The winner of the tournament earns a shot at the IWGP World Heavyweight Champion. Yota Tsuji won the tournament in 2024. New Japan Cup action was scheduled to begin today and will wrap up on March 20.

In the main event, EVIL will face Yota Tsuji in a Bullet Club House of Torture vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon battle. The winner will advance to a matchup against David Finlay on the March 11 event.

The tournament then officially began with four first-round matches on Saturday. Last year’s winner, Yota Tsuji, has already been eliminated, losing to EVIL on Saturday after interference from ...

The grappler retained his NJPW Strong Openweight Title against Tomohiro Ishii at Battle In The Valley in January via a time-limit draw but came up short against Yota Tsuji in an IWGP Global ...

United Empire, Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi (13:45). IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship: Yota Tsuji (c) d. Jack Perry (13:14). Kenny Omega d. Gabe Kidd (31:53). IWGP World Heavyweight Title ...

Originally slated for Friday’s event, Yota Tsuji takes on EVIL on today’s show. The winner will face David Finlay on March 11, with Finlay also receiving a bye. Yuya Uemura will face SANADA in today’s ...

Instead of matches, New Japan hosted several spontaneous talk show segments with the talents booked for today's show, including IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Hirooki Goto, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tetsuya ...

He did wrestle at the NJPW/CMLL/AEW super show AEW Wrestle Dynasty in a losing bout for the IWGP Global Heavyweight Title against Yota Tsuji – but hasn’t specifically been back in AEW action in 2025.

In the main event, EVIL will face Yota Tsuji in a Bullet Club House of Torture vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon battle. The winner will advance to a matchup against David Finlay on the March 11 event.