New Japan Pro Wrestling officials have announced the card for the Night 1 of the New Japan Cup event. This show will kick off the opening round matches for the tournament on March 8th inside Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Yuji Nagata facing off against Tomohiro Ishii will headline this show. Other big matches set for the event include Tomoaki Honma v. Taichi and Manabu Nakanishi v. YOSHI-HASHI.

As noted, the winner of this tournament will then challenge Jay White for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship at the G1 Supercard inside Madison Square Garden on April 6th.

New Japan Cup Night 1 Event Card

  • Yuji Nagata v. Tomohiro Ishii – New Japan Cup Opening Round
  • Tomoaki Honma v. Taichi – New Japan Cup Opening Round
  • Manabu Nakanishi v. YOSHI-HASHI – New Japan Cup Opening Round
  • Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Togi Makabe, Kazuchika Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi v. Rysuku Taguchi, Colt Cabana, Michael Elgin and Shota Umino
  • SHO, Hirooki Goto and Kota Ibushi v. Shingo Takagi, SANADA and Tetsuya Naito
  • BUSHI and EVIL v. TAKA Michinoku and Zack Sabre Jr.
  • Toru Yano, Toa Henare and Satoshi Kojima v. Davey Boy Smith Jr., Lance Archer and Minoru Suzuki
  • Rocky Romero, Mikey Nicholls and Will Ospreay v. Taiji Ishimori, HIKULEO and Bad Luck Fale