts. El Phantasmo and Jado will also team together to face Botin Oleg and Toru Yano. The opener will have Shota Umino team with Masatora Yasuda to face House of Torture’s Chase Owens and Yujiro Takahashi.
A new Young Lion will also start on March 4. Taisei Nakahara, 25, will be making his debut against Tatsuya Matsumoto on the show’s kickoff match. NJPW’s website writes: “From Tsukushino city in Fukuoka, 25 year old Taisei Nakahara joined NJPW out of college, and after an extended period training in the Dojo now makes his debut. With a high school wrestling backbone, 175cm, 83kg Nakahara will have his skills put to the test by Tatsuya Matsumoto in a ten minute bout.”
Here is the full lineup:
New Japan Cup night one (March 4)
- New Japan Cup opening round: Yuya Uemura vs. Great-O-Khan
- New Japan Cup opening round: Aaron Wolf vs. Don Fale
- Unbound Company (Yota Tsuji, Yuto-Ice, Taiji Ishimori, Robbie X, and Gedo) vs. TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr., Ryohei Oiwa, Robbie Eagles, Kosei Fujita, and Hartley Jackson)
- Taichi, Master Wato, and Tomoaki Honma vs. House of Torture (Ren Narita, DOUKI, and Dick Togo)
- Unbound Company (OSKAR, Shingo Takagi, Drilla Moloney, and Daiki Nagai) vs. United Empire (Callum Newman, Jake Lee, Henare, and Zane Jay)
- El Phantasmo and Jado vs. Boltin Oleg and Toru Yano
- Shota Umino and Masatora Yasuda vs. House of Torture (Chase Owens and Yujiro Takahashi)
- Kickoff match: Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Taisei Nakahara
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