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New Japan Pro Wrestling will bring back the Super J-Cup tournament this weekend, presenting it for the first time in the United States. The shows are being produced by Jushin Liger, who will be competing in non-tournament matches. The tournament may also feature the final match of The Amazing Red's career as he has strongly teased retirement in the wake of neck issues.
The tournament will take place over several days:
Thursday 8/22 at the Masonic Temple Building-Temple Theater in Tacoma, Washington
Super J-Cup First Round:
*Rocky Romero vs. Soberano Jr.
*Clark Connors vs. TJP
*Caristico vs. BUSHI
*Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Jonathan Gresham
*Robbie Eagles vs. El Phastasmo
*YOH vs. Dragon Lee
*SHO vs. Taiji Ishimori
*Will Ospreay vs. Amazing Red
Non-tournament: Karl Fredericks and Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Ren Narita and Shota Umino
Saturday 8/24 in San Francisco, CA at San Fran State University's Student Life Events Center:
*Quarter Final Matches in the Super J-Cup
*Liger will be in singles action
Sunday 8/25 at Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, California:
*Semi Finals and Finals in the Super J-Cup
*Liger, Juice Robinson, Tetsuya Naito and Jay White will be in action.
The first two nights are sold out. There are still tickets available for the finals at this link.
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