{"id":98773,"date":"2020-06-10T19:57:33","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T00:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=98773"},"modified":"2020-06-10T21:40:46","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T02:40:46","slug":"njpw-set-to-return-with-empty-arena-shows-and-eventually-limited-seating-njpw-cup-tournament-and-brackets-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2020\/06\/10\/njpw-set-to-return-with-empty-arena-shows-and-eventually-limited-seating-njpw-cup-tournament-and-brackets-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"NJPW set to return with empty arena shows and eventually limited seating, NJPW Cup tournament and brackets announced UPDATED"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3755820940\" 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 at a press conference today that they will resume running live events on June 15. The June 15 event will have a mystery card which will be announced by the ring announcer at the beginning of event.<\/p>\n<p>The New Japan Cup will run from June 16 through July 11 in Osaka, Japan. Fans will be allowed to attend, but the venue will be limited to one-third the normal capacity.<\/p>\n<p>New Japan will also run an event on July 12 in Osaka, again with one-third fan capacity being enforced. The winner of the NJPW Cup will challenge IWGP Hvt. and IWGP IC Champion Tetsuya Naito on this event.<\/p>\n<p>NJPW upcoming schedule:<\/p>\n<p><strong>JUNE 15<\/strong> (empty arena event)<\/p>\n<p><strong>June 16 (NJPW Cup 2020)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Togi Makabe vs. Yota Tsuji<br \/>\nTomohiro Ishii vs. El Desperado<br \/>\nToru Yano vs. Jado<br \/>\nTomoaki Honma vs. Hiromu Takahashi<\/p>\n<p><strong>June 17 (NJPW Cup 2020)<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1628571486\" 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>Kazuchika Okada vs. Gedo<br \/>\nYuji Nagata vs. Minoru Suzuki<br \/>\nYuya Uemura vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru<br \/>\nGabriel Kidd vs. Taiji Ishimori<\/p>\n<p><strong>June 22 (NJPW Cup 2020)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Taichi<br \/>\nKota Ibushi vs. Zack Sabre Jr.<br \/>\nRyusuke Taguchi vs. SANADA<br \/>\nSHO vs. Shingo Takagi<\/p>\n<p><strong>June 23 (NJPW Cup 2020)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. YOSHI-HASHI<br \/>\nYOH vs. BUSHI<br \/>\nSatoshi Kojima vs. EVIL<br \/>\nHirooki Goto vs. Yujiro Takahashi<\/p>\n<p><strong>June 24 (NJPW Cup 2020)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Left side of the bracket second round matches<\/p>\n<p><strong>July 1 (NJPW Cup 2020)<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2787270877\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Right side of the bracket second round matches<\/p>\n<p>July 2 (NJPW Cup 2020)<\/p>\n<p>Quarterfinals<\/p>\n<p><strong>July 3 (NJPW Cup 2020)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Semifinals<\/p>\n<p><strong>July 11 (NJPW Cup 2020, Osaka, Japan)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Finals<\/p>\n<p><strong>JULY 12 (Dominion 2020, Osaka, Japan)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>IWGP Hvt. and\u00a0 IWGP IC Champion Tetsuya Naito vs. NJPW Cup 2020 winner<\/p>\n<p>The entire press conference is available on video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=S-ePaa_4FeM#action=share\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Special Online Press Conference (EN subtitles)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S-ePaa_4FeM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-54272598\"><div id=\"pwtor-158652140\"><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 at a press conference today that they will resume running live events on June 15. 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