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New Japan Cup

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nameNew Japan Cup
imageNew Japan Cup.PNG
image_size90px
captionNew Japan Cup
promotionsNJPW
firsteventNew Japan Cup (2005)
gimmickSingle-elimination tournament for a championship match

NOTOC The New Japan Cup (NJC) is an annual single-elimination professional wrestling tournament held by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) since 2005. It is considered the second most prominent heavyweight tournament in NJPW, after the G1 Climax which follows a round-robin format.

Since the 2006 edition, the winner of the tournament, like with the G1 Climax, would receive a championship match, originally, for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. However, unlike with the G1 Climax, the reigning IWGP Heavyweight Champion could not participate in the tournament (in the case of the champion winning the G1 Climax, he would get to pick the next challenger for his title). In 2014–2018, the winner could choose to challenge for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship instead, while in 2015–2018, the NEVER Openweight Championship was also an option; only the 2014 winner Shinsuke Nakamura chose not to compete for the Heavyweight Championship, challenging for the Intercontinental Championship instead. In 2020, due to Tetsuya Naito being both the Heavyweight and Intercontinental Champion, the winner received a match for both titles, and in 2021, after the Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championships were unified into a new championship, the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, the latter became the title the winner of the New Japan Cup would automatically challenge for; like previously with the Heavyweight title, the World Heavyweight Champion cannot compete. However, in 2022, it was once again an openweight tournament and featured all the champions from both the heavyweight and junior heavyweight divisions including the IWGP World Heavyweight Champion. The first night of the 2022 tournament saw the IWGP World Heavyweight Champion take on the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion in the first round, a match that usually happens at NJPW's anniversary event.

The number of participants in the New Japan Cup has varied over the years, from a lowest of 14 in 2007 and 2009 to a highest of 48 in 2022; the 2021 tournament features 30 entrants. It is considered a heavyweight tournament, although the 2005, 2008–09, 2020, and 2022 editions were openweight tournaments instead, also featuring junior heavyweights; in 2020, NJPW premiered the New Japan Cup USA, a version of the tournament taking place in the United States to determine a contender for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship.

Hiroshi Tanahashi is both the inaugural winner of the New Japan Cup, and the first wrestler to have won it twice; Hirooki Goto, Yuji Nagata, Kazuchika Okada, and Zack Sabre Jr. have since also become two-time winners. Goto is both the only three-time winner and the only person to have won the tournament two years in a row.

Tournament Finals

#EventDateCityVenueAttendanceFinal
New Japan Cup: New Japan Openweight TournamentApril 24, 2005OsakaOsaka Prefectural Gymnasium5,800Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Manabu Nakanishi
New Japan Cup 2006April 30, 2006AmagasakiAmagasaki Memorial Park Gymnasium5,200Yuji Nagata vs. Giant Bernard
Circuit 2007 New Japan Evolution: New Japan CupMarch 21, 2007Korakuen Hall1,450Yuji Nagata vs. Togi Makabe
Circuit 2008 New Japan Cup: Who Is the HighestMarch 23, 2008AmagasakiAmagasaki Memorial Park Gymnasium5,200Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Giant Bernard
Circuit 2009 New Japan Cup: Soul on the RingMarch 22, 2009AmagasakiAmagasaki Memorial Park Gymnasium5,300Hirooki Goto vs. Giant Bernard
Circuit 2010 New Japan Cup: The Perfect GeneralistMarch 22, 2010AmagasakiAmagasaki Memorial Park Gymnasium5,500Togi Makabe vs. Hirooki Goto
New Japan Cup 2011March 20, 2011AmagasakiAmagasaki Memorial Park Gymnasium5,500Yuji Nagata vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
NJPW 40th Anniversary Tour: New Japan Cup 2012April 8, 2012Korakuen Hall2,040Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hirooki Goto
New Japan Cup 2013March 23, 2013Korakuen Hall2,015Hirooki Goto vs. Kazuchika Okada
New Japan Cup 2014March 23, 2014AmagasakiAmagasaki Memorial Park Gymnasium5,800Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Bad Luck Fale
New Japan Cup 2015March 15, 2015HiroshimaHiroshima Sun Plaza5,120Hirooki Goto vs. Kota Ibushi
New Japan Cup 2016March 12, 2016AomoriMaeda Arena2,919Hirooki Goto vs. Tetsuya Naito
New Japan Cup 2017March 20, 2017NagaokaCity Hall Plaza Aore Nagaoka4,079Katsuyori Shibata vs. Bad Luck Fale
New Japan Cup 2018March 21, 2018NagaokaCity Hall Plaza Aore Nagaoka3,996Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
New Japan Cup 2019March 24, 2019NagaokaCity Hall Plaza Aore Nagaoka3,991Kazuchika Okada vs. Sanada
New Japan Cup 2020July 11, 2020OsakaOsaka-jō Hall3,318Kazuchika Okada vs. Evil
New Japan Cup 2021March 21, 2021SendaiXebio Arena Sendai2,299Shingo Takagi vs. Will Ospreay
New Japan Cup 2022March 27, 2022OsakaOsaka-jō Hall2,987Tetsuya Naito vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
New Japan Cup 2023March 21, 2023NagaokaCity Hall Plaza Aore Nagaoka3,384Sanada vs. David Finlay
New Japan Cup 2024March 20, 2024NagaokaCity Hall Plaza Aore Nagaoka3,003Hirooki Goto vs. Yota Tsuji
New Japan Cup 2025March 20, 2025NagaokaCity Hall Plaza Aore Nagaoka3,271David Finlay vs. Shota Umino

Tournaments

YearTournamentAftermathWinnerTimes wonParticipantsChallenged forMatchResult
2005Hiroshi Tanahashi116colspan="3"
2006Giant Bernard1IWGP Heavyweight Championshipvs. Brock Lesnar at New Japan Cup 2006 Special
2007Yuji Nagata114vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi at 35th Anniversary Tour: Circuit 2007 New Japan Brave
2008Hiroshi Tanahashi216vs. Shinsuke Nakamura at New Dimension
2009Hirooki Goto114vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi at Wrestling Dontaku
2010Hirooki Goto215vs. Shinsuke Nakamura at New Dimension
2011Yuji Nagata216vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi at New Dimension
2012Hirooki Goto3vs. Kazuchika Okada at Wrestling Dontaku
2013Kazuchika Okada1vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi at Invasion Attack
2014Shinsuke Nakamura1IWGP Intercontinental Championshipvs. Hiroshi Tanahashi at Invasion Attack
2015Kota Ibushi1IWGP Heavyweight Championshipvs. A.J. Styles at Invasion Attack
2016Tetsuya Naito1vs. Kazuchika Okada at Invasion Attack
2017Katsuyori Shibata1vs. Kazuchika Okada at Sakura Genesis
2018Zack Sabre Jr.1vs. Kazuchika Okada at Sakura Genesis
2019Kazuchika Okada232date=February 12, 2019title=現地時間・4月6日（土）マディソン・スクエア・ガーデン大会にて、IWGPヘビー級選手権が実現！『NEW JAPAN CUP』優勝者が"王者"ジェイ・ホワイトに挑戦！url=https://www.njpw.co.jp/185675access-date=February 12, 2019website=New Japan Pro-Wrestlinglanguage=ja}}
2020Evil1IWGP Heavyweight Championship &
IWGP Intercontinental Championshipvs. Tetsuya Naito at Dominion in Osaka-jo Hall
2021Will Ospreay130IWGP World Heavyweight Championshipvs. Kota Ibushi at Sakura Genesis
2022Zack Sabre Jr.248vs. Kazuchika Okada at Hyper Battle '22
2023Sanada124vs. Kazuchika Okada at Sakura Genesis
2024Yota Tsuji128vs. Tetsuya Naito at Sakura Genesis
2025David Finlay124vs. Hirooki Goto at Sakura Genesis

Results

2005

Final: Osaka, Osaka, Japan Final: Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium The 2005 New Japan Cup was held from April 19 to April 24. The first two rounds were held on individual nights, with round one taking up the entire card on April 19. April 19 April 21 April 24 April 24

| RD1-team01=Hiroshi Tanahashi | RD1-team02=Yuji Nagata | RD1-score01=DQ | RD1-score02=24:12

| RD1-team03=Koji Kanemoto | RD1-team04=Ryushi Yanagisawa | RD1-score03=Pin | RD1-score04=8:19

| RD1-team05=Minoru | RD1-team06=Osamu Nishimura | RD1-score05=CO | RD1-score06=16:47

| RD1-team07=Hiroyoshi Tenzan | RD1-team08=Jushin Thunder Liger | RD1-score07=Pin | RD1-score08=15:54

| RD1-team09=Kendo Kashin | RD1-team10=Shinsuke Nakamura | RD1-score09=Pin | RD1-score10=8:55

| RD1-team11=Yutaka Yoshie | RD1-team12=Scott Norton | RD1-score11=Pin | RD1-score12=9:07

| RD1-team13=Tiger Mask | RD1-team14=Masahiro Chono | RD1-score13=Pin | RD1-score14=10:29

| RD1-team15=Hirooki Goto | RD1-team16=Manabu Nakanishi | RD1-score15=Pin | RD1-score16=7:34

| RD2-team01=Hiroshi Tanahashi | RD2-team02=Koji Kanemoto | RD2-score01=Pin | RD2-score02=17:38

| RD2-team03=Osamu Nishimura† | RD2-team04=Hiroyoshi Tenzan | RD2-score03=Sub | RD2-score04=20:47

| RD2-team05=Kendo Kashin | RD2-team06=Yutaka Yoshie | RD2-score05=Pin | RD2-score06=15:48

| RD2-team07=Masahiro Chono | RD2-team08=Manabu Nakanishi | RD2-score07=Pin | RD2-score08=14:16

| RD3-team01=Hiroshi Tanahashi | RD3-team02=Hiroyoshi Tenzan | RD3-score01=Pin | RD3-score02=19:45

| RD3-team03=Kendo Kashin | RD3-team04=Manabu Nakanishi | RD3-score03=Pin | RD3-score04=10:20

| RD4-team01=Hiroshi Tanahashi | RD4-team02=Manabu Nakanishi | RD4-score01=Pin | RD4-score02=19:21

† Minoru was forced to pull out before his Round 2 match, due to suffering severe dizziness, and was replaced by Osamu Nishimura, who he beat in Round 1.

