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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.

New Japan ran the penultimate event of the New Japan Cup today with the Semifinals.

Today’s event was held at Aore Nagaoka in Niigata and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1906.

Match 1: Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi beat Taisei Nakahara & Ryusuke Taguchi. Takahashi pinned Nakahara.

Match 2: Tatsuya Matsumoto, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Masatora Yasuda, Satoshi Kojima & Taichi. YOSHI-HASHI beat Yasuda with Butterfly Lock.

Match 3: Master Wato, El Desperado & Yoh beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho & DOUKI. Yoh pinned Kanemaru after Direct Drive.

Match 4: Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira, HENARE & Jake Lee beat Daiki Nagai, Taiji Ishimori, Drilla Moloney & Shingo Takagi. Young pinned Nagai after Bite The Dust.

Match 5: Dick Togo, Don Fale & Ren Narita beat Tomoaki Honma, Toru Yano & Aaron Wolf. Narita beat Honma with Hell’s Guillotine.

Match 6: Kosei Fujita, Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Gedo, OSKAR (The Grouch), Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) & Yota Tsuji. Jackson pinned Gedo after Death Valley Bomb.

New Japan Cup Semifinals:
Match 7: Yuya Uemura beat Boltin Oleg.
Main Event: Callim Newman beat Shota Umino.
As a result, the Final is Uemura vs. Newman.

The Final is tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY will begin TONIGHT at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET. This will be an exclusive TV Asahi broadcast in Japan. (It may begin 30 minutes earlier though for a pre-show match)

New Japan continued the New Japan Cup today with the first half of the Quarterfinals.

Today’s event was held at Aimesse Yamanashi in Yamanashi and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1192.

Match 1: Kosei Fujira & Hartley Jackson beat Taisei Nakahara & YOSHI-HASHI. Fujita pinned Nakahara.

Match 2: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi & Don Fale beat Masatora Yasuda, Satoshi Kojima, Toru Yano & Arron Wolf. Kanemaru beat Yasuda with a figure 4.

Match 3: Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira, Great-O-Khan, HENARE &Jake Lee beat Gedo, Drilla Moloney, OSKAR (The Grouch), Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) & Yota Tsuji. Young pinned Gedo after Bite The Dust.

Match 4: Zane Jay & Callum Newman beat Tatsuya Matsumoto & Hirooki Goto. Newman pinned Mataumoso after Firebolt.

Match 5: Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino. Oiwa pinned Honma after The Grip.

New Japan Cup Quarterfinals:
Match 6: Boltin Oleg beat Ren Narita.
Main Event: Yuya Uemura beat Shingo Takagi.
As a result, the first Semifinals match will be Oleg vs. Uemura. The Semifinals are Friday.

The second half of the Quarterfinals is Tuesday at Big Palette Fukushima in Fukushima. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

New Japan continued the New Japan Cup today with the last day of Round 2.

Today’s event was held at Kinjo Futo Arena in Nagoya and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1449.

Match 1: Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira, Great-O-Khan & HENARE beat Daiki Nagai, Drilla Moloney, OSKAR (The Grouhc0 & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Akira pinned Nagai after Fireball.

Match 2: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Chase Owens & Don Fale beat Masatora Yasuda, Satoshi Kojima & Aaron Wolf. Owens pinned Yasuda after Last Testament.

Match 3: Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat Tomoaki Honma & Yuya Uemura. Tsuji pinned Honma after Dragon Soul Blaster.

Match 4: Zane Jay, Jake Lee & Callum Newman beat Tatsuya Matsumoto, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Lee pinned Matsumoto after FBS.

Match 5: Toru Yano & Boltin Oleg beat Dick Togo & Ren Narita. Yano pinned Togo.

New Japan Cup Round 2:
Match 6: Shota Umino beat Yujiro Takahashi.
Main Event: Zack Sabre Jr. beat Ryohei Oiwa.
As a result, the final Quarterfinals match will be Umino vs. Sabre.

The Quarterfinals start tomorrow at Aimesse Yamanashi in Yamanashi. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin TONIGHT at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.

New Japan continued the New Japan Cup today with the start of the second half of Round 2.

Today’s event was held at Kanaoka Park Gym in Osaka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 800.

Match 1: Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens beat Masatora Yasuda & Shota Umino. Owens pinned Yasuda after Last Testament. Post-match, an angle continued where Umino is seemingly trying to turn Yujiro back to face and away from House Of Torture.

Match 2: Kosei Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Tatsuya Matsumoto, Satoshi Kojima & YOSHI-HASHI. Fujita pinned Matsumoto with a German suplex hold.

Match 3: Toru Yano, Aaron Wolf & Boltin Oleg beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Don Fale & Ren Narita. Yano pinned Kanemaru.

Match 4: Drilla Moloney & Shingo Takagi beat Tomoaki Honma & Yuya Uemura. Moloney pinned Honma after War Dragons.

Match 5: Zane Jay, Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira, Great-O-Khan & HENARE beat Daiki Nagai, Gedo, OSKAR (The Grouch), Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) & Yota Tsuji. Young pinned Nagai after Bite The Dust.

New Japan Cup Round 2:
Match 6: Callum Newman beat Hartley Jackson.
Main Event: Hirooki Goto beat Jake Lee.
As a result, the third Quarterfinals matxh will be Newman vs. Goto.

The next event is tomorrow at Kinjo Pier Arena in Nagoya to wrap up Round 2. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

New Japan continued the New Japan Cup today with the second day of Round 2.

Today’s event was held at Takamatsu City General Gym in Kagawa and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. No YouTube today.

