New Japan wrapped up the New Japan Cup today with the Finals.
Today’s event was held at Aore Nagaoka in Niigata and can be watched on demand OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY on New Japan World. This event aired as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2026 exclusively on TV Asahi in Japan. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.
The announced paid attendance was 3007, a full house/near sellout.
There were last-minute changes to the card due to Satoshi Kojima being pulled off the event. The always-vague poor physical condition. Because of this, a planned pre-show match was cancelled and Match 2 was changed.
Match 1: NJPW WORLD TV Champion Konosuke Takeshita beat TBA, revealed at match time to be Yujiro Takahashi, to retain the title. V1 for Takeshita. Open challenge. Next up: If Takeshita gets his wish, Shota Umino.
Match 2: Masatora Yasuda, El Desperado & Taichi beat Tatsuya Matsumoto, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Desperado pinned Matsumoto after Pinche Loco.
Match 3: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho & DOUKI beat Ryusuke Taguchi, Master Wato & Yoh. DOUKI pinned Taguchi.
Match 4: Great-O-Khan & HENARE beat Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino. HENARE beat Honma with Ultima.
Match 5: Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira & Jake Lee beat Taiji Ishimori, Drilla Moloney & Shingo Takagi. Akira beat Ishimori with a ground tarantula.
Match 6: Toru Yano, Aaron Wolf & Boltin Oleg beat Dick Togo, Don Fale & Ren Narita. Wolf beat Togo with a reverse triangle.
Match 7: Kosei Fujita, Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Daiki Nagai, OSKAR (The Grouhc0, Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) & Yota Tsuji. Fujita pinned Nagai.
Main Event: New Japan Cup Finals: Callum Newman beat Yuya Uemura to win the tournament. As a result, Newman will face IWGP Heavyweight Champion Yota Tsuji for the title at SAKURA GENESIS. UPSET ALERT!!! It seemed like the favorite was going to win as in a pre-tournament poll of fans by New Japan on social media where they asked who would win, the leader in fan voting was Uemura.
The next event is 3/28 at Lily Arena Mito in Ibaraki to start the Road To SAKURA GENESIS 2026 Tour. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET. This will also be a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.