David Finlay & Yujiro Takahashi To Miss New Japan Cup
Both David Finlay and Yujiro Takahashi are suffering from injuries that will keep them out of the New Japan Cup. Takahashi is suffering from an eye-injury. Finlay suffered a shoulder injury at February’s Honor Rising. Finlay was originally supposed to compete in the New Japan Cup tournament, facing Hiroyoshi Tenzan in the first round, and his replacement has not been announced.
David Finlay to miss the New Japan Cup due to left shoulder injury
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— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) February 28, 2019
New Japan Cup Participants
This year’s New Japan Cup is the biggest ever, at 32 competitors. All of the matches will be broadcast live on NJPWWorld.com. Here’s the full list of first round matches:
3/8, 4:30am EST
- Manabu Nakanishi vs. YOSHI-HASHI
- Tomoaki Honma vs. Taichi
- Juice Robinson vs. Chase Owens (NJ Cup Debut)
- Yuji Nagata (2x NJ Cup Winner) vs. Tomohiro Ishii
3/9, 4am EST
- Mikey Nicholls (NJPW return, NJ Cup Debut) vs. HIKULEO (NJ Cup Debut)
- Kazuchika Okada (1x NJ Cup Winner) vs. Michael Elgin
- Will Ospreay (NJ Cup Debut) vs. Bad Luck Fale
- Toa Henare (NJ Cup Debut) vs. Lance Archer
3/10, 3am EST
- Kota Ibushi (1x NJ Cup Winner) vs. Tetsuya Naito (1x NJ Cup Winner)
- EVIL vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (1x NJ Cup Winner)
- Hiroshi Tanahashi (2x NJ Cup Winner) vs. Shota Umino (NJ Cup Debut)
- Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. TBD
3/11, 4am EST
- Togi Makabe vs. Colt Cabana (NJ Cup Debut)
- Hirooki Goto (3x NJ Cup Winner) vs. SANADA
- Satoshi Kojima vs. Minoru Suzuki
- Toru Yano vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.