2006

Final: Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan Final: Memorial Park Gymnasium The 2006 New Japan Cup was held from April 16 to April 30. Giant Bernard, the winner of the tournament, went on to fail in his challenge against IWGP Champion Brock Lesnar on May 3. April 16, 20, 21, 22 April 23,25,26 April 28,29 April 30

| RD1-team01=Giant Bernard | RD1-team02=Toru Yano | RD1-score01=Pin | RD1-score02=8:19

| RD1-team03=Black Strong Machine | RD1-team04=Riki Choshu | RD1-score03=Pin | RD1-score04=6:46

| RD1-team05=Manabu Nakanishi | RD1-team06= Takashi Iizuka | RD1-score05=Pin | RD1-score06=11:31

| RD1-team07=Ryoji Sai | RD1-team08=Naofumi Yamamoto | RD1-score07=Pin | RD1-score08=13:59

| RD1-team09=Hiroshi Tanahashi | RD1-team10=Masahiro Chono | RD1-score09=Pin | RD1-score10=25:12

| RD1-team11=Hiroyoshi Tenzan | RD1-team12=Scott Norton | RD1-score11=Pin | RD1-score12=12:30

| RD1-team13=Togi Makabe | RD1-team14=Tatsutoshi Goto | RD1-score13=Pin | RD1-score14=1:24

| RD1-team15=Yuji Nagata | RD1-team16=Tomohiro Ishii | RD1-score15=Pin | RD1-score16=9:57

| RD2-team01=Giant Bernard | RD2-team02=Riki Choshu | RD2-score01=Pin | RD2-score02=9:11

| RD2-team03=Manabu Nakanishi | RD2-team04=Ryoji Sai | RD2-score03=Pin | RD2-score04=14:56

| RD2-team05=Hiroshi Tanahashi | RD2-team06=Hiroyoshi Tenzan | RD2-score05=Pin | RD2-score06=14:27

| RD2-team07=Togi Makabe | RD2-team08=Yuji Nagata | RD2-score07=Pin | RD2-score08=10:50

| RD3-team01=Giant Bernard | RD3-team02=Manabu Nakanishi | RD3-score01=Pin | RD3-score02=16:43

| RD3-team03= Hiroshi Tanahashi | RD3-team04=Yuji Nagata | RD3-score03=Pin | RD3-score04=18:49

| RD4-team01=Giant Bernard | RD4-team02=Yuji Nagata | RD4-score01=Pin | RD4-score02=19:40

2007

Final: Tokyo, Japan Final: Korakuen Hall The 2007 New Japan Cup was a 14-man tournament held from March 3 to March 21. Giant Bernard and Hiroyoshi Tenzan received byes to the second round, due to their victories in the 2006 New Japan Cup and G1 Climax respectively. Shinsuke Nakamura was injured in a non-tournament match on March 13, giving Tenzan an additional pass to the semifinals. The winner, Yuji Nagata, went on to defeat Hiroshi Tanahashi for the championship on April 13, beginning his second reign with the title. He also became the first person to reach the NJC final twice, and the first to win both the New Japan Cup and G1 Climax. March 3, 4, 9, 10, 11 March 13, 15 March 18 March 21

| RD1-team01= Togi Makabe | RD1-score01= Pin | RD1-team02= Travis Tomko | RD1-score02= 9:29

| RD1-team03= Tomoaki Honma | RD1-score03= Sub | RD1-team04= Takashi Iizuka | RD1-score04= 14:06

| RD1-team05= Shinsuke Nakamura | RD1-score05= Pin | RD1-team06= Toru Yano | RD1-score06= 10:16

| RD1-team07= | RD1-score07= | RD1-team08= | RD1-score08=

| RD1-team09= Tomohiro Ishii | RD1-score09= Pin | RD1-team10= Yuji Nagata | RD1-score10= 12:12

| RD1-team11= Masahiro Chono | RD1-score11= Pin | RD1-team12= Riki Choshu | RD1-score12= 8:44

| RD1-team13= Shiro Koshinaka | RD1-score13= Pin | RD1-team14= Manabu Nakanishi | RD1-score14= 10:03

| RD1-team15= | RD1-score15= | RD1-team16= | RD1-score16=

| RD2-team01= Togi Makabe | RD2-score01= Pin | RD2-team02= Takashi Iizuka | RD2-score02= 11:32

| RD2-team03= Shinsuke Nakamura | RD2-score03= Forfeit | RD2-team04= Hiroyoshi Tenzan | RD2-score04=N/A

| RD2-team05= Yuji Nagata | RD2-score05= Pin | RD2-team06= Masahiro Chono | RD2-score06= 17:25

| RD2-team07= Manabu Nakanishi | RD2-score07= Pin | RD2-team08= Giant Bernard | RD2-score08= 13:05

| RD3-team01= Togi Makabe | RD3-score01= DQ | RD3-team02= Hiroyoshi Tenzan | RD3-score02= 12:27

| RD3-team03= Yuji Nagata | RD3-score03= Sub | RD3-team04= Giant Bernard | RD3-score04= 18:22

| RD4-team01= Togi Makabe | RD4-score01= Pin | RD4-team02= Yuji Nagata | RD4-score02= 20:05

2008

Final: Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan Final: Amagasaki Memorial Park Gymnasium The 2008 New Japan Cup was a 16-man tournament held from March 9 to March 23. The winner, Hiroshi Tanahashi, became the first two-time winner of the NJC and went on to fail in his challenge against IWGP Champion Shinsuke Nakamura on March 30.

| RD1-team01=Tomohiro Ishii | RD1-score01=Sub | RD1-team02=Hiroyoshi Tenzan | RD1-score02=13:03

| RD1-team03=Takashi Iizuka | RD1-score03=Pin | RD1-team04=Togi Makabe | RD1-score04=10:27

| RD1-team05=Hirooki Goto | RD1-score05=Pin | RD1-team06=Hiroshi Tanahashi | RD1-score06=20:32

| RD1-team07=Jushin Thunder Liger | RD1-score07=Pin | RD1-team08=Ryusuke Taguchi | RD1-score08=11:33

| RD1-team09=Koji Kanemoto | RD1-score09=Sub | RD1-team10=Karl Anderson | RD1-score10=9:05

| RD1-team11=Giant Bernard | RD1-score11=Pin | RD1-team12=Tomoaki Honma | RD1-score12=10:43

| RD1-team13=Milano Collection A.T. | RD1-score13=Pin | RD1-team14=Toru Yano | RD1-score14=11:25

| RD1-team15=Manabu Nakanishi | RD1-score15=Pin | RD1-team16=Rhino | RD1-score16=10:17

| RD2-team01=Hiroyoshi Tenzan | RD2-score01=Pin1 | RD2-team02=Togi Makabe | RD2-score02=18:07

| RD2-team03=Hiroshi Tanahashi | RD2-score03=Pin | RD2-team04=Ryusuke Taguchi | RD2-score04=13:42

| RD2-team05=Koji Kanemoto | RD2-score05=Pin | RD2-team06=Giant Bernard | RD2-score06=9:45

| RD2-team07=Toru Yano | RD2-score07=Pin | RD2-team08=Rhino | RD2-score08=11:21

| RD3-team01=Togi Makabe | RD3-score01=Pin | RD3-team02=Hiroshi Tanahashi | RD3-score02=12:11

| RD3-team03=Giant Bernard | RD3-score03=Pin | RD3-team04=Toru Yano | RD3-score04=10:44

| RD4-team01=Hiroshi Tanahashi | RD4-score01=Pin | RD4-team02=Giant Bernard | RD4-score02=18:24 1This match originally ended in a double countout at 2:35, but it was restarted with Makabe winning via pinfall in 14:49.

2009

Final: Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan Final: Amagasaki Memorial Park Gymnasium The 2009 New Japan Cup was a 14-man tournament held from March 8 to March 22. Giant Bernard and Yuji Nagata, the winners of the Cups of 2006 and 2007, received byes in the first round of the tournament. The eventual winner of the tournament, Hirooki Goto, went on to lose the IWGP Heavyweight Championship match to Hiroshi Tanahashi on May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2009.

March 8 March 15 March 22 March 22

| RD1-team01=Hirooki Goto | RD1-score01=Sub | RD1-team02=Karl Anderson | RD1-score02=11:10

| RD1-team03=Shinsuke Nakamura | RD1-score03=Pin | RD1-team04=Togi Makabe | RD1-score04=15:32

| RD1-team07=Takashi Iizuka | RD1-score07=Pin | RD1-team08=Tomoaki Honma | RD1-score08=10:53

| RD1-team09=Milano Collection A.T. | RD1-score09=Pin | RD1-team10=Toru Yano | RD1-score10=09:50

| RD1-team13=Yutaka Yoshie | RD1-score13=Pin | RD1-team14=Manabu Nakanishi | RD1-score14=20:29

| RD1-team15=Tomohiro Ishii | RD1-score15=CO1 | RD1-team16=Wataru Inoue | RD1-score16=12:33

| RD2-team01=Hirooki Goto | RD2-score01=Pin | RD2-team02=Shinsuke Nakamura | RD2-score02=19:00

| RD2-team03=Yuji Nagata | RD2-score03=DQ | RD2-team04=Takashi Iizuka | RD2-score04=14:49

| RD2-team05=Milano Collection A.T. | RD2-score05=Pin | RD2-team06=Giant Bernard | RD2-score06=9:13

| RD2-team07=Yutaka Yoshie | RD2-score07=Pin | RD2-team08=Tomohiro Ishii | RD2-score08=13:38

| RD3-team01=Hirooki Goto | RD3-score01=Sub | RD3-team02=Yuji Nagata | RD3-score02=14:51

| RD3-team03=Giant Bernard | RD3-score03=Pin | RD3-team04=Yutaka Yoshie | RD3-score04=08:56

| RD4-team01=Hirooki Goto | RD4-score01=Sub | RD4-team02=Giant Bernard | RD4-score02=18:18 1This match originally ended in a double countout at 3:18, but it was restarted with Ishii winning via countout in 9:15.

