British born New Japan star Zack Sabre Jr today beat Hiroshi Tanahashi to become the first ever UK born winner of the New Japan Cup and the first Gaijin to win the illustrious trophy in 12 years.
ZSJ will now go on to challenge IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada in the main event of the upcoming Sakura Genesis event, he becomes the first British born challenger to the title since William/Steven Regal back in April 1995.
Several stars and colleagues of Sabre’s from the UK wrestling scene were quick to offer their congratulations to the man being touted as the ‘best technical wrestler in the world.’ Check out some of the tweets below which feature comments from PROGRESS, Rev Pro, ICW, IPW:UK and OTT stars:
https://twitter.com/IPWUK/status/976442627204767744
https://twitter.com/Travis_BanksPW/status/976380967245041665
https://twitter.com/ZackGibson01/status/976421656343310336
Nice one @zacksabrejr. Great stuff. https://t.co/Y40SlXM267
— Jim Smallman – ????????? (@jimsmallman) March 21, 2018
.@zacksabrejr is the man, simple as. Incredible showing the last few weeks. Congrats. ? #njcup #njpw
— JD McDonagh (@jd_mcdonagh) March 21, 2018
The champ champ! Congratulations Zack Sabre Jr. #NJCUP #NewJapanWorld pic.twitter.com/pkklHeK7UV
— Revolution Pro (@RevProUK) March 21, 2018