New Japan Pro Wrestling revealed the brackets for the promotion's upcoming New Japan Cup tournament on Monday night. The tournament will take place later this March.

The opening rounds are scheduled for March 11th and 12th and will air live on New Japan World. The first round matchups are as follows:

The left side of the bracket (March 11th) --

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. EVIL

Tomoaki Honma vs. Tanga Roa

Michael Elgin vs. Bad Luck Fale

Toru Yano vs. Tama Tonga

The right side of the bracket (March 12th) --

Katsuyori Shibata vs. Minoru Suzuki

Juice Robinson vs. Yujiro Takahashi

Tomohiro Ishii vs. Kenny Omega

YOSHI-HASHI vs. SANADA

The winners of these matches will advance to quarterfinal bouts, which will be held on March 13th-17th. Semifinal matches will be held on March 19th, with the final match taking place on the 20th. The last two dates will air live on NJPW World.

At the conclusion of the tournament, the winner will earn a future title shot. The winner chooses which championship they want to challenge for out of that year's given options, and the match usually takes place at NJPW's April pay-per-view. That show will be Sakura Genesis this year in place of Invasion Attack.