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The New Japan Cup (often abbreviated NJC) is an annual single-elimination professional wrestling tournament held by New Japan Pro Wrestling. Originally intended for every April, it was rescheduled to March in 2007. Though NJPW also runs the annual G1 Climax tournament, the NJC is different in that it is single-elimination, whereas the G1 is a round-robin. Like the G1 however, the winner of the tournament receives a shot at the IWGP Heavyweight Championship; this stipulation was added in 2006.
Contents
Results
List of winners
- 2005: Hiroshi Tanahashi
- 2006: Giant Bernard
- 2007: Yuji Nagata
- 2008: Hiroshi Tanahashi
- 2009: Hirooki Goto
- 2010: Hirooki Goto
- 2011: Yuji Nagata
2005
The 2005 New Japan Cup was held from April 19 to April 24. The first two rounds were held on individual nights, with round one taking up the entire card on April 19.[1]
Round 1
April 19Quarterfinals
April 21Semifinals
April 24Final
April 24Hiroshi Tanahashi DQ Yuji Nagata 24:12[1] Hiroshi Tanahashi Pin Koji Kanemoto 17:38[1] Koji Kanemoto Pin Ryushi Yanagisawa 8:19[1] Hiroshi Tanahashi Pin Hiroyoshi Tenzan 19:45[1] Minoru CO Osamu Nishimura 16:47[1] Osamu Nishimura† Sub Hiroyoshi Tenzan 20:47[1] Hiroyoshi Tenzan Pin Jushin Liger 15:54[1] Hiroshi Tanahashi Pin Manabu Nakanishi 19:21[1] Kendo Kashin Pin Shinsuke Nakamura 8:55[1] Kendo Kashin Pin Yutaka Yoshie 15:48[1] Yutaka Yoshie Pin Scott Norton 9:07[1] Kendo Kashin Pin Manabu Nakanishi 10:20[1] Tiger Mask Pin Masahiro Chono 10:29[1] Masahiro Chono Pin Manabu Nakanishi 14:16[1] Hirooki Goto Pin Manabu Nakanishi 7:34[1] † Minoru was forced to pull out before his Round 2 match, due to suffering severe dizziness, and was replaced by Osamu Nishimura, who he beat in Round 1.[1]
2006
The 2006 New Japan Cup was held from April 16 to April 30.[2] Giant Bernard, the winner of the tournament, went on to fail in his challenge against IWGP Champion Brock Lesnar on May 3.[3]
Round 1
April 16,20,21,22Quarterfinals
April 23,25,26Semifinals
April 28,29Finals
April 30Giant Bernard Pin Toru Yano 8:19[2] Giant Bernard Pin Riki Chōshū 9:11[2] Riki Chōshū Pin Black Strong Machine 6:46[2] Giant Bernard Pin Manabu Nakanishi 16:43[2] Manabu Nakanishi Pin Takashi Iizuka 11:31[2] Manabu Nakanishi Pin Ryouji Sai 14:56[2] Ryouji Sai Pin Naofumi Yamamoto 13:59[2] Giant Bernard Pin Yuji Nagata 19:40[2] Hiroshi Tanahashi Pin Masahiro Chono 25:12[2] Hiroshi Tanahashi Pin Hiroyoshi Tenzan 14:27[2] Scott Norton Pin Hiroyoshi Tenzan 12:30[2] Hiroshi Tanahashi Pin Yuji Nagata 18:49[2] Togi Makabe Pin Tatsutoshi Goto 1:24[2] Togi Makabe Pin Yuji Nagata 10:50[2] Tomohiro Ishii Pin Yuji Nagata 9:57[2] 2007
The 2007 New Japan Cup was a 14-man tournament held from March 3 to March 21.[4] Giant Bernard and Hiroyoshi Tenzan received byes to the quarterfinals, due to their victories in the 2006 New Japan Cup and G1 Climax respectively. Shinsuke Nakamura was injured in a non-tournament match on March 13, giving Tenzan an additional pass to the semifinals. The winner, Yuji Nagata, went on to defeat Hiroshi Tanahashi for the championship on April 13, beginning his second reign with the title.[5] He also became the first person to reach the NJC finals twice, and the first to win both the New Japan Cup and G1 Climax.
