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New Japan Cup, Night 12

We’ve finally arrived at the New Japan Cup final, and after yesterday’s great show, I’m really…

We’ve reached the home stretch in the New Japan Cup tournament. Will we get the Umino/Uemura…

Today’s show in Korayama features a pair of rematches of major championship matches from 2025. Have…

We’ve finally arrived at the quarterfinals, and not a moment too soon. One of these quarterfinals…

We may be about to wake up from our long international nightmare of having Yujiro Takahashi…

You know, the byes in this tournament make the second round feel roughly the same as…

Tonight’s show in Takamatsu features one match with an extremely obvious winner and one with a…

One more New Japan Cup show, one step closer to getting the House of Torture out…

We’ve finally arrived at the end of the first round of the New Japan Cup tournament…

For what I believe is the first time, this year’s NJPW Anniversary Event is part of…