New Japan Cup night seven results: EVIL vs. Jeff Cobb
The second round of the 2021 New Japan Cup tournament kicked off today in Ehime.
Here are the results and a report on the Cup matches.
Report —
Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI defeated David Finlay & Yota Tsuji (10:32)
Ishii pinned Tsuji after hitting a lariat.
Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi & Jado defeated Satoshi Kojima, Tomoaki Honma & Yuya Uemura (10:27)
Yujiro pinned Uemura after hitting Pimp Juice.
Kazuchika Okada, Hirooki Goto, Yuji Nagata & SHO defeated SANADA, Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI (12:01)
SHO pinned BUSHI after hitting a Shock Arrow.
Hiroshi Tanahashi, Juice Robinson & Toa Henare defeated Jay White, KENTA & Chase Owens (w/Gedo) (13:18)
Tanahashi used a Texas cloverleaf to submit Owens.
New Japan Cup second round match: Toru Yano defeated The Great-O-Khan (13:02)
I don’t how what to say about this.
The comedy in the first few minutes was fun. Then they had a boring stretch. Then there was almost a stabbing.
O-Khan allowed Yano to tape his hands behind his back. O-Khan then dared Yano to hit him with a corner pad. O-Khan ducked the corner pad and broke his hands free of the tape.
O-Khan took a flat-back bump and dared Yano to try to cover him. Yano charged in and got caught in a kneebar. Yano forced a break.
O-Khan sat on a chair in the middle of the ring. Yano sat on a chair in the aisle. O-Khan took Yano’s KOPW trophy and threatened to stomp on it to get Yano back inside.
O-Khan offered a handshake. He took Yano down with the handshake and stomped on Yano’s right arm. O-Khan hit a gutwrench throw for a two count. He used a head-and-arm choke on the mat. O-Khan sat on Yano’s back in the corner.
O-Khan missed a charge and ran into the exposed buckle. Yano hit a throw into a double down. Yano hit a slingshot into the exposed buckle.
O-Khan used the iron claw to get a near fall. Yano sent O-Khan to the outside and tied his ponytail around the barricade. O-Khan produced a pair of scissors from his boot and cut himself free.
O-Khan teased stabbing Yano with the scissors. Yano avoided him and hit a low blow while the ref was down. Yano hit a tackle and rolled O-Khan up for the pin.
Yano advances to the quarterfinals and faces the winner of the next match on Tuesday, March 16.
New Japan Cup second round match: EVIL (w/Dick Togo) defeated Jeff Cobb (23:08)
Cobb was very good here and this was one of EVIL’s better efforts of late. The usual Bullet Club shenanigans took away from what could have been a fun fight between two powerhouses.
EVIL stalled for the first minute. He teased that he was afraid of Cobb’s power. EVIL used a distraction from Togo to hit a kick. Cobb no-sold and sent EVIL outside. Cobb sent EVIL into Togo, then hit Togo with a right hand.
Back inside, Cobb hit a dropkick and a couple of right hands for a near fall. Togo tripped Cobb from the floor, allowing EVIL to take over. EVIL sent Cobb into the barricade. Ring announcer Abe took a bump. EVIL hit his baseball swing with a chair.
EVIL worked on Cobb for a bit in the ring, then sent him back outside. Abe took another bump as Cobb took a whip into the barricade. Togo exposed a buckle and EVIL whipped Cobb into it.
Cobb came back with right hands. He avoided a ref-assisted mid kick and hit an impressive throw. Cobb hit a superplex for a two count. Cobb avoided a misdirection lariat. Cobb hit a lariat, but EVIL got his knees up on a standing moonsault attempt.
EVIL hit a lariat, then used a scorpion deathlock. Cobb powered his way to the ropes for a break. EVIL hit Darkness Falls for a two count. Cobb avoided a whip into the exposed buckle and hit a superkick. Cobb hit a powerslam for a near fall.
Togo jumped on the apron. EVIL ran into Togo. Cobb hit a German and a standing moonsault for two. Cobb hit a spin cycle and got a visual pinfall, but referee Red Shoes took a bump from EVIL’s feet as Cobb spun EVIL around.
Togo jumped in as Cobb teased another superplex. Cobb fought off Togo, then hit a double powerslam to both Togo and EVIL. Togo got sent outside. Cobb revived the ref. Cobb hit a powerbomb for a two count.
EVIL raked Cobb’s eyes and hit a lariat. Cobb blocked Everything is EVIL and hit a German. Both men ran into the exposed buckle.
Yujiro Takahashi appeared and jumped on the apron for a distraction. EVIL then hit Everything is EVIL and got the pin.
EVIL advances and faces Yano in the quarterfinals on Tuesday, March 16.
An F4WOnline Editor since 2019, Ethan has been covering wrestling and MMA since 2011. He has hosted The Wrestling Life Podcast since 2014, and is a former Baltimore Sun TV/Tribune Media contributor. He is also a Baltimore Ravens and Baltimore Orioles fan.