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New Japan News: Upcoming April/May Cards & Title Matches (Updated)

Lots of New Japan news for the end of April & May:

First up, most of the matches for WRESTLING DONTAKU 2024 on 5/3 & 5/4 in Fukuoka have been announced including NEW IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Jon Moxley’s first defense. He said Shota Umino was going to be first…nope. This isn’t AEW so he can’t always call his shots and get them. Ren Narita gets next. First, here’s what’s set for 5/3:
Jon Moxley, Shota Umino & El Desperado vs. Ren Narita, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & EVIL
Yota Tsuji vs. David Finlay
NJPW WORLD TV Champion Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Jeff Cobb for the title
IWGP Global Champion Nic Nemeth vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the title

5/4 so far:
Hiroshi Tanahashi & Nic Nemeth vs. Taichi & SANADA
IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI vs. KENTA & Chase Owens for the titles
NEVER Openweight Champion Shingo Takagi vs. Gabriel Kidd for the title
IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Jon Moxley vs. Ren Narita for the title

On 4/27 as part of the Road to WRESTLING DONTAKU Tour in Hisoshima, there will be what looks to be a rematch of NEW STRONG Tag Team Champions Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls vs. Hikuleo & El Phantasmo for the titles. The champs lost the titles in a 4-way at Windy City Riot but weren’t the ones involved in the fall. Also set is KOPW 2024 Champion Great-O-Khan vs. Yuya Uemura for the title. The main event will be an LIJ vs. Bullet Club 10-man elimination tag match, and other graphics suggest DOUKI & TAKA Michinoku vs. Sho & Yoshinobu Kanemaru is set as well.

On 4/29 in Kagoshima, the annual Wrestling Satsuma No Kuni event IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Clark Connors & Dilla Moloney vs. Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI for the titles, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Sho vs. DOUKI for the title and probably Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji vs. Gedo, David Finlay & Gabriel Kidd.

UPDATE: Whoever is IWGP World Heavyweight Champion on 5/11 will defend the title against Umino at Resurgence.

New Japan 4/14/24 Results

New Japan returned to Taiwan today for the first time in over 7 1/2 years for a special standalone event, featuring a tournament to crown new NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions.

Today’s event was held at Zepp New Taipei in Taipei, Taiwan and can be watched on demand on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY. This was a live TV Asahi broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 800, a full house/near sellout. New Japan’s English website says a legit sellout.

Pre-show Match: Puzzle Provided Match: Touyuu beat Axe Wang.

Match 1: NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Title Tournament: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Toru Yano & Boltin Oleg beat Great-O-Khan, Francesco Akira & Callum Newman. Yano pinned Newman.

Match 2: NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Title Tournament: Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Shingo Takagi, Yota Tsuhji & BUSHI. Sho pinned BUSHI after Shock Arrow.

Match 3: Satoshi Kojima & Tiger Mask beat El Desperado & Shoma Kato. TM 4 pinned Kato after a tiger driver.

Match 4: Starlight Kid (Stardom) beat HANAKO (Stardom).

Match 5: DOUKI beat Kosei Fujita. As a result, DOUKI will face Sho for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship at a later date.

Match 6: IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI beat Yuya Uemura & SANADA to retain the titles. Goto pinned Uemora after Goh. V1 for the champs.

Main Event: NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Title Tournament: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Toru Yano & Boltin Oleg beat Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL to win the tournament and the titles. Tanahashi, Yano & Oleg become the 27th NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions. Tanahashi pinned Sho after High Fly Flow. Really cool to see a Young Lion (Oleg) win a title, although I personally am less than thrilled that it includes Yano. Sorry all but I am not a Yano fan.

The next event is the Road To WRESTLING DONTAKU Tour opener Saturday at Machida Gym in Tokyo. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. Most of the tour will be non-televised with just 3 broadcasts scheduled among 9 events, plus Wrestling Satsuma No Kuni on 4/29 which will be on New Japan World.

