NJPW Announces Cards For 2023 New Japan Cup Tournament
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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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