NJPW has announced the cards for the New Japan Cup 2023 first round shows that start on March 5.
The second round begins on March 11. The quarterfinals are set for March 17, and March 18, with the semifinals being held on March 19 before the tournament final on March 21.
The winner will earn a shot at Kazuchika Okada’s IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at Sakura Genesis on April 8.
New Japan Cup – Sunday, March 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 – March 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 – March 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 – March 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
New Japan Cup – March 11
Kazuchika Okada & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Ren Narita & Shota Umino
New Japan Cup second round: SANADA/Taichi winner vs. KENTA
New Japan Cup second round: Tetsuya Naito/El Phantasmo winner vs. Chase Owens
New Japan Cup – March 12
New Japan Cup second round: YOSHI-HASHI/Kyle Fletcher winner vs. Hirooki Goto
New Japan Cup second round: Shingo Takagi/Aaron Henare winner vs. Tama Tonga
New Japan Cup – March 13
New Japan Cup second round: Toru Yano/Mark Davis winner vs. Will Ospreay
New Japan Cup second round: Ren Narita/EVIL winner vs. Jeff Cobb
New Japan Cup – March 15
New Japan Cup second round: David Finlay/Tomohiro Ishii winner vs. Great-O-Khan
New Japan Cup second round: Shota Umino/Yujiro Takahashi winner vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
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