NJPW Announces Full Cards for New Japan Cup 2023 First Round Events

New Japan Pro Wrestling recently announced the full cards for all of their upcoming New Japan Cup 2023 events featuring First Round matches for this year’s tournament.

Two New Japan Cup 2023 First Round matches will be held as part of the card for this year’s 51st Anniversary Event, which takes place on March 6th in Tokyo, Japan.

Full cards for NJPW New Japan Cup 2023 tournament First Round events:

March 5th – Tokyo, Japan:

• Ryohei Oiwa & Tama Tonga vs. TMDK (Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr.)
• Master Wato, Ryusuke Taguchi, Ren Narita, & Shota Umino vs. Dick Togo, SHO, Yujiro Takahashi, & EVIL
• Yuto Nakashima, El Desperado, & Minoru Suzuki vs. Gedo, Chase Owens, & KENTA
• Lio Rush, YOH, & Toru Yano vs. BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, & Shingo Takagi
• Tomoaki Honma, Hiroshi Tanahashi, & Kazuchika Okada vs. YOSHI-HASHI, Tomohiro Ishii, & Hirooki Goto
• New Japan Cup 2023 tournament First Round match – Tetsuya Naito vs. El Phantasmo
• New Japan Cup 2023 tournament First Round match – SANADA vs. Taichi

NJPW 51st Anniversary Event – March 6th – Tokyo:

• TMDK (Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr.) vs. El Phantasmo & KENTA
• Satoshi Kojima, Toru Yano, & Tama Tonga vs. United Empire (Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis) & Will Ospreay)
• Strong Style (Ren Narita, El Desperado, & Minoru Suzuki) vs. Dick Togo, SHO, & EVIL
• SANADA, Shingo Takagi, & Tetsuya Naito vs. United Empire (Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan, & Jeff Cobb)
• Lio Rush & YOH vs. BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi
• New Japan Cup 2023 tournament First Round match – Shota Umino vs. Yujiro Takahashi
• New Japan Cup 2023 tournament First Round match – David Finlay vs. Tomohiro Ishii
• IWGP Tag Team Championship – Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada vs. Bishamon (YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto) (c)

March 8th – Koriyama:

• Yuto Nakashima & Shota Umino vs. TMDK (Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr.)
• Just Four Guys (TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, & Taichi) vs. Gedo, El Phantasmo, Chase Owens, & KENTA
• BUSHI & Shingo Takagi vs. United Empire (Aaron Henare & Great-O-Khan)
• Lio Rush, David Finlay, & Tama Tonga vs. Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA, & Tetsuya Naito
• YOH, YOSHI-HASHI, & Hirooki Goto vs. United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Kyle Fletcher, & Will Ospreay)
• New Japan Cup 2023 tournament First Round match – Toru Yano vs. Mark Davis
• New Japan Cup 2023 tournament First Round match – Ren Narita vs. EVIL

March 10th – Yamanashi:

• TMDK (Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr.) vs. SHO & Yujiro Takahashi
• Just Four Guys (Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Taichi) vs. Dick Togo & EVIL
• David Finlay & Strong Style (Ren Narita, El Desperado, & Minoru Suzuki) vs. Gedo, El Phantasmo, Chase Owens, & KENTA
• Tomoaki Honma, Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii, & Hirooki Goto vs. United Empire (Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb, Mark Davis, & Will Ospreay)
• Lio Rush, YOH, Shota Umino, & Tama Tonga vs. BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA, & Tetsuya Naito
• New Japan Cup 2023 tournament First Round match – YOSHI-HASHI vs. Kyle Fletcher
• New Japan Cup 2023 tournament First Round match – Shingo Takagi vs. Aaron Henare