Callum Newman And Hirooki Goto Advance To Quarter Finals Of NJPW New Japan Cup

By: Ian McCord

New Japan Pro Wrestling made their way to Osaka on March 13th for another night of New Japan Cup action. 2 spots in the quarter finals were up for grabs as Callum Newman picked up the win over Hartley Jackson and Hirooki Goto defeated Jake Lee to advance to the next round. 

The semi-main event saw Hartley Jackson use his strength to toss Callum Newman all around the Osaka Kanaoka Park Gymnasium. Jackson ultimately fell victim to the Prince of Pace after Newman was able to hit Excalibur on Big Jag after a distraction from Zayne Jay at around the 14:40 mark. 

Hirooki Goto and Jake Lee battled in the main event to see who would advance to the quarter finals to face Callum Newman. Goto ultimately walked out the victor after hitting the GTR on Lee in just over 15 minutes. 

Backstage during his post-match interview, Goto comments on facing Newman in the next round and also shares his thoughts on Jake Lee:

“Next up is Callum Newman, huh. OK, sounds good. This veteran will lend you his chest one more time. Jake Lee, I think I get the meaning of your ‘zanmai’ a bit now. That was respect towards me, wasn’t it? Hell, you could even join the Goto Revolutionary Army if you want?”

(English Translation via Google Translate) 

Callum Newman and Hirooki Goto will face off in the quarter finals of the New Japan Cup on March 17th when NJPW returns to Fukushima.  

Here are the full results from NJPW New Japan Cup Day 7 courtesy of purolove.com:

• Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens defeat Shota Umino & Masatora Yasuda (5:55) following Owens’ Last Testament against Yasuda.
• Zack Sabre Jr., Ryohei Oiwa & Kosei Fujita defeat YOSHI-HASHI, Satoshi Kojima & Tatsuya Matsumoto (10:01) following a German Suplex Hold by Fujita on Matsumoto.
• Oleg Boltin, Aaron Wolf & Toru Yano defeat Ren Narita, Don Fale & Yoshinobu Kanemaru (8:05) following an Inside Cradle by Yano on Kanemaru.
• Shingo Takagi & Drilla Moloney defeat Yuya Uemura & Tomoaki Honma (9:41) as Moloney pinned Honma following the WAR DRAGONS.
• HENARE, Great-O-Khan, Francesco Akira, Jakob Austin Young & Zayn Jay defeat Yota Tsuji, Yuto-Ice, OSKAR, Gedo & Daiki Nagai (12:07) following Young’s BITE THE DUST on Nagai.
• New Japan Cup – Round 2: Callum Newman defeats Hartley Jackson (14:40) with the Excalibur.
• New Japan Cup – Round 2: Hirooki Goto defeats Jake Lee (15:12) with the GTR.