2010

Final: Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan Final: Amagasaki Memorial Park Gymnasium The 2010 New Japan Cup was a 15-man tournament held from March 14 to March 22. As the previous winner of the Cup, Hirooki Goto received a bye in the first round of the tournament. With his victory, Goto became the second two-time winner of the tournament and the first to win it back-to-back. Goto went on to challenge the IWGP Heavyweight Champion Shinsuke Nakamura on April 4, but would once again fail in his attempt to win the title.

March 14 March 20 March 22 March 22

| RD1-team03=Yujiro Takahashi | RD1-score03=Pin | RD1-team04=Yuji Nagata | RD1-score04=13:41

| RD1-team05=Wataru Inoue | RD1-score05=Pin | RD1-team06=Giant Bernard | RD1-score06=7:39

| RD1-team07=Masato Tanaka | RD1-score07=Pin | RD1-team08=Manabu Nakanishi | RD1-score08=18:01

| RD1-team09=Togi Makabe | RD1-score09=Pin | RD1-team10=Tomohiro Ishii | RD1-score10=11:46

| RD1-team11=Toru Yano | RD1-score11=Pin | RD1-team12=Tomoaki Honma | RD1-score12=10:34

| RD1-team13=Hiroshi Tanahashi | RD1-score13=Pin | RD1-team14=Strong Man | RD1-score14=8:37

| RD1-team15=Tetsuya Naito | RD1-score15=Pin | RD1-team16=Karl Anderson | RD1-score16=9:52

| RD2-team01=Hirooki Goto | RD2-score01=Pin | RD2-team02=Yujiro Takahashi | RD2-score02=15:04

| RD2-team03=Wataru Inoue | RD2-score03=Pin | RD2-team04=Masato Tanaka | RD2-score04=13:05

| RD2-team05=Togi Makabe | RD2-score05=Pin | RD2-team06=Toru Yano | RD2-score06=14:26

| RD2-team07=Hiroshi Tanahashi | RD2-score07=Pin | RD2-team08=Tetsuya Naito | RD2-score08=23:17

| RD3-team01=Hirooki Goto | RD3-score01=Pin | RD3-team02=Masato Tanaka | RD3-score02=11:15

| RD3-team03=Togi Makabe | RD3-score03=Pin | RD3-team04=Tetsuya Naito | RD3-score04=15:52

| RD4-team01=Hirooki Goto | RD4-score01=Pin | RD4-team02=Togi Makabe | RD4-score02=21:42

2011

Final: Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan Final: Amagasaki Memorial Park Gymnasium The 2011 New Japan Cup was a 16-man tournament held from March 6 to March 20. The winner, Yuji Nagata, went on to unsuccessfully challenge Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship on April 3. March 6 March 13 March 19 March 20 March 20

| RD1-team01=Manabu Nakanishi | RD1-score01=Pin | RD1-team02=Yujiro Takahashi | RD1-score02=9:50

| RD1-team03=Hirooki Goto | RD1-score03=Pin | RD1-team04=Shinsuke Nakamura | RD1-score04=13:45

| RD1-team05=Karl Anderson | RD1-score05=Sub | RD1-team06=MVP | RD1-score06=12:20

| RD1-team07=Togi Makabe | RD1-score07=Pin | RD1-team08=Satoshi Kojima | RD1-score08=16:01

| RD1-team09=Wataru Inoue | RD1-score09=Pin | RD1-team10=Toru Yano | RD1-score10=10:17

| RD1-team11=Hiroyoshi Tenzan | RD1-score11=Sub | RD1-team12=Takashi Iizuka | RD1-score12=12:50

| RD1-team13=Tetsuya Naito | RD1-score13=Pin | RD1-team14=Masato Tanaka | RD1-score14=13:03

| RD1-team15=Yuji Nagata | RD1-score15=Pin | RD1-team16=Giant Bernard | RD1-score16=11:32

| RD2-team01=Manabu Nakanishi | RD2-score01=Pin | RD2-team02=Shinsuke Nakamura | RD2-score02=8:49

| RD2-team03=MVP | RD2-score03=Pin | RD2-team04=Togi Makabe | RD2-score04=10:41

| RD2-team05=Toru Yano | RD2-score05=Pin | RD2-team06=Hiroyoshi Tenzan | RD2-score06=11:09

| RD2-team07=Masato Tanaka | RD2-score07=Pin | RD2-team08=Yuji Nagata | RD2-score08=16:33

| RD3-team01=Shinsuke Nakamura | RD3-score01=Pin | RD3-team02=Togi Makabe | RD3-score02=9:55

| RD3-team03=Toru Yano | RD3-score03=Sub | RD3-team04=Yuji Nagata | RD3-score04=7:27

| RD4-team01=Shinsuke Nakamura | RD4-score01=Pin | RD4-team02=Yuji Nagata | RD4-score02=14:44

2012

Final: Tokyo, Japan Final: Korakuen Hall The 2012 New Japan Cup was a 16-man tournament held from April 1 to April 8. With his win, Hirooki Goto, became the first three-time winner of the tournament. April 1 April 5 April 8 April 8

| RD1-team01=Hiroshi Tanahashi | RD1-score01=Pin | RD1-team02=Toru Yano | RD1-score02=17:25

| RD1-team03=Satoshi Kojima | RD1-score03=Pin | RD1-team04=Tetsuya Naito | RD1-score04=17:53

| RD1-team05=Hiroyoshi Tenzan | RD1-score05=Pin | RD1-team06=Karl Anderson | RD1-score06=8:00

| RD1-team07=MVP | RD1-score07=Pin | RD1-team08=Shinsuke Nakamura | RD1-score08=9:45

| RD1-team09=Togi Makabe | RD1-score09=Pin | RD1-team10=Lance Archer | RD1-score10=8:47

| RD1-team11=Yuji Nagata | RD1-score11=Pin | RD1-team12=Minoru Suzuki | RD1-score12=15:31

| RD1-team13=Hirooki Goto | RD1-score13=Pin | RD1-team14=Yujiro Takahashi | RD1-score14=9:55

| RD1-team15=La Sombra | RD1-score15=Pin | RD1-team16=Yoshi-Hashi | RD1-score16=9:41

| RD2-team01=Hiroshi Tanahashi | RD2-score01=Pin | RD2-team02=Tetsuya Naito | RD2-score02=18:21

| RD2-team03=Karl Anderson | RD2-score03=Pin | RD2-team04=Shinsuke Nakamura | RD2-score04=15:22

| RD2-team05=Togi Makabe | RD2-score05=Pin | RD2-team06=Minoru Suzuki | RD2-score06=13:34

| RD2-team07=Hirooki Goto | RD2-score07=Pin | RD2-team08=La Sombra | RD2-score08=9:51

| RD3-team01=Hiroshi Tanahashi | RD3-score01=Pin | RD3-team02=Karl Anderson | RD3-score02=12:36

| RD3-team03=Togi Makabe | RD3-score03=Pin | RD3-team04=Hirooki Goto | RD3-score04=9:22

| RD4-team01=Hiroshi Tanahashi | RD4-score01=Pin | RD4-team02=Hirooki Goto | RD4-score02=25:25

2013

Final: Tokyo, Japan Final: Korakuen Hall The 2013 New Japan Cup was a 16-man tournament held from March 11 to March 23. The winner of the tournament, Kazuchika Okada, went on to defeat Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship at Invasion Attack on April 7. March 11 March 17 March 23 March 23

| RD1-team01=Togi Makabe | RD1-score01=Pin | RD1-team02=Yujiro Takahashi | RD1-score02=10:45

| RD1-team03=Shinsuke Nakamura | RD1-score03=Pin | RD1-team04=Davey Boy Smith Jr. | RD1-score04=13:06

| RD1-team05=Satoshi Kojima | RD1-score05=Pin | RD1-team06=Tomohiro Ishii | RD1-score06=13:37

| RD1-team07=Hirooki Goto | RD1-score07=Pin | RD1-team08=Tama Tonga | RD1-score08=9:37

| RD1-team09=Hiroyoshi Tenzan | RD1-score09=Pin | RD1-team10=Karl Anderson | RD1-score10=8:42

| RD1-team11=Kazuchika Okada | RD1-score11=Sub | RD1-team12=Lance Archer | RD1-score12=10:14

| RD1-team13=Yuji Nagata | RD1-score13=Pin | RD1-team14=Minoru Suzuki | RD1-score14=10:24

| RD1-team15=Manabu Nakanishi | RD1-score15=Pin | RD1-team16=Toru Yano | RD1-score16=6:18

| RD2-team01=Yujiro Takahashi | RD2-score01=Pin | RD2-team02=Davey Boy Smith Jr. | RD2-score02=11:43

| RD2-team03=Tomohiro Ishii | RD2-score03=Pin | RD2-team04=Hirooki Goto | RD2-score04=18:46

| RD2-team05=Karl Anderson | RD2-score05=Pin | RD2-team06=Kazuchika Okada | RD2-score06=15:27

| RD2-team07=Minoru Suzuki | RD2-score07=Pin | RD2-team08=Toru Yano | RD2-score08=10:14

| RD3-team01=Davey Boy Smith Jr. | RD3-score01=Pin | RD3-team02=Hirooki Goto | RD3-score02=8:14

| RD3-team03=Kazuchika Okada | RD3-score03=Sub | RD3-team04=Toru Yano | RD3-score04=10:42

| RD4-team01=Hirooki Goto | RD4-score01=Pin | RD4-team02=Kazuchika Okada | RD4-score02=23:52

2014

Final: Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan Final: Amagasaki Memorial Park Gymnasium The 2014 New Japan Cup took place between March 15 and 23. The winner of the tournament got to choose whether to challenge for the IWGP Heavyweight or the IWGP Intercontinental Championship.

