NJPW NEW JAPAN CUP 2022 DAY 1 GAMETHREAD

STARTS AT 3:30AM EST / 8:30AM GMT. SHOW STARTS IN 49 MINUTES

>Ibushi has been pulled out of New Japan Cup as his shoulder is still injured. Great O'Khan receives a BYE and faces Taiji Ishimori in the 1st Round
>Tenzan is also pulled out due to his ankle injury. The winner of Taichi vs Toru Yano receive a BYE and head to the 3rd Round.

>New Japan Cup 2022 First Round Match:
Kazuchika Okada vs. El Desperado
>New Japan Cup 2022 First Round Match:
Yujiro Takahashi vs. Tetsuya Naito
>New Japan Cup 2022 First Round Match:
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. YOH
>New Japan Cup 2022 First Round Match:
Toru Yano vs. Taichi
>New Japan Cup 2022 First Round Match:
Togi Makabe vs. Jeff Cobb
>New Japan Cup 2022 First Round Match:
Yuji Nagata vs. Hirooki Goto
>New Japan Cup 2022 First Round Match:
Tomoaki Honma vs. YOSHI-HASHI
>New Japan Cup 2022 First Round Match:
TAKA Michinoku vs. CIMA

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Yummy S()yrizo inside the forbidden doorino!

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Tourneys are the only times of year I'm genuinely interested in NJPW
it's fucking crazy how much better a card full of singles matches is. I'd rather watch an average tournament show than pretty much any PPV they do

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Wonder if Yujiro will have his working boots on
His matches with Naito are the only ones the crowd gives the vaguest fuck about

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The roll through the ropes midway throufh the webm is genuinely cool

They should've put Lindaman and T-Hawk as replacements

Post predictions
Incredibly unsure about the entire bottom right eighth and ELP's run, but this is what I've got

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