Super J-Cup (2019)

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Super J-Cup: 7th Stage

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Tournament winner El Phantasmo
VenueAugust 22:
Masonic Temple Building-Temple Theater
August 24:
San Francisco State University Student Life Events Center
August 25:
Walter Pyramid
LocationAugust 22:
Tacoma, Washington
August 24:
San Francisco, California
August 25:
Long Beach, California
Start dateAugust 22, 2019 (2019-08-22)
End dateAugust 25, 2019 (2019-08-25)
Champion
El Phantasmo

Super J-Cup: 7th Stage was the seventh Super J-Cup professional wrestling single-elimination tournament produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It was a three-night event taking place on August 22, 2019, August 24, 2019, and August 25, 2019. The first round took place on August 22 at the Masonic Temple Building-Temple Theater in Tacoma, Washington. The second round took place on August 24 at San Francisco State University's Student Life Events Center in San Francisco, California. The semi-finals and final took place on August 25 at Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, California. [1] [2] This was the first Super J-Cup tournament to be held outside Japan and contested in the United States. El Phantasmo won the tournament by defeating Dragon Lee in the tournament final. [3]

Contents

Production

Background

On June 10, 2019, Jushin Liger announced at a press conference in Tokyo that the Super J-Cup would be returning after a three-year hiatus and he would be producing the event. [4] It was announced that the tournament would be held outside Japan for the first time as a three-night event in different venues in the United States as a global expansion of the event. [5] The dates announced for the event were August 22, August 24 and August 25, 2019. The venues were revealed to be Masonic Temple Building-Temple Theater in Tacoma, Washington on August 22, San Francisco State University's Student Life Events Center in San Francisco, California on August 24 and Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, California on August 25. [6]

Participants

NJPW revealed the lineup of the 2019 Super J-Cup between July 26 and August 13, [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] with the first round match between Amazing Red and Will Ospreay, billed as a "dream match" scheduled to headline the first night of Super J-Cup on August 22. [12] [13]

Name:Promotion:Group:Championship held:
Amazing Red New Japan Pro-Wrestling –
Bushi New Japan Pro-Wrestling Los Ingobernables de Japon –
Carístico Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship
Clark Connors New Japan Pro-Wrestling–
Dragon Lee Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre CMLL World Welterweight Championship
El Phantasmo New Japan Pro-Wrestling Bullet Club IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
RPW British Cruiserweight Championship
Jonathan Gresham Ring of Honor –
Robbie Eagles New Japan Pro-Wrestling Chaos –
Rocky Romero New Japan Pro-WrestlingChaos–
Ryusuke Taguchi New Japan Pro-Wrestling Taguchi Japan NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship
Soberano Jr. Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Mexican National Welterweight Championship
Sho New Japan Pro-Wrestling Roppongi 3K/Chaos–
Taiji Ishimori New Japan Pro-WrestlingBullet ClubIWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
TJP New Japan Pro-Wrestling–
Yoh New Japan Pro-WrestlingRoppongi 3K/Chaos–
Will Ospreay New Japan Pro-Wrestling IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship

Non-tournament matches

Aside from the tournament, Jushin Liger, who had planned to retire at Wrestle Kingdom 14, [14] would not be entering the Super J-Cup but would be participating in non-tournament matches throughout the three-night event. [15]

Results

Night 1 (August 22)
No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
1 Jushin Liger and Karl Fredericks defeated Ren Narita and Shota Umino Tag team match 7:30
2 Soberano Jr. defeated Rocky Romero 2019 Super J-Cup first round11:04
3 TJP defeated Clark Connors 2019 Super J-Cup first round11:56
4 Carístico defeated Bushi 2019 Super J-Cup first round10:08
5 Ryusuke Taguchi defeated Jonathan Gresham 2019 Super J-Cup first round12:59
6 El Phantasmo defeated Robbie Eagles 2019 Super J-Cup first round12:17
7 Dragon Lee defeated Yoh 2019 Super J-Cup first round18:51
8 Sho defeated Taiji Ishimori 2019 Super J-Cup first round17:06
9 Will Ospreay defeated Amazing Red 2019 Super J-Cup first round28:19
Night 2 (August 24)
No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
1 Jonathan Gresham defeated Alex Coughlin Singles match 8:14
2 Robbie Eagles defeated Clark Connors Singles match9:12
3 Bushi defeated Shota Umino Singles match7:06
4 Bullet Club (Gedo and Taiji Ishimori) defeated Karl Fredericks and Ren Narita Tag team match 8:39
5 Amazing Red and Jushin Liger defeated Chaos (Rocky Romero and Yoh)Tag team match12:51
6 Carístico defeated Soberano Jr. 2019 Super J-Cup quarter-final round8:30
7 El Phantasmo defeated TJP 2019 Super J-Cup quarter-final round14:49
8 Dragon Lee defeated Ryusuke Taguchi 2019 Super J-Cup quarter-final round11:37
9 Will Ospreay defeated Sho 2019 Super J-Cup quarter-final round30:32
Night 3 (August 25)
No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
1 Dragon Lee defeated Carístico 2019 Super J-Cup semi-final round11:10
2 El Phantasmo defeated Will Ospreay 2019 Super J-Cup semi-final round11:25
3 Alex Coughlin defeated Shota Umino Singles match 7:34
4 Jonathan Gresham defeated Clark Connors by referee's decisionSingles match10:25
5 Soberano Jr. defeated Ren Narita Singles match6:55
6 Juice Robinson defeated Karl Fredericks Singles match9:55
7 Amazing Red, Jushin Liger, Ryusuke Taguchi and TJP defeated Chaos (Robbie Eagles, Rocky Romero, and Roppongi 3K (Sho and Yoh)) Eight-man tag team match 14:17
8 Bullet Club (Jay White and Taiji Ishimori) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Bushi and Tetsuya Naito) Tag team match 14:09
9El Phantasmo defeated Dragon Lee2019 Super J-Cup tournament final25:33

Tournament brackets

First Round [16] Quarter-Finals [17] Semi-Finals [18] Final [19]
            
Will Ospreay Pin
Amazing Red 28:19
Will OspreayPin
Sho 30:32
Sho Pin
Taiji Ishimori 17:06
Will Ospreay Pin
El Phantasmo11:25
Clark Connors Sub
TJP 11:56
TJP Pin
El Phantasmo14:49
Robbie Eagles Pin
El Phantasmo 12:17
El PhantasmoPin
Dragon Lee 25:33
Ryusuke Taguchi Pin
Jonathan Gresham 12:59
Ryusuke Taguchi Pin
Dragon Lee11:37
Yoh Pin
Dragon Lee 18:51
Dragon LeePin
Carístico 11:10
Carístico Pin
Bushi 10:08
CarísticoPin
Soberano Jr. 8:30
Rocky Romero Pin
Soberano Jr. 11:04

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