March 15 March 22 March 23 March 23

| RD1-team01=Togi Makabe | RD1-score01=Pin | RD1-team02=Bad Luck Fale | RD1-score02=9:36

| RD1-team03=Tetsuya Naito | RD1-score03=Pin | RD1-team04=Tomohiro Ishii | RD1-score04=12:55

| RD1-team05=Katsuyori Shibata | RD1-score05=Sub | RD1-team06=Karl Anderson | RD1-score06=9:14

| RD1-team07=Yujiro Takahashi | RD1-score07=Pin | RD1-team08=Shelton X Benjamin | RD1-score08=6:21

| RD1-team09=Hirooki Goto | RD1-score09=Pin | RD1-team10=Doc Gallows | RD1-score10=6:59

| RD1-team11=Toru Yano | RD1-score11=Pin | RD1-team12=Minoru Suzuki | RD1-score12=8:01

| RD1-team13=Shinsuke Nakamura | RD1-score13=Pin | RD1-team14=Davey Boy Smith Jr. | RD1-score14=14:59

| RD1-team15=Prince Devitt | RD1-score15=Pin | RD1-team16=Lance Archer | RD1-score16=7:57

| RD2-team01=Bad Luck Fale | RD2-score01=Pin | RD2-team02=Tetsuya Naito | RD2-score02=11:29

| RD2-team03=Katsuyori Shibata | RD2-score03=Pin | RD2-team04=Shelton X Benjamin | RD2-score04=10:06

| RD2-team05=Hirooki Goto | RD2-score05=Pin | RD2-team06=Minoru Suzuki | RD2-score06=12:27

| RD2-team07=Shinsuke Nakamura | RD2-score07=Pin | RD2-team08=Prince Devitt | RD2-score08=10:23

| RD3-team01=Bad Luck Fale | RD3-score01=Pin | RD3-team02=Shelton X Benjamin | RD3-score02=4:13

| RD3-team03=Minoru Suzuki | RD3-score03=Pin | RD3-team04=Shinsuke Nakamura | RD3-score04=13:12

| RD4-team01=Bad Luck Fale | RD4-score01=Pin | RD4-team02=Shinsuke Nakamura | RD4-score02=15:20

2015

Final: Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan Final: Hiroshima Sun Plaza The 2015 New Japan Cup took place between March 5 and 15. The winner of the tournament got to choose whether to challenge for the IWGP Heavyweight, IWGP Intercontinental or the NEVER Openweight Championship at Invasion Attack 2015 on April 5.

March 5 March 8 March 15 March 15

| RD1-team01=Hiroshi Tanahashi | RD1-score01=Pin | RD1-team02=Toru Yano | RD1-score02=2:47

| RD1-team03=Kota Ibushi | RD1-score03=Pin | RD1-team04=Doc Gallows | RD1-score04=8:49

| RD1-team05=Tetsuya Naito | RD1-score05=Pin | RD1-team06=Karl Anderson | RD1-score06=12:10

| RD1-team07=Kazuchika Okada | RD1-score07=Pin | RD1-team08=Bad Luck Fale | RD1-score08=16:34

| RD1-team09=Togi Makabe | RD1-score09=Pin | RD1-team10=Tomoaki Honma | RD1-score10=10:10

| RD1-team11=Yoshi-Hashi | RD1-score11=Pin | RD1-team12=Yujiro Takahashi | RD1-score12=8:02

| RD1-team13=Yuji Nagata | RD1-score13=Pin | RD1-team14=Hirooki Goto | RD1-score14=11:24

| RD1-team15=Satoshi Kojima | RD1-score15=Pin | RD1-team16=Katsuyori Shibata | RD1-score16=8:53

| RD2-team01=Toru Yano | RD2-score01=Pin | RD2-team02=Kota Ibushi | RD2-score02=2:44

| RD2-team03=Tetsuya Naito | RD2-score03=Pin | RD2-team04=Bad Luck Fale | RD2-score04=12:51

| RD2-team05=Togi Makabe | RD2-score05=Pin | RD2-team06=Yujiro Takahashi | RD2-score06=10:13

| RD2-team07=Hirooki Goto | RD2-score07=Pin | RD2-team08=Katsuyori Shibata | RD2-score08=17:18

| RD3-team01=Kota Ibushi | RD3-score01=Pin | RD3-team02=Tetsuya Naito | RD3-score02=14:14

| RD3-team03=Togi Makabe | RD3-score03=Pin | RD3-team04=Hirooki Goto | RD3-score04=8:11

| RD4-team01=Kota Ibushi | RD4-score01=Pin | RD4-team02=Hirooki Goto | RD4-score02=17:31

2016

Final: Aomori, Aomori, Japan Final: New Aomori Prefecture Sports Park Maeda Arena The 2016 New Japan Cup took place between March 3 and 12. The winner of the tournament would once again get to choose whether to challenge for the IWGP Heavyweight, IWGP Intercontinental or NEVER Openweight Championship at Invasion Attack 2016 on April 10.

March 3 March 4 March 12 March 12

| RD1-team01=Hiroshi Tanahashi | RD1-score01=Pin | RD1-team02=Bad Luck Fale | RD1-score02=13:55

| RD1-team03=Hiroyoshi Tenzan | RD1-score03=Pin | RD1-team04=Michael Elgin | RD1-score04=8:22

| RD1-team05=Togi Makabe | RD1-score05=Pin | RD1-team06=Tama Tonga | RD1-score06=7:40

| RD1-team07=Yuji Nagata | RD1-score07=Pin | RD1-team08=Hirooki Goto | RD1-score08=11:28

| RD1-team09=Tomoaki Honma | RD1-score09=Pin | RD1-team10=Satoshi Kojima | RD1-score10=11:50

| RD1-team11=Toru Yano | RD1-score11=CO | RD1-team12=Yujiro Takahashi | RD1-score12=1:13

| RD1-team13=Tomohiro Ishii | RD1-score13=Pin | RD1-team14=Evil | RD1-score14=15:20

| RD1-team15=Yoshi-Hashi | RD1-score15=Pin | RD1-team16=Tetsuya Naito | RD1-score16=13:42

| RD2-team01=Bad Luck Fale | RD2-score01=Pin | RD2-team02=Michael Elgin | RD2-score02=10:10

| RD2-team03=Tama Tonga | RD2-score03=Pin | RD2-team04=Hirooki Goto | RD2-score04=9:24

| RD2-team05=Satoshi Kojima | RD2-score05=Pin | RD2-team06=Toru Yano | RD2-score06=5:41

| RD2-team07=Tomohiro Ishii | RD2-score07=Pin | RD2-team08=Tetsuya Naito | RD2-score08=16:21

| RD3-team01=Michael Elgin | RD3-score01=Pin | RD3-team02=Hirooki Goto | RD3-score02=9:28

| RD3-team03=Toru Yano | RD3-score03=Pin | RD3-team04=Tetsuya Naito | RD3-score04=2:32

| RD4-team01=Hirooki Goto | RD4-score01=Pin | RD4-team02=Tetsuya Naito | RD4-score02=20:15

2017

Final: Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan Final: Aore Nagaoka The 2017 New Japan Cup took place between March 11 and 20. Unlike previous years, this tournament was held across eight events in 10 days. Tomoaki Honma was originally announced for the tournament, but was pulled out and replaced with Yuji Nagata after suffering a spinal cord injury.

March 11, 12 March 13, 14, 15, 17 March 19 March 20

| RD1-team01=Hiroshi Tanahashi | RD1-score01=Pin | RD1-team02=Evil | RD1-score02=22:55

| RD1-team03=Yuji Nagata | RD1-score03=Pin | RD1-team04=Tanga Loa | RD1-score04=11:45

| RD1-team05=Michael Elgin | RD1-score05=Pin | RD1-team06=Bad Luck Fale | RD1-score06=10:32

| RD1-team07=Toru Yano | RD1-score07=Pin | RD1-team08=Tama Tonga | RD1-score08=3:46

| RD1-team09=Katsuyori Shibata | RD1-score09=Pin | RD1-team10=Minoru Suzuki | RD1-score10=19:44

| RD1-team11=Juice Robinson | RD1-score11=Pin | RD1-team12=Yujiro Takahashi | RD1-score12=10:21

| RD1-team13=Tomohiro Ishii | RD1-score13=Pin | RD1-team14=Kenny Omega | RD1-score14=29:45

| RD1-team15=Yoshi-Hashi | RD1-score15=Sub | RD1-team16=Sanada | RD1-score16=13:57

| RD2-team01=Evil | RD2-score01=Pin | RD2-team02=Yuji Nagata | RD2-score02=13:33

| RD2-team03=Bad Luck Fale | RD2-score03=Pin | RD2-team04=Toru Yano | RD2-score04=8:33

| RD2-team05=Katsuyori Shibata | RD2-score05=Pin | RD2-team06=Juice Robinson | RD2-score06=11:23

| RD2-team07=Tomohiro Ishii | RD2-score07=Pin | RD2-team08=Sanada | RD2-score08=14:02

| RD3-team01=Evil | RD3-score01=Pin | RD3-team02=Bad Luck Fale | RD3-score02=12:20

| RD3-team03=Katsuyori Shibata | RD3-score03=Sub | RD3-team04=Tomohiro Ishii | RD3-score04=22:32

| RD4-team01=Bad Luck Fale | RD4-score01=Pin | RD4-team02=Katsuyori Shibata | RD4-score02=18:48

2018

Final: Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan Final: Aore Nagaoka The 2018 New Japan Cup took place between March 9 and 21. The winner of the tournament, Zack Sabre Jr., challenged Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. Sabre also became the second non-Japanese wrestler, after Giant Bernard, to win the New Japan Cup.

