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-NJPW will starting putting on shows again on 6/15, doing three shows a week for the next three weeks. All of these shows will take place in empty arenas. The first show is being presented New Year Dash style, with the matches getting announced at the top of the show and not a moment before.
- The remaining shows will be part of a rescheduled New Japan Cup, featuring both heavyweights and junior heavyweights. These shows will run all the way up to the semifinals. The first round matches are:
On 6/16:
Togi Makabe vs. Yota Tsuji
Tomohiro Ishii vs. El Desperado
Toru Yano vs. Jado
Tomoaki Honma vs. Hiromu Takahashi
On 6/17:
Kazuchika Okada vs. Gedo
Yuji Nagata vs. Minoru Suzuki
Yuya Uemura vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
Gabriel Kidd vs. Taiji Ishimori
On 6/22:
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Taichi
Kota Ibushi vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
Ryusuke Taguchi vs. SANADA
SHO vs. Shingo Takagi
On 6/23:
Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. YOSHI-HASHI
YOH vs. BUSHI
Satoshi Kojima vs. EVIL
Hirooki Goto vs. Yujiro Takahashi
The second round matches will take place on 6/24 and 7/1, with the quarterfinals taking place on 7/2 and the semifinals on 7/3. The NJPW Cup final will take place on 7/11 in Osaka-jo Hall, and the winner will challenge Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP Heavyweight and IWGP Intercontinental titles on 7/12 in the same venue. Both shows will have live fans, but seating will be limited to 1/3 of venue capacity.
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