The opening night of New Japan Cup 2019 took place on March 8, 2019, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, and featured four first-round matches. This was the first edition of the tournament to include 32 participants, up from the usual 16.
as Yuji Nagata
as Tomohiro Ishii
as Juice Robinson
as Chase Owens
as Tomoaki Honma
as Taichi
as Manabu Nakanishi
as YOSHI-HASHI
as Colt Cabana
as Michael Elgin
as Ryusuke Taguchi
as Shota Umino
as Hiroshi Tanahashi
as Hiroyoshi Tenzan
as Kazuchika Okada
as Togi Makabe
as Hirooki Goto
as SHO
as Kota Ibushi
as SANADA
as Shingo Takagi
as Tetsuya Naito
as TAKA Michinoku
as Zack Sabre Jr.
as BUSHI
as EVIL
as Satoshi Kojima
as Toa Henare
as Toru Yano
as Davey Boy Smith Jr.
as Lance Archer
as Minoru Suzuki
as Mikey Nicholls
as Rocky Romero
as Will Ospreay
as Bad Luck Fale
as Hikuleo
as Taiji Ishimori
as Kevin Kelly - English Commentary
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