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NEW JAPAN CUP 2026 DAY 1 GAMET(...) 03/04/26(Wed)03:54:36 No.20002839

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NEW JAPAN CUP 2026 DAY 1 GAMETHREAD Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)03:54:36 No.20002839 Archived

hopefully the ring doesn't break again
Show starts at 4:30am EST / 9:30am GMT. 35 minutes till SHO-time
Kickof match starts at 4am EST / 9am GMT

March means New Japan Cup season, and the mad month will get started on March 4 in Korakuen hall this year. Our first tournament matches are joined with first round looks ahead, and we see a brand new Young Lion debut!
Opening VTR - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHfIK_qsQQQ

>NEW JAPAN CUP 2026 1st Round
Yuya Uemura vs Great-O-Khan
>NEW JAPAN CUP 2026 1st Round
Aaron Wolf vs Don Fale
>10-Man Tag Match
Unbound Co. (Yota Tsuji, Yuto-Ice, Taiji Ishimori, Robbie X & Gedo) vs TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr., Ryohei Oiwa, Robbie Eagles, Kosei Fujita & Hartley Jackson)
>6-Man Tag Match
Taichi, Master Wato & Tomoaki Honma vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (Ren Narita, DOUKI & Dick Togo)
>8-Man Tag Match
Unbound Co. (OSKAR, Shingo Takagi, Drilla Moloney & Daiki Nagai) vs United Empire (Callum Newman, Jake Lee, HENARE & Zane Jay)
>Tag Team Match
El Phantasmo & Jado vs Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano
>Tag Team Match
Shota Umino & Masatora Yasuda vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens)
>Kickoff Match: Taisei Nakahara Debut
Tatsuya Matsumoto vs Taisei Nakahara

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)03:55:51 No.20002842

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)03:55:51 No.20002842

>>20002839
for me, it's wolftits

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)03:56:09 No.20002844

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)03:56:09 No.20002844

>only two matches per night
dumb. g1 at least does 4

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)03:56:54 No.20002847

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)03:56:54 No.20002847

>>20002839
Oh yeah the bracket doesn't show it but Ishii got sawdusted wrestling Andrade so Kojima takes his place

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)04:04:19 No.20002857

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)04:04:19 No.20002857

>>20002844
the whole event should be tournament matches + a main event.

Make this shit more dynamic with less filler

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)04:09:01 No.20002862

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)04:09:01 No.20002862

Where the hell is Walker?

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)04:11:20 No.20002864

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)04:11:20 No.20002864

>>20002844
They don't even have Tsuji booked for the anniversary show. They should've booked a whole 32-man bracket and done at least 3 per show

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)04:14:44 No.20002871

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)04:14:44 No.20002871

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>>20002839
Wolf bros are we worried?

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)04:15:56 No.20002873

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)04:15:56 No.20002873

>>20002857
>Lets get this tournament over with in three days
lmao

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)04:18:47 No.20002878

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)04:18:47 No.20002878

>>20002873
if they just do the entire right side first round day one and then the entire left side first day 2 and just keep going like that until the semis, where they do both on the same day, the tournament wound only finish 4 days earlier and would be a lot better paced.

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)04:23:04 No.20002886

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)04:23:04 No.20002886

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>>20002873
Its a grim looking tournament Id perfer that desu

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)04:24:00 No.20002888

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)04:24:00 No.20002888

>its a sabre jr wins the cup again to give him the most all time episode
skip

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)04:24:59 No.20002891

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)04:24:59 No.20002891

>>20002878
They did that for the 2021 version iirc

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)04:25:15 No.20002893

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)04:25:15 No.20002893

>>20002878
agree, I dont know why gedo always has to book so much tagslop. the show is called new japan cup but only has two tournament matches per show? kinda strange.

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)04:26:14 No.20002894

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)04:26:14 No.20002894

>>20002886
Sorry grimfag but I am STILL not watching Noah

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)04:27:32 No.20002896

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)04:27:32 No.20002896

>>20002862
in the pizza line

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)04:30:29 No.20002900

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)04:30:29 No.20002900

whats the best, most fresh outcome for the finals?

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)04:31:48 No.20002903

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)04:31:48 No.20002903

>>20002893
Oh god, the state of you new fans. You want to know the concept of a preview tag? Why it exists? How it advances the wrestler storylines, helps them with match layout in the singles bout while keeping the competitors fresh?

