M. Ish | Monthly Puroresu
By: R. Faliani
After New Beginning in Sapporo, the New Japan Cup 2024 brackets were revealed today, and as New Japan Pro Wrestling enters a new era, so does the cup, with new entries and defining performances to be had for wrestlers that are moving up in the ranks. The IWGP World Champion Tetsuya Naito awaits his new challenger for Sakura Genesis, and he has had bad luck with New Japan Cup winners in the past, such as EVIL. Who will be the winner this year? How are the brackets loaded? Let’s see!
NEW JAPAN CUP 2024 BRACKET REVEAL!
March 6~March 20!28 entrants in the spring classic!
Four prior winners receive byes!
Jack Perry makes NJPW debut and more!https://t.co/EZNuSjhrMj#njpw #njcup pic.twitter.com/xJKFJo2nJU
— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) February 26, 2024
This year, the New Japan Cup has two brackets loaded with familiar faces, but also debuts on this prestigious occasion. The attention of the NJPW faithful falls on the “Reiwa Three Musketeers” Shota Umino, Ren Narita, and Yota Tsuji. With Kazuchika Okada and Will Ospreay’s departure, NJPW needs a top star sooner rather than later, and this cup is the perfect chance for the three to impose themselves and take the brass ring. As of now, the brackets are:
The brackets this year are surely loaded, but as the experience of past New Japan Cups have shown, names do not equal success. The last winner of the New Japan Cup was unexpected and started a path in SANADA’s career that made him bigger than ever. This year, we will have different and exciting matchups between the future of New Japan as a whole. We have wrestlers like Newman and Kidd, who are positioning themselves lately as part of the future of the company. Then, we have the likes of Oleg and Perry debuting in the cup and trying to make a name for themselves.
The New Japan Cup Ota bracket!
1st Round March 6
Shota Umino vs Jack Perry
YOSHI-HASHI vs KENTA
Yujiro Takahashi vs Toru Yano
BYE
SANADA (2023 winner)Who's your pick to emerge from this bracket to the final four?https://t.co/EZNuSjhrMj#njpw #njcup pic.twitter.com/3pl439fjGF
— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) February 26, 2024
As part of the Ota Bracket, starting on March 6, we will have YOSHI-HASHI vs. KENTA, Shota Umino vs. Jack Perry, and Toru Yano vs. Yujiro Takahashi.
For the Korakuen bracket, starting on March 7, we will have TJP vs. David Finlay, Tanga Loa vs. Great O’Khan, and Tomohiro Ishii vs. Chase Owens.
For the Yamanashi bracket, starting on March 8, we will have Hikuleo vs. Boltin Oleg, Shingo Takagi vs. Yuya Uemura, and Callum Newman vs. Gabe Kidd.
And, for the Hyogo bracket, starting on March 10, we will have Yota Tsuji vs. Jeff Cobb, El Phantasmo vs. Mikey Nicholls, and Taichi vs. Ren Narita.
Surely this year we will see a new face winning the cup, due to the importance this tournament has for the wrestlers involved and their plans in New Japan. A new era brings new faces to a new cup and all of these great wrestlers will fight to see who will stand as the new winner of the New Japan Cup.
Because it’s the *New* Japan Cup, get it?
Date:
February 27, 2024
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