NJPW New Japan Cup Tournament 2023 Cards Announced
NJPW have revealed the opening round cards for the 2023 New Japan Cup
It is almost time for the 2023 New Japan Cup, and several days after revealing the brackets for the tournament, NJPW have announced the full cards for the New Japan Cup shows.
Set to run from March 5 to March 21, the winner of the tournament will receive a shot at IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada at Sakura Genesis on April 8, with last year’s winner Zack Sabre Jr. hoping he can go one better in 2023 after failing to win the belt at Sakura Genesis 2022.
New Japan Cup March 5 card:
- SANADA vs. Taichi - New Japan Cup First Round
- Tetsuya Naito vs. El Phantasmo - New Japan Cup First Round
- 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 card:
- Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada & Hiroshi Tanahashi - IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
- David Finlay vs. Tomohiro Ishii - New Japan Cup First Round
- Shota Umino vs. Yujiro Takahashi - New Japan Cup First Round
- 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 card:
- Ren Narita vs. EVIL - New Japan Cup First Round
- Toru Yano vs. Mark Davis - New Japan Cup First Round
- 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 card:
- Shingo Takagi vs. Aaron Henare - New Japan Cup First Round
- YOSHI-HASHI vs. Kyle Fletcher - New Japan Cup First Round
- 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
