NJPW Super J-Cup night two results: Quarterfinal matches

Here are the results from the second night of the Super J-Cup tournament in San Francisco, which featured a main event semi-final match pitting Will Ospreay against SHO.

– Jonathan Gresham defeated Alex Coughlin

Gresham pinned Coughlin after trading small package attempts.

– Robbie Eagles defeated Clark Connors

Eagles submitted Connors with a reverse figure four.

– BUSHI defeated Shota Umino

BUSHI pinned Umino following two MX’s.

– Gedo & Taiji Ishimori defeated Karl Fredericks & Ren Narita

Ishimori submitted Narita with a crossface.

– Amazing Red & Jushin Thunder Liger defeated Rocky Romero & YOH

Red pinned Romero with the Code Red.

– Super J-Cup quarterfinal match: Caristico defeated Soberano Jr.

Caristico pinned Soberano Jr. with a top rope Spanish fly.

– Super J-Cup quarterfinal match: El Phantasmo defeated TJP

El Phantasmo pinned TJP following a low blow and a roll-up.

– Super J-Cup quarterfinal match: Dragon Lee defeated Ryusuke Taguchi

Dragon Lee pinned Taguchi with a running knee.

– Super J-Cup quarterfinal match: Will Ospreay defeated SHO

Ospreay defeated SHO with the Stormbreaker.

That would make it Caristico vs. Dragon Lee and El Phantasmo vs. Will Ospreay in the semi-finals tomorrow, with the winners from both matches advancing to the finals.

YOH, BUSHI, Amazing Red set for NJPW Super J-Cup

More names have been added to the 2019 Super J-Cup that takes place later this month.

New Japan Pro Wrestling announced this evening that YOH, BUSHI and Amazing Red will be taking part in the tournament. This would be Amazing Red’s first time wrestling for the promotion. He originally retired back in March, citing severe neck injuries.

Red, BUSHI and YOH join TJP, SHO, CMLL’s Caristico, Ryusuke Taguchi and Taiji Ishimori as participants in this year’s tournament. Overall, there will be sixteen participants, including wrestlers from NJPW, CMLL, and Ring of Honor. Will Ospreay and El Phantasmo have also been featured on advertising, though they have yet to be announced for the tournament.

The first round of the Super J-Cup will take place at the Temple Theater in Tacoma, Washington on August 22. The next round takes place at the San Francisco State University Student Life Event Center on August 24 in San Francisco. The finals will take place on August 25 at the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, California.