New Japan Pro Wrestling “Windy City Riot” Results (4/12/24)

New Japan is back in the US today for this year’s Windy City Riot event, billed as the promotion’s biggest US event this decade, and possibly ever. From a box office standpoint it will be their biggest US event ever based on ticket sales. It’s a loaded event on paper with 4 title matches among 11 total, getting bigger after SAKURA GENESIS last weekend-with Tetsuya Naito vs. Jon Moxley already set for today, after Naito retained the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Sunday Moxley made the challenge and this match became for the title. Also on tap is a NJPW WORLD TV Championship match as Zack Sabre Jr. tries to become a 2-time champion against Matt Riddle, STRONG Tag Team Champions El Phantasmo & Hikuleo defend in a 4-way, and NEW STRONG Women’s CHampion Stephanie Vaquer defends for the first time against AZM, who will try to bring the belt back to Stardom.

Today’s event will be held at Wintrust Arena in Chicago and can be watched LIVE ONLY ON NEW JAPAN WORLD OUTSIDE JAPAN as a PPV in English for $19.99. A paid monthly NJPW WORLD subscription is not required to buy the PPV. No Triller/FITE or any other option. Purchase includes the live stream and unlimited on demand replays until 6/30, but that date is subject to change (after that it should be available for all paying subscribers with no paywall). In Japan the event will be a live broadcast only on TV Asahi. There will be a FREE 30 minute pre-show on New Japan World and YouTube before the event with 2 matches scheduled. There’s one match with what appears to be no time limit but based on the number of matches, including the pre-show I anticipate the event will have a total running time of at least 3 1/2 hours, close to 4 hours.

Today’s lineup (in order):
Pre-show:
Matt Vandagriff vs. Zane Jay
Viva Van & Mina Shirakawa vs. Trish Adora & Alex Windsor

PPV:
Minoru Suzuki vs. Ren Narita
STRONG Women’s Champion Stephanie Vaquer vs. AZM for the title
STRONG Tag Team Champions El Phantasmo & Hikuleo vs. Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls, Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs and Fred Rosser & Tom Lawlor in a 4-way for the titles
Shota Umino vs. Jack Perry
Mustafa Ali vs. Hiromu Takahashi
Eddie Kingston, TBA, TBA & TBA vs. Gabriel Kidd, TBA, TBA & TBA in a Riot Rules Tornado Tag Match. No DQs. Members revealed at entrance time
NJPW WORLD TV Champion Matt Riddle vs. Zack Sabre Jr. for the title
Nic Nemeth vs. Tomohiro Ishii
IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Tetsuya Naito vs. Jon Moxley for the title

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 4:30 PM PT/7:30 PM ET. PPV begins at 5 PM PT/8 PM ET.

4 PM PT UPDATE: If you purchased the PPV on New Japan World, the stream is now live in pre-show mode and will begin with the pre-show. If you want to buy the PPV, you must do so on a web browser-you cannot buy the PPV on the mobile/TV app.

4:30 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Wintrust Arena in Chicago, IL. Your hosts are Walker Stewart, Veda Scott & Chris Charlton.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Based on the last fan estimate via Ticketmaster that I saw yesterday, it should be in the 6200-6500 range. A sellout at the current capacity would be about 6700. Regardless, it’s going to be a new record for NJPW in the US and then some. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 6028. That’s actually a little less than what was expected)

Pre-show:
Match 1: Matt Vandagriff vs. Zane Jay. 20 minute time limit
Result: Matt Vandagriff beat Zane Jay
Match 2: Viva Van & Mina Shirakawa vs. Trish Adora & Alex Windsor (Mrs. Will Ospreay btw). 20 minute time limit
Result: Trish Adora & Alex Windsor beat Viva Van & Mina Shirakawa. Windsor pinned Van.

Updates will resume when the PPV begins. Pre-show ends at 4:54 PM PT/7:54 PM ET.

PPV:
This event is airing live in Japan as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2024 on TV Asahi. Clearly we’re getting their feed because they open with said graphic, we just have the English commentary being outside Japan.

