On Monday, New Japan Pro Wrestling officials announced all of the second round matchups are set for this year’s New Japan Cup, which will take place across four shows.
The New Japan Cup winner will challenge for Jay White’s IWGP Heavyweight Championship at G1 Supercard at Madison Square Garden on April 6. Here are the matches:
Wednesday, March 13
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Taichi
YOSHI-HASHI vs. Chase Owens
Thursday, March 14
Kazuchika Okada vs. Mikey Nicholls
Will Ospreay vs. Lance Archer
Saturday, March 16
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Ryusuke Taguchi
Kota Ibushi vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
Sunday, March 17
SANADA vs. Minoru Suzuki
Colt Cabana vs. Toru Yano