The 2023 New Japan Cup Semifinal Matches – Wrestling Inc.
March in New Japan Pro-Wrestling was all about the New Japan Cup, which would soon come to an end. The four semi-finalists at this year’s tournament are set, with “The Rebel” David Finlay and reigning NEVER Openweight Champion Tama Tonga Advance in their respective matches earlier today in Hamamatsu, Japan.
Finlay’s path to the semi-finals came next His surprise appointment as the new captain of the Bullet Club After Jay White left the company. After picking up wins against Tomohiro Ishii and Great-O-Khan in his first two matches of the tournament, Finlay defeated “Roughneck” Shota Umino to be eliminated in the quarter-finals. Meeting him in the semifinals will be the Tongan Bullet Club champion, who has been undefeated in singles competition since the start of the year. Tonga, who was one of eight participants to receive a first-round bye in the tournament, beat Aaron Hinari and Hirooki Goto to advance to the semi-finals.
The other side of the arc is set on March 17th When two surprising victories shocked the crowd inside Korakuen Hall. Firstly, Mark Davis, replacing an injured Will OspreayHe defeated former IWGP World Heavyweight Champion EVIL to advance to the championship. Davis had lost to Ospreay in a second round match on March 13, but the Australian Open was given a second shot at the tournament due to Ospreay’s injury.
The only Japanese player still alive in the tournament is SANADA, who upset Tetsuya Naito on Friday before pulling out of Los Ingobernables de Japon and He becomes the newest member of Just 5 Guys. Of the remaining competitors, the advantage in experience goes to SANADA, who will make their fourth semi-final appearance in the New Japan Cup.
