Shingo Takagi

Ever since losing the IWGP Heavyweight Championship at Wrestle Kingdom on Night Two of Wrestle Kingdom 14, Kazuchika Okada has been a bit wayward. He wasn’t interested in being double champion, and failed to win both the New Japan Cup and…
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While the Undercard action on this show was fun, let’s get into the really good stuff. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Satoshi Kojima in tag team action, the return of Roppongi 3K, and most importantly: a defense of the new IWGP World Heavyweight…
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Welcome to the first of today's coverage of Sakura Genesis 2021! Tonight will see the first defense of the shiny new IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, but first we need to get through the undercard. We have a lot of big names on display…
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We are just one week away from the next major New Japan Pro Wrestling event, Sakura Genesis. It’s set to be a major event for one particular faction, that being The United Empire. Their leader Will Ospreay was the winner of the 2021 New…
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While the undercard was great, it's time to get to the big matches of the night. We have the final match in the 2021 New Japan Cup as Shingo Takagi & Will Ospreay clash, as well as another taste of Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada…
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It’s time for the semi-final action in the New Japan Cup. Shingo Takagi beat Kazuchika Okada, Hirooki Goto, and KENTA to get to EVIL. EVIL got a first round bye before dropping Jeff Cobb & Toru Yano. On the other side, David Finlay beat…
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It's already time to say goodbye to the quarter finals of the New Japan Cup, as we have the only two matches left in them tonight. We know that Shingo Takagi vs. EVIL will be one of the semi-final matches, but the other will see the winners…
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It’s time to get into the quarter finals of the 2021 New Japan Cup! We have the left side of the bracket here tonight, which will see Toru Yano take on last year's winner in EVIL, as well as a hard hitting clash between Shingo Takagi &…
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There’s just something about Korakuen Hall that brings out the best in everyone, and New Japan will run tonight and tomorrow's shows from this venue. We can expect a lot of chaos from Suzuki-Gun members in action, as they take on both…
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It’s almost time to get into possibly the biggest second round match in terms of hype for this years New Japan Cup. Hirooki Goto vs. Shingo Takagi was great, and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Jay White will be as well. But Zack Sabre Jr. & Will…
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