NJPW Announces New Japan Cup 2023 Bracket

NJPW has announced the bracket for the New Japan Cup 2023 tournament that will start on March 5.

The tournament will have 24 competitors, with eight receiving first-round byes. The winner will receive an IWGP World Heavyweight Title match at Sakura Genesis on April 8. The following stars will have first-round byes:

• KENTA
• Chase Owens
• Jeff Cobb
• Will Ospreay
• Hirooki Goto
• NEVER Openweight Champion Tama Tonga
• Great-O-Khan
• NJPW World Television Champion Zack Sabre Jr.

Here are the first-round matches:

March 5, NJPW 51st anniversary show

• SANADA vs. Taichi
• Tetsuya Naito vs. El Phantasmo

March 6

• EVIL vs. Ren Narita
• Toru Yano vs. Mark Davis
• David Finlay vs. Tomohiro Ishii
• Shota Umino vs. Yujiro Takahashi

March 10

• YOSHI-HASHI vs. Kyle Fletcher
• Shingo Takagi vs. Aaron Henare

The second round matchups includes the following:

March 11

• SANADA/Taichi winner vs. KENTA
• Tetsuya Naito/El Phantasmo winner vs. Chase Owens

March 12

• YOSHI-HASHI/Kyle Fletcher winner vs. Hirooki Goto
• Shingo Takagi/Aaron Henare winner vs. Tama Tonga

March 13

• Toru Yano/Mark Davis winner vs. Will Ospreay
• Ren Narita/EVIL winner vs. Jeff Cobb

March 15

• David Finlay/Tomohiro Ishii winner vs. Great-O-Khan
• Shota Umino/Yujiro Takahashi winner vs. Zack Sabre Jr.

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