On Sunday night, New Japan announced that the reunited Golden Lovers tag-team of Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi would face The Young Bucks on the Strong Style Evolved live special on March 25 from Long Beach, California airing on AXS TV.
This match was set-up over the weekend during the Honor Rising events in Tokyo after The Young Bucks announced that they would be moving up to the Heavyweight Tag Team Division.
Continuation of this story, as well as the developing story of the divide in The Bullet Club kept going on the latest episode of the “Being The Elite” YouTube series.
On Sunday night, New Japan announced the following participants and first-round matches for the 2018 New Japan Cup tournament, beginning on March 9 and concluding with the Finals on March 21.
3/9 at Koruaken Hall in Tokyo
* Michael Elgin vs. Tomohiro Ishii
* Juice Robinson vs. Yujiro Takahashi
* Juice Robinson vs. Yujiro Takahashi
3/10 in Aichi
* Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Taichi
* Bad Luck Fale vs. Lance Archer
* Bad Luck Fale vs. Lance Archer
3/11 in Hyogo
* Kota Ibushi vs. YOSHI-HASHI
* Tetsuya Naito vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
* Tetsuya Naito vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
3/12 in Kagawa
* Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs. Toru Yano
* IWGP Tag Team Champion SANADA vs. Chuckie T.
* IWGP Tag Team Champion SANADA vs. Chuckie T.
3/14 in Shizuoka
* Elgin/Ishii winner vs. Juice/Yujiro winner
* Tanahashi/Taichi winner vs. Fale/Archer winner
* Tanahashi/Taichi winner vs. Fale/Archer winner
3/15 at Koruaken Hall in Tokyo
* Ibushi/Yoshi winner vs. Naito/ZSJ winner
* Smith Jr./Yano winner vs. SANADA/Chuckie T. winner
* Smith Jr./Yano winner vs. SANADA/Chuckie T. winner
3/21 in Niigata
* Semi-Finals and Finals of the tournament
The winner of the New Japan Cup receives an IWGP Title shot of his choice at the Sakuru Genesis iPPV on April 1 at Sumo Hall in Tokyo.
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