# Super J-Cup (2019)

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. 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.

## Production
### 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. 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. 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.

### Participants

NJPW revealed the lineup of the 2019 Super J-Cup between July 26 and August 13, 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.
| Name: | Promotion: | Group: | Championship held: |
| Amazing Red | New Japan Pro-Wrestling | New Japan Pro-Wrestling | – |
| Bushi | New Japan Pro-Wrestling | Los Ingobernables de Japon | – |
| Carístico | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship |
| Clark Connors | New Japan Pro-Wrestling | New Japan Pro-Wrestling | – |
| Dragon Lee | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | CMLL World Welterweight Championship |
| El Phantasmo | New Japan Pro-Wrestling | Bullet Club | IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship RPW British Cruiserweight Championship |
| Jonathan Gresham | Ring of Honor | Ring of Honor | – |
| Robbie Eagles | New Japan Pro-Wrestling | Chaos | – |
| Rocky Romero | New Japan Pro-Wrestling | Chaos | – |
| Ryusuke Taguchi | New Japan Pro-Wrestling | Taguchi Japan | NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship |
| Soberano Jr. | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | Mexican National Welterweight Championship |
| Sho | New Japan Pro-Wrestling | Roppongi 3K/Chaos | – |
| Taiji Ishimori | New Japan Pro-Wrestling | Bullet Club | IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship |
| TJP | New Japan Pro-Wrestling | New Japan Pro-Wrestling | – |
| Yoh | New Japan Pro-Wrestling | Roppongi 3K/Chaos | – |
| Will Ospreay | New Japan Pro-Wrestling | New Japan Pro-Wrestling | IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship |

### Non-tournament matches

Aside from the tournament, Jushin Liger, who had planned to retire at Wrestle Kingdom 14, would not be entering the Super J-Cup but would be participating in non-tournament matches throughout the three-night event.

## Results

Night 1 (August 22) :
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
| 1 | Jushin Liger and Karl Fredericks defeated Ren Narita and Shota Umino | Tag team match | 7:30 |
| 2 | Soberano Jr. defeated Rocky Romero | 2019 Super J-Cup first round | 11:04 |
| 3 | TJP defeated Clark Connors | 2019 Super J-Cup first round | 11:56 |
| 4 | Carístico defeated Bushi | 2019 Super J-Cup first round | 10:08 |
| 5 | Ryusuke Taguchi defeated Jonathan Gresham | 2019 Super J-Cup first round | 12:59 |
| 6 | El Phantasmo defeated Robbie Eagles | 2019 Super J-Cup first round | 12:17 |
| 7 | Dragon Lee defeated Yoh | 2019 Super J-Cup first round | 18:51 |
| 8 | Sho defeated Taiji Ishimori | 2019 Super J-Cup first round | 17:06 |
| 9 | Will Ospreay defeated Amazing Red | 2019 Super J-Cup first round | 28:19 |
Night 2 (August 24) :
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
| 1 | Jonathan Gresham defeated Alex Coughlin | Singles match | 8:14 |
| 2 | Robbie Eagles defeated Clark Connors | Singles match | 9:12 |
| 3 | Bushi defeated Shota Umino | Singles match | 7:06 |
| 4 | Bullet Club (Gedo and Taiji Ishimori) defeated Karl Fredericks and Ren Narita | Tag team match | 8:39 |
| 5 | Amazing Red and Jushin Liger defeated Chaos (Rocky Romero and Yoh) | Tag team match | 12:51 |
| 6 | Carístico defeated Soberano Jr. | 2019 Super J-Cup quarter-final round | 8:30 |
| 7 | El Phantasmo defeated TJP | 2019 Super J-Cup quarter-final round | 14:49 |
| 8 | Dragon Lee defeated Ryusuke Taguchi | 2019 Super J-Cup quarter-final round | 11:37 |
| 9 | Will Ospreay defeated Sho | 2019 Super J-Cup quarter-final round | 30:32 |
Night 3 (August 25) :
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
| 1 | Dragon Lee defeated Carístico | 2019 Super J-Cup semi-final round | 11:10 |
| 2 | El Phantasmo defeated Will Ospreay | 2019 Super J-Cup semi-final round | 11:25 |
| 3 | Alex Coughlin defeated Shota Umino | Singles match | 7:34 |
| 4 | Jonathan Gresham defeated Clark Connors by referee's decision | Singles match | 10:25 |
| 5 | Soberano Jr. defeated Ren Narita | Singles match | 6:55 |
| 6 | Juice Robinson defeated Karl Fredericks | Singles match | 9:55 |
| 7 | Amazing Red, Jushin Liger, Ryusuke Taguchi and TJP defeated Chaos (Robbie Eagles, Rocky Romero, and Roppongi 3K (Sho and Yoh)) | Eight-man tag team match | 14:17 |
| 8 | Bullet Club (Jay White and Taiji Ishimori) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Bushi and Tetsuya Naito) | Tag team match | 14:09 |
| 9 | El Phantasmo defeated Dragon Lee | 2019 Super J-Cup tournament final | 25:33 |

### Tournament brackets

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