NJPW Announces Full Field & Schedule for 48-Man New Japan Cup 2022 Tournament

New Japan Pro Wrestling announced earlier today the full field of competitors and schedule for this year’s New Japan Cup 2022 tournament, which takes place from March 2nd to March 27th in Japan.

Unlike prior years, it was also announced that this year’s tournament will feature the largest ever field of competitors at 48 with sixteen wrestlers to receive a first round bye. The sixteen wrestlers receiving a bye are Minoru Suzuki, Tama Tonga, Tiger Mask, Tanga Loa, El Phantasmo, SANADA, DOUKI, Taiji Ishimori, Kosei Fujita, Satoshi Kojima, Gedo, Bad Luck Fale, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Dick Togo, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, and Master Wato.

In regards to outside talent, CIMA was the only non-NJPW talent announced to be competing in this year’s tournament.

Full field of competitors:

  • Kazuchika Okada
  • El Desperado
  • Master Wato
  • Toru Yano
  • Taichi
  • Hiroyoshi Tenzan
  • Yuji Nagata
  • Hirooki Goto
  • Dick Togo
  • CIMA
  • TAKA Michinoku
  • Yoshinobu Kanemaru
  • Hiroshi Tanahashi
  • YOH
  • Bad Luck Fale
  • Tetsuya Naito
  • Yujiro Takahashi
  • Gedo
  • Togi Makabe
  • Jeff Cobb
  • Satoshi Kojima
  • Tomoaki Honma
  • YOSHI-HASHI
  • Kosei Fujita
  • Kota Ibushi
  • Great-O-Khan
  • Taiji Ishimori
  • Ryohei Oiwa
  • Zack Sabre Jr.
  • DOUKI
  • Yuto Nakashima
  • Aaron Henare
  • SANADA
  • BUSHI
  • Will Ospreay
  • El Phantasmo
  • Tomohiro Ishii
  • Shingo Takagi
  • Tanga Loa
  • Chase Owens
  • Jado
  • Tiger Mask
  • Ryusuke Taguchi
  • EVIL
  • Tama Tonga
  • Hiromu Takahashi
  • SHO
  • Minoru Suzuki

Full tournament match schedule for New Japan Cup 2022:

March 2nd – Tokyo, Japan

  • New Japan Cup 2022 First Round match – Kazuchika Okada vs. El Desperado
  • New Japan Cup 2022 First Round match – Tetsuya Naito vs. Yujiro Takahashi
  • New Japan Cup 2022 First Round match – Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. YOH
  • New Japan Cup 2022 First Round match – Toru Yano vs. Taichi
  • New Japan Cup 2022 First Round match – Togi Makabe vs. Jeff Cobb
  • New Japan Cup 2022 First Round match – Yuji Nagata vs. Hirooki Goto
  • New Japan Cup 2022 First Round match – Tomoaki Honma vs. YOSHI-HASHI
  • New Japan Cup 2022 First Round match – CIMA vs. TAKA Michinoku

March 6th – Fukushima

  • New Japan Cup 2022 First Round match – Kota Ibushi vs. Great-O-Khan
  • New Japan Cup 2022 First Round match – Will Ospreay vs. BUSHI
  • New Japan Cup 2022 First Round match – Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Ryohei Oiwa
  • New Japan Cup 2022 First Round match – Aaron Henare vs. Yuto Nakashima

March 7th – Tokyo

  • New Japan Cup 2022 First Round match – Shingo Takagi vs. Tomohiro Ishii
  • New Japan Cup 2022 First Round match – Hiromu Takahashi vs. SHO
  • New Japan Cup 2022 First Round match – Ryusuke Taguchi vs. EVIL
  • New Japan Cup 2022 First Round match – Chase Owens vs. Jado

March 9th – Tokyo

  • New Japan Cup 2022 Second Round match – Master Wato vs. winner of El Desperado vs. Kazuchika Okada
  • New Japan Cup 2022 Second Round match – Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. winner of Taichi vs. Toru Yano
  • New Japan Cup 2022 Second Round match – Dick Togo vs. winner of Hirooki Goto vs. Yuji Nagata
  • New Japan Cup 2022 Second Round match – Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. winner of CIMA vs. TAKA Michinoku

March 10th – Yamanashi

  • New Japan Cup 2022 Second Round match – Bad Luck Fale vs. winner of Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. YOH
  • New Japan Cup 2022 Second Round match – Kosei Fujita vs. winner of YOSHI-HASHI vs. Tomoaki Honma
  • New Japan Cup 2022 Second Round match – Gedo vs. winner of Tetsuya Naito vs. Yujiro Takahashi
  • New Japan Cup 2022 Second Round match – Satoshi Kojima vs. winner of Jeff Cobb vs. Togi Makabe

March 12th – Aichi

  • New Japan Cup 2022 Second Round match – El Phantasmo vs. winner of Will Ospreay vs. BUSHI
  • New Japan Cup 2022 Second Round match – SANADA vs. winner of Aaron Henare vs. Yuto Nakashima
  • New Japan Cup 2022 Second Round match – Taiji Ishimori vs. winner of Kota Ibushi vs. Great-O-Khan
  • New Japan Cup 2022 Second Round match – DOUKI vs. winner of Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Ryohei Oiwa

March 13th – Hyogo

  • New Japan Cup 2022 Second Round match – Minoru Suzuki vs. winner of Hiromu Takahashi vs. SHO
  • New Japan Cup 2022 Second Round match – Tama Tonga vs. winner of EVIL vs. Ryusuke Taguchi
  • New Japan Cup 2022 Second Round match – Tiger Mask vs. winner of Jado vs. Chase Owens
  • New Japan Cup 2022 Second Round match – Tanga Loa vs. winner of Shingo Takagi vs. Tomohiro Ishii

March 14th – Kagawa

  • New Japan Cup 2022 Third Round match – TBA vs. TBA
  • New Japan Cup 2022 Third Round match – TBA vs. TBA

March 15th – Okayama

  • New Japan Cup 2022 Third Round match – TBA vs. TBA
  • New Japan Cup 2022 Third Round match – TBA vs. TBA

March 17th – Shizuoka

  • New Japan Cup 2022 Third Round match – TBA vs. TBA
  • New Japan Cup 2022 Third Round match – TBA vs. TBA

March 18th – Tokyo

  • New Japan Cup 2022 Third Round match – TBA vs. TBA
  • New Japan Cup 2022 Third Round match – TBA vs. TBA

March 20th – Niigata

  • New Japan Cup 2022 Quarter-finals Round match – TBA vs. TBA
  • New Japan Cup 2022 Quarter-finals Round match – TBA vs. TBA

March 21st – Niigata

  • New Japan Cup 2022 Quarter-finals Round match – TBA vs. TBA
  • New Japan Cup 2022 Quarter-finals Round match – TBA vs. TBA

March 26th – Osaka

  • New Japan Cup 2022 Semi-finals Round match – TBA vs. TBA

March 27th – Osaka

  • New Japan Cup 2022 Finals – TBA vs. TBA