NJPW Announces Full Field & Schedule for 48-Man New Japan Cup 2022 Tournament

Feb 21, 2022

New Japan Pro Wrestling announced earlier today the full field of competitors and schedule for this year’s New Japan Cup 2022 tournament, which takes place from March 2nd to March 27th in Japan.

Unlike prior years, it was also announced that this year’s tournament will feature the largest ever field of competitors at 48 with sixteen wrestlers to receive a first round bye. The sixteen wrestlers receiving a bye are Minoru Suzuki, Tama Tonga, Tiger Mask, Tanga Loa, El Phantasmo, SANADA, DOUKI, Taiji Ishimori, Kosei Fujita, Satoshi Kojima, Gedo, Bad Luck Fale, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Dick Togo, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, and Master Wato.

In regards to outside talent, CIMA was the only non-NJPW talent announced to be competing in this year’s tournament.

Full field of competitors:

Kazuchika Okada
El Desperado
Master Wato
Toru Yano
Taichi
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
Yuji Nagata
Hirooki Goto
Dick Togo
CIMA
TAKA Michinoku
Yoshinobu Kanemaru
Hiroshi Tanahashi
YOH
Bad Luck Fale
Tetsuya Naito
Yujiro Takahashi
Gedo
Togi Makabe
Jeff Cobb
Satoshi Kojima
Tomoaki Honma
YOSHI-HASHI
Kosei Fujita
Kota Ibushi
Great-O-Khan
Taiji Ishimori
Ryohei Oiwa
Zack Sabre Jr.
DOUKI
Yuto Nakashima
Aaron Henare
SANADA
BUSHI
Will Ospreay
El Phantasmo
Tomohiro Ishii
Shingo Takagi
Tanga Loa
Chase Owens
Jado
Tiger Mask
Ryusuke Taguchi
EVIL
Tama Tonga
Hiromu Takahashi
SHO
Minoru Suzuki

Full tournament match schedule for New Japan Cup 2022:

March 2nd – Tokyo, Japan

New Japan Cup 2022 First Round match – Kazuchika Okada vs. El Desperado
New Japan Cup 2022 First Round match – Tetsuya Naito vs. Yujiro Takahashi
New Japan Cup 2022 First Round match – Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. YOH
New Japan Cup 2022 First Round match – Toru Yano vs. Taichi
New Japan Cup 2022 First Round match – Togi Makabe vs. Jeff Cobb
New Japan Cup 2022 First Round match – Yuji Nagata vs. Hirooki Goto
New Japan Cup 2022 First Round match – Tomoaki Honma vs. YOSHI-HASHI
New Japan Cup 2022 First Round match – CIMA vs. TAKA Michinoku

March 6th – Fukushima

New Japan Cup 2022 First Round match – Kota Ibushi vs. Great-O-Khan
New Japan Cup 2022 First Round match – Will Ospreay vs. BUSHI
New Japan Cup 2022 First Round match – Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Ryohei Oiwa
New Japan Cup 2022 First Round match – Aaron Henare vs. Yuto Nakashima

March 7th – Tokyo

New Japan Cup 2022 First Round match – Shingo Takagi vs. Tomohiro Ishii
New Japan Cup 2022 First Round match – Hiromu Takahashi vs. SHO
New Japan Cup 2022 First Round match – Ryusuke Taguchi vs. EVIL
New Japan Cup 2022 First Round match – Chase Owens vs. Jado

March 9th – Tokyo

New Japan Cup 2022 Second Round match – Master Wato vs. winner of El Desperado vs. Kazuchika Okada
New Japan Cup 2022 Second Round match – Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. winner of Taichi vs. Toru Yano
New Japan Cup 2022 Second Round match – Dick Togo vs. winner of Hirooki Goto vs. Yuji Nagata
New Japan Cup 2022 Second Round match – Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. winner of CIMA vs. TAKA Michinoku

March 10th – Yamanashi

New Japan Cup 2022 Second Round match – Bad Luck Fale vs. winner of Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. YOH
New Japan Cup 2022 Second Round match – Kosei Fujita vs. winner of YOSHI-HASHI vs. Tomoaki Honma
New Japan Cup 2022 Second Round match – Gedo vs. winner of Tetsuya Naito vs. Yujiro Takahashi
New Japan Cup 2022 Second Round match – Satoshi Kojima vs. winner of Jeff Cobb vs. Togi Makabe

March 12th – Aichi

New Japan Cup 2022 Second Round match – El Phantasmo vs. winner of Will Ospreay vs. BUSHI
New Japan Cup 2022 Second Round match – SANADA vs. winner of Aaron Henare vs. Yuto Nakashima
New Japan Cup 2022 Second Round match – Taiji Ishimori vs. winner of Kota Ibushi vs. Great-O-Khan
New Japan Cup 2022 Second Round match – DOUKI vs. winner of Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Ryohei Oiwa

March 13th – Hyogo

New Japan Cup 2022 Second Round match – Minoru Suzuki vs. winner of Hiromu Takahashi vs. SHO
New Japan Cup 2022 Second Round match – Tama Tonga vs. winner of EVIL vs. Ryusuke Taguchi
New Japan Cup 2022 Second Round match – Tiger Mask vs. winner of Jado vs. Chase Owens
New Japan Cup 2022 Second Round match – Tanga Loa vs. winner of Shingo Takagi vs. Tomohiro Ishii

March 14th – Kagawa