Differ Cup
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The Differ Cup is a biennial, cross-promotional professional wrestling tournament in Japan, contested among several teams of junior heavyweight tag teams, each typically representing a particular promotion. It was first held in 2003, and has since been held in 2005 and 2007. Since the founding of the Global Professional Wrestling Alliance in 2006, the Differ Cup has been considered a production of the GPWA, with several member promotions participating.
The tournament, featuring 8 teams, is held over two nights at the Tokyo Differ Ariake, which the name derives from. The quarterfinals and semifinals are held on the first night, with the finals and third place matches, as well as several non-tournament bouts, contested on the second.
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[edit] Results
[edit] List of winners
- 2003: Ultimo Dragon & YOSSINO (Toryumon Japan)
- 2005: KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji (NOAH)
- 2007: Madoka & Kengo Mashimo (K-DOJO)
[edit] 2003
The 2003 Differ Cup was held on February 8 and February 9. It involved the following teams:
- KUDO & MIKAMI (DDT)
- Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Chocoball Mukai (WEW)
- Yoshihito Sasaki & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (ZERO1-MAX)
- Masao Orihara & Ikuto Hidaka (Michinoku Pro)
- KENTA & Kotaro Suzuki (NOAH)
- The Great Takeru & Kappa Kozou (IWA Japan)
- Ultimo Dragon & YOSSINO (Toryumon Japan)
- Jun Kasai & Gran Naniwa (freelance)
| Quarter finals | Semi finals | Final | ||||||||
| KUDO & MIKAMI | Pin | |||||||||
| Kuroda & Mukai | 18:11 | |||||||||
| KUDO & MIKAMI | Pin | |||||||||
| Sasaki & Takaiwa | 15:21 | |||||||||
| Hidaka & Orihara | Pin | |||||||||
| Sasaki & Takaiwa | 16:31 | |||||||||
| Sasaki & Takaiwa | Sub | |||||||||
| Dragon & YOSSINO | 20:27 | |||||||||
| KENTA & Suzuki | Pin | |||||||||
| Kozou & Takeru | 20:44 | |||||||||
| KENTA & Suzuki | Sub | Third place | ||||||||
| Dragon & YOSSINO | 11:49 | |||||||||
| Kasai & Naniwa | Sub | KUDO & MIKAMI | Pin | |||||||
| Dragon & YOSSINO | 15:47 | KENTA & Suzuki | 24:52 | |||||||
[edit] 2005
The 2005 Differ Cup was held on May 7 and May 8. The winners, KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji, were also the GHC Junior Heavyweight Champions; their opponents in the finals, Minoru Fujita & Ikuto Hidaka, were the ZERO1-MAX International Lightweight Tag Team Champions. The following teams were involved:
- Tiger Emperor & Super Shisa (freelance)
- Takehiro Murahama & Katsuhiko Nakajima (freelance)
- Minoru Fujita & Ikuto Hidaka (ZERO1-MAX)
- TAKA Michinoku & PSYCHO (K-DOJO)
- KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji (NOAH)
- Ibushi Kota & KUDO (DDT)
- Kaz Hayashi & Leonardo Spanky (freelance)
- GENTARO & Takashi Sasaki (freelance)
| Quarter finals | Semi finals | Final | ||||||||
| Emperor & Shisa | Pin | |||||||||
| Murahama & Nakajima | 16:54 | |||||||||
| Emperor & Shisa | Pin | |||||||||
| Fujita & Hidaka | 11:29 | |||||||||
| Fujita & Hidaka | Pin | |||||||||
| TAKA & PSYCHO | 11:52 | |||||||||
| Fujita & Hidaka | Pin | |||||||||
| KENTA & Marufuji | 35:24 | |||||||||
| KENTA & Marufuji | Pin | |||||||||
| Ibushi & KUDO | 15:44 | |||||||||
| KENTA & Marufuji | Pin | Third place | ||||||||
| Hayashi & Spanky | 19:12 | |||||||||
| Hayashi & Spanky | Pin | Emperor & Shisa | Pin | |||||||
| GENTARO & Takashi Sasaki | 15:26 | Hayashi & Spanky | 18:44 | |||||||
[edit] 2007
The 3rd incarnation of the Differ Cup was held on May 5 and May 6. The event featured the following teams:
- Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Ippei Ota (NOAH)
- Madoka & Kengo Mashimo (K-DOJO)
- HARASHIMA & Ibushi Kota (DDT)
- Manabu Hara & Katsumi Usuda (BML)
- KAGETORA & Banana Senga (El Dorado)
- Ikuto Hidaka & Osamu Namiguchi (ZERO1-MAX)
- Keizo Matsuda & Kappa Kozou (IWA Japan)
- Black Emperor & Pentagon Viper (GPWA)
| Quarter finals | Semi finals | Final | ||||||||
| Kanemaru & Ota | Pin | |||||||||
| Hidaka & Namiguchi | 18:48 | |||||||||
| Hidaka & Namiguchi | Pin | |||||||||
| Madoka & Mashimo | 17:59 | |||||||||
| Madoka & Mashimo | Pin | |||||||||
| Emperor & Viper | 16:21 | |||||||||
| Madoka & Mashimo | Pin | |||||||||
| HARASHIMA & Ibushi | 26:16 | |||||||||
| HARASHIMA & Ibushi | 16:46 | |||||||||
| Hara & Usuda | Stop | |||||||||
| HARASHIMA & Ibushi | Pin | Third place | ||||||||
| KAGETORA & Senga | 12:13 | |||||||||
| KAGETORA & Senga | Pin | Hidaka & Namiguchi | Pin | |||||||
| Matsuda & Kozou | 9:00 | KAGETORA & Senga | 13:28 | |||||||
