Updates On NJPW's New Japan Cup Tournament

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NJPW recently held the continuation of their New Japan Cup Tournament with Toru Yano beating Bad Luck Fale and Hirooki Goto beating Taichi. We also saw Minoru Suzuki defeat Tomoaki Honma, KENTA get a win over Juice Robinson and Shingo Takagi beat Kazuchika Okada. The winner of the tournament earns a shot at the IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Kota Ibushi at Sakura Genesis on April 4th.

Below is an updated look at the brackets:

Left Side:

- Jeff Cobb def. Satoshi Kojima.

- The Great-O-Khan def. Tetsuya Naito.

- Toru Yano def. Bad Luck Fale.

- Hirooki Goto def. Taichi.

- Shingo Takagi def. Kazuchika Okada.

- Minoru Suzuki def Tomoaki Honma.

- KENTA def. Juice Robinson.

Right Side:

- Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Will Ospreay.

- Gabriel Kidd vs. Zack Sabre Jr.

- Yuji Nagata vs. Yota Tsuji.

- Tomohiro Ishii vs. SANADA.

- David Finlay vs. Chase Owens.

- YOSHI-HASHI vs. Yujiro Takahashi.

- Toa Henare vs. Jay White (winner faces Hiroshi Tanahashi, who has previously won the tournament twice).

The United States side of the New Japan Cup Tournament also took place and below are the results:

- Karl Fredericks and Alex Coughlin def. Clark Connors and Kevin Knight.

- Tom Lawlor def. The DKC (New Japan Cup USA Qualifying Match).

- Lio Rush def. Rocky Romero (New Japan Cup USA Qualifying Match).