Who Won the 2017 New Japan Cup Finals?, Big Title Challenge Issued, Full Results From Today’s Event

March 20, 2017

Earlier today, Bad Luck Fale and Katsuyori Shibata faced off in the finals of this year’s New Japan Cup tournament. Shibata scored the pin fall win over Fale following a Penalty Kick, giving Shibata his fist New Japan Cup win.

Below are the full results from today’s event featuring the New Japan Cup finals:

-Hirai Kawato vs. Tomoyuki Oka went to time limit draw

-David Finlay, Tiger Mask, & Jushin “Thunder” Liger defeated TAKA Michinoku, Takashi Iizuka, & El Desperado

-TenCozy defeated Katsuya Kitamura & Yuji Nagata

-Gedo, Jado, & Hirooki Goto defeated Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, & Minoru Suzuki

-Los Ingobernables de Japon defeated Taguchi Japan

-YOSHI-HASHI, Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano, & Tomohiro Ishii defeated Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Yujiro Takahashi, & Kenny Omega

-Katsuyori Shibata defeated Bad Luck Fale. After the match was over, Shibata called out current IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada, and challenged him to a title match. The match has yet to be officially announced, but typically the winner of the New Japan Cup gets his title shot at Sakura Genesis which takes place next month.

Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

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