Match 1: Minoru Suzuki vs. Ren Narita. 30 minute time limit
Result: Ren Narita beat Minoru Suzuki

Match 2: STRONG Women’s Champion Stephanie Vaquer vs. AZM for the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: STRONG Women’s Champion Stephanie Vaquer beat AZM to retain the title. V1 for Vaquer. Next up: Possibly Alex Windsor. With microphone. Challenge issued for 5/11 in Ontario, CA at Resurgence. Accepted by Vaquer.

Match 3: STRONG Tag Team Champions El Phantasmo & Hikuleo vs. Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls, Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs and Fred Rosser & Tom Lawlor in a 4-way for the titles. 30 minute time limit
Result: Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls beat STRONG Tag Team Champions El Phantasmo & Hikuleo, Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs and Fred Rosser & Ton Lawlor in a 4-way, when Haste pinned Nelson, to win the titles. Haste & Nicholls become the 7th STRONG Tag Team Champions.

Match 4: Shota Umino vs. Jack Perry. 30 minute time limit
Result: Shota Umino beat Jack Perry

Match 5: Mustafa Ali vs. Hiromu Takahashi. 30 minute time limit
Result: Mustafa Ali beat Hiromu Takahashi

Match 6: Eddie Kingston, TBA, TBA & TBA vs. Gabriel Kidd, TBA, TBA & TBA in a Riot Rules Tornado Tag Match. No DQs. Members revealed at entrance time. Kidd’s 3 TBAs are Clark Connors, David Finlay and KENTA. Kingston’s TBAs are TJP, Jeff Cobb and Homicide. No time limit
Result: Gabriel Kidd, Clark Connors, David Finlay & KENTA beat Eddie Kingston, Jeff Cobb, TJP & Homicide. Kidd pinned Homicide after a piledriver. Both sides kept fighting after the match until refs finally separated them all. Once things settled down, Kingston with microphone. With some choice English, he challenged Kidd to a No Rope Last Standing Match at Resurgence. And commentary notes it will also be for the STRONG Openweight Championship held by Kingston.

Quick break for ring clearning/repairs.

Match 7: NJPW WORLD TV Champion Matt Riddle vs. Zack Sabre Jr. for the title. 15 minute time limit
Result: Zack Sabre Jr. beat NJPW WORLD TV Champion Matt Riddle to win the title. Sabre becomes the 4th NJPW WORLD TV Champion. And first 2-time champion as he was the inaugural champion. Can he make it to V17 and break his own record this time? Sabre with microphone post-match for some brief comments, including saying he’ll defend the title very soon in the US. But before he can leave, Jeff Cobb comes out. Challenge issued and accepted, but Cobb goes for the cheap shot out of the handshake. They trade counters and Sabre bails. Sabre with microphone asking for the belt back in exchange for the title shot.

Upcoming live US PPV announcement-Capital Collision on 8/30 at Entertainment & Sports Arena in Washingon, DC.

Match 8: IWGP Global Champion Nic Nemeth vs. Tomohiro Ishii in a NON-TITLE match. 30 minute time limit
Result: Nic Memeth beat Tomohiro Ishii

Main Event: IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Tetsuya Naito vs. Jon Moxley for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Jon Moxley beat IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Tetsuya Naito to win the title. Moxley becomes the 9th IWGP World Heavyweight Champion. HOLY S**T! HOLY S**T! UPSET ALERT!!! I never thought this is how Naito’s first title reign (and perhaps last) would end! After only 3 months. Next/first up: TBA but it’s all but guaranteed to be at Resurgence. Afterwards, Moxley with microphone. He basically threw down the gauntlet for any and all challengers in New Japan and announced up first is…Shota Umino. But instead, Ren Narita came out and ambushed Moxley from behind. Narita with microphone. While choking out Moxley, Narita said he’s next and continued the beatdown until Umino made the save. As Narita walked off, Moxley grabbed the microphone and delivered the death threat.

To put it simply, this event absolutely lived up to the hype from beginning to end. And after the disaster that was the stream last year, this year’s broadcast was perfect, maybe helped by it being on TV in Japan (I watched on a Roku device and had zero issues). If you missed it live it’s definitely a must-buy replay.

