New Japan Pro-Wrestling made the announcement on their official website that their scheduled events from March 1st through March 15th have been cancelled due to the Coronavirus outbreak. It is noted in the article that on February 26th, after a recommendation from the Japanese Ministry Of Health, New Japan came to the aforementioned decision. Ticket holders will be refunded and information and updates will be posted on the company’s social media channels.
Here are the list of events that are affected via this announcement:
Anniversary Tour
Sunday March 1: Mito Municipal Gymnasium, Ibaraki
Monday March 2: Big Palette Fukushima
Anniversary Event
Tuesday March 3: Ota City Gymnasium, Tokyo
New Japan Cup
Wednesday March 4: Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Saturday March 7: Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium
Sunday March 8: Baycom Gymnasium, Hyogo
Monday March 9: Kochi Prefectural Gymnasium
Tuesday March 10: ZIP Arena Okayama
Thursday March 12: Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Friday March 13: Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Saturday March 14: Makuhari Messe, Chiba
The Anniversary tour leads to the Anniversary show on March 3rd which was set to be headlined by IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi taking on IWGP Intercontinental and Heavyweight Champion Tetsuya Naito in a non-title match. The first eight nights of the New Japan Cup tournament have also been cancelled as a result of the Coronavirus outbreak.
The brackets and competitors slated for the New Japan Cup can be found at this link and the winner of the tournament regularly moves on to the Sakura Genesis event (March 31) to challenge for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.
