Keiji Mutoh announced today the bracket of a 16-man tournament to crown the first Wrestle-1 champion. First-round matches will take place from September 21-23, with the semifinals and finals slated for October 8 at Korakuen Hall. Because of the potential tie-in with TNA Bound For Glory in Japan, stay tuned for more updates. Below is the tournament bracket:

- Kai vs. Manabu Soya
- Minoru Tanaka vs. (Daiki Inaba or Koji Doi)

- Hiroshi Yamato vs. Seiki Yoshioka
- Kaz Hayashi vs. Shuji Kondo

- Tajiri vs. Masakatsu Funaki
- Akira vs. Ryota Hama

- Masayuki Kono vs. (Andy Wu or Jiro Kuroshio)
- Yasufumi Nakanoue vs. Yusuke Kodama

This wont tie into Bound for Glory, BFG is on the 12th

I think a title defence will certainly happen at BfG, just not the actual finals of this.

Funaki or Tajiri..WONT win this