March 9, 10, 11, 12 March 14, 15 March 16, 18 March 21

| RD1-team01=Michael Elgin | RD1-score01= Pin | RD1-team02=Tomohiro Ishii | RD1-score02= 29:02

| RD1-team03=Juice Robinson | RD1-score03=Pin | RD1-team04=Yujiro Takahashi | RD1-score04= 16:08

| RD1-team05=Hiroshi Tanahashi | RD1-score05= Pin | RD1-team06=Taichi | RD1-score06= 23:53

| RD1-team07=Bad Luck Fale | RD1-score07= Pin | RD1-team08=Lance Archer | RD1-score08= 11:02

| RD1-team09=Yoshi-Hashi | RD1-score09=Pin | RD1-team10=Kota Ibushi | RD1-score10=22:23

| RD1-team11=Tetsuya Naito | RD1-score11=Sub | RD1-team12=Zack Sabre Jr. | RD1-score12=22:43

| RD1-team13=Toru Yano | RD1-score13=12:52 | RD1-team14=Davey Boy Smith Jr. | RD1-score14=CO

| RD1-team15=Chuckie T. | RD1-score15=Pin | RD1-team16=Sanada | RD1-score16=21:31

| RD2-team01=Michael Elgin | RD2-score01=Pin | RD2-team02=Juice Robinson | RD2-score02=17:04

| RD2-team03=Hiroshi Tanahashi | RD2-score03=CO | RD2-team04=Bad Luck Fale | RD2-score04=14:36

| RD2-team05=Kota Ibushi | RD2-score05=Stop | RD2-team06=Zack Sabre Jr. | RD2-score06=21:02

| RD2-team07=Toru Yano | RD2-score07=Sub | RD2-team08=Sanada | RD2-score08=4:51

| RD3-team01=Juice Robinson | RD3-score01=Pin | RD3-team02=Hiroshi Tanahashi | RD3-score02=29:53

| RD3-team03=Zack Sabre Jr. | RD3-score03=Sub | RD3-team04=Sanada | RD3-score04=26:36

| RD4-team01=Hiroshi Tanahashi | RD4-score01=Sub | RD4-team02=Zack Sabre Jr. | RD4-score02=34:02

2019

Final: Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan Final: Aore Nagaoka The 2019 New Japan Cup took place between March 8 and 24. Unlike the previous year, the tournament featured 32 wrestlers instead of 16 and marks the New Japan Cup debut of 7 wrestlers. After David Finlay was pulled out of the tournament due to an injury, Ryusuke Taguchi was announced as his replacement.

March 8, 9, 10, 11 March 13, 14, 16, 17 March 20, 21 March 23 March 24 | seed-width= | team-width= | score-width=

| RD1-seed01= | RD1-team01=Yuji Nagata | RD1-score01=21:34 | RD1-seed02= | RD1-team02=Tomohiro Ishii | RD1-score02= Pin

| RD1-seed03= | RD1-team03=Tomoaki Honma | RD1-score03= 17:54 | RD1-seed04= | RD1-team04=Taichi | RD1-score04= Sub

| RD1-seed05= | RD1-team05=Manabu Nakanishi | RD1-score05= 12:26 | RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06=Yoshi-Hashi | RD1-score06= Sub

| RD1-seed07= | RD1-team07=Juice Robinson | RD1-score07= 24:36 | RD1-seed08= | RD1-team08=Chase Owens | RD1-score08= Pin

| RD1-seed09= | RD1-team09=Kazuchika Okada | RD1-score09= Pin | RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=Michael Elgin | RD1-score10= 24:06

| RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=Mikey Nicholls | RD1-score11= Pin | RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=Hikuleo | RD1-score12= 08:55

| RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=Will Ospreay | RD1-score13= Pin | RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=Bad Luck Fale | RD1-score14= 11:30

| RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=Toa Henare | RD1-score15= 11:11 | RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16=Lance Archer | RD1-score16= Pin

| RD1-seed17= | RD1-team17=Hiroshi Tanahashi | RD1-score17=Sub | RD1-seed18= | RD1-team18=Shota Umino | RD1-score18= 16:48

| RD1-seed19= | RD1-team19=Hiroyoshi Tenzan | RD1-score19=12:08 | RD1-seed20= | RD1-team20=Ryusuke Taguchi | RD1-score20=Pin

| RD1-seed21= | RD1-team21=Kota Ibushi | RD1-score21=Pin | RD1-seed22= | RD1-team22=Tetsuya Naito | RD1-score22=20:38

| RD1-seed23= | RD1-team23=Evil | RD1-score23=15:33 | RD1-seed24= | RD1-team24=Zack Sabre Jr. | RD1-score24=Sub

| RD1-seed25= | RD1-team25=Togi Makabe | RD1-score25=07:26 | RD1-seed26= | RD1-team26=Colt Cabana | RD1-score26=Pin

| RD1-seed27= | RD1-team27=Toru Yano | RD1-score27=Pin | RD1-seed28= | RD1-team28=Davey Boy Smith Jr. | RD1-score28=05:30

| RD1-seed29= | RD1-team29=Satoshi Kojima | RD1-score29=13:43 | RD1-seed30= | RD1-team30=Minoru Suzuki | RD1-score30=Pin

| RD1-seed31= | RD1-team31=Hirooki Goto | RD1-score31=20:47 | RD1-seed32= | RD1-team32=Sanada | RD1-score32=Pin

| RD2-seed01= | RD2-team01=Tomohiro Ishii | RD2-score01=Pin | RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02= Taichi | RD2-score02=22:55

| RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03= Yoshi-Hashi | RD2-score03=Pin | RD2-seed04= | RD2-team04= Chase Owens | RD2-score04=14:10

| RD2-seed05= | RD2-team05= Kazuchika Okada | RD2-score05=Pin | RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06= Mikey Nicholls | RD2-score06=17:25

| RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07= Will Ospreay | RD2-score07=Pin | RD2-seed08= | RD2-team08= Lance Archer | RD2-score08=18:08

| RD2-seed09= | RD2-team09=Hiroshi Tanahashi | RD2-score09=Pin | RD2-seed10= | RD2-team10=Ryusuke Taguchi | RD2-score10=17:18

| RD2-seed11= | RD2-team11=Kota Ibushi | RD2-score11=16:07 | RD2-seed12= | RD2-team12=Zack Sabre Jr. | RD2-score12=Sub

| RD2-seed13= | RD2-team13=Colt Cabana | RD2-score13=Pin | RD2-seed14= | RD2-team14=Toru Yano | RD2-score14=7:47

| RD2-seed15= | RD2-team15=Minoru Suzuki | RD2-score15=28:45 | RD2-seed16= | RD2-team16=Sanada | RD2-score16=Pin

| RD3-seed01= | RD3-team01=Tomohiro Ishii | RD3-score01=Pin | RD3-seed02= | RD3-team02=Yoshi-Hashi | RD3-score02=20:25

| RD3-seed03= | RD3-team03=Kazuchika Okada | RD3-score03=Pin | RD3-seed04= | RD3-team04=Will Ospreay | RD3-score04=20:10

| RD3-seed05= | RD3-team05=Hiroshi Tanahashi | RD3-score05=Pin | RD3-seed06= | RD3-team06=Zack Sabre Jr. | RD3-score06=21:11

| RD3-seed07= | RD3-team07=Colt Cabana | RD3-score07=14:56 | RD3-seed08= | RD3-team08=Sanada | RD3-score08=Sub

| RD4-seed01= | RD4-team01=Tomohiro Ishii | RD4-score01=21:10 | RD4-seed02= | RD4-team02=Kazuchika Okada | RD4-score02=Pin

| RD4-seed03= | RD4-team03=Hiroshi Tanahashi | RD4-score03=24:11 | RD4-seed04= | RD4-team04=Sanada | RD4-score04=Sub

| RD5-seed01= | RD5-team01=Kazuchika Okada | RD5-score01=Pin | RD5-seed02= | RD5-team02=Sanada | RD5-score02=33:07

2020

Final: Osaka, Japan Final: Osaka-jō Hall The 2020 New Japan Cup took place between June 16 and July 11. It was originally going to take place from March 4 until March 21, but was postponed when New Japan Pro-Wrestling suspended all of its activities due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

On June 9, New Japan Pro-Wrestling announced that it would resume its activities, beginning with the 2020 edition of the New Japan Cup, which would now be an Openweight tournament and take place from June 16 until July 11, with the final being held at Osaka-jō Hall in Osaka.

