New Japan Pro Wrestling held the start of this year’s New Japan Cup tournament on March 5 at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
The main event had Sanada taking on Taichi to determine who would advance in the New Japan Cup. Last year, Zack Sabre Jr. was the talent who won the annual tournament. Another match on the card had Tetsuya Naito taking on El Phantasmo in the opening round of this year’s tournament.
The event went live on NJPW World and is available on replay, but fans must have a subscription. An NJPW World subscription costs $9.99 in the United States.
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New Japan Cup 2023 Results (3/5)
- Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. def. Ryohei Oiwa & Tama Tonga
- Master Wato, Ryusuke Taguchi, Ren Narita & Shota Uno def. Dick Togo, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL
- Gedo, Chase Owens & Kenta def. Yuto Nakajima, El Desperado & Minoru Suzuki
- Bushi, Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi def. Lio Rush, Yoh, Toru Yano
- Yoshi-Hashi, Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto def. Tomoaki Homma, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada
- Tetsuya Naito def. El Phantasmo
- Sanada def. Taichi
