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NJPW, 4/1/12 (Samurai! TV)
Amagasaki Memorial Park Gymnasium
5,600 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House
1. New Japan Cup – Round 1: La Sombra beat YOSHI-HASHI (9:41) with the Paquera Tapatio.
2. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Karl Anderson beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan (8:00) with the Gun Stun.
3. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Hirooki Goto beat Yujiro Takahashi (9:55) with the Shouten Kai.
4. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Shinsuke Nakamura beat MVP (9:45) with the Boma Ye.
5. Ryusuke Taguchi, Captain New Japan & KUSHIDA beat Kazuchika Okada, Jado & Gedo (14:35) when Captain used the Caribbean Death Grip on Gedo.
6. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Togi Makabe beat Lance Archer (8:47) with a King Kong kneedrop.
7. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Minoru Suzuki beat Yuji Nagata (15:31) with a Gotch-style piledriver.
8. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Tetsuya Naito beat Satoshi Kojima (17:53) with the Polvo de Estrellas.
9. New Japan Cup – Round 1: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Toru Yano (17:25) with the High Fly Flow.
* Some interesting results today at a packed Amagasaki Memorial Park Gymnasium set up a couple of huge second round matches. Naito scored yet another career boosting win over Kojima, meaning he will face a man he is known to have great matches with, Tanahashi, who defeated long-time enemy Yano. Minoru Suzuki bested his rival Nagata to set up a second round confrontation with Makabe that has been in the making for a while. CHAOS leader Nakamura is trying to ensure he doesn’t slip into Okada’s shadow too much and his win over the returning MVP means he will meet Karl Anderson in the second round. Anderson’s post-Bad Intentions career (now that gaijin mainstay Giant Bernard has been confirmed as the WWE’s latest superstar Lord Tensai) is showing promising signs as he beat Tenzan to secure passage to the next round. The final second round match will put La Sombra against IWGP Intercontinental Champion, Hirooki Goto.
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NJPW, 4/5/12 (Samurai! TV)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. New Japan Cup – Round 2: Hirooki Goto vs. La Sombra
2. New Japan Cup – Round 2: Karl Anderson vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
3. New Japan Cup – Round 2: Togi Makabe vs. Minoru Suzuki
4. New Japan Cup – Round 2: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tetsuya Naito
NJPW, 4/8/12 (WPW)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. New Japan Cup – Semi Final: Winner of Goto/Sombra vs. Winner of Makabe/Suzuki
2. New Japan Cup – Semi Final: Winner of Tanahashi/Naito vs. Winner of Anderson/Nakamura
3. New Japan Cup – Final: