{"id":24793,"date":"2016-07-05T23:55:43","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T04:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=24793"},"modified":"2016-07-06T09:21:59","modified_gmt":"2016-07-06T14:21:59","slug":"entire-super-j-cup-tournament-field-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/07\/05\/entire-super-j-cup-tournament-field-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Entire Super J Cup tournament field &#038; bracket &#8211; ROH representative, Ospreay, KUSHIDA, Liger, more stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1616030986\" 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>The Super J Cup tournament is returning in a big way with top Jr. Hvts. from multiple promotions, including Ring of Honor, meeting on July 20 and August 21.<\/p>\n<p>New Japan and Pro Wrestling NOAH <a href=\"http:\/\/www.njpw.co.jp\/news\/detail.php?nid=16844\" target=\"_blank\">announced Wednesday morning<\/a> the full 16-man tournament field. The first round matches will take place July\u00a020 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and Finals will take place August 21 at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p>Included is a big singles match of\u00a0IWGP Jr. Hvt. champion KUSHIDA against former GHC Jr. Hvt. champion\u00a0Taiji Ishimori in the main event of the First Round.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, Matt Sydal opens the tournament and Will Ospreay faces Titan from CMLL in Mexico.<\/p>\n<p><strong>16-Man Tournament Field<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New Japan: IWGP Jr. Hvt. champion KUSHIDA, Ryusuke Taguchi, Jushin Liger<\/li>\n<li>CHAOS: Will Ospreay<\/li>\n<li>L.I.J.: BUSHI<\/li>\n<li>ROH: Matt Sydal<\/li>\n<li>NOAH: Taiji Ishimori, Daisuke Harada, Kenoh (<a href=\"http:\/\/puroresuspirit.net\/2016\/07\/noah-results-for-july-5-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\">qualified Tuesday<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>CMLL:\u00a0Titan<\/li>\n<li>SuzukiGun:\u00a0GHC Jr. Hvt. champion Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Taichi<\/li>\n<li>AJPW: Yuma Aoyagi<\/li>\n<li>K-DOJO: Kaji Tomato<\/li>\n<li>Dragon Gate: Eita<\/li>\n<li>Ryukyu Dragon: Gurukun Mask<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>July 20 Opening Round Card<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(8) KUSHIDA (NJPW) vs.\u00a0Taiji Ishimori (NOAH)<\/li>\n<li>(7) Ryusuke Taguchi (NJPW) vs.\u00a0Daisuke Harada (NOAH)<\/li>\n<li>(6) BUSHI (L.I.J.) vs. GHC Jr. Hvt. champion\u00a0Yoshinobu Kanemaru (SZG)<\/li>\n<li>(5) Will Ospreay (CHAOS) vs. Titan (CMLL)<\/li>\n<li>(4) Jushin Liger (NJPW) vs. Eita (Dragon Gate)<\/li>\n<li>(3) Yuma\u00a0Aoyagi (AJPW) vs. Taichi (SZG)<\/li>\n<li>(2)\u00a0Gurukun Mask (RD) vs.\u00a0Kenoh (NOAH)<\/li>\n<li>(1) Matt Sydal (ROH) vs. Kaji Tomato (K-Dojo)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[ Detailed Analysis of the tournament field via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=10154327771816098\" target=\"_blank\">PuroresuSpirit.net<\/a> ]<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3499683382\"><div id=\"pwtor-4182094694\"><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>The Super J Cup tournament is returning in a big way with top Jr. Hvts. from multiple promotions, including Ring of Honor, meeting on July 20 and August 21. 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