<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Hiroyuki Ito </Td> <Td> Pin </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Hirooki Goto </Td> <Td> 9: 55 </Td> </Tr> <P> After his match at the Lion's Gate Project 7 event on July 4, 2017, Yuji Nagata proposed bringing back the Young Lion Cup . On September 26, NJPW officially announced the revival of the tournament after 12 years . The round - robin tournament started on October 12 at Lion's Gate Project 8 and concluded on December 21 at Lion's Gate Project 10, and included six wrestlers who debuted in 2016 and 2017 . The tournament was dedicated to the memory of Kotetsu Yamamoto, who served as the head of the NJPW dojo . </P> <Table> Final standings <Tr> <Th> Katsuya Kitamura </Th> <Th> 10 </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Hirai Kawato </Th> <Th> 8 </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Tomoyuki Oka </Th> <Th> 6 </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Shota Umino </Th> <Th> </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Ren Narita </Th> <Th> </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Tetsuhiro Yagi </Th> <Th> </Th> </Tr> </Table>

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