Due to both the Heavyweight and Intercontinental titles being held by Tetsuya Naito, the winner of the tournament would earn a match against him for both titles at Dominion in Osaka-jo Hall, instead of choosing one title to challenge for. June 16, 17, 22, 23 June 24, July 1 July 2 July 3 July 11 | seed-width= | team-width= | score-width=

| RD1-seed01= | RD1-team01=**Togi Makabe ** | RD1-score01=Pin | RD1-seed02= | RD1-team02=Yota Tsuji | RD1-score02=08:41

| RD1-seed03= | RD1-team03=Tomohiro Ishii | RD1-score03=Pin | RD1-seed04= | RD1-team04=El Desperado | RD1-score04=20:17

| RD1-seed05= | RD1-team05=**Toru Yano ** | RD1-score05= Pin | RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06=Jado | RD1-score06= 09:07

| RD1-seed07= | RD1-team07=Tomoaki Honma | RD1-score07=18:45 | RD1-seed08= | RD1-team08=**Hiromu Takahashi ** | RD1-score08=Pin

| RD1-seed09= | RD1-team09= **Kazuchika Okada ** | RD1-score09= Sub | RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=Gedo | RD1-score10= 15:30

| RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11= **Yuji Nagata ** | RD1-score11= Pin | RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=Minoru Suzuki | RD1-score12= 20:35

| RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=Yuya Uemura | RD1-score13= 09:32 | RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14= **Yoshinobu Kanemaru ** | RD1-score14= Pin

| RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=Gabriel Kidd | RD1-score15= 08:53 | RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16= **Taiji Ishimori ** | RD1-score16= Sub

| RD1-seed17= | RD1-team17=Hiroshi Tanahashi | RD1-score17=21:51 | RD1-seed18= | RD1-team18= Taichi | RD1-score18= Pin

| RD1-seed19= | RD1-team19= Kota Ibushi | RD1-score19= Pin | RD1-seed20= | RD1-team20=Zack Sabre Jr. | RD1-score20= 15:15

| RD1-seed21= | RD1-team21=Ryusuke Taguchi | RD1-score21= 15:47 | RD1-seed22= | RD1-team22= Sanada | RD1-score22= Pin

| RD1-seed23= | RD1-team23= Sho | RD1-score23= Pin | RD1-seed24= | RD1-team24=Shingo Takagi | RD1-score24= 17:06

| RD1-seed25= | RD1-team25=Hiroyoshi Tenzan | RD1-score25= 17:35 | RD1-seed26= | RD1-team26=Yoshi-Hashi | RD1-score26= Sub

| RD1-seed27= | RD1-team27=Yoh | RD1-score27= 15:42 | RD1-seed28= | RD1-team28= **Bushi ** | RD1-score28= Pin

| RD1-seed29= | RD1-team29=Satoshi Kojima | RD1-score29=20:08 | RD1-seed30= | RD1-team30=Evil | RD1-score30=Pin

| RD1-seed31= | RD1-team31=Hirooki Goto | RD1-score31=Pin | RD1-seed32= | RD1-team32=Yujiro Takahashi | RD1-score32=16:40

| RD2-seed01= | RD2-team01=Togi Makabe | RD2-score01= 13:28 | RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02= **Tomohiro Ishii ** | RD2-score02= Pin

| RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03=Toru Yano | RD2-score03= 09:17 | RD2-seed04= | RD2-team04= Hiromu Takahashi | RD2-score04= CO

| RD2-seed05= | RD2-team05= Kazuchika Okada | RD2-score05= Sub | RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06= Yuji Nagata | RD2-score06= 20:14

| RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07= Yoshinobu Kanemaru | RD2-score07= 09:18 | RD2-seed08= | RD2-team08= Taiji Ishimori | RD2-score08= Pin

| RD2-seed09= | RD2-team09= Taichi | RD2-score09= Pin | RD2-seed10= | RD2-team10= Kota Ibushi | RD2-score10= 18:08

| RD2-seed11= | RD2-team11= Sanada | RD2-score11= Sub | RD2-seed12= | RD2-team12= Sho | RD2-score12= 14:43

| RD2-seed13= | RD2-team13= Yoshi-Hashi | RD2-score13= Pin | RD2-seed14= | RD2-team14= Bushi | RD2-score14= 10:22

| RD2-seed15= | RD2-team15= Evil | RD2-score15= Pin | RD2-seed16= | RD2-team16= Hirooki Goto | RD2-score16= 18:25

| RD3-seed01= | RD3-team01= Tomohiro Ishii | RD3-score01= 19:12 | RD3-seed02= | RD3-team02= Hiromu Takahashi | RD3-score02= Pin

| RD3-seed03= | RD3-team03= Kazuchika Okada | RD3-score03=Sub | RD3-seed04= | RD3-team04= Taiji Ishimori | RD3-score04=16:52

| RD3-seed05= | RD3-team05= Taichi | RD3-score05= 22:50 | RD3-seed06= | RD3-team06= Sanada | RD3-score06= Pin

| RD3-seed07= | RD3-team07= Yoshi-Hashi | RD3-score07=2:00 | RD3-seed08= | RD3-team08= Evil | RD3-score08=Stop

| RD4-seed01= | RD4-team01= Hiromu Takahashi | RD4-score01= 27:00 | RD4-seed02= | RD4-team02= Kazuchika Okada | RD4-score02= Stop

| RD4-seed03= | RD4-team03= Sanada | RD4-score03= 20:13 | RD4-seed04= | RD4-team04= Evil | RD4-score04= Pin

| RD5-seed01= | RD5-team01= Kazuchika Okada | RD5-score01= 31:50 | RD5-seed02= | RD5-team02= Evil | RD5-score02= Pin

Original card

The original card for the New Japan Cup, when it was scheduled to take place from March 4 to March 21, had to be completely re-worked for the eventual final card, as several wrestlers who originally planned to participate could not go to Japan when NJPW resumed its activities due to travel restrictions amid the pandemic.

Of the 32 wrestlers included in the original card, 14 were not a part of the eventual tournament in June–July: Alex Coughlin, Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens, Colt Cabana, David Finlay, Karl Fredericks, Jay White, Kenta, Jeff Cobb, Juice Robinson, Mikey Nicholls, Tanga Loa, Toa Henare, and Will Ospreay.

; Cancelled Round 1 card

Day 1 (March 4)Day 2 (March 7)Day 3 (March 8)Day 4 (March 9)
Togi Makabe vs Jeff CobbTomohiro Ishii vs Toa HenareToru Yano vs. Chase OwensColt Cabana vs. Bad Luck Fale
Kazuchika Okada vs. Jay WhiteYuji Nagata vs. Minoru SuzukiJuice Robinson vs. Alex CoughlinDavid Finlay vs. Tanga Loa
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. TaichiKota Ibushi vs. Zack Sabre Jr.Mikey Nicholls vs. SanadaWill Ospreay vs. Shingo Takagi
Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Yoshi-HashiKarl Fredericks vs. KentaSatoshi Kojima vs. EvilHirooki Goto vs. Yujiro Takahashi

2021

Final: Sendai, Miyagi, Japan Final: Xebio Arena Sendai The 2021 edition's schedule was announced on January 13. The tournament ran from March 4, on NJPW's anniversary event, to March 21. The final night was NJPW's first show held at Xebio Arena Sendai. Evil and Hiroshi Tanahashi received byes on account of being the previous edition's winner and the reigning NEVER Openweight Champion respectively.

At the semifinals on March 20, the match between Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kota Ibushi and Bullet Club's Jay White, Kenta and Yujiro Takahashi was stopped due to a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that occurred in the Miyagi prefecture. While Bullet Club went backstage; Okada, Tanahashi, and Ibushi stayed in the ring area to calm the crowd and pose for pictures while New Japan employees were performing safety checks throughout the arena, which took about half an hour. After the safety checks were made, the match was able to continue with ring announcer Makoto Abe informing attendees shortly beforehand the rest of the event would be canceled if they were any additional aftershocks.

March 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 March 11, 13, 14, 15 March 16, 18 March 20 March 21 | team-width= | score-width=

| RD1-team03=Satoshi Kojima | RD1-score03=11:50 | RD1-team04=Jeff Cobb | RD1-score04=Pin

| RD1-team05=Tetsuya Naito | RD1-score05=20:20 | RD1-team06=Great-O-Khan | RD1-score06=Stop

| RD1-team07=Toru Yano | RD1-score07=CO | RD1-team08=Bad Luck Fale | RD1-score08=5:50

| RD1-team09=Taichi | RD1-score09=22:43 | RD1-team10=Hirooki Goto | RD1-score10=Pin

| RD1-team11=Kazuchika Okada | RD1-score11=23:58 | RD1-team12=Shingo Takagi | RD1-score12=Pin

| RD1-team13=Tomoaki Honma | RD1-score13=14:54 | RD1-team14=Minoru Suzuki | RD1-score14=Pin

| RD1-team15=Juice Robinson | RD1-score15=17:17 | RD1-team16=Kenta | RD1-score16=Sub

| RD1-team17=Hiroyoshi Tenzan | RD1-score17=13:37 | RD1-team18=Will Ospreay | RD1-score18=Pin

| RD1-team19=Gabriel Kidd | RD1-score19=17:21 | RD1-team20=Zack Sabre Jr. | RD1-score20=Sub

| RD1-team21=Yota Tsuji | RD1-score21=13:42 | RD1-team22=Yuji Nagata | RD1-score22=Pin

| RD1-team23=Tomohiro Ishii | RD1-score23=25:18 | RD1-team24=Sanada | RD1-score24=Pin

| RD1-team25=David Finlay | RD1-score25=Pin | RD1-team26=Chase Owens | RD1-score26=11:20

| RD1-team27=Yoshi-Hashi | RD1-score27=Pin | RD1-team28=Yujiro Takahashi | RD1-score28=15:50

| RD1-team29=Toa Henare | RD1-score29=24:46 | RD1-team30=Jay White | RD1-score30=Pin

| RD2-team01=Evil | RD2-score01=Pin | RD2-team02=Jeff Cobb | RD2-score02=23:08

| RD2-team03=Great-O-Khan | RD2-score03=13:02 | RD2-team04=Toru Yano | RD2-score04=Pin

| RD2-team05=Hirooki Goto | RD2-score05=23:51 | RD2-team06=Shingo Takagi | RD2-score06=Pin

| RD2-team07=Minoru Suzuki | RD2-score07=16:50 | RD2-team08=Kenta | RD2-score08=Pin

| RD2-team09=Will Ospreay | RD2-score09=Pin | RD2-team10=Zack Sabre Jr. | RD2-score10=21:23

| RD2-team11=Yuji Nagata | RD2-score11=18:18 | RD2-team12=Sanada | RD2-score12=Pin

| RD2-team13=David Finlay | RD2-score13=Pin | RD2-team14=Yoshi-Hashi | RD2-score14=13:12

| RD2-team15=Jay White | RD2-score15=Pin | RD2-team16=Hiroshi Tanahashi | RD2-score16=19:54

| RD3-team01=Evil | RD3-score01=Pin | RD3-team02=Toru Yano | RD3-score02=7:54

| RD3-team03=Shingo Takagi | RD3-score03=Pin | RD3-team04=Kenta | RD3-score04=23:47

| RD3-team05=Will Ospreay | RD3-score05=Pin | RD3-team06=Sanada | RD3-score06=18:56

| RD3-team07=David Finlay | RD3-score07=Pin | RD3-team08=Jay White | RD3-score08=19:24

| RD4-team01=Evil | RD4-score01=22:43 | RD4-team02=Shingo Takagi | RD4-score02=Pin

| RD4-team03=Will Ospreay | RD4-score03=Pin | RD4-team04=David Finlay | RD4-score04=21:04

| RD5-team01=Shingo Takagi | RD5-score01=30:06 | RD5-team02=Will Ospreay | RD5-score02=Pin

