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The NJPW New Japan Cup 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.

The New Beginning in Osaka 2026 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on February 11, 2026, at EDION Arena Osaka in Osaka, Japan, and was headlined by Yota Tsuji (c) vs. Jake Lee for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.

The sixth night of Road to The New Beginning 2026 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on February 2, 2026, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

The sixteenth night of the World Tag League 2025 heavyweight tag team tournament took place on December 12, 2025, at Sun Arena Sendai Sub-Arena in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima, Japan, and featured the semi-final match between the top A block teams.

Wrestling Dontaku 2025 – Night 2 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on May 4, 2025, at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center in Fukuoka, Japan, and was headlined by Hirooki Goto (c) vs. Callum Newman for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.

King of Pro-Wrestling 2024 was a New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) pay-per-view held on October 14, 2024, at Ryōgoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan, headlined by Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Zack Sabre Jr. for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.

The second night of Wrestling Dontaku 2026 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on May 4, 2026, at Fukuoka Convention Center in Fukuoka, Japan. The show was headlined by Callum Newman (c) vs. Shingo Takagi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.

Wrestling Dontaku 2025 – Night 1 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on May 3, 2025, at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center in Fukuoka, Japan, and was headlined by a Dog Pound Cage Match pitting War Dogs against House of Torture, with the losing team forced to leave Bullet Club.

The seventeenth night of the tournament took place on August 15, 2024 in Chiba, Japan at Makuhari Messe International Conference Hall 9. It was broadcast on NJPW World and TV Asahi.

The ninth and final night of the tournament took place on March 20, 2025, at the Aore Nagaoka in Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan, and featured the final match to crown the New Japan Cup 2025 winner.

The second night of Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 took place on April 20, 2026, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The event was headlined by an IWGP Tag Team Championship #1 Contendership Match between Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) and Great-O-Khan & HENARE.

Wrestle Kingdom 20 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on January 4, 2026, at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan, featuring the official retirement match of Hiroshi Tanahashi versus his long-time rival Kazuchika Okada and a dual title match between IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Konosuke Takeshita and IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion Yota Tsuji.

King of Pro Wrestling 2025 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan, on October 13, 2025, and was headlined by Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. Konosuke Takeshita for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.

The first night of World Tag League 2025 took place on November 20, 2025, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, marking the opening night of New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s annual round-robin heavyweight tag team tournament.

NJPW Blue Justice XV - Wrestling Life 40th Anniversary Yuji Nagata was a New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) event produced by Yuji Nagata and held on January 19, 2025, at the Chiba-Sakura Municipal Gymnasium in Sakura, Japan, headlined by Hiroshi Tanahashi, Oleg Boltin, Toru Yano & Yuji Nagata vs. House of Torture (Ren Narita, SHO, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Yujiro Takahashi).

NJPW presented Hiroshi Tanahashi ~ Final Homecoming on November 2, 2025, at the Gifu Memorial Center in Gifu, Japan, honoring Tanahashi’s last major hometown appearance with a lineup of championship matches and key tournament finals. The event featured Konosuke Takeshita vs. Hirooki Goto for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, Tanahashi’s hometown showdown with Yota Tsuji for the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship, and SHO & DOUKI vs. Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori in the deciding match of the 2025 Super Junior Tag League.

The second night of New Japan Cup 2025 took place on March 9, 2025, at Baycom Gymnasium in Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan, and featured four first-round matches.

The second night of Road to Tokyo Dome 2025 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on December 21, 2025, at Light Cube Utsunomiya in Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan, and was headlined by Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. El Desperado.

NJPW New Japan Road in Anjo 2025 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on November 8, 2025, at Tosho Arena Anjo in Anjo, Aichi, Japan, headlined by Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Yuto-Ice.

The eighth night of Road to The New Beginning 2026 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on February 4, 2026, at Toyota Crown Arena in Fukushima, Japan.