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)04:32:56 No.20002906

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)04:32:56 No.20002906

North side of the building looks like Chase's hairline

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)04:33:58 No.20002907

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)04:33:58 No.20002907

>>20002900
Yuya and Callum probably

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)04:34:01 No.20002908

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)04:34:01 No.20002908

>Shota literally did not change after last year's angle
This dude is beyond hopeless

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)04:35:14 No.20002909

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)04:35:14 No.20002909

Alright Shota is looking good I'll give him that

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)04:39:07 No.20002922

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)04:39:07 No.20002922

>does a decent looking move
>screams out (please clap)

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)04:41:20 No.20002926

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)04:41:20 No.20002926

why isn't tanahashi in the tournament this year?

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)04:45:41 No.20002933

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)04:45:41 No.20002933

>>20002926
Heard he retired

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)04:47:07 No.20002936

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)04:47:07 No.20002936

>>20002926
Gee I dont know

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)04:49:45 No.20002941

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)04:49:45 No.20002941

boltin better squash this shitter in 5 minutes

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)04:50:19 No.20002945

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)04:50:19 No.20002945

>>20002873
yes.
You shouldn't stall things, just because you don't have anything more to offer.

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)05:02:05 No.20002971

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)05:02:05 No.20002971

Nagata should have beat Zane Jay more in the dojo

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)05:02:13 No.20002972

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)05:02:13 No.20002972

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MAKE WAY
MAKE WAY
MAKE WAY
FOR THE PRINCE

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)05:02:42 No.20002974

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)05:02:42 No.20002974

Zane can't talk that's disappointing

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)05:03:39 No.20002977

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)05:03:39 No.20002977

>about to wrestle Shingo
>brings out a stuffed monkey

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)05:03:39 No.20002978

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)05:03:39 No.20002978

Jake Chungus

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)05:04:49 No.20002980

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)05:04:49 No.20002980

Cracked Shingo's ribs now brings out a monkey. This nigga crazy

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)05:08:36 No.20002993

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)05:08:36 No.20002993

Oskar sounds at least slightly more threatening when screaming in German

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)05:08:39 No.20002994

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)05:08:39 No.20002994

The last time the Japanese got behind a German this much there were some problems

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)05:15:13 No.20003012

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)05:15:13 No.20003012

Man, Drilla has the look

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)05:24:13 No.20003031

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)05:24:13 No.20003031

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is this the most dimeless the jr division's ever been?

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)05:29:07 No.20003043

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)05:29:07 No.20003043

>>20003031
if Togo was champion over douki it would fix a good amount of issues

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)05:34:17 No.20003055

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)05:34:17 No.20003055

Taichi should win. That new robe said enough for me.

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)05:38:49 No.20003068

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)05:38:49 No.20003068

wato sucks

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)05:40:32 No.20003073

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)05:40:32 No.20003073

>>20003031
I have not been able to give a single fuck about DOUKI since he's returned no matter how many belts and how long his reigns are

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)05:41:41 No.20003076

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)05:41:41 No.20003076

i watch for oiwa sexo and only oiwa sexo

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)05:46:07 No.20003082

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)05:46:07 No.20003082

anal for oiwa

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)05:46:15 No.20003083

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)05:46:15 No.20003083

This is the only young guy rivalry that feels like it has some real spice to it right now

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)05:46:24 No.20003085

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)05:46:24 No.20003085

BOMBACLAAT

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)05:48:44 No.20003089

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)05:48:44 No.20003089

Do you think Tsuji loses the title to Goto or ZSJ? Gedo does like to go round in circles sometimes

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)05:50:05 No.20003092

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)05:50:05 No.20003092

those gaijin are loving my nigga ice

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)05:50:28 No.20003094

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)05:50:28 No.20003094

Yuto "Man of the people" Ice

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)05:54:16 No.20003105

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)05:54:16 No.20003105

kind of wild just how over the brothers are, tag guys back like half a year and miles ahead of some of the other young guys who've been cooking for years

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)05:56:36 No.20003109

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)05:56:36 No.20003109

>>20003105
Too bad they're both jobbing in the 1st round

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)05:57:16 No.20003110

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)05:57:16 No.20003110

Hell yeah big jag pin

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)05:59:06 No.20003113

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)05:59:06 No.20003113

Will Wolf be able to carry Fale to an okay match?

