NJPW has announced eight matches for the New Japan Cup 2023 Finals, which will take place on Tuesday, March 21 at Niigata’s Ao-re Nagaoka Arena. It will be broadcast live on NJPW World.
The event will feature SANADA vs. David Finlay in the finals of the 2023 New Japan Cup Tournament, with the winner going on to face IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada on Saturday, April 8 at Sumo Arena in Tokyo, Japan.
Hiromu Takahashi will defend his IWGP Junior Heavyweight title against Lio Rush in the night’s co-main event. Okada will also compete on Tuesday alongside CHAOS stablemates and IWGP Tag Team Champions Yoshi-Hashi and Hirooki Goto against United Empire’s Jeff Cobb, Mark Davis, and Kyle Fletcher.
The following is the complete schedule for Tuesday’s event:
* Yuto Nakashima and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Just 2 Guys (DOUKI, Taichi)
* Ryohei Oiwa and Shota Umino vs. TMDK (Kosei Fujita, NJPW World Television Champion Zack Sabre Jr.)
* Tomoaki Honma, Tomohiro Ishii, NEVER Openweight Champion Tama Tonga vs. The Bullet Club (El Phantasmo, Chase Owens, NJPW Strong Openweight Champion KENTA)
* Ryusuke Taguchi, Toru Yano, NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion Ren Narita and NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion El Desperado vs. House of Torture (EVIL, Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi, SHO)
* Los Ingobernables de Japón (Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito) vs. United Empire (Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan)
* CHAOS (IWGP Tag Team Champions YOSHI-HASHI and Hirooki Goto, IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada) vs. United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Kyle Fletcher, Mark Davis)
* IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi defends vs. Lio Rush
* Finals of the 2023 New Japan Cup: David Finlay vs. SANADA
