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Tournament season has begun in Japan, as in the next five months there will be half a dozen tournaments of varying popularity. In an attempt to get people watching and actively engaged, I decided to have a pick'em contest for the New Japan Cup. Even though its a small tournament, they always throw in some upsets so it never goes 'chalk', but we will have some tie-breakers just in case. Here is the official bracket, from New Japan's website: First Round Results (3/15/14) - Shelton Benjamin defeated Yujiro Takahashi (6:21) with the Paydirt - Minoru Suzuki defeated Toru Yano (8:01) by European Pinfall - Katsuyori Shibata defeated Karl Anderson (9:14) with a Octopus Hold - Hirooki Goto defeated Doc Gallows (6:59) with the Goto Shiki - Prince Devitt defeated Lance Archer (7:57) with the Bloody Sunday - Bad Luck Fale defeated Togi Makabe (9:36) with the Bad Luck Fall - Tetsuya Naito defeated Tomohiro Ishii (12:55) with a Stardust Press - Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Davey Boy Smith Jr. (14:59) with the Boma Ye Second Round Results (3/22/14) - Shelton Benjamin defeated Katsuyori Shibata (10:06) with the Paydirt - Bad Luck Fale defeated Tetsuya Naito (11:29) with the Bad Luck Fall - Minoru Suzuki defeated Hirooki Goto (12:27) with a Gotch-Style Piledriver - Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Prince Devitt (10:23) with the Boma Ye And... wow. Semi Final and Finals (3/23/14): Semi Final: Bad Luck Fale defeated Shelton Benjamin (4:13) with the Bad Luck Fall Semi Final: Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Minoru Suzuki (13:12) with the Boma Ye Final: Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Bad Luck Fale (15:20) with the Boma Ye