New Japan Pro Wrestling had a big weekend with two Castle Attack events in Osaka and a significant episode of New Japan Strong on Friday night. The promotion has now revealed the brackets for the upcoming New Japan Cup tournament.

The single-elimination tournament this year features 30 wrestlers, 2 of whom will receive a bye to the second round. EVIL won the tournament last year and has been granted a free pass to the second round. Hiroshi Tanahashi won the inaugural tournament in 2005 and has also been granted a first round bye.

The rest of the brackets are as follows:

New Japan Cup 2021 Brackets

March 4th, 2021

  • Satoshi Kojima vs Jeff Cobb
  • Tetsuya Naito vs Great-O-Khan

March 5th, 2021

  • Toru Yano vs Bad Luck Fale
  • Hirooki Goto vs Taichi

March 6th, 2021

  • Kazuchika Okada vs Shingo Takagi
  • Tomoaki Honma vs Minoru Suzuki
  • Juice Robinson vs KENTA

March 7th, 2021

  • Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs Will Ospreay
  • Gabriel Kidd vs Zack Sabre Jr.

March 9th, 2021

  • Yuji Nagata vs Yota Tsuji
  • Tomohiro Ishii vs SANADA

March 10th, 2021

  • David Finlay vs Chase Owens
  • Yoshi-Hashi vs Yujiro Takahashi
  • Toa Henare vs Jay White

NJPW also announced the lineup for its upcoming Anniversary show on March 4th from the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo.

  • IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
  • Heavyweight vs Junior Heavyweight Champion vs Champion Match
    Kota Ibushi (c) vs. El Desperado
  • New Japan Cup 2021 (1st Round)
    Tetsuya Natio vs. The Great-O-Khan
  • New Japan Cup 2021 (1st Round)
    Satoshi Kojima vs. Jeff Cobb
  • Hiroshi Tanahashi, Juice Robinson, David Finlay, Toa Henare, and Ryusuke Taguchi vs. EVIL, KENTA, Chase Owens, Jay White, and Taiji Ishimori
  • Master Wato, Gabriel Kidd, Tomoaki Honma and Hirooki Goto vs. Taichi, Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr., and DOUKI