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Super J-Cup (2019)
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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]
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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]
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]
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Results
Tournament brackets
| First Round[16] | Quarter-Finals[17] | Semi-Finals[18] | Final[19] | ||||||||||||||||
| Will Ospreay | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Amazing Red | 28:19 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Will Ospreay | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sho | 30:32 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sho | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taiji Ishimori | 17:06 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Will Ospreay | 11:25 | ||||||||||||||||||
| El Phantasmo | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Clark Connors | 11:56 | ||||||||||||||||||
| TJP | Sub | ||||||||||||||||||
| TJP | 14:49 | ||||||||||||||||||
| El Phantasmo | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Robbie Eagles | 12:17 | ||||||||||||||||||
| El Phantasmo | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| El Phantasmo | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dragon Lee | 25:33 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ryusuke Taguchi | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jonathan Gresham | 12:59 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ryusuke Taguchi | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dragon Lee | 11:37 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Yoh | 18:51 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dragon Lee | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dragon Lee | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Carístico | 11:10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Carístico | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bushi | 10:08 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Carístico | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Soberano Jr. | 8:30 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rocky Romero | 11:04 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Soberano Jr. | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
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