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Ibushi vs. Naito potentially. There are always upsets in this thing to avoid huge matches given away in a lesser tournament but Tanahashi I think could be a lock for his bracket with Juice looking the likeliest semi-finalist waiting for him. SANADA could end up facing Naito here in the semi-final but I doubt we see that. Zack vs. Naito is probably the best of the opening round matches. I know some aren't a fan of Chuck, but I love the guy and am interested in seeing how he works a relatively big singles match in New Japan. Probably a lot like his PWG title matches with fewer weapons. Not bad. Not great, but not bad. Series line-ups announced so far: Friday, March 9th @ Korakuen Hall: Tomoyuki Oka, Shota Umino & David Finlay vs. Chuckie T, Toru Yano & Hirooki Goto Tanga Loa & Bad Luck Fale vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Lance Archer BUSHI, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito vs. El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Zack Sabre Jr. Toa Henare, Togi Makabe & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Taichi, Takashi Iizuka & Minoru Suzuki YOSHI-HASHI & Kazuchika Okada vs. Chase Owens & Kota Ibushi New Japan Cup 2018 1st Round: Juice Robinson vs. Yujiro Takahashi New Japan Cup 2018 1st Round: Michael Elgin vs. Tomohiro Ishii Saturday, March 10 @ Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium: Ren Narita & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru Shota Umino & Yuji Nagata vs. David Finlay & Juice Robinson Tomoyuki Oka & Michael Elgin vs. Toru Yano & Tomohoro Ishii Toa Henare & Togi Makabe vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Takashi Iizuka BUSHI, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito vs. TAKA Michinoku, Zack Sabre Jr. & Minoru Suzuki Chuckie T, YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto & Kazuchika Okada vs. Tanga Loa, Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi & Kota Ibushi New Japan Cup 2018 1st Round: Bad Luck Fale vs. Lance Archer New Japan Cup 2018 1st Round: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Taichi Sunday, March 11 @ Amagasaki Memorial Park Gymnasium: Tomoyuki Oka & Yuji Nagata vs. Tetsuhiro Yagi & Ryusuke Taguchi Shota Umino vs. El Desperado Toa Henare, David Finlay, Juice Robinson & Michael Elgin vs. Tanga Loa, Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi & Bad Luck Fale Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Davey Boy Smith Jr., Lance Archer Togi Makabe & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Taichi & Takashi Iizuka Chuckie T & Kazuchika Okada vs. BUSHI & SANADA New Japan Cup 2018 1st Round: YOSHI-HASHI vs. Kota Ibushi New Japan Cup 2018 1st Round: Tetsuya Naito vs. Zack Sabre Jr. Monday, March 12 @ Takamatsu City General Gymnasium #1: Ren Narita & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru Tomoyuki Oka, Shota Umino & Yuji Nagata vs. Tanga Loa, Yujiro Takahashi & Bad Luck Fale David Finlay & Michael Elgin vs. YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto BUSHI & Tetsuya Naito vs. TAKA Michinoku & Zack Sabre Jr. Toa Henare, Juice Robinson, Togi Makabe & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Taichi, Takashi Iizuka, Lance Archer & Minoru Suzuki Tomohiro Ishii & Kazuchika Okada vs. Chase Owens & Kota Ibushi New Japan Cup 2018 1st Round: Toru Yano vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr. New Japan Cup 2018 1st Round: Chuckie T vs. SANADA Wednesday, March 14 @ Fujisan Messe, Shizuoka: Winner of Elgin/Ishii vs. Winner of Juice/Yujiro Winner of Tanahashi/Taichi vs. Winner of Fale/Archer Thursday, March 15 @ Korakuen Hall: Winner of YOSHI-HASHI/Ibushi vs. Winner of Naito/ZSJ Winner of Yano/DBS Jr. vs. Winner of Chuckie/SANADA Friday, March 16 @ Korakuen Hall: Semi-final #1 Saturday, March 17 @ Act City Hamamatsu, Shizuoka: Semi-final #2 Wednesday, March 21 @ Ao-re Nagaoka, Niigata: Final