Background

On September 18, 2019, it was announced on RPW's official Twitter account that the third edition of British J-Cup would be held on November 24, 2019 at the York Hall in London, England.^[3]

Storylines

First Round

The first round of the British J-Cup started with a match between the Undisputed British Cruiserweight Champion El Phantasmo and Senza Volto. Hikuleo interfered in the match by pulling the referee out of the ring at a two-count while Volto had covered Phantasmo for the pinfall after hitting a moonsault side slam. The referee was distracted by arguing with Hikuleo, allowing Phantasmo to deliver a low blow to Volto and pin him with a roll-up for the win. Phantasmo and Hikuleo attacked Volto after the match until Shota Umino made the save.

Next, El Barbaro Cavernario made his RPW debut against Robbie Eagles. Eagles avoided a senton bomb by Cavernario. Eagles hit a series of kicks and a running meteora, followed by a 450° splash on the knee and then he applied a Ron Miller Special on Cavernario to win via submission.

Next, Rocky Romero took on Michael Oku. Both men delivered a series of signature moves until Romero applied a Diablo Armbar on Romero Oku countered it into a roll-up for the win.

After that, Amazing Red took on Pac. Red tried to deliver a top-rope Code Red to Pac but Pac was able to jump and land on his feet. Red countered a powerbomb by Pac into a Code Red but got a near-fall. Red walked the ropes to deliver an aerial move but Pac kicked the ropes and delivered a brainbuster to Red. Pac then performed a Black Arrow on Red's back and applied a Brutalizer on Red to win via submission.

Non-tournament matches

The first non-tournament match took place between Brendan White and Ren Narita. Narita applied a Narita Special #3 on White to make him submit for the win.

Next, a championship unification match took place between The Legion (Rampage Brown and The Great-O-Kharn) and Moonlight Express (Mao and Mike Bailey) for Moonlight Express' SWE Tag Team Championship and Legion's Undisputed British Tag Team Championship. Moonlight Express got a near-fall on Brown after delivering an Ultima Weapon and a moonsault combination. Moonlight Express attempted to deliver that combination again but Brown delivered a lariat to Mao. Legion delivered a death drop to Mao and then Brown delivered a piledriver to Mao for the win to unify the SWE Tag Team Championship into the British Tag Team Championship. Gideon Grey cut a promo after the match, saying that no one could beat Legion for the titles until Kings of the North (Bonesaw and Damien Corvin) made their RPW debut and attacked Legion.

After the match, a vignette aired in which Kurtis Chapman challenged Minoru Suzuki to a match at Uprising.

It was followed by the penultimate match, in which Tessa Blanchard took on Gisele Shaw. Shaw delivered a knee strike and a DDT to Blanchard and then applied a short armbar to Blanchard to make her submit for the win.

Final

The British J-Cup tournament final was a four-way elimination match, in which El Phantasmo took on Michael Oku, Pac and Robbie Eagles. Pac was the first competitor to be eliminated as he was disqualified for hitting Oku with a chair. Pac continued to hit Oku with more chair shots before leaving. After that, the next elimination occurred when Eagles had covered Phantasmo after a DDT but the referee was distracted, allowing Phantasmo to deliver a low blow to Eagles and pin him with a roll-up. After hitting a frog splash, Oku applied a half crab on Phantasmo to make him submit to the hold. Oku then lifted the British J-Cup trophy and celebrated the win with his family until Pac attacked him and destroyed the trophy.

Tournament brackets