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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.

Shingo Takagi's 20th Debut Anniversary Event was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) to celebrate the 20-year anniversary of Shingo Takagi's wrestling debut, held on September 7, 2024, at Aimesse Yamanashi in Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan, and headlined by Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI & Shingo Takagi) & YAMATO vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Hiromu Takahashi, Tetsuya Naito & Yota Tsuji).

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.

The first night of Wrestling Dontaku 2026 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on May 3, 2026, at Fukuoka Convention Center in Fukuoka, Japan. The show was headlined by Yota Tsuji (c) vs. Andrade El Idolo for the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship.

Sakura Genesis 2026 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on April 4, 2026 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan. The show was headlined by an IWGP Heavyweight Championship match between Yota Tsuji and the winner of the 2026 New Japan Cup tournament, Callum Newman.

New Year Dash 2026 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling that took place on January 5, 2026, at Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan, the day after Wrestle Kingdom 20, and headlined by Knockout Brothers (OSKAR & Yuto-Ice) (c) vs. TMDK (Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr.) for the IWGP Tag Team Championships.

The third night of Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 took place on April 24, 2026, at Texport Imabari in Imabari, Ehime, Japan.

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).

The sixteenth night of the tournament, and the final night of B Block matches, took place on August 13, 2025, at Hamamatsu Arena in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.

The nineteenth and final night of the tournament, featuring the match to crown the G1 Climax 35 winner, took place on August 17, 2025, at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.

The 54th Anniversary Event was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on March 6, 2026, at Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan, and featured an IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship match between DOUKI (c) and Master Wato, as well as an IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match between Ichiban Sweet Boys (Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles) (c) and Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori. The event also included the third night of the 2026 New Japan Cup, which featured two first-round matches.

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 fifth night of New Japan Cup 2026 took place on March 10, 2026, at ZIP Arena Okayama in Okayama, Japan and featured two second-round matches.

Strong Style Evolved 2024 was a New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) event held on December 15, 2024, at the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, California, headlined by Mercedes Moné (c) vs. Hazuki for the STRONG Women’s Championship.

The fourth night of Road to Destruction 2024 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on September 11, 2024, at Sendai Sun Plaza Hall in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.

The twelfth and final night of the tournament took place on March 21, 2026, at Aore Nagaoka in Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan, and opened with an Open Challenge for Konosuke Takeshita’s NJPW World Television Championship. The show was headlined by the match to crown the winner of the 2026 New Japan Cup, who went on to face Yota Tsuji for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at Sakura Genesis 2026.

The first night of Road to Tokyo Dome 2025 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on December 19, 2025, at G Messe Gunma in Takasaki, Gunma, Japan, and was headlined by Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hiromu Takahashi.

The tenth night of New Japan Cup 2026 took place on March 17, 2026, at Big Palette Fukushima in Koriyama, Fukushima, Japan and featured two quarterfinal matches.