NJPW New Japan Cup – Night Ten
Date: March 15, 2021
Venue: Korakuen Hall
Time: 6:00pm JST
New Japan Cup Bracket Update
UNDERCARD MATCHES:
First Match: DOUKI, El Desperado, Minoru Suzuki vs. Jado, KENTA, Taiji Ishimori
Second Match: Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Zack Sabre Jr vs. Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb, Will Ospreay
Third Match: Hirooki Goto, Ryusuke Taguchi, Yuji Nagata vs. BUSHI, SANADA, Shingo Takagi
Fourth Match
New Japan Cup 2021 Second Round
David Finlay vs. YOSHI-HASHI
Sport of Pro Wrestling New Japan Cup Bracket Challenge
- 67.6% of entrants in the Sport of Pro Wrestling New Japan Cup Bracket Challenge selected YOSHI HASHI to advance past David Finlay into the Quarter Finals.
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.
David Finlay
- First New Japan Cup appearance
- A victory tonight would make three straight appearances in the quarter finals of the New Japan Cup for YOSHI-HASHI.
Recent History – Singles (Last 365 Days)
- David Finlay’s victory over Chase Owens in the first round of this year’s New Japan Cup was his first singles victory in Japan since November of 2017 when he defeated Katsuya Kitamura at NJPW Power Struggle 2017.
Head To Head History
- David Finlay and YOSHI-HASHI have only met in one singles match. In July of 2016, YOSHI-HASHI defeated Finlay in 4 minutes and 36 seconds in the opening match of a G1 Climax 26 card.
History in Korakuen Hall
- YOSHI-HASHI has wrestled in 16 singles matches in Korakuen Hall, including four New Japan Cup matches. He is 8-8 overall and 3-1 in New Japan Cup matches in Korakuen.
- David Finlay has wrestled in 18 singles matches in Korakuen Hall. He is just 3-15 in the building.
- Seven of Finlay’s Korakuen Hall matches have been against Jay White including Finlay’s most recent Korakuen match, an IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship Match on April 24th, 2018.
Main Event
New Japan Cup 2021 Second Round
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Jay White
Sport of Pro Wrestling New Japan Cup Bracket Challenge
- 18.9% of brackets entered at Sport of Pro Wrestling have Jay White winning the entire tournament.
- 85.2% of entries to the Sport of Pro Wrestling New Japan Cup Bracket Challenge have Jay White advancing past Hiroshi Tanahashi.
New Japan Cup History
Jay White
- First New Japan Cup appearance
Hiroshi Tanahashi
- 12th New Japan Cup Appearance, seventh consecutive. 2005 & 2008 winner
- 2020: Eliminated by Taichi in the first round. 2019: Eliminated by SANADA in the semi-final. 2018: Lost to Zack Sabre Jr in the tournament final. 2017: Eliminated by EVIL in the first round. 2016: Eliminated by Bad Luck Fale in the first round. 2015: Eliminated by Toru Yano in the first round. 2012: Lost to Hirooki Goto in the tournament final. 2010: Eliminated by Tetsuya Naito in the second round. 2008: Defeated Giant Bernard to win the tournament 2006: Eliminated by Yuji Nagata in the semi final 2005: Defeated Manabu Nakanishi to win the tournament.
- Hiroshi Tanahashi’s 8 hours, 47 minutes, and 36 seconds of total New Japan Cup Match Length is the longest in New Japan Cup tournament history.
- Hiroshi Tanahashi’s 29 New Japan Cup matches are third most all-time. Only Hirooki Goto (33) and Toru Yano (31) have participated in more New Japan Cup Matches.
- Jay White’s 24 minute and 46 second victory over Toa Henare was the longest match of this year’s first round.
Recent History – Singles (Last 365 Days)
- Jay White’s last three singles matches have lasted longer than 24 minutes. He has been victorious in 2 of those three with his one loss coming to Kota Ibushi in the longest match in Tokyo Dome history.
- Tanahashi enters his match with Jay White on a 3 match winning streak in singles matches. Tanahashi’s last 4 match winning streak in singles matches occurred in the middle of the 2019 G1 Climax tournament.
Head To Head History
- It has been 649 days since Jay White and Hiroshi Tanahashi have met in a singles match. Before that, they fought five times in the span of 518 days.
- White leads the all-time series with Tanahashi 3-2 and he is also on a two-match winning streak against The Ace.
History In Korakuen Hall
- Jay White has wrestled in 15 singles matches in Korakuen Hall, with 6 since he returned from his excursion. He is 8-7 overall and 4-2 since returning from excursion.
- White is on a two match losing streak in Korakuen Hall with back to back G1 Climax losses in Korakuen (Toru Yano-2019, Will Ospreay-2020)
- Seven of Jay White’s 15 Korakuen Hall singles matches have been against David Finlay.
- Hiroshi Tanahashi has wrestled in 66 singles matches in Korakuen Hall, including nine career New Japan Cup matches. He is 7-2 in New Japan Cup matches in Korakuen.