End Show.

The next event is WRESTLING WORLD 2024 IN TAIWAN Sunday at New Zepp Taaipei in Taipei, Taiwan. Live streaming on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET. This will be a TV Asahi live broadcast in Japan.

FREE VIDEO: NJPW Windy City Riot Press Conference (4/11/24)

Ahead of tomorrow’s Windy City Riot event in Chicago (which is a PPV ONLY ON NEW JAPAN WORLD! NO TRILLER/FITE), New Japan has a public press conference scheduled today, which is free and open to the public. If you can’t make it, it will also be streamed on YouTube. You can watch below beginning at 4 PM PT/7 PM ET:

New Japan 4/6/24 Results (Updated)

SAKURA GENESIS, New Japan’s traditional April blowout event, is now in the books.

Today’s event was held at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY. This event aired in Japan as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2024 on TV Asahi.

The announced paid attendance was 6632.

Pre-show Match: Frontier Zone: Boltin Oleg, Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii beat Chicharito Shoko, Takuro Niki & Ayako Yoshida. Oleg pinned Shoki after Kamikaze. The losing team were from the 2AW promotion in Chiba.

Match 1: Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Ryusuke Taguchi & El Desperado. Fujita pinned Taguchi with O’Connor Bridge.

Match 2; BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi beat Gedo & David Finlay. BUSHI pinned Gedo after Fable.

Match 3: DOUKI, Yuya Uemura & SANADA beat Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb. Uemura pinned Khan with Storm Clutch.

Match 4: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors beat Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA and Francesco Akira & TJP in a 3-way, when Connors pinned KUSHIDA, to retain the titles. V1 for the champs.

Match 5: YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Chase Owens & KENTA to win the titles. YOSHI-HASHI & Goto become the 102nd IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Goto pinned Owens after Shoto.

Match 6: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Sho beat Yoh by ref stoppage to retain the title. V1 for Sho. Stoppage came in less than 90 seconds due to a Yoh injury. Shoulder. Next up: Sounds like it’s between Fujita & DOUKI.

Match 7: Shota Umino & Jon Moxley beat Jack Perry & Ren Narita. Moxley pinned Narita after Death Rider.

Match 8: Shingo Takagi beat NEVER Openweight Champion EVIL to win the title. Takagi becomes the 44th NEVER Openweight Champion. Yoshinobu Kanemaru as referee and the usual H.O.T. antics weren’t enough. Next up: Gabriel Kidd.

Main Event: IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Tetsuya Naito beat Yota Tsuji to retain the title. V2 for Naito. Next up: Moxley. Already set for 4/12 in the US, it now seems like it will be for the title.

The next event is Windy City Riot Friday at Wintrust Arena in Chicago, IL. Live streaming on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY as a PPV for $19.99 will begin at 5 PM PT/8 PM ET. This will be a live TV Asahi broadcast in Japan.

In other news, the participants for Beat Of The Super Junior 31 were announced today: Sho, Yoh, Hiromu Takahashi, Ryusuke Taguchi, El Desperado, Kevin Knight, BUSHI, Titan, TJP, Francesco Akira, DOUKI, Robbie Eagles, Taiji Ishimori, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Clark Connors, Drilla Moloney, Kosei Fujita, Blake Christian, Ninja Mack, HAYATA. There will be no repeat champion this year because 2023 winner Master Wato is out due to injury.

UPDATE: It’s now official. Naito-Moxley Friday is for the title.

New Japan 4/3/24 Results

New Japan continued the Road To SAKURA GENESIS Tour today with the last televised event before this weekend.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1195.

Match 1: Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL beat Katsuya Murashima & Shoma Kato. Takahashi pinned Kato after Pimp Juice.

Match 2: TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Yuya Uemura, Taichi & SANADA beat Boltin Oleg, Ryusuke Taguchi, Tiger Mask, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Toru Yano. Uemura pinned TM 4 with a diving cross body.

Match 3: Taiji Ishimori & Chase Owens beat El Desperado & YOSHI-HASHI. Ishimori pinned Desperado.

