Today New Japan Pro Wrestling released the participants and bracket for the New Japan Cup, scheduled to take place starting on the 11^th of March.

The initial matchups are as follows:

Taking place on March 11^th:
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs EVIL
Michael Elgin vs Bad Luck Fale
Tama Tonga vs Toru Yano
Honma vs Tanga Roa

And taking place on March 12^th:
Kenny Omega vs Tomohiro Ishii
Katsyori Shibata vs Minoru Suzuki
Yoshi-Hashi vs SANADA
Yujiro vs Juice Robinson

Other matches on the card for March 11^th:
Hirai Kawato & Taguchi vs El Desperado & Taka Michinoku
Jushin Liger, Kojima & Tenzan vs Tiger Mask, Nakanishi & Nagata
Yoshi-Hashi & Ishii vs Yujiro Takahashi & Kenny Omega
David Finlay, KUSHIDA, Juice Robinson & Shibata vs BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA & Naito
8 Man Tag: CHAOS vs Suzuki Gun

Other matches on the card for March 12^th:
David Finlay vs Oka Toshiyuki
Jushin Liger & Hiroshi Nagata vs Tiger Mask & Nakanishi
Tomoaki Honma, Satoshi Kojima and Tenzan vs Tanga Roa, Tama Tonga & Bad Luck Fale
Taguchi, KUSHIDA, Michael Elgin & Tanahashi vs BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, EVIL and Naito
10 Man Tag: CHAOS vs Suzuki-Gun