NJPW Announces Cards For New Japan Cup Tournament

The lineups are set for the New Japan Cup tournament.

New Japan Pro-Wrestling has announced the full cards for New Japan Cup shows. The tournament begins on March 5 and concludes on March 21. The winner of the tournament will get a shot at Kazuchika Okada and the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at Sakura Genesis on Saturday, April 8.

Full lineups:

New Japan Cup (3/5)

• New Japan Cup First Round: SANADA vs. Taichi
• New Japan Cup First Round: Tetsuya Naito vs. El Phantasmo
• Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tomoaki Honma vs. Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Tomohiro Ishii
• Toru Yano, YOH & Lio Rush vs. Shingo Takagi, Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI
• Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado & Yuto Nakashima vs. KENTA, Chase Owens & Gedo
• Shota Umino, Ren Narita, Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato vs. EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi, SHO & Dick Togo
• Tama Tonga & Ryohei Oiwa vs. Zack Sabre Jr. & Kosei Fujita

NJPW 51st Anniversary Show (3/6)

• IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada & Hiroshi Tanahashi
• New Japan Cup First Round: David Finlay vs. Tomohiro Ishii
• New Japan Cup First Round: Shota Umino vs. Yujiro Takahashi
• Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI vs. Lio Rush & YOH
• Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi & SANADA vs. Jeff Cobb, Great-O-Khan & Aaron Henare
• Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado & Ren Narita vs. EVIL, SHO & Dick Togo
• Tama Tonga, Toru Yano & Satoshi Kojima vs. Will Ospreay, Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis
• Zack Sabre Jr. & Kosei Fujita vs. KENTA & El Phantasmo

New Japan Cup (3/8)

• New Japan Cup First Round: Ren Narita vs. EVIL
• New Japan Cup First Round: Toru Yano vs. Mark Davis
• Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & YOH vs. Will Ospreay, Kyle Fletcher & Jeff Cobb
• Tama Tonga, David Finlay & Lio Rush vs. Tetsuya Naito, SANADA & Hiromu Takahashi
• Shingo Takagi & BUSHI vs. Great-O-Khan & Aaron Henare
• Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, DOUKI & TAKA Michinoku vs. KENTA, Chase Owens, El Phantasmo & Gedo
• Zack Sabre Jr. & Kosei Fujita vs. Shota Umino & Yuto Nakashima

New Japan Cup (3/10)

• New Japan Cup First Round: Shingo Takagi vs. Aaron Henare
• New Japan Cup First Round: YOSHI-HASHI vs. Kyle Fletcher
• Tama Tonga, Shota Umino, YOH & Lio Rush vs. Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI
• Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano & Tomoaki Honma vs. Will Ospreay, Mark Davis, Jeff Cobb & Great-O-Khan
• Minoru Suzuki, Ren Narita, El Desperado & David Finlay vs. KENTA, Chase Owens, El Phantasmo & Gedo
• Taichi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. EVIL & Dick Togo
• Zack Sabre Jr. & Kosei Fujita vs. Yujiro Takahashi & SHO

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