Match 4: In a Gauntlet match, Kevin Knight, KUSHIDA & Tomohiro Ishii beat Callum Newman, Francesco Akira & TJP, then Knight/KUSHIDA/Ishii beat Gedo, Drilla Moloney & Clark Connorsz

Match 5: Shingo Takagi beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru by DQ. Ref assaults. Afterwards, EVIL named Kanemaru a special referee for Saturday’s NEVER Openweight Championship match against Takagi.

Match 6: Yoh & Shota Umino beat Sho & Ren Narita. Yoh punned Sho after Direct Drive. Afterwards, Yoh & Sho may have agreed to change Saturday’s IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship match to a No DQ match.

Main Event: BUSHI & Yota Tsuji beat Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito. BUSHI pinned Takahashi.

Not counting a special pre-event press conference and talk show event Friday that is open to the public, the tour-ender is tomorrow at Ryugasaki City General Gym in Ibaraki. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

During today’s event, the annual G1 CLIMAX Tournament was announced. The 34th annual event schedule is as follows:
7/20-7/21-Osaka Prefectural Gym, Osaka
7/23-Hiroshima Sun Plaza, Hiroshima
7/25-Sun Messe Kagawa, Kagawa
7/27-Dojima Messe Nagasaki, Nagasaki
7/28-7/29-Fukuoka International Center, Fukuoka
7/31-KDDI Ishin Hall, Yamaguchi
8/3-Yamato University Yamato Arena, Osaka
8/4-Aichi Prefectural Gym, Nagoya
8/6-8/7-Korakuen
8/8-Yokohama Budokan, Yokohama
8/10-Xebio Arena Sendai, Sendai
8/12-Aore Nagaoka, Niigata
8/14-Hamamatsu Arena, Shizuoka
8/15-Makuhari Messe, Chiba
8/17-8/18-Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo
Participants TBA at a later date, probably in June.

New Japan 3/31/24 Results

New Japan continued the Road To SAKURA GENESIS Tour today with an event in Shizuoka.

Today’s event was held at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka and may be available on demand on New Japan World at a later date, but at least the main event will be available on demand. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 1105.

Match 1: Jeff Cobb beat Shoma Kato.

Match 2: KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight beat Gedo & Clark Connors. KUSHIGA Beat Gedo with Hoverboard Lock.

Match 3: TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Yuya Uemura, Taichi & SANADA beat Boltin Oleg, El Desperado, Toru Yano, Tomoaki Honma & Tomohiro Ishii. Uemura pinned Honma.

Match 4; Taiji Ishimori & Chase Owens beat Tiger Mask & Hirooki Goto. Owens pinned TM 4 after a package driver.

Match 5: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho & Ren Narita beat Yoh, Togi Makabe & Shota Umino. Narita pinned Makabe after Double Cross.

Match 6: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Yota Tsuji beat TJP, Francesco Akira & Callum Newman. Tsuji pinned Newman after Gene Blaster.

Match 7: Shingo Takagi & Tetsiua Naito beat Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Takagi pinned Takahashi after Pumping Bomber.

Main Event: In a 3 Falls Regional Revitalization Match, with different stips for each fall, KOPW 2024 Champion Great-O-Khan beat Tanga Loa 2-1 to retain the title. Fall 1 was a 10-minute match with pinfall attempts worth 1 point, most points wins, with Loa winning 9-8. Fall 2 involved eating and was won by Khan. Fall 3 was a 4 Corners match where the first to touch all 4 corners without the other touching any wins and was won by Khan.

The next event is Wednesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

The promotion has also announced the broadcast plans for the Windy City Riot event on 4/12 in Chicago, IL-it will be a PPV only on New Japan World outside Japan only in English for $19.99. A paid New Japan World subscription is not required to buy the PPV. In addition to the live broadcast, you will have unlimited on demand replays until 6/12 at 7 AM PT/10 AM ET (subject to change). No TrillerTV/FITE option. The PPV will begin at 5 PM PT/8 PM ET. It will be a live TV Asahi broadcast in Japan only.. Note that to purchase the PPV, you must access New Japan World on a web browser-it cannot be purchased on the smartphone/tablet/TV app.

