MAIN EVENT: New Japan Cup Semi-Final Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Juice Robinson
Juice offers a handshake, but Tanahashi refuses. test of strength sees juice corner Tanahashi. Juice maintains dominance over Tanahashi. Juice works a hammerlock, but Tanahashi reverses into his own hammerlock. Fireman’s carry from Juice is met by a headscissors choke from Tanahashi but Juice powers out.
Test of strength sees Juice sweep Tanahashi’s injured leg, while putting pressure on his injured arm. Tanahashi powers back and reverses the momentum. bending Juice backwards. Juice powers up and works a wrist lock. Tanahashi reverses with his own wristlock. Juice reverses with a wristlock. Tanahashi hits a hiptoss. Tanahashi hits a Side Headlock Takeover, and keeps Juice grounded. Juice powers out.
Tanahashi corners Juice and chops away on Juice’s chest. Juice dodges a springboard crossbody and rolls up Tanahashi for two. Tanahashi rolls out of the ring.
Juice opens the ropes for Tanahashi, but Tanahashi smacks Juice’s ass. Tanahashi gets back in the ring. They lock up. Tanahashi corners Juice and pulls at juice’s hair. Tanahashi pummels Juice in the corner. Tanahashi crotches Juice on the rinpost and then wraps Juice’s leg around the post repeatedly.
Tanahashi rolls Juice into the ring and works over Juice’s leg. Tanahashi locks in a deathlock. Juice tries to headbutt out of the hold and fights to the ropes.
Tanahashi kicks Juice’s legs. Tanahashi hammers away on Juice’s leg and hits a leg trip. Tanahashi locks in a deathlock. Juice makes it into the ropes.
Tanahashi corners Juice and works over his leg. Juice ducks a corner splash. Juice hits a Spinebuster. Juice hits Dusty Punches. Tanahashi kicks Juice’s leg. Juice hits a clothesline. Juice hits a corner lariat. Tanahashi ducks a Cannonball. Tanahashi pulls Juice out of the ring. Juice throws Tanahashi into the barricade. Juice hits a Cannonball against the barricade.
Juice rolls Tanahashi back in the ring. Juice climbs to the top rope, but Tanahashi crotches Juice on the top rope. Tanahashi climbs to the top tope. Juice pushes Red Shoes into the ropes, knocking Tanahashi off of the top rope.
The two men exchange forearms. Juice hits knife edge chops to Tanahashi. Tanahashi counters the Double Knee Gutbuster with a Dragon Screw. Tanahashi goes for the cloverleaf, but Juice fights to the ropes.
Tanahashi counters a side kick with a Dragon Screw. Tanahashi locks in a Cloverleaf. Juice fights to the ropes. Juice counters Sling Blade with a Full Nelson Bomb for two.
Juice hits a Western Lariat for two. Juice goes for Pulp Friction but Tanahashi counters. Tanahashi hits Sling Blade for two. Tanahashi climbs to the top rope, but Juice hits a Big Left Punch. Juice climbs to the top rope. Juice goes for a superplex. Tanahashi fights out. Tanahashi hits High Fly Flow crossbody, but Juice rolls through for two.
Juice goes for a suplex but Tanahashi hits Twist and Shout, followed by another. Tanahashi goes for a third, but Juice hits a Vertical Suplex Gutbuster for two.
Juice climbs to the top rope. Juice hits a Flying Crossbody. Juice climbs to the top rope. Juice hits High Fly Flow for two.
Juice goes for Pulp Friction, but Tanahashi counters with a Pulp Friction attempt of his own. Juice counters, but Tanahashi goes for Dragon Suplex. Tanahashi hits Dragon Suplex. Tanahashi climbs to the top rope. Tanahashi hits High Fly Flow. Tanahashi climbs to the top rope and hits a second High Fly Flow for the pinfall.
WINNER: Hiroshi Tanahashi
After the match, Tanahashi showed Robinson respect with a handshake and a hug.
