NJPW Announces Full List of Competitors & Bracket for New Japan Cup 2024

Indie / Misc
Feb 26, 2024

New Japan Pro Wrestling announced the full list of competitors and bracket for this year’s New Japan Cup tournament, which takes place from March 6th to March 20th in Japan.

28 wrestlers were announced to be competing in this year’s tournament with SANADA, Hirooki Goto, EVIL, and Zack Sabre Jr. all being given a first-round bye.

The winner of this year’s tournament will earn an automatic title shot for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at Sakura Genesis 2024 on April 6th in Tokyo, Japan.

Full First Round matchups schedule for New Japan Cup 2024 tournament:

  • March 6th – YOSHI-HASHI vs. KENTA
  • March 6th – Shota Umino vs. Jack Perry
  • March 6th – Toru Yano vs. Yujiro Takahashi
  • March 7th – TJP vs. David Finlay
  • March 7th – Tanga Loa vs. Great-O-Khan
  • March 7th – Tomohiro Ishii vs. Chase Owens
  • March 8th – Hikuleo vs. Boltin Oleg
  • March 8th – Shingo Takagi vs. Yuya Uemura
  • March 8th – Callum Newman vs. Gabe Kidd
  • March 10th – Yota Tsuji vs. Jeff Cobb
  • March 10th – El Phantasmo vs. Mikey Nicholls
  • March 10th – Taichi vs. Ren Narita
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