New Japan 3/30/24 Results

New Japan began the Road To SAKURA GENESIS Tour today, a quick 1 week sprint that will lead to next week’s annual April blowout event.

Today’s event was held at Takaoka Techno Dome in Toyama. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 828.

Match 1: Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano beat Katsuya Murashima & Shoma Kato. Oleg pinned Murashima after Kamikaze.

Match 2: Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA beat Tiger Mask & El Desperado. KUSHIDA pinned TM 4.

Match 3: Callum Newman & Francesco Akira beat Gedo & Clark Connors. Akira pinned Gedo after Speed Fire.

Match 4: Yoh, Tomoaki Honma, Togi Makabe, Shota Umino & Tomohiro Ishii beat TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Yuya Uemura, Taichi & SANADA. Yoh pinned TAKA after Direct Drive.

Match 5: Taiji Ishimori & Chase Owens beat Ryusuke Taguchi & Hirooki Goto. Owens pinned Taguchi after a package driver.

Match 6: Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb beat Jado & Tanga Loa. Khan beat Jado with Subaru Sheep Killer.

Main Event: BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita & EVIL. Tsuji pinned Takahashi after Gene Blaster.

The next event is tomorrow at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka. There will be no live broadcast, but at the request of Great-O-Khan the main event, which is a KOPW 2024 Championship match, will be available on demand on New Japan World at a later date.

Also, at last night’s MLW War Chamber in the US, NJPW WORLD TV Champion Matt Riddle beat Kosei Fujita to retain the title. V2 for Riddle.

FREE VIDEO: New Japan Academy Showcase 3 Full Event (3/23/24)

As they planned to do, New Japan has now made the full event video of the 3/23/24 NJPW Academy Showcase 3 from the LA Dojo in Carson, CA available FOR FREE on YouTube in English. Check out the full event below (running time is just under 2 hours with 7 matches), video courtesy of the New Japan Official English YouTube Channel:

New Japan 3/20/24 Results

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 on New Japan World. This event aired as part of WORLD PRO WRESTLING LIVE 2024 on YV Asahi in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 3003.

Match 1: BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi beat Kysuya Murashima & Shoma Kato. BUSHI pinned Murashima.

Match 2: Francesco Akira, TJP & Great-O-Khan beat Ryusuke Taguchi, Tanga Loa & Tomohiro Ishii. Akira pinned Taguchi after 2/2.

Match 3: Mikey Nicholls & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Callum Newman & Jeff Cobb. Nicholls pinned Newman after Master Blaster.

Match 4: Gabriel Kidd, Chase Owens & KENTA beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Togi Makabe & YOSHI-HASHI. Owens pinned Tenzan.

Match 5: Yujiro Takahashi, Jack Perry & Ren Narita beat El Desperado, Yuji Nagata & Shota Umino. Narita beat Nagata with a cobra twist.

Match 6: Yoh beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru.

Match 7: Boltin Oleg, Toru Yano, Jado, El Phantasmo & Hikuleo beat TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI, Yuya Uemura, Taichi & SANADA. Phantasmo pinned TAKA after Super Thunder Kiss 86.

Match 8: Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito vs. Dick Togo & EVIL went to a double countout. Which led to…
Match 8 (again): Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito beat Dick Togo & EVIL. Naito pinned Togo.

Main Event: New Japan Cup Finals: Yota Tsuji beat Hirooki Goto to win the tournament. It’s the first Cup for Tsuji. As a result, Tsuji will face IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Tetsuya Naito for the title at SAKURA GENESIS on 4/6.

The next event is NJPW ACADEMY SHOWCASE 3 Saturday at the LA Dojo in Carson, CA. There will be no live broadcast, but it will be available on demand on YouTube at a later date.

The next Japan event is the Road to SAKURA GENESIS 2024 Tour starting on 3/30 at Takaoka Techno Dome in Toyama. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.