New Japan Pro Wrestling made several announcements today. The promotion released the brackets for this year’s New Japan Cup tournament and also unveiled the main event of their upcoming Anniversary show on March 6th.
In a special champion vs champion match, IWGP Heavyweight Champion Jay White will face NEVER Openweight Champion Will Ospreay. The match will main event NJPW’s 47th Anniversary show from Ota City General Gymnasium.
Neither champion’s title will be on the line in the match.
NJPW 47th Anniversary Show Lineup – March 6th, 2019
- Champion vs Champion
IWGP Heavyweight Champion: Jay White (Bullet Club) vs NEVER Openweight Champion: Will Ospreay (CHAOS) - Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada, & Hirooki Goto vs EVIL, SANADA, & Tetsuya Naito (LIJ)
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
Taiji Ishimori (Bullet Club) (c) vs Jushin “Thunder” Liger - IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
Bushi & Shingo Takagi (LIJ) (c) vs Sho & Yoh (Roppongi Vice) (CHAOS) - Dragon Lee, Ryusuke Taguchi, Tiger Mask, Tomoaki Honma, Satoshi Kojima vs TAKA Michinoku, El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Taichi, Minoru Suzuki (Suzuki Gun)
- Toa Henare & Yuji Nagata vs YOSHI-HASHI & Tomohiro Ishii (CHAOS)
- Ren Narita, Shota Umino, Ayato Yoshida, Toru Yano, & Togi Makabe vs HIKULEO, Chase Owens, Tanga Loa, Tama Tonga, & Bad Luck Fale (Bullet Club)
New Japan Pro Wrestling also released the brackets for the New Japan cup today:
