NJPW Announce Super J-Cup 2019 Tournament In The USA This August

New Japan's old Junior Heavyweight tournament returns this year.

by Andy H Murray
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New Japan Pro Wrestling have today announced the return of their old Super J-Cup tournament for later this year - and it's coming to the USA.

The promotion broke the news at their post-Dominion 6.9 press conference. The J-Cup will be held over three shows on the United States' west coast in August, with Tacoma, Washington (22 Aug); San Francisco, California (24 Aug) and Long Beach, California (25 Aug) playing host.

Tickets for all shows are set to go on sale on Monday, 24 June, and although no participants have been announced yet, the tournament will comprise of wrestlers from NJPW, ROH, CMLL, and other companies. Jushin Thunder Liger will act as the producer.

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Initially devised as a single-night tournament in 1994, the last Super J-Cup was held in 2016, when current NXT star KUSHIDA took the victory. It's a different competition to Best of the Super Juniors in that it uses a single elimination format rather than a round robin, with a handful of non-NJPW wrestlers usually invited to compete.

With NJPW's last set of US shows blighted by major visa issues, let's hope they can clear things up before August.

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Andy has been with WhatCulture for six years and is currently WhatCulture's Senior Wrestling Reporter. A writer, presenter, and editor with 10+ years of experience in online media, he has been a sponge for all wrestling knowledge since playing an old Royal Rumble 1992 VHS to ruin in his childhood. Having previously worked for Bleacher Report, Andy specialises in short and long-form writing, video presenting, voiceover acting, and editing, all characterised by expert wrestling knowledge and commentary. Andy is as much a fan of 1985 Jim Crockett Promotions as he is present-day AEW and WWE - just don't make him choose between the two.