Round 1
March 3, 4, 9, 10, 11Quarterfinals
March 13, 15Semifinals
March 18Finals
March 21Togi Makabe Pin Travis Tomko 9:29[4] Togi Makabe Pin Takashi Iizuka 11:32[4] Tomoaki Honma Sub Takashi Iizuka 14:06[4] Togi Makabe DQ Hiroyoshi Tenzan 12:27[4] Shinsuke Nakamura Pin Toru Yano 10:16[4] Shinsuke Nakamura Forf Hiroyoshi Tenzan [4] Togi Makabe Pin Yuji Nagata 20:05[4] Tomohiro Ishii Pin Yuji Nagata 12:12[4] Yuji Nagata Pin Masahiro Chono 17:25[4] Masahiro Chono Pin Riki Chōshū 8:44[4] Yuji Nagata Sub Giant Bernard 18:22[4] Shiro Koshinaka Pin Manabu Nakanishi 10:03[4] Manabu Nakanishi Pin Giant Bernard 13:05[4] 2008
The 2008 New Japan Cup was a 16-man tournament held from March 9 to March 23.[6] The winner, Hiroshi Tanahashi, became the first two-time winner of the NJC and went on to fail in his challenge against IWGP Champion Shinsuke Nakamura on March 30.[7]
Round 1 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Tomohiro Ishii Sub Hiroyoshi Tenzan 13:03[6] Hiroyoshi Tenzan Pin1 Togi Makabe 18:07[6] Takashi Iizuka Pin Togi Makabe 10:27[6] Togi Makabe Pin Hiroshi Tanahashi 12:11[6] Hirooki Goto Pin Hiroshi Tanahashi 20:32[6] Hiroshi Tanahashi Pin Ryusuke Taguchi 13:42[6] Jushin Liger Pin Ryusuke Taguchi 11:33[6] Hiroshi Tanahashi Pin Giant Bernard 18:24[6] Koji Kanemoto Sub Karl Anderson 9:05[6] Koji Kanemoto Pin Giant Bernard 9:45[6] Giant Bernard Pin Tomoaki Honma 10:43[6] Giant Bernard Pin Toru Yano 10:44[6] Milano Collection A.T. Pin Toru Yano 11:25[6] Toru Yano Pin Rhino 11:21[6] Manabu Nakanishi Pin Rhino 10:17[6] 1This match originally ended in a double countout at 2:35, but it was restarted with Makabe winning via pinfall in 14:49.[6]
2009
The 2009 New Japan Cup was a 14-man tournament held from March 8 to March 22.[8] Giant Bernard and Yuji Nagata, the winners of the Cups of 2006 and 2007, received byes in the first round of the tournament. The eventual winner of the tournament, Hirooki Goto, went on to lose the IWGP Heavyweight Championship match to Hiroshi Tanahashi on May 3.[9]
Round 1
March 8Quarterfinals
March 15Semifinals
March 22Final
March 22Hirooki Goto Sub Karl Anderson 11:10[8] Hirooki Goto Pin Shinsuke Nakamura 19:00[8] Shinsuke Nakamura Pin Togi Makabe 15:32[8] Hirooki Goto Sub Yuji Nagata 14:51[8] Yuji Nagata Bye [8] Yuji Nagata DQ Takashi Iizuka 14:49[8] Takashi Iizuka Pin Tomoaki Honma 10:53[8] Hirooki Goto Sub Giant Bernard 18:18[8] Milano Collection A.T. Pin Toru Yano 09:50[8] Milano Collection A.T. Pin Giant Bernard 9:13[8] Giant Bernard Bye [8] Giant Bernard Pin Yutaka Yoshie 08:56[8] Yutaka Yoshie Pin Manabu Nakanishi 20:29[8] Yutaka Yoshie Pin Tomohiro Ishii 13:38[8] Tomohiro Ishii Countout1 Wataru Inoue 12:33[8] 1This match originally ended in a double countout at 3:18, but it was restarted with Inoue winning via countout in 9:15.[8]
2010
The 2010 New Japan Cup was a 15-man tournament held from March 14 to March 22.[10] As the previous winner of the Cup, Hirooki Goto received a bye in the first round of the tournament. With his victory Goto became the second two-time winner of the tournament and the first to win it back-to-back. Goto went on to challenge the IWGP Heavyweight Champion Shinsuke Nakamura on April 4, but would once again fail in his attempt to win the title.[11]
Round 1
March 14Quarterfinals
March 20Semifinals
March 22Final
March 22Hirooki Goto Bye [10] Hirooki Goto Pin Yujiro Takahashi 15:04[12] Yujiro Takahashi Pin Yuji Nagata 13:41[10] Hirooki Goto Pin Masato Tanaka 11:15[13] Wataru Inoue Pin Giant Bernard 7:39[10] Wataru Inoue Pin Masato Tanaka 13:05[12] Masato Tanaka Pin Manabu Nakanishi 18:01[10] Hirooki Goto Pin Togi Makabe 21:42[13] Togi Makabe Pin Tomohiro Ishii 11:46[10] Togi Makabe Pin Toru Yano 14:26[12] Toru Yano Pin Tomoaki Honma 10:34[10] Togi Makabe Pin Tetsuya Naitō 15:52[13] Hiroshi Tanahashi Pin Strong Man 8:37[10] Hiroshi Tanahashi Pin Tetsuya Naitō 23:17[12] Tetsuya Naitō Pin Karl Anderson 9:52[10] 2011
The 2011 New Japan Cup is a 16-man tournament held from March 6 to March 20.
Round 1
March 6
March 13Quarterfinals
March 19Semifinals
March 20Final
March 20Manabu Nakanishi Pin Yujiro Takahashi 9:50[14] Manabu Nakanishi Pin Shinsuke Nakamura 8:49[15] Hirooki Goto Pin Shinsuke Nakamura 13:45[14] Shinsuke Nakamura Pin Togi Makabe 9:55[16] Karl Anderson Sub MVP 12:20[14] MVP Pin Togi Makabe 10:41[15] Togi Makabe Pin Satoshi Kojima 16:01[14] Shinsuke Nakamura Pin Yuji Nagata 14:44[16] Wataru Inoue Pin Toru Yano 10:17[17] Toru Yano Pin Hiroyoshi Tenzan 11:09[15] Hiroyoshi Tenzan Sub Takashi Iizuka 12:50[17] Toru Yano Sub Yuji Nagata 7:27[16] Tetsuya Naitō Pin Masato Tanaka 13:03[17] Masato Tanaka Pin Yuji Nagata 16:33[15] Yuji Nagata Pin Giant Bernard 11:32[17] References
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