NJPW New Japan Cup Night Six: Results and Analysis

Los Ingobernables de Japon (Hiromu Takahashi, BUSHI, & Tetsuya Naito) vs. Suzuki-gun (El Desperado, Kanemaru, & Minoru Suzuki)

Seeing Tetsuya Naito mess with Minoru Suzuki the way he does is all sorts of strange. Suzuki is not a guy that people mess with, and yet Naito just doesn’t care. Truly tranquilo. Suzuki eventually goes absolutely nuts and finally gets a hold of Naito and takes him into the audience. Suzuki hits him with chairs and ties Naito’s knee around the railing on the bleachers. Minoru Suzuki is relentless here attacking Naito.

Suzuki and Hiromu ended up in the ring, and Hiromu saw his life flash before his eyes. Hiromu hit Suzuki with hard chops, and Suzuki just laughed. Suzuki proceeded to absolutely kill Hiromu with a shot, then locked in a kimura. Naito broke it up by resting his foot on Suzuki’s face like he did a few show’s back, but Suzuki grabs Naito this time. Suzuki locked in a knee bar, then went back to Hiromu not long after. Desperado was tagged back in, and they exchanged a series of fast paced moves.

It eventually comes down to Naito and Suzuki again, and it’s clear that they really don’t like each other. Naito has clearly gotten under Suzuki’s skin as the build to a match between the two continues. Suzuki eventually locks the rear naked choke in on BUSHI and hits the Gotch Style Piledriver for the pinfall. This was all sorts of awesome.

Result: Suzuki-gun

Rating: 4 stars out of 5

I absolutely loved this match. The build to Naito and Suzuki has been very, very good. I can’t wait to see this match. Suzuki actually challenged Naito to a match for the Intercontinental Title. Naito simply smiled. He got the champion to challenge him by being tranquilo, and it was brilliant. This was so great.