Best of Super Juniors Set To Begin May 18th
New Japan Pro Wrestling recently announced that their annual Best of The Super Juniors tournament will run from May 18th until June 4th. The round robin tournament features the best Junior Heavyweights in the world and is renowned for the classic matches that usually take place. There are no announced participants yet.
Dates set for Best of the Super Juniors 2018! Tournament runs from May 18 to June 4; starts and ends in Korakuen Hall!!https://t.co/ItlhM8KdVZ
— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) March 2, 2018
Full New Japan Cup First Round Schedule
The New Japan Cup begins on March 9th. The 16-man tournament will culminate on March 21st, with the winner receiving a match for the Heavyweight title of their choosing. English commentary will be available all nights.
3/9, 4:30am EST
- CHAOS (Chuckie T, Hirooki Goto & Toru Yano) vs. Katsuya Kitamura, Tomoyuki Oka & David Finlay
- Killer Elite Squad (Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Lance Archer) vs. Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale & HIKULEO)
- Suzuki-gun (El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Zack Sabre Jr.) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & SANADA)
- Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe & Toa Henare vs. Suzuki-gun (Taichi, Takashi Iizuka & Minoru Suzuki)
- CHAOS (YOSHI-HASHI & Kazuchika Okada) vs. Kota Ibushi & Chase Owens
- New Japan Cup First Round: Juice Robinson vs. Yujiro Takahashi
- New Japan Cup First Round: Michael Elgin vs. Tomohiro Ishii
3/10, 4am EST
- Shota Umino & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Suzuki-gun (El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
- Tomoyuki Oka & Yuji Nagata vs. David Finlay & Juice Robinson
- Michael Elgin & Katsuya Kitamura vs. CHAOS (Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii)
- Toa Henare & Togi Makabe vs. Suzuki-gun (Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Takashi Iizuka)
- Los Ingobernable de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & SANADA) vs. Suzuki-gun (TAKA Michinoku, Zack Sabre Jr. & Minoru Suzuki)
- CHAOS (Chuckie T, Yoshi-Hashi, Hirooki Goto & Kazuchika Okada) vs. Kota Ibushi & Bullet Club (Yujiro Takahashi, HIKULEO & Chase Owens)
- New Japan Cup First Round: Bad Luck Fale vs. Lance Archer
- New Japan Cup First Round: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Taichi
3/11, 2am EST
- Tomoyuki Oka & Yuji Nagata vs. Katsuya Kitamura & Ryusuke Taguchi
- Shota Umino vs. El Desperado
- Toa Henare, David Finlay, Juice Robinson & Michael Elgin vs. Bullet Club (Yujiro Takahashi, Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens & HIKULEO)
- CHAOS (Hirooki Goto, Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii) vs. Suzuki-gun (Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr.)
- Hiroshi Tanahashi & Togi Makabe vs. Suzuki-gun (Taichi & Takashi Iizuka)
- CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada & Chuckie T) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI & SANADA)
- New Japan Cup First Round: Yoshi-Hashi vs. Kota Ibushi
- New Japan Cup First Round: Tetsuya Naito vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
3/12, 5am EST
- Shota Umino & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Suzuki-gun (Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado)
- Tomoyuki Oka, Katsuya Kitamura & Yuji Nagata vs. Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi & HIKULEO)
- David Finlay & Michael Elgin vs. CHAOS (Yoshi-Hashi & Hirooki Goto)
- Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI) vs. Suzuki-gun (TAKA Michinoku & Zack Sabre Jr.)
- Toa Henare, Juice Robinson, Togi Makabe & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Suzuki-gun (Taichi, Takashi Iizuka, Lance Archer & Minoru Suzuki)
- CHAOS (Tomohiro Ishii & Kazuchika Okada) vs. Kota Ibushi & Chase Owens
- New Japan Cup First Round: Toru Yano vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.
- New Japan Cup First Round: Chuckie T vs. SANADA
Coming up March 9, the New Japan Cup kicks off once more as 16 of NJPW’s best heavyweights look to earn a big championship opportunity‼︎ ALL Nine #njcup shows LIVE! Only on the King of Sports streaming services, Sign up Now and Stay tune to https://t.co/ldAvP7PF1h pic.twitter.com/4K01h3s6qL
— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) March 7, 2018
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