The full lineups have been announced for New Japan Pro-Wrestling‘s series of New Japan Cup shows.
The action will kick off on March 5, and it will come to a head on March 21. The New Japan Cup tournament will be a high-stakes competition, as the winner will earn the right to challenge for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at Sakura Genesis. The NJPW 51st Anniversary Show will come in the midst of the New Japan Cup, and the show will feature a tag title match where Kazuchika Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi will challenge for the gold.
A mammoth tag team battle March 11 in Nagoya!
Tanahashi and Okada face Ren Narita and Shota Umino for the first time!
An incredible generational clash, as well as the second round of New Japan Cup action!https://t.co/AkzBBvG01r#njpw #njcup pic.twitter.com/glbFBcSrdm
— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) February 20, 2023
The cards are as follows:
New Japan Cup (3/5)
- New Japan Cup First Round: Tetsuya Naito vs. El Phantasmo
- New Japan Cup First Round: SANADA vs. Taichi
- Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tomoaki Honma vs. Tomohiro Iishii, Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI
- Lio Rush, YOH & Toru Yano vs. Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi & BUSHI
- KENTA, Gedo & Chase Owens vs. Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado & Yuto Nakashima
- EVIL, Dick Togo, SHO & Yujiro Takahashi vs. Ren Narita, Shota Umino, Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato
- Zack Sabre Jr. & Kosei Fujita vs. Tama Tonga & Ryohei Oiwa
NJPW 51st Anniversary Show (3/6)
- IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: YOSHI-HASHI &Hirooki Goto (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada
- New Japan Cup First Round: Tomohiro Ishii & David Finlay
- New Japan Cup First Round: Yujiro Takahashi & Shota Umino
- Lio Rush & YOH vs. Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI
- Jeff Cobb, Great-O-Khan & Aaron Henare va. Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi & SANADA
- EVIL, SHO & Dick Togo vs. Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado & Ren Narita
- Will Ospreay, Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis vs. Tama Tonga, Toru Yano & Satoshi Kojima
- KENTA & El Phantasmo vs. Zack Sabre Jr. & Kosei Fujita
New Japan Cup (3/8)
- New Japan Cup First Round: EVIL vs. Ren Narita
- New Japan Cup First Round: Mark Davis vs. Toru Yano
- Will Ospreay, Kyle Fletcher & Jeff Cobb vs. Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & YOH
- Tama Tonga, David Finlay & Lio Rush vs. Tetsuya Naito, SANADA & Hiromu Takahashi
- Great-O-Khan & Aaron Henare vs. Shingo Takagi & BUSHI
- KENTA, Chase Owens, El Phantasmo & Gedo vs. Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, DOUKI & TAKA Michinoku
- Shota Umino & Yuto Nakashima vs. Zack Sabre Jr. & Kosei Fujita
New Japan Cup (3/10)
- New Japan Cup First Round: Aaron Henare vs. Shingo Takagi
- 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
WrestleZone will have coverage of the shows as they air.
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