{"id":42177,"date":"2019-03-24T16:35:54","date_gmt":"2019-03-24T20:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=42177"},"modified":"2019-03-30T23:02:10","modified_gmt":"2019-03-31T03:02:10","slug":"kazuchika-okada-wins-new-japan-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/03\/24\/kazuchika-okada-wins-new-japan-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Kazuchika Okada Wins New Japan Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Rainmaker&#8221; Kazuchika Okada won his second ever New Japan Cup defeating\u00a0<strong>SANADA\u00a0<\/strong>in the final of the 2019 tournament.\u00a0 It is only Okada&#8217;s third time taking part in the tournament as he usually holds championship gold, which excludes him from eligibility.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u512a\u52dd\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\uff01<br \/>\u307f\u3093\u306a\u3042\u308a\u304c\u3068\u3046\uff01 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OXDK5Z1rRw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/OXDK5Z1rRw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kazuchika Okada (@rainmakerXokada) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rainmakerXokada\/status\/1109794403680313344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 24, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Okada bested<strong> Tomohiro Ishii, Mikey Nicholls, Will Ospreay\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Michael Elgin\u00a0<\/strong>on his way to the final as he looked to be back on top form after a rough few months after losing his title at\u00a0<strong>Dominion\u00a0<\/strong>last year<\/p>\n<p>Okada will now try to win back his\u00a0<strong>IWGP Heavyweight Championship\u00a0<\/strong>from\u00a0<strong>Jay White\u00a0<\/strong>who he has yet to defeat.\u00a0 He has a long history with White as &#8220;The Switchblade&#8221; was the reason\u00a0<strong>Gedo\u00a0<\/strong>turned on Okada and is the man who has beaten him twice in singles matches over the last year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. 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