The announced paid attendance was 702.

Match 1: OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Chase Owens. Ice pinned Kanemaru after Cruella.

Match 2: Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Daiki Nagai & Drilla Moloney. Sabre beat Nagai with a front neck lock.

Match 3: Toru Yano, Aaron Wolf & Shota Umino beat Dick Togo, Don Fale & Yujiro Takahashi. Yano pinned Togo.

Match 4: Kosei Fujita & Hartley Jackson beat Zane Jay & Callum Newman. Fujita pinned Jay.

Match 5: Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira & Jake Lee beat Tatsuya Matsumoto, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Young pinned Matsumoto after Bite The Dust.

Match 6: Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat Tomoaki Honma & Yuya Uemura. Tsuji pinned Honma after Dragon Soul Blaster (a combination Gene Blaster and Dragon Soul Lariat).

New Japan Cup Round 2:
Match 7: Ren Narita beat Satoshi Kojima.
Main Event: Boltin Oleg beat HENARE.
As a result, the second Quarterfinals match will be Narita-Oleg.

The next event is tomorrow at Kanaoka Park Gym in Osaka. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

New Japan began Round 2 of the New Japan Cup today in Okayama.

Today’s event was held at Shigeto Arena Okayama in Okayama and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube

The announced paid attendance was 1233.

Match 1: OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) beat Masatora Yasuda & Aaron Wolf. Ice pinned Yaauda after Ice High.

Match 2: Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira, Great-O-Khan, HENARE & Jake Lee beat Tatsuya Matsunoto, Toru Yano, Boltin Oleg, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Young pinned Matsumoto after Bite The Dust.

Match 3: Kosei Fujita & Hartley Jackson beat Zane Jay & Callum Newman. Jackson pinned Jay after Death Valley Bomb.

Match 4: Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita beat Tomoaki Honma, Shota Umino & Satoshi Kojima. Owens pinned Honma after C Trigger.

Match 5: Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Daiki Nagai & Yota Tsuji. Oiwa pinned Nagai with a roll-through German suplex hold.

New Japan Cup Round 2:
Match 6: Shingo Takagi beat Don Fale.
Main Event: Yuya Uemura beat Drilla Moloney.
As a result, Takagi-Uemura is set for the Quarterfinals.

The next event is Thursday at Takamatsu City General Gym in Kagawa. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

UPDATE: Tokyo Sports reports there was a title change in England this past Sunday in Pro Wrestling EVE-Syuri lost the STRONG Women’s Championship to Alex Windsor. New Japan’s Japanese website has been updated to reflect this. Windsor becomes the 8th STRONG Women’s Champion.

New Japan continued the New Japan Cup today in Hyogo, finishing up Round 1 as the 24-man field is now down to 16.

Today’s event was held at Baycom General Gym in Hyogo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 2511.

Match 1: Masatora Yasuda & Yuya Uemura beat Daiki Nagai & Drilla Moloney. Uemura beat Nagai with a chicken wing.

Match 2; Great-O-Khan & HENARE beat Tomoaki Honma & Boltin Oleg. Khan beat Honma with Domination Claw.

Match 3: Jacob Austin Young, Francesco Akira & Jake Lee beat Tatsuya Matsumoto, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Young pinned Matsumoto after Bite The Dust.

Match 4: Kosei Fujita & Hartley Jackson beat Zane Jay & Callum Newman. Jackson pinned Jay after Death Valley Bomb.

Match 5: Toru Yano, Aaron Wolf & Satoshi Kojima beat Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita. Yano pinned Togo.

Match 6: Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Don Fale. Takagi pinned Kanemaru after Burning Dragon.

New Japan Cup Round 1:
Match 7: Shota Umino beat Chase Owens. As a result, Umino advances to Round 2 and will face Yujiro Takahashi.
Main Event: Ryohei Oiwa beat Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). As a result, Oiwa advances to Round 2 and will face Zack Sabre Jr.

The next event is Tuesday at Shigeto Arena in Okayama with the start of Round 2. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

New Japan continued the New Japan Cup today with the second day of Round 1.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was also a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan. You can also watch the pre-show match FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1080.

Pre-show match: Masatora Yasuda beat Taisei Nakahara.

Match 1: Toru Yano, Aaron Wolf, Master Wato & Shota Umino beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi, DOUKI & Chase Owens. Wato beat Kanemaru with Vendeval

Match 2: Gedo & Shingo Takahi beat Dick Togo & Don Fale. Takagi pinned Togo after War Special.

Match 3: Jacob Austin Young, HENARE & Jake Lee beat Tatsuya Matsumoto, Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI. Young beat Matsumoto with Imperial Prison.

Match 4: Drilla Moloney & OSKAR (The Grouch) beat Zane Jay & Callum Newman. OSKAR pinned Jay after a neck hanging bomb.

Match 5: Hartley Jackson, Zack Sabre Jr., Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles & Ryohei Oiwa beat Diaki Nagai, Yota Tsuji, Robbie X, Taiji Ishimori & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Sabre beat Nagai with a leg split with face lock.

New Japan Cup Round 1:
Match 6: Boltin Oleg beat El Phantasmo. As a result, Oleg advances to Round 2 and will face HENARE.
Main Event: Ren Narita beat Taichi. As a result, Narita advances to Round 2 and will face Satoshi Kojima.

The next event is the annual Anniversary Event, this year being the 54th Anniversary, tomorrow at Ota City General Gym. The event is always held on the date of and at the location of the promotion’s inaugural event, which was on March 6, 1972. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.