On March 20, Katsuyori Shibata defeated Bad Luck Fale in the finals to win the 2017 New Japan Cup and afterwards announced he was challenging Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.
Katsuyori Shibata defeated Bad Luck Fale in the finals. This was on March 20. This was to win the 2017 New Japan Cup. He was challenging Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. This was what Katsuyori Shibata announced on March 20.