2022

Final: Osaka, Japan Final: Osaka-jo Hall The 2022 edition's schedule was announced on December 28, 2021, and the tournament ran from March 2 until March 27. The 2022 edition featured 48 participants which included wrestlers from both heavyweight and junior heavyweight divisions including the champions. March 2, 6, 7 March 9, 10, 12, 13 March 14, 15, 17, 18 March 20, 21 March 26 March 27

| RD1-team01=Kazuchika Okada | RD1-score01=Pin | RD1-team02=El Desperado | RD1-score02=26:21

| RD1-team05=Toru Yano | RD1-score05=6:25 | RD1-team06=Taichi | RD1-score06=Pin

| RD1-team09=Yuji Nagata | RD1-score09=12:37 | RD1-team10=Hirooki Goto | RD1-score10=Pin

| RD1-team13=Cima | RD1-score13=Pin | RD1-team14=Taka Michinoku | RD1-score14=9:48

| RD1-team17=Hiroshi Tanahashi | RD1-score17=Pin | RD1-team18=Yoh | RD1-score18=16:50

| RD1-team21=Tetsuya Naito | RD1-score21=Pin | RD1-team22=Yujiro Takahashi | RD1-score22=18:11

| RD1-team25=Togi Makabe | RD1-score25=8:10 | RD1-team26=Jeff Cobb | RD1-score26=Pin

| RD1-team29=Tomoaki Honma | RD1-score29=9:45 | RD1-team30=Yoshi-Hashi | RD1-score30=Pin

| RD1-team33=Kota Ibushi | RD1-score33=Forfeit | RD1-team34=Great-O-Khan | RD1-score34=N/A

| RD1-team37=Ryohei Oiwa | RD1-score37=10:35 | RD1-team38=Zack Sabre Jr. | RD1-score38=Sub

| RD1-team41=Yuto Nakashima | RD1-score41=8:40 | RD1-team42=Aaron Henare | RD1-score42=Pin

| RD1-team45=Bushi | RD1-score45=12:48 | RD1-team46=Will Ospreay | RD1-score46=Pin

| RD1-team49=Tomohiro Ishii | RD1-score49=23:32 | RD1-team50=Shingo Takagi | RD1-score50=Pin

| RD1-team53=Chase Owens | RD1-score53=Pin | RD1-team54=Jado | RD1-score54=7:13

| RD1-team57=Ryusuke Taguchi | RD1-score57=7:26 | RD1-team58=Evil | RD1-score58=Pin

| RD1-team61=Hiromu Takahashi | RD1-score61=Pin | RD1-team62=Sho | RD1-score62=15:45

| RD2-team01=Kazuchika Okada | RD2-score01=Pin | RD2-team02=Master Wato | RD2-score02=18:34

| RD2-team03=Taichi | RD2-score03=N/A | RD2-team04=Hiroyoshi Tenzan | RD2-score04=Forfeit

| RD2-team05=Hirooki Goto | RD2-score05=Sub | RD2-team06=Dick Togo | RD2-score06=9:50

| RD2-team07=Cima | RD2-score07=Pin | RD2-team08=Yoshinobu Kanemaru | RD2-score08=14:46

| RD2-team09=Hiroshi Tanahashi | RD2-score09=Pin | RD2-team10=Bad Luck Fale | RD2-score10=15:01

| RD2-team11=Tetsuya Naito | RD2-score11=Pin | RD2-team12=Gedo | RD2-score12=14:18

| RD2-team13=Jeff Cobb | RD2-score13=Pin | RD2-team14=Satoshi Kojima | RD2-score14=15:36

| RD2-team15=Yoshi-Hashi | RD2-score15=Sub | RD2-team16=Kosei Fujita | RD2-score16=9:20

| RD2-team17=Great-O-Khan | RD2-score17=Pin | RD2-team18=Taiji Ishimori | RD2-score18=16:43

| RD2-team19=Zack Sabre Jr. | RD2-score19=Sub | RD2-team20=Douki | RD2-score20=15:03

| RD2-team21=Aaron Henare | RD2-score21=25:07 | RD2-team22=Sanada | RD2-score22=Pin

| RD2-team23=Will Ospreay | RD2-score23=Pin | RD2-team24=El Phantasmo | RD2-score24=17:31

| RD2-team25=Shingo Takagi | RD2-score25=Pin | RD2-team26=Tanga Loa | RD2-score26=12:31

| RD2-team27=Chase Owens | RD2-score27=Pin | RD2-team28=Tiger Mask | RD2-score28=10:33

| RD2-team29=Evil | RD2-score29=Pin | RD2-team30=Tama Tonga | RD2-score30=14:21

| RD2-team31=Hiromu Takahashi | RD2-score31=Pin | RD2-team32=Minoru Suzuki | RD2-score32=19:27

| RD3-team01=Kazuchika Okada | RD3-score01=Pin | RD3-team02=Taichi | RD3-score02=24:17

| RD3-team03=Hirooki Goto | RD3-score03=17:20 | RD3-team04=Cima | RD3-score04=Pin

| RD3-team05=Hiroshi Tanahashi | RD3-score05=18:41 | RD3-team06=Tetsuya Naito | RD3-score06=Pin

| RD3-team07=Jeff Cobb | RD3-score07=Pin | RD3-team08=Yoshi-Hashi | RD3-score08=17:22

| RD3-team09=Great-O-Khan | RD3-score09=20:03 | RD3-team10=Zack Sabre Jr. | RD3-score10=Sub

| RD3-team11=Sanada | RD3-score11=16:56 | RD3-team12=Will Ospreay | RD3-score12=Stop

| RD3-team13=Shingo Takagi | RD3-score13=Pin | RD3-team14=Chase Owens | RD3-score14=16:41

| RD3-team15=Evil | RD3-score15=15:52 | RD3-team16=Hiromu Takahashi | RD3-score16=Pin

| RD4-team01=Kazuchika Okada | RD4-score01=Pin | RD4-team02=Cima | RD4-score02=20:52

| RD4-team03=Tetsuya Naito | RD4-score03=Pin | RD4-team04=Jeff Cobb | RD4-score04=19:04

| RD4-team05=Zack Sabre Jr. | RD4-score05=Sub | RD4-team06=Will Ospreay | RD4-score06=23:04

| RD4-team07=Shingo Takagi | RD4-score07=Pin | RD4-team08=Hiromu Takahashi | RD4-score08=23:43

| RD5-team01=Kazuchika Okada | RD5-score01=27:42 | RD5-team02=Tetsuya Naito | RD5-score02=Pin

| RD5-team03=Zack Sabre Jr. | RD5-score03=Stop | RD5-team04=Shingo Takagi | RD5-score04=19:24

| RD6-team01=Tetsuya Naito | RD6-score01=24:43 | RD6-team02=Zack Sabre Jr. | RD6-score02=Pin

2023

Final: Nagaoka, Japan Final: City Hall Plaza Aore Nagaoka The 2023 edition's schedule was announced on January 7, 2023, and the tournament ran from March 5 until March 21.

