New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) has released full card information on their upcoming New Japan Cup tournament.
For those who don’t know, the New Japan Cup is a single-elimination tournament. The winner of this tournament will go on to face the IWGP Heavyweight Champion, Jay White, at the G1 Supercard. This event is a co-promoted show with Ring Of Honor (ROH) and takes place at Madison Square Garden, New York, on April 6th.
The tournament will host a number of New Japan talent, as well as ROH and members of NJPW’s L.A. Dojo and begins on March 8th.
3/8
Manabu Nakanishi vs YOSHI-HASHI
Tomoaki Honma vs Taichi
Juice Robinson vs Chase Owens
Yuji Nagata vs Tomohiro Ishii
3/9
Mikey Nicholls vs HIKULEO
Kazuchika Okada vs Michael Elgin
Will Ospreay vs Bad Luck Fale
Toa Henare vs Lance Archer
3/10
Kota Ibushi vs Tetsuya Naito
“King Of Darkness” EVIL vs Zack Sabre Jr.
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shota Umino
Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs David Finlay
3/11
Togi Makabe vs Colt Cabana
Hirooki Goto vs SANADA
Satoshi Kojima vs Minoru Suzuki
Toru Yano vs Davey Boy Smith Jr.
With so many amazing matches already lined up for these first rounds, it’ll be interesting to see how the tournament plays out.