5 years ago today Zack Sabre Jr. won the New Japan Cup for the first time! In just 11 days he was a made man, tapping out Naito, Ibushi, SANADA and Tanahashi on his way to winning the tournament.

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1. Still crazy that he’s never made Okada tap out, either in a tag match or a G1 or Cup match; and the only man to do so is Shinsuke Nakamura ever since Okada became the Rainmaker.

2. Then proceeded to lose the title and only won an singles title almost six years later. White already left (I saw people getting downvoted here when they were talking about him leaving, and guess what?) and Ospreay will leave soon. How ZSJ is not a main eventer is mind blogging to me.

3. He had Taka at his side as his hypeman the whole way. That was an amazing pairing.