March 5, 6, 8, 10 March 11, 12, 13, 15 March 17, 18 March 19 March 21

| RD1-team3 = Sanada | RD1-score3 = Pin | RD1-team4 = Taichi | RD1-score4 = 24:27

| RD1-team7 = Tetsuya Naito | RD1-score7 = Pin | RD1-team8 = El Phantasmo | RD1-score8 = 17:32

| RD1-team11 = Ren Narita | RD1-score11 = 18:44 | RD1-team12 = Evil | RD1-score12 = Pin

| RD1-team15 = Toru Yano | RD1-score15 = 12:33 | RD1-team16 = Mark Davis | RD1-score16 = Pin

| RD1-team19 = Yoshi-Hashi | RD1-score19 = 20:06 | RD1-team20 = Kyle Fletcher | RD1-score20 = Pin

| RD1-team23 = Shingo Takagi | RD1-score23 = 20:46 | RD1-team24 = Aaron Henare | RD1-score24 = Pin

| RD1-team27 = David Finlay | RD1-score27 = Pin | RD1-team28 = Tomohiro Ishii | RD1-score28 = 18:40

| RD1-team31 = Shota Umino | RD1-score31 = Pin | RD1-team32 = Yujiro Takahashi | RD1-score32 = 9:47

| RD2-team01 = Kenta | RD2-score01 = 29:12 | RD2-team02 = Sanada | RD2-score02 = Pin

| RD2-team3 = Chase Owens | RD2-score03 = 18:07 | RD2-team04 = Tetsuya Naito | RD2-score04 = Pin

| RD2-team05 = Jeff Cobb | RD2-score05 = 17:42 | RD2-team06 = Evil | RD2-score06 = Pin

| RD2-team07 = Will Ospreay | RD2-score07 = Pin | RD2-team08 = Mark Davis | RD2-score08 = 20:01

| RD2-team09 = Hirooki Goto | RD2-score09 = Pin | RD2-team10 = Kyle Fletcher | RD2-score10 = 20:43

| RD2-team11 = Tama Tonga | RD2-score11 = Pin | RD2-team12 = Aaron Henare | RD2-score12 = 16:34

| RD2-team13 = Great-O-Khan | RD2-score13 = 13:07 | RD2-team14 = David Finlay | RD2-score14 = Pin

| RD2-team15 = Zack Sabre Jr. | RD2-score15 = 26:12 | RD2-team16 = Shota Umino | RD2-score16 = Pin

| RD3-team01 = Sanada | RD3-score01 = Pin | RD3-team02 = Tetsuya Naito | RD3-score02 = 24:41

| RD3-team3 = Evil | RD3-score03 = 15:30 | RD3-team04 = Mark Davis | RD3-score04 = Pin

| RD3-team05 = Hirooki Goto | RD3-score05 = 16:38 | RD3-team06 = Tama Tonga | RD3-score06 = Pin

| RD3-team07 = David Finlay | RD3-score07 = Pin | RD3-team08 = Shota Umino | RD3-score08 = 17:50

| RD4-team01 = Sanada | RD4-score01 = Pin | RD4-team02 = Mark Davis | RD4-score02 = 13:20

| RD4-team3 = Tama Tonga | RD4-score03 = 18:27 | RD4-team04 = David Finlay | RD4-score04 = Pin

| RD5-team01 = Sanada | RD5-score01 = Pin | RD5-team02 = David Finlay | RD5-score02 = 19:56

2024

Final: Nagaoka, Japan Final: City Hall Plaza Aore Nagaoka The 2024 edition's schedule was announced on December 27, 2023, and the tournament ran from March 6 until March 20.

March 6, 7, 8, 10 March 11, 12, 13, 15 March 16, 17 March 18 March 20

| RD1-team3 = Yoshi-Hashi | RD1-score3 = Pin | RD1-team4 = Kenta | RD1-score4 = 10:55

| RD1-team5 = Shota Umino | RD1-score5 = 12:20 | RD1-team6 = Jack Perry | RD1-score6 = Pin

| RD1-team7 = Toru Yano | RD1-score7 = Countout | RD1-team8 = Yujiro Takahashi | RD1-score8 = 2:56

| RD1-team9 = TJP | RD1-score9 = 16:17 | RD1-team10 = David Finlay | RD1-score10 = Pin

| RD1-team11 = Tanga Loa | RD1-score11 = Pin | RD1-team12 = Great-O-Khan | RD1-score12 = 15:50

| RD1-team13 = Tomohiro Ishii | RD1-score13 = 16:20 | RD1-team14 = Chase Owens | RD1-score14 = Pin

| RD1-team19 = Hikuleo | RD1-score19 = Pin | RD1-team20 = Oleg Boltin | RD1-score20 = 9:21

| RD1-team21 = Shingo Takagi | RD1-score21 = Pin | RD1-team22 = Yuya Uemura | RD1-score22 = 23:22

| RD1-team23 = Callum Newman | RD1-score23 = 14:10 | RD1-team24 = Gabe Kidd | RD1-score24 = Pin

| RD1-team25 = Yota Tsuji | RD1-score25 = Pin | RD1-team26 = Jeff Cobb | RD1-score26 = 21:41

| RD1-team27 = El Phantasmo | RD1-score27 = Pin | RD1-team28 = Mikey Nicholls | RD1-score28 = 13:21

| RD1-team29 = Taichi | RD1-score29 = 18:54 | RD1-team30 = Ren Narita | RD1-score30 = Pin

| RD2-team01 = Sanada | RD2-score01 = Pin | RD2-team02 = Yoshi-Hashi | RD2-score02 = 23:51

| RD2-team3 = Jack Perry | RD2-score03 = Pin | RD2-team04 = Toru Yano | RD2-score04 = 8:28

| RD2-team05 = David Finlay | RD2-score05 = Pin | RD2-team06 = Tanga Loa | RD2-score06 = 16:42

| RD2-team07 = Chase Owens | RD2-score07 = 21:36 | RD2-team08 = Hirooki Goto | RD2-score08 = Pin

| RD2-team09 = Evil | RD2-score09 = Pin | RD2-team10 = Hikuleo | RD2-score10 = 14:32

| RD2-team11 = Shingo Takagi | RD2-score11 = Pin | RD2-team12 = Gabe Kidd | RD2-score12 = 18:20

| RD2-team13 = Yota Tsuji | RD2-score13 = Pin | RD2-team14 = El Phantasmo | RD2-score14 = 21:56

| RD2-team15 = Ren Narita | RD2-score15 = Pin | RD2-team16 = Zack Sabre Jr. | RD2-score16 = 23:08

| RD3-team01 = Sanada | RD3-score01 = Pin | RD3-team02 = Jack Perry | RD3-score02 = 16:02

| RD3-team3 = David Finlay | RD3-score03 =
| RD3-team04 = Hirooki Goto | RD3-score04 = Forfeit

| RD3-team05 = Evil | RD3-score05 = Pin | RD3-team06 = Shingo Takagi | RD3-score06 = 17:33

| RD3-team07 = Yota Tsuji | RD3-score07 = Pin | RD3-team08 = Ren Narita | RD3-score08 = 18:08

| RD4-team01 = Sanada | RD4-score01 = 19:05 | RD4-team02 = Hirooki Goto | RD4-score02 = Pin

| RD4-team3 = Evil | RD4-score03 = 16:50 | RD4-team04 = Yota Tsuji | RD4-score04 = Pin

| RD5-team01 = Hirooki Goto | RD5-score01 = 23:01 | RD5-team02 = Yota Tsuji | RD5-score02 = Pin

2025

Final: Nagaoka, Japan Final: City Hall Plaza Aore Nagaoka The 2025 edition's schedule was announced on December 28, 2024, and the tournament ran from March 8 until March 20.

March 8, 9 March 11, 12, 14 March 15 March 16, 17 March 20

| RD1-team3 = Yota Tsuji | RD1-score3 = 4:53 | RD1-team4 = Evil | RD1-score4 = Pin

| RD1-team7 = Yuya Uemura | RD1-score7 = Pin | RD1-team8 = Sanada | RD1-score8 = 15:47

| RD1-team11 = Ryohei Oiwa | RD1-score11 = Pin | RD1-team12 = Chase Owens | RD1-score12 = 9:39

| RD1-team15 = Gabe Kidd | RD1-score15 = Pin | RD1-team16 = Ren Narita | RD1-score16 = 22:15

| RD1-team19 = El Phantasmo | RD1-score19 = 13:59 | RD1-team20 = Great-O-Khan | RD1-score20 = Pin

| RD1-team23 = Tetsuya Naito | RD1-score23 = Pin | RD1-team24 = Callum Newman | RD1-score24 = 11:05

| RD1-team27 = Tomohiro Ishii | RD1-score27 = 14:04 | RD1-team28 = Drilla Moloney | RD1-score28 = Pin

| RD1-team31 = Boltin Oleg | RD1-score31 = Pin | RD1-team32 = Bad Luck Fale | RD1-score32 = 7:11

| RD2-team01 = David Finlay | RD2-score01 = Countout | RD2-team02 = Evil | RD2-score02 = 17:03

| RD2-team3 = Yoshi-Hashi | RD2-score03 = 14:49 | RD2-team04 = Yuya Uemura | RD2-score04 = Pin

| RD2-team05 = Zack Sabre Jr. | RD2-score05 = Pin | RD2-team06 = Ryohei Oiwa | RD2-score06 = 19:12

| RD2-team07 = Taichi | RD2-score07 = Countout | RD2-team08 = Gabe Kidd | RD2-score08 = 20:35

| RD2-team09 = Shota Umino | RD2-score09 = Pin | RD2-team10 = Great-O-Khan | RD2-score10 = 22:55

| RD2-team11 = Jeff Cobb | RD2-score11 = Pin | RD2-team12 = Tetsuya Naito | RD2-score12 = 15:03

| RD2-team13 = TJP | RD2-score13 = 15:04 | RD2-team14 = Drilla Moloney | RD2-score14 = Pin

| RD2-team15 = Shingo Takagi | RD2-score15 = Pin | RD2-team16 = Boltin Oleg | RD2-score16 = 18:45

| RD3-team01 = David Finlay | RD3-score01 = Pin | RD3-team02 = Yuya Uemura | RD3-score02 = 14:59

| RD3-team3 = Zack Sabre Jr. | RD3-score03 = Pin | RD3-team04 = Taichi | RD3-score04 = 26:27

| RD3-team05 = Shota Umino | RD3-score05 = Pin | RD3-team06 = Jeff Cobb | RD3-score06 = 10:25

| RD3-team07 = Drilla Moloney | RD3-score07 = 11:13 | RD3-team08 = Shingo Takagi | RD3-score08 = Pin

| RD4-team01 = David Finlay | RD4-score01 = Pin | RD4-team02 = Zack Sabre Jr. | RD4-score02 = 20:12

| RD4-team3 = Shota Umino | RD4-score03 = Pin | RD4-team04 = Shingo Takagi | RD4-score04 = 24:10

| RD5-team01 = David Finlay | RD5-score01 = Pin | RD5-team02 = Shota Umino | RD5-score02 = 27:58

Notes

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