{"id":99561,"date":"2020-06-24T00:57:05","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T05:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=99561"},"modified":"2020-06-24T00:57:05","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T05:57:05","slug":"6-22-new-japan-cup-night-3-rich-fanns-report-on-taichi-vs-hiroshi-tanahashi-zsj-vs-ibushi-sho-vs-takagi-taguchu-vs-sanada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2020\/06\/24\/6-22-new-japan-cup-night-3-rich-fanns-report-on-taichi-vs-hiroshi-tanahashi-zsj-vs-ibushi-sho-vs-takagi-taguchu-vs-sanada\/","title":{"rendered":"6\/22 NEW JAPAN CUP &#8211; NIGHT 3: Rich Fann&#8217;s report on Taichi vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, ZSJ vs. Ibushi, Sho vs. Takagi, Taguchu vs. Sanada"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3749957647\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><h3>NEW JAPAN CUP &#8211; NIGHT 3<br \/>\nJUNE 22, 2020<br \/>\nUNDISCLOSED LOCATION IN JAPAN<br \/>\nAIRED LIVE ON NJPWORLD.COM<br \/>\nREPORT BY RICH FANN, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">(1) Gabriel Kidd &amp; Yuya Uemura &amp; Yota Tsuji &amp; Yuji Nagata vs. Suzuki-Gun (Douki &amp; Yoshinobu Kanemaru &amp; El Desperado &amp; Minoru Suzuki) &#8211; Eight-Man Tag<\/p>\n<p>WINNERS: El Desperado of Suzuki-Gun by pinfall (Pinche Loco) at 10:33<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>(Fann\u2019s Analysis: Traditional New Japan eight-man opener, but Suzuki focused on Nagata after his loss to Blue Justice the night before reeked of a sore loser. Post match, Nagata told the young lions that they needed to get tired of being bullied by Suzuki and fight back.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">(2) Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Sanada &#8211; New Japan Cup 2020 First Round Match<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Sanada by pinfall\u00a0 (O\u2019Conner Bridge) in 15:47<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>(Fann\u2019s Analysis: Taguchi spent the match focused on quick pins and his typical rear-end based offense. The ability for SANADA to outsmart the wily vet with his quick pin of his own was respected by Taguchi, who took SANADA\u2019s shirt as a gift post match.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">(3) Sho vs. Shingo Takagi &#8211; New Japan Cup 2020 First Round Match<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">WINNER: Sho by pinfall (Shock Arrow) in 17:06<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2159342430\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>(Fann\u2019s Analysis: This match was Sho proving that he could hang with the heavyweights. Sho and Shingo gave one of the best performances of the empty arena era of wrestling. So good was this match, that during the commentary you heard the screams of the announce team not through their mic, but through the echo of the arena as they were that loud. The spike of the Shock Arrow at the end was thunderous..)<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">(4) Kota Ibushi vs. Zach Sabre Jr. &#8212; New Japan Cup 2020 First Round Match<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">WINNER: Kota Ibushi by pinfall (Kamigoye) in 15:15<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>(Fann\u2019s Analysis: Really fun transition in this match from hold-counterhold ZSJ \/ Ibushi goodness into Ibushi\u2019s decision to go nearer towards \u201cDead Eyes Ibushi\u201d and murder Zack. With Zack attempted stretch and submit plan in motion, Ibushi just said \u201cnah\u201d and made the Vegan Suzuki-Gun member eat a Kamigoye and take the loss.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">(5) Taichi vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi &#8211; New Japan Cup 2020 First Round Match<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">WINNER: Taichi by pinfall (Black Mephitso) in 21:51<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>(Fann\u2019s Analysis: Huge upset here with Taichi\u2019s win over the Ace of the Universe. Despite the low blow \/ Gedo Clutch attempt near the end game of the match, the finish was as clean a win as Taichi could get against Tanahashi. The post-match beatdown of Ibushi, and placement of him on top of Tana gives me hope that an Ishii &#8211; Taichi final could in fact happen.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Overall Thoughts (8.5):<\/strong> Sho-Shingo makes this night must watch, but the Taichi vs. Tanahashi match, as well as the ZSJ vs. Ibushi match were not bad as well. Overall the card was solid and quick, and despite the shenanigans with Douki in the midpoint of the Tanahashi match, this night was an interesting \u201cupset special\u201d evening you\u2019d expect at some point in the New Japan Cup.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2378442289\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>Contact Rich at <a href=\"mailto:PWTDive@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PWTDive@gmail.com<\/a>. Follow him on Twitter at <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/rich_fann\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/twitter.com\/rich_fann&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1593062836660000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFoKnGy2U1p4uSrpOdNPWEEAZHK1A\">twitter.com\/rich_fann<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>CATCH UP&#8230; <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2020\/06\/18\/radicans-njpw-cup-2020-night-2-ppv-report-nagata-vs-suzuki-okada-vs-gedo-main-event\/\">RADICAN\u2019s NJPW Cup 2020 Night 2 PPV report \u2013 Nagata vs. Suzuki, Okada vs. Gedo main event<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-732235949\"><div id=\"pwtor-3908128857\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>NEW JAPAN CUP &#8211; NIGHT 3 JUNE 22, 2020 UNDISCLOSED LOCATION IN JAPAN AIRED LIVE ON NJPWORLD.COM REPORT BY RICH FANN, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR (1) Gabriel Kidd &amp; Yuya Uemura &amp; Yota Tsuji &amp; Yuji Nagata <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2020\/06\/24\/6-22-new-japan-cup-night-3-rich-fanns-report-on-taichi-vs-hiroshi-tanahashi-zsj-vs-ibushi-sho-vs-takagi-taguchu-vs-sanada\/\" title=\"6\/22 NEW JAPAN CUP &#8211; NIGHT 3: Rich Fann&#8217;s report on Taichi vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, ZSJ vs. Ibushi, Sho vs. Takagi, Taguchu vs. Sanada\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":98837,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,9,14,542],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tvshowsandevents","category-results","category-results_japanliveevents","category-new-japan-ppvs"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2020\/06\/IMG_3021-1.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99561"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99562,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99561\/revisions\/99562"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}