{"id":11517,"date":"2016-02-22T00:01:58","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T06:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=11517"},"modified":"2016-02-22T03:51:05","modified_gmt":"2016-02-22T09:51:05","slug":"new-japan-cup-announced-roh-star-included-tourney-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/02\/22\/new-japan-cup-announced-roh-star-included-tourney-details\/","title":{"rendered":"New Japan Cup announced &#8211; ROH star included, tourney details, first round"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2011512544\" 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>After the dust settles from New Japan&#8217;s series of shows with Ring of Honor this month, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.njpw.co.jp\/news\/detail.php?nid=15915\" target=\"_blank\">the focus will shift to the 2016 New Japan Cup<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 16-man, single-elimination tournament is set to begin on March 3 in Tokyo.\u00a0The quarter-final matches will be March 4 before the semi-finals and finals take place on March 12.<\/p>\n<p>The winner of the tournament will receive a singles title shot of his choosing on April 10, so not included in the NJPW Cup are IWGP World Hvt. champion Kazuchika Okada, IWGP IC champion Kenny Omega, and NEVER Openweight champion Shibata. 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