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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 first night of Fantastica Mania 2026 was a professional wrestling event co-produced by Japanese promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial De Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on February 18, 2026 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium #2 in Tokyo, Japan.

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.

Superhuman Taiji Ishimori Gets Ridiculous was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling and Taiji Ishimori that took place on November 12, 2024 at Shinjuku FACE 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).

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.

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

The opening night of New Japan Cup 2026 took place on March 4, 2026, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, marking the start of New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW)’s annual heavyweight single-elimination tournament and featured two first-round matches.

NJPW Death Pain Invitational was a New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) pay-per-view produced by El Desperado and held on June 24, 2025, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, headlined by El Desperado (c) vs. Jun Kasai in a Fluorescent Lighttubes Glass Board Barbed Wire Death Match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title.

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 second night of the World Tag League 2025 heavyweight tag team tournament took place on November 22, 2025, at Chichibunomiya Memorial Gymnasium in Fujisawa, Kanagawa, 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.

Dominion 6.15 in Osaka-Jo Hall was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), held on June 15, 2025, at Osaka-Jo Hall in Osaka, Japan, and was headlined by Hirooki Goto (c) vs. Shingