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NJPW New Japan Cup 2017 Live Stream: Watch Round 1 Online

By Rob Wolkenbrod

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A look at how to watch Round 1 of the NJPW New Japan Cup online.

It has been an active past two weeks for NJPW. They had the co-promoted event with Ring of Honor, Honor Rising, take place at the end of February. Then the 45th Anniversary shows wrapped up on March 6 and 7. However, they will be returning for yet another show — the New Japan Cup. It’s a tournament with the winner getting their choice of facing the NEVER Openweight champion, the IWGP Intercontinental champion, or the IWGP Heavyweight champion.

Since the New Japan Cup started, all but two winners chose to face the IWGP Heavyweight champion. So the odds are that Kazuchika Okada will find out his Sakura Genesis opponent this month.

Before we declare a winner, there are four days of action to go through. It will start with Round 1 on Saturday, March 11 from the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Aichi, Japan. Four of these tournament matches will take place, including a handful of tag team bouts to warm up the action. What will be seen is below:

  • Hirai Kawato, Ryusuke Taguchi vs. TAKA Michinoku, El Desperado
  • Jushin Thunder Liger, Satoshi Kojima, Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Tiger Mast, Manabu Nakanishi, Yuji Nagata
  • YOSHI-HASHI, Tomohiro Ishii vs. Yujiro Takahashi, Kenny Omega
  • David Finlay, KUSHIDA, Juice Robinson, Katsuyori Shibata vs. BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA, Tetsuya Naito
  • Jado, Gedo, Hirooki Goto, Kazuchika Okada vs. Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Takashi Iizuka, Minoru Suzuki
  • New Japan Cup Round 1
    Yuji Nagata vs. Tanga Roa
  • New Japan Cup Round 1
    Toru Yano vs. Tama Tonga
  • New Japan Cup Round 1
    Michael Elgin vs. Bad Luck Fale
  • New Japan Cup Round 1
    Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. EVIL

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Details on how to watch the show can be seen below. This includes the start time and live stream info.

Date: Saturday, March 11
Time: 4:00 a.m. ET
Location: Aichi, Japan
Venue: Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium
Live Stream: NJPW World (No English commentary for this show)

With the early start time for American fans, they will need to either pull an all-nighter or get some sleep in before the show. It should be worth the watch at 4:00 a.m. ET as some of NJPW’s top stars take to the ring.

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