NJPW New Japan Cup 2023

First Round

Left Bracket
SANADA defeats TAICHI
Tetsuya Naito defeats El Phantasmo
EVIL defeats Ren Narita
Mark Davis defeats Toru Yano

BYES: Chase Owens, KENTA, Jeff Cobb,
Will Ospreay

 

Right Bracket
Kyle Fletcher defeats YOSHI-HASHI
Aaron Henare defeats Shingo Takagi
David Finlay defeats Tomohiro Ishii
Shota Umino defeats Yujiro Takahashi 

BYES: Great-O-Khan, Hirooki Goto, Tama Tonga, Zack Sabre Jr.

 

Second Round

Left Bracket
SANADA defeats KENTA
Tetsuya Naito defeats Chase Owens
EVIL defeats Jeff Cobb
Will Ospreay defeats Mark Davis

 

Right Bracket
Hirooki Goto defeats Kyle Fletcher
Tama Tonga defeats Aaron Henare
David Finlay defeats Great-O-Khan
Shota Umino 
defeats Zack Sabre Jr.

 

Quarter-Finals

Left Bracket
SANADA defeats Tetsuya Naito
Mark Davis* defeats EVIL

*Mark Davis replaced an injured Will Ospreay

 

Right Bracket
Tama Tonga defeats Hirooki Goto
David Finlay defeats Shota Umino

 

Semi-Finals

Left Bracket
SANADA defeats Mark Davis

 

Right Bracket
David Finlay defeats Tama Tonga

 

Final

SANADA defeats David Finlay

 

Full Results

Sunday, March 5th, 2023
New Japan Cup 2023 – Night 1
Korakuen Hall
Tokyo, Japan

 

Monday, March 6th, 2023
NJPW 51st Anniversary Event (Night 2)
Ota City General Gymnasium
Tokyo, Japan

 

Wednesday, March 8th, 2023
New Japan Cup 2023 – Night 3
Big Palette Fukushima
Fukushima, Japan

 

Friday, March 10th, 2023
New Japan Cup 2023 – Night 4
Aimesse Yamanashi
Yamanashi, Japan

 

Saturday, March 11th, 2023
New Japan Cup 2023 – Night 5
Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium
Aichi, Japan

 

Sunday, March 12th, 2023
New Japan Cup 2023 – Night 6
Shiga Kenritsu Bunkasangyokoryu Hall
Shiga, Japan

 

Monday, March 13th, 2023
New Japan Cup 2023 – Night 7
Item Ehime
Ehime, Japan

 

Wednesday, March 15th, 2023
New Japan Cup 2023 – Night 8
ZIP Arena Okayama
Okayama, Japan

 

Friday, March 17th, 2023
New Japan Cup 2023 – Night 9 (Quarter-Finals)
Korakuen Hall
Tokyo, Japan

 

Saturday, March 18th, 2023
New Japan Cup 2023 – Night 10 (Quarter-Finals)
ACT CITY Hamamatsu
Shizuoka, Japan

 

Sunday, March 19th, 2023
New Japan Cup 2023 – Night 11 (Semi-Finals)
G Messe Gunma
Gunma, Japan

 

Tuesday, March 21st, 2023
New Japan Cup 2023 – Night 12 (Final)
Ao-re Nagaoka
Niigata, Japan

 

Official Press Conference

 

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