{"id":111267,"date":"2021-01-12T22:53:35","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T04:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=111267"},"modified":"2021-01-12T22:53:35","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T04:53:35","slug":"new-japan-pro-wrestling-announces-the-2021-new-japan-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/01\/12\/new-japan-pro-wrestling-announces-the-2021-new-japan-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"New Japan Pro Wrestling announces the 2021 New Japan Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2334359005\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>New Japan Pro Wrestling announced Tuesday on Twitter that the New Japan Cup tournament would return in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement states that the tournament is slated to begin on March 5th in Korakuen Hall and wrap up on March 20th and 21st in Sendai.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New Japan Cup 2021 is coming this March!<\/p>\n<p>Korakuen Hall sees the intense tournament start March 5, before the tournament heads toward finals in Sendai March 20 &amp; 21!<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gOBTiO5GLg\">https:\/\/t.co\/gOBTiO5GLg<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/njpw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#njpw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/njcup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#njcup<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i5ulyQqm25\">pic.twitter.com\/i5ulyQqm25<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/njpwglobal\/status\/1349204524519600129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 13, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The New Japan Cup tournament is typically a spring event on the New Japan Pro Wrestling calendar. In 2020, the tournament took place in the summer due to COVID-19 restrictions. Past winners include Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tetsuya Naito, Kota Ibushi, Shinsuke Nakamura, and Kazuchika Okada, with EVIL taking home the prize in 2020.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/01\/05\/1-5-njpw-wrestle-kingdom-15-results-radicans-results-and-analysis-of-kopw-2021-four-way\/\">1\/5 NJPW WRESTLE KINGDOM 15 RESULTS: Radican\u2019s results and analysis of Ibushi vs. White, Sanada vs. Evil<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2764847306\"><div id=\"pwtor-2218994700\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>New Japan Pro Wrestling announced Tuesday on Twitter that the New Japan Cup tournament would return in 2021. 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