The New Japan Cup 2017 continued Wednesday in Japan. Unlike previous years the company is placing each quarter-final match on separate shows during the tour. With Evil and Bad Luck Fale already moving to the semi-finals, the 3rd quarter-final match took place on this show. The final quarter-final match, between Sanada and Tomohiro Ishii, will take place Friday.
New Japan Cup 2017
Night 5
March 15th 2017
Shibata PK’s his way to the final four!https://t.co/crrDpOdRMb
— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) March 16, 2017
Results:
Taka Michinoku and El Desperado (Suzuki-Gun) defeated Hirai Kawato and Tiger Mask
Non-Title
Satoshi Kojima and Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Tomoyuki Oka and Jushin Liger
Tanga Roa and Tama Tonga (Bullet Club) defeated Yuji Nagata and Katsuya Kitamura
Jado, Gedo, Toru Yano and Hirooki Goto (CHAOS) defeated Taichi, Kanemaru, Iizuka, and Minoru Suzuki (Suzuki-Gun)
Hiromu Takahashi, Bushi, Evil, Sanada, and Tetsuya Naito (Los Ingobernables) defeated David Finlay, Taguchi, Kushida, Michael Elgin and Hiroshi Tanahashi
New Japan Cup 2017 Quarter-Final
Katsuyori Shibata defeated Juice Robinson
Yoshi-Hashi, Tomohiro Ishii, and Kazuchika Okada (CHAOS) defeated Yujiro Takahashi, Bad Luck Fale, and Kenny Omega (Bullet-Club)
This means Shibata will face the winner of Sanada and Ishii. The other semi-final, Evil vs. Bad Luck Fale, is already set. While Juice Robinson was eliminated here, making it to the second round in his first New Japan Cup is a pretty big accomplishment for the 27-year old.