New Japan Pro-Wrestling has announced the first three entrants for their 2019 Super J-Cup. This year’s Super J-Cup will be a sixteen-participant, three day junior heavyweight tournament. The three known participants are:
- TJP
- Dragon Lee
- SHO
TJP has a history with New Japan Pro-Wrestling, having trained in the original American dojo in Santa Monica in 2001. In 2011, he competed in the Best of the Super Juniors, but failed to advance to the Final.
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The remaining thirteen Super J-Cup entrants will be announced in the weeks to come. The tournament schedule is as follows:
- First Round: August 22 at Temple Theater (Tacoma, Washington)
- Second Round: August 24 at San Francisco State University Student Life Events Center (San Francisco, California)
- Semifinals & Final: August 25 at Walter Pyramid (Long Beach, California)