NJPW New Japan Cup – Night Five
Date: March 10, 2021
Venue: Sandan-Ike Park Gymnasium
Time: 6:30pm JST
New Japan Cup 2021 First Round
David Finlay vs. Chase Owens
New Japan Cup History
David Finlay
- First New Japan Cup appearance
Chase Owens
- Second New Japan cup appearance
- 2019: Eliminated by YOSHI-HASHI in the second round
- At 24 minutes and 36 seconds, Chase Owens’ lone New Japan Cup victory, a 2019 first round win over Juice Robinson, is the longest singles match on record in Chase’s career.
Recent History – Singles
- David Findlay’s most recent NJPW singles victories occurred during the New Japan Cup USA where Finlay made it all the way to the Final, only to be defeated by KENTA.
- Chase Owens’ 3-3 record in singles competitions over the past 365 days includes his impressive 34 minute and 40 second Wrestle Kingdom 15 New Japan Rambo victory and his loss in the KOPW 2021 Four Way match the next night.
Head To Head History
- Chase Owens and David Finlay have met twice in singles matches. Most recently, Owens and Finlay met in the first round cup of the New Japan Cup USA on the debut episode of NJPW Strong. Finlay defeated Owens in 9 minutes and 46 seconds. Previously, Chase defeated Finlay to open the 2016 Kizuna Road event.
New Japan Cup 2021 First Round
YOSHI-HASHI vs. Yujiro Takahashi
New Japan Cup History
YOSHI-HASHI
- Eighth New Japan Cup appearance, seventh consecutive
- 2020: Eliminated by EVIL in the quarter finals. 2019: Eliminated by Tomohiro Ishii in the quarter-finals.. 2018: Eliminated by Kota Ibushi in the first round. 2017: Eliminated by SANADA in the first round. 2016: Eliminated by Tetsuya Naito in the first round. 2015: Eliminated by Yujiro Takahashi in the first round. 2012: Eliminated by La Sombra in the first round.
Yujiro Takahashi
- 11th New Japan Cup appearance, second consecutive
- 2020: Eliminated by Hirooki Goto in the first round. 2018: Eliminated by Juice Robinson in the first round. 2017: Eliminated by Juice Robinson in the first round. 2016: Eliminated by Toru Yano in the first round. 2015: Eliminated by Togi Makabe in the second round. 2014: Eliminated by Shelton Benjamin in the first round. 2013: Eliminated by Davey Boy Smith Jr. In the second round. 2012: Eliminated by Hirooki Goto in the first round. 2011: Eliminated by Manabu Nakanishi in the first round. 2010: Eliminated by Hirooki Goto in the first round.
- Yujiro Takahashi hasn’t gotten out of the first round of the New Japan Cup since 2015 when he defeated YOSHI-HASHI in the first round.
- In his seven New Japan Cup appearances, YOSHI-HASHI has only gotten out of the first round twice. Momentum is on his side though, his two trips out of the first round were his last two appearances.
- Yujiro Takahashi’s 2016 first round count out loss to Toru Yano is the shortest match in New Japan Cup history (1 minute, 13 seconds)
- The last time we saw YOSHI-HASHI in the New Japan Cup, he was losing to EVIL in the quarter finals of last year’s tournament in two minutes flat. That was the third shortest match in New Japan Cup history.
Recent History – 2021 Overall
- Yujiro Takahashi’s -10 Fall Differential so far in 2021 is the third worst in NJPW. Only Yuya Uemura and Tomoaki Honma have a worse winning to losing fall ratio
Recent History – Singles (Last 365 Days)
- Yujiro Takahashi’s lone singles victory in the last 365 days was over Jeff Cobb on the last day of G1 Climax 30.
Head To Head History
- It is nearly six years from the date that Yujiro Takahashi and YOSHI-HASHI last wrestled in a singles match. That was in the first round of the 2015 New Japan Cup when Yujiro eliminated YOSHI-HASHI.
New Japan Cup 2021 First Round
Toa Henare vs. Jay White
Sport of Pro Wrestling New Japan Cup Bracket Challenge
- 97.6% of entrants of the Sport of Pro Wrestling New Japan Cup bracket challenge picked Jay White to advance out of the first round.
- 18.9% of brackets entered at Sport of Pro Wrestling have Jay White winning the entire tournament.
New Japan Cup History
Toa Henare
- Second New Japan Cup appearance
- 2019: Eliminated by Lance Archer in the first round.
Jay White
- First New Japan Cup appearance
Recent History – Singles
- Toa Henare’s last singles match in NJPW was on February 2nd, 2020. He defeated Yota Tsuji at The New Beginning in Sapporo.
- It has been increasingly challenging to defeat Jay White in singles matches recently. Only Tetsuya Naito at 27 minutes and 6 seconds has a longer average losing match length than Jay White over the last 365 days.
Head To Head History
- This will be the first singles match between Toa Henare and Jay White.