NJPW New Japan Cup – Night Seven
Date: March 11, 2021
Venue: Item Ehime, Ehime
Time: 6:30pm JST
New Japan Cup 2021 Bracket Update
Undercard Matches
First Match: David Finlay & Yota Tsuji vs. Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI
Second Match: Satoshi Kojima, Tomoaki Honma & Yuya Uemura vs. Bad Luck Fale, Jado & Yujiro Takahashi
Third Match: Hirooki Goto, Kazuchika Okada, SHO & Yuji Nagata vs. BUSHI, SANADA, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito
Fourth Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Juice Robinson & Toa Henare vs. Chase Owens, Jay White & KENTA
New Japan Cup 2021 Second Round
Great-O-Khan vs. Toru Yano
Sport of Pro Wrestling New Japan Cup Bracket Challenge
- Just 38.3% of bracket entries to the Sport of Pro Wrestling New Japan Cup Bracket Challenge picked both Great-O-Khan and Toru Yano to meet in the second round. Of those entries, 75.2% selected Great-O-Khan to continue on.
New Japan Cup History
Great-O-Khan
- First New Japan Cup Appearance
Toru Yano
- 16th New Japan Cup Appearance, 16th consecutive
- 2020: Eliminated by Hiromu Takahashi in the second round. 2019: Eliminated by Colt Cabana in the second round. 2018: Eliminated by SANADA in the second round. 2017: Eliminated by Bad Luck Fale in the second round. 2016: Eliminated by Tetsuya Naito in the semi-finals. 2015: Eliminated by Kota Ibushi in the second round. 2014: Eliminated by Minoru Suzuki in the first round. 2013: Eliminated by Kazuchika Okada in the semi-final. 2012: Eliminated by Hiroshi Tanahashi in the first round. 2011: Eliminated by Yuji Nagata in the semi-final. 2010: Eliminated by Togi Makabe in the second round. 2009: Eliminated by Milano Collection AT in the first round. 2008: Eliminated by Giant Bernard in the semi-final. 2007: Eliminated by Shinsuke Nakamura in the first round. 2006: Eliminated by Giant Bernard in the first round.
- Toru Yano has the shortest average match length among wrestlers with over 5 New Japan Cup Matches.
- Yano has averaged 1.93 matches per tournament through his first 15 New Japan Cup appearances.
- Toru Yano has won in the second round four times. He has been eliminated in the second round six times.
- Yano’s 30 New Japan Cup Matches are second most all-time, only Hirooki Goto, with 33, has participated in more NJC matches.
Recent History – Singles (2021 Year To Date)
- Both of Great-O-Khan’s singles losses in 2021 have been to Hiroshi Tanahashi. He has defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Tetsuya Naito.
- Toru Yano is 4-0 in singles competition on the year. This includes his Wrestle Kingdom New Japan Cup Rambo victory and his four-way KOPW victory on night two in the Tokyo Dome.
- Toru Yano’s last singles loss came during the 2020 G1 Climax. He is currently riding a 6 match winning streak. Only one of those matches was a traditional one on one match (His first round New Japan Cup match against Bad Luck Fale).
Recent History – Overall (2021 Year To Date)
- Great-O-Khan’s 22 overall victories so far in 2021 are the most in NJPW.
New Japan Cup 2021 Second Round
Jeff Cobb vs. EVIL
Sport of Pro Wrestling New Japan Cup Bracket Challenge
- 80.2% of entrants to the Sport of Pro Wrestling New Japan Cup Bracket Challenge picked EVIL to advance over Jeff Cobb in tonight’s matchup.
New Japan Cup History
Jeff Cobb
- First New Japan Cup appearance
EVIL
- Fifth New Japan Cup appearance, third consecutive
- 2020: Defeated Kazuchika Okada to win the tournament, 2019: Eliminated by Zack Sabre Jr in the first round. 2017: Eliminated by Bad Luck Fale in the Semi-Final. 2016: Eliminated by Tomohiro Ishii in the first round
- Via his tournament win last year, EVIL enters this year tournament on a five match New Japan Cup winning streak.
- EVIL’s 7 New Japan Cup wins in the last five years are fourth most among NJPW wrestlers. A win in this match would tie EVIL with Tomohiro Ishii at 8 wins in the last 5 years.
Recent History – Singles (2021 Year To Date)
- Cobb enters his second round match with EVIL 1-1 so far in 2021. Cobb lost to Shingo Takagi at Wrestle Kingdom and he defeated Satoshi Kojima in the first round of the New Japan Cup.
- EVIL enters his second round match with Cobb after a first round bye. EVIL is still looking for his first singles victory in 2021. He lost to SANADA at Wrestle Kingdom and then he lost two matches in a row to Kazuchika Okada, once in an impromptu match, and once at Castle Attack.
Recent History – Overall (2021 Year To Date)
- Jeff Cobb’s +13 Fall Differential is the best in NJPW this year. Cobb’s 15 winning falls this year are also the most in NJPW. Cobb has only logged one win that he did not finish with the Tour Of The Islands.
Head To Head History
- Jeff Cobb and EVIL have met once in singles competition. Cobb defeated EVIL in 2018 on the Ring of Honor/NJPW Global Wars Tour in Buffalo, New York.