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Thauros
Jan 29, 2003

late in updating i kniw but semi finals are tomorrow headlined by two huge singles matches and featuring stronghearts in the midcard








New Japan Cup 2022
March 25th at 3:00 EDT/7:00 GMT/16:00 JST
OSAKA-JO Hall


Tana, G.o.D, and 6 or 9 vs. Bullet Club (Fale, Owens, Gedo, Ishimori, and El-P)
Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii, and Togi Makabe vs. Suzuki-gun (Taichi, Minoru Suzuki, and Yoshibobu Kanemaru)
Suzuki-gun (El Desperado, TAKA Michinoku, and DOUKI) vs. House of Torture (SHO, EVIL, and Yujiro)
Hirooki Goto, Tomoaki Honma, and Tiger Mask vs. #STRONGHEARTS (CIMA, T-Hawk, and El Lindaman)
CHAOS (YOSHI-HASHI and YOH) vs. United Empire (Jeff Cobb and Great-O-Khan)
L.I.J (Hiromu Takahashi and BUSHI) vs. United Empire (Will Ospreay and Aaron Henare
NJC 2022 Semi Final:Shingo Takagi vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
NJC 2022 Semi Final:Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito

Thauros fucked around with this message at 03:11 on Mar 26, 2022

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SG Bamboo
Aug 21, 2013

Smile. Win. Yay!

Of course New Japan would have the first night, with a bunch of matches I care about, on a work day :(

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
Tonight's card looks darn good

GEORGE W BUSHI
Jul 1, 2012

Today's show definitely the best of the 1st round unsurprisingly given the venue.

Cerebral Bore
Apr 21, 2010


Fun Shoe
GO ACE!

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

My 100% accurate picks, if these don't all happen then I will have no choice but to assume that wrestling results are somehow fixed, though how that would work in practice is completely beyond me.

CIMA vs. TAKA Michinoku
Tomoaki Honma vs. YOSHI-HASHI
Yuji Nagata vs. Hirooki Goto
Togi Makabe vs. Jeff Cobb
Toru Yano vs. Taichi
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. YOH - Ahem, Go ACE!
Tetsuya Naito vs. Yujiro Takahashi
Kazuchika Okada vs. El Desperado

Okada has a shock loss in the first round so that both Despy and the eventual New Japan Cup winner, Jeff Cobb, will be next in line for title matches again him :hmmyes:

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

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Let's go CIMA!

Cerebral Bore
Apr 21, 2010


Fun Shoe
Unsurprisingly, this is a real good match.

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
Good start

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

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100% accurate prediction ratings so far. If these trends continue........ :thumbsup:

Cerebral Bore
Apr 21, 2010


Fun Shoe
Here comes our boy :allears:

Cerebral Bore
Apr 21, 2010


Fun Shoe
This is surprisingly decent for a Honma singles match.

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

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Come on YOSHI-HASHI, get back up, B A R S B A Y :ohdear:

Cerebral Bore
Apr 21, 2010


Fun Shoe
How the gently caress did Y-H manage to drag a match that good out of Honma of all people?

Cerebral Bore
Apr 21, 2010


Fun Shoe
:stare:

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
That was cool

Cerebral Bore
Apr 21, 2010


Fun Shoe
Absolutely fantastic Beef Battle right there.

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

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Poor Nagata, but it had to happen, my predictions must be followed TO THE LETTER.

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

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Here he comes, the winner of the New Japan Cup for 2022, Jeff Cobb :hellyeah:

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
Cobbo is so good.

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Taichi aiming for efficiency, they can start the cheating NOW!

Edit: Yano has gone too far, and must be stopped :mad:

Cerebral Bore
Apr 21, 2010


Fun Shoe
YTR is history's greatest monster :argh:

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

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Wrestle in the bag for the rest of the match!

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

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I will forever love that Taichi gets humiliated if the pants he built to tear off are torn off by somebody else.

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
Thank God

Taichi won

Cerebral Bore
Apr 21, 2010


Fun Shoe
GO ACE!

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Ahem. Go ACE!

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

YOH's aim is to destroy Tanahashi's knees, not realizing that the savvy Ace saw this coming and did it himself years earlier!

Cerebral Bore
Apr 21, 2010


Fun Shoe
That was a real nice Slingblade from YOH right there.

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

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Oh YOH, you finally got a match against a stand-up guy who wouldn't cheat and you didn't strike while the iron was hot!

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

I dig the commentary running through Yujiro's history of being talented at spotting the potential stardom of others and latching himself onto it.

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~

Cerebral Bore posted:

How the gently caress did Y-H manage to drag a match that good out of Honma of all people?

YOSHI-HASHI having weirdly good matches with bad wrestlers in the New Japan Cup is kinda his thing

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

:cripes:

Cerebral Bore
Apr 21, 2010


Fun Shoe
Ah, the bullshit interference, how I have not missed thee.

SG Bamboo
Aug 21, 2013

Smile. Win. Yay!


Holy poo poo, did big Yuj actually take it? :pray:

Cerebral Bore
Apr 21, 2010


Fun Shoe
Big Yuj face turn outta nowhere.

E: Scratch that.

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

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SG Bamboo posted:

Holy poo poo, did big Yuj actually take it? :pray:

You will never believe it.... but House of Torture members showed up and assaulted Naito after a ref bump!

Match is still going though, Yujiro just asked EVIL and SHO to leave so he can beat Naito one-on-one (after letting them beat the poo poo out of Naito for awhile).

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
Haha yuj is a rascal

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

:cripes::cripes:

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Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Naito wins but that match loving sucked.

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