NJPW has announced the cards for the New Japan Cup 2023 first round shows that start on March 5 and end on March 21.
The winner will earn a shot at Kazuchika Okada’s IWGP World Heavyweight Championship on April 8 at Sakura Genesis. You can check out the official lineups below:
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
