{"id":87258,"date":"2021-03-21T07:24:02","date_gmt":"2021-03-21T11:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=87258"},"modified":"2021-03-22T10:11:49","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T14:11:49","slug":"will-ospreay-new-japan-cup-yoh-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/03\/21\/will-ospreay-new-japan-cup-yoh-return\/","title":{"rendered":"New Japan Cup Final News &#8211; Will Ospreay Wins &#038; Yoh Returns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On March 21st, New Japan Pro Wrestling held the finals of the New Japan Cup.\u00a0 This event was newsworthy not just because of Will Ospreay winning the tournament but we also because of the return of popular junior heavyweight YOH, who has been out with injury since July 2020.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s dive a little deeper into the news.<\/p>\n<h2>YOH Returns<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">YOH is here!!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/njcupfinal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#njcupfinal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vadUO1KbrX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/vadUO1KbrX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ashutosh (@Galllaria) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Galllaria\/status\/1373500310157586432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 21, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In July 2020, YOH was <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/07\/04\/njpw-yoh-yoshi-hashi-injury\/\" target=\"_self\">struck down with a torn ACL.<\/a> This put a stop to Roppongi 3K&#8217;s reign as IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions and left SHO to go it alone in the junior heavyweight division for a year. On this show, YOH returned and announced that he will be back to the ring at <em>Sakura Genesis\u00a0<\/em>on April 4th.\u00a0 YOH also stated that he and SHO want the titles they never lost so it seems they will take on<strong> El Desperado <\/strong>and <strong>Yoshinobu Kanemaru <\/strong>in YOH&#8217;s return match.<\/p>\n<h2>Will Ospreay Wins New Japan Cup 2021<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"374\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-87260\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/03\/Will-Ospreay-New-Japan-Cup-Win.jpg\" alt=\"Will Ospreay\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/03\/Will-Ospreay-New-Japan-Cup-Win.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/03\/Will-Ospreay-New-Japan-Cup-Win-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Will Ospreay once again defeated<strong> Shingo Takagi\u00a0<\/strong>in the final of the New Japan Cup. After a grueling 30 minute war, Ospreay emerged as the winner.\u00a0 Ospreay winning always seemed like a solid choice as he has been in the midst of a push ever since turning on <strong>Kazuchika Okada\u00a0<\/strong>in the G1. A New Japan Cup win and high-profile IWGP World Heavyweight Championship match is another step in his elevation.<\/p>\n<p>What came after the match left fans confused. During the post-match staredown with <strong>Kota Ibushi,<\/strong> Ospreay hit an OsCutter on his girlfriend\u00a0<strong>Bea Priestley\u00a0<\/strong>with no provocation.\u00a0 He did this seemingly to show Ibushi how ruthless he is. The Empire is presumably now moving on without Priestley and Ospreay&#8217;s character looks more messed up with each passing match.<\/p>\n<p><i>Stay tuned to\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\"><i>Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/i><\/a><i>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. Make sure to watch New Japan Pro Wrestling on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/njpwworld.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i>NJPW WORLD.<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Looking to talk wrestling, pro football, or any number of sports? Head on over to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/boards\/index.php\" target=\"_self\">LWOS Boards<\/a>\u00a0to engage in conversation with fellow fans!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 21st, New Japan Pro Wrestling held the finals of the New Japan Cup.\u00a0 This event was newsworthy not just because of Will Ospreay winning the tournament but we also because of the return of popular junior heavyweight YOH, who has been out with injury since July 2020.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s dive a little deeper into [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2013,"featured_media":87260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13,12,14],"tags":[617,101,1910],"class_list":["post-87258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","category-news","category-njpw","tag-new-japan-cup","tag-will-ospreay","tag-yoh"],"modified_by":"Marilee Gallagher, Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2013"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}