{"id":153872,"date":"2023-02-13T20:40:51","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T02:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=153872"},"modified":"2023-02-13T20:49:33","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T02:49:33","slug":"njpw-reveals-brackets-for-njpw-cup-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/02\/13\/njpw-reveals-brackets-for-njpw-cup-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"NJPW reveals brackets for NJPW Cup 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1298175070\" 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>NJPW has revealed the bracket for the New Japan Cup 2023 tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The NJPW Cup will begin on March 5. This tournament will have 24 competitors and eight will get a first round bye. The winner of the NJPW Cup 2023 will advance to Sakura Genesis to wrestle for the the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at Sakura Genesis on April 8.<\/p>\n<p>The eight wrestlers receiving byes are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kenta<\/li>\n<li>Chase Owens<\/li>\n<li>Jeff Cobb<\/li>\n<li>Hirooki Goto<\/li>\n<li>Will Ospreay<\/li>\n<li>NEVER Openweight Champion Tama Tonga<\/li>\n<li>Great-O-Khan<\/li>\n<li>NJPW World Television Champion Zack Sabre Jr.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>NJPW Cup 2023 First Round matches:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>March 5 (NJPW 51st anniversary show)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sanada vs. Taichi<\/li>\n<li>Tetsuya Naito vs. El Phantasmo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>March 6<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Evil vs. Ren Narita<\/li>\n<li>Toru Yano vs. Mark Davis<\/li>\n<li>David Finlay vs. Tomohiro Ishii<\/li>\n<li>Shota Umino vs. Yujiro Takahashi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\"><\/aside>\n<p><strong>March 10\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Yoshi-Hashi vs. Kyle Fletcher<\/li>\n<li>Shingo Takagi vs. Aaron Henare<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>NJPW Cup 2023 Second Round matches:<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-803522293\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>March 11\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sanada vs. Taichi winner vs. Kenta<\/li>\n<li>Tetsuya Naito vs. El Phantasmo winner vs. Chase Owens<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>March 12\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Yoshi-Hashi vs. Kyle Fletcher winner vs. Hirooki Goto<\/li>\n<li>Shingo Takagi vs. Aaron Henare winner vs. Tama Tonga<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-3\"><\/aside>\n<p><strong>March 13\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Toru Yanoa vs. Mark Davis winner vs. Will Ospreay<\/li>\n<li>Ren Narita vs. Evil winner vs. Jeff Cobb<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>March 15\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>David Finlay vs. Tomohiro Ishii winner vs. Great-O-Khan<\/li>\n<li>Shota Umino vs. Yujiro Takahashi winner vs. Zack Sabre Jr.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The quarterfinals will be held on March 17 and March 18. 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