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)06:00:01 No.20003118

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)06:00:01 No.20003118

dont do this shit again man...

this feud means nothing without evil

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)06:01:34 No.20003122

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)06:01:34 No.20003122

At least let him take his tshirt off

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)06:02:22 No.20003124

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)06:02:22 No.20003124

>Hontai leaves Wolf to get jumped AGAIN
This is fucking retarded

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)06:03:59 No.20003127

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)06:03:59 No.20003127

>>20003113
The TV guys want to do Dominion and Wolf is central to that, my guess is they want to carry the WK story to there while Wolf gets his reps in. Doesn't mean I want to watch it either way though

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)06:06:32 No.20003135

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)06:06:32 No.20003135

>>20003127
Maybe they are keeping his Tshirt on until then, so he can get a pop by removing it and revealing a Brock Lesnar style chest tattoo

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)06:07:52 No.20003138

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)06:07:52 No.20003138

>>20003124
Chris's best excuse is that Hontai is humbling Wolf which doesn't explain why they dont even help each other

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)06:09:09 No.20003141

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)06:09:09 No.20003141

Oh god he's actually losing

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)06:09:12 No.20003142

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)06:09:12 No.20003142

VISUAL PIN
VISUAL PIN

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)06:09:49 No.20003144

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)06:09:49 No.20003144

Jesus Christ man come the fuck on

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)06:10:24 No.20003145

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)06:10:24 No.20003145

This company fucking sucks

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)06:10:38 No.20003146

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)06:10:38 No.20003146

Kill Tanahashi.

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)06:12:12 No.20003149

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)06:12:12 No.20003149

Kek Fale winning a tournament match in 2026. Wolf needs a faction that will actually help him damn.

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)06:12:20 No.20003150

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)06:12:20 No.20003150

>>20003138
>guy who shaved his head and took the young lion approach needs to check his ego

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)06:12:47 No.20003151

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)06:12:47 No.20003151

i'm not sure what's worse, them burying a guy they supposedly want to make a star, or that i have to watch another fale match now

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)06:19:36 No.20003159

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)06:19:36 No.20003159

Not a single round 2 show has 2 good looking tournament matches waiting. 1 good one and something either skippable or dogshit and yet they couldn't let us see Wolf vs Shingo.

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)06:21:40 No.20003162

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)06:21:40 No.20003162

>>20003159
>they couldn't let us see Wolf vs Shingo
They are saving his match ups for his first G1 (who am I kidding, his block with just be full of HOT members who'll interfere in all his matches )

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)06:30:56 No.20003180

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)06:30:56 No.20003180

So many problems would be fixed if New Japan decided to learn how to actually have an annoying heel faction and make it watchable.

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)06:32:24 No.20003183

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)06:32:24 No.20003183

>>20003180
yeah like old BC Suzuki-gun the early days of LIJ and the early days of Chaos

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)06:34:39 No.20003186

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)06:34:39 No.20003186

put o-khan in the main event and shocker the crowd is only mildly into it

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)06:36:25 No.20003190

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)06:36:25 No.20003190

>>20003183
None of those factions are this shitty, especially judging how you can only refer to each other their "early days".

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)06:37:13 No.20003192

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)06:37:13 No.20003192

>>20003190
you said annoying heel faction that made it watchable. Those are genuine examples of that.

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)06:38:07 No.20003194

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)06:38:07 No.20003194

good match

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)06:39:08 No.20003198

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)06:39:08 No.20003198

>>20003194
Right man won also

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)06:39:20 No.20003199

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)06:39:20 No.20003199

>>20003192
Those are all unironically better factions just in their "early days" over 6 years of a treadmill heel faction without the one DIMES member they had

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)06:40:51 No.20003202

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)06:40:51 No.20003202

>>20003199
Suzuki-gun was still pulling some bs in 2017, far from their early days. Same with the old BC.[spoiler]it just never leaked into the main event is all[/sp]

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)06:43:04 No.20003206

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)06:43:04 No.20003206

>Uemura blew his promo but the crowd loves him anyway and cheer for him to redo it
This guy has potential

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)06:43:36 No.20003208

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)06:43:36 No.20003208

>>20003202
Even Suzukigun in NOAH is better than House of Torture in 2026 dude lol. Imagine riding for this shit group when the guy who hard carried it bailed on them to fuck his wife in Orlando

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)06:44:46 No.20003212

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)06:44:46 No.20003212

>>20003208
Dude, I'm not arguing for HoT. I'm just pointing out other annoying heel faction that WORKED. I'M AGREEING WITH YOU YOU DUMBASS!

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)06:48:33 No.20003218

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)06:48:33 No.20003218

Time to strap the rocket to Yuya already

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)06:49:06 No.20003220

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)06:49:06 No.20003220

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>>20003218
He CLEARLY needs 10 more years of seasoning!

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)13:54:05 No.20004495

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)13:54:05 No.20004495

should not have been further than

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)14:02:56 No.20004537

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)14:02:56 No.20004537

Hold up, did they really have Bad Luck Fale go over their supposed "savior of the company" in the first round?

Anonymous
03/04/26(Wed)14:34:43 No.20004651

Anonymous 03/04/26(Wed)14:34:43 No.20004651

>>20003031
Turning Douki heel and throwing him in HOT was one of the dumbest fucking things they’ve ever done.