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New Japan Cup Night 3 Results (3/11) Sabre vs. Naito, Ibushi vs. Yoshi-Hashi

New Japan Cup Night 3 Results (3/11) Live In Progress…
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FIRST MATCH: Tomoyuki Oka & Yuji Nagata vs. Ren Narita & Tetsuhiro Yagi

Oka gets in Narita’s face during his entrance. Narita and Oka start. Neither man gets the better of an extensive chain wrestling exchange. Oka finally dominates with a hammerlock, but Narita works out. Oka grounds Narita again, but Narita continues to slip through his fingers.

Nagata tags in. Yagi tags in. Nagata dominates Yagi. Yagi tries to fight out of a headlock but it gets turned into a Bulldog Choke. Narita breaks it up. Narita tags in and gets the snot kicked out of him in return. Oka tags in and works over Narita’s arm. Oka continues with the arm-based submissions but Narita makes it to the ropes. Nagata tags in and continues the assault on Narita’s arm.

Yagi tags in and gets beaten down by Nagata. Yagi hits a dropkick, but his offense has little effect. Narita tags in and the Young Lions double team Nagata. Narita covers for two. Oka tags in and pummels Narita. Oka drops Narita with a back elbow. Narita fights back but can’t drop Oka. Narita hits a belly to belly suplex for two.

Narita and Oka chop the hell out of each other. Oka hits a belly to belly suplex. Oka hits a Powerslam for two. Oka locks in a Boston Crab. Narita tries to fight to the ropes, but Oka starts bouncing on Narita. Narita taps.

WINNERS: Yuji Nagata & Tomoyuki Oka.

SECOND MATCH: Shota Umino vs. El Desperado

Shota tries to outwrestle Desperado, to little effect. Dueling wristlocks, followed by Desperado raking the eyes and locking in a DEEP wrist lock. Desperado transitions into a Hammerlock. Shota fights out into a hammerlock of his own. Desperado reverses into a hammerlock. Then Shota again. Desperado counters the hold by throwing Umino to the outside.

Desperado throws Umino into the barricade. Desperado wraps Umino’s leg around the ringpost. Desperado stretches Umino over the barricade and chops his chest. Desperado gets back in the ring. Umino beats the countout at 19.

Desperado hits a kneebreaker. Desperado works Umino’s leg. Umino fights back, but gets dropped by Desperado. Desperado throws Umino out of the ring. Desperado throws Umino into the barricade. Umino beats the countout at 16.

Umino and Desperado exchange chops. Umino misses a dropkick. Umino counters a suplex but his leg gives out. Umino hits a dropkick.

Umino hits a running shoulder. Then another. Desperado dodges the third and goes to the opposite corner, where Umino hits a running shoulder. Umino hits a dropkick for two. Umino locks in an armbar but Desperado gets to the ropes.

Umino stomps on Desperado’s arm. Umino hits a backslide for two. Desperado hits a spinebuster for two. Desperado locks in Stretch Muffler. Umino taps.

WINNER: El Desperado

After the match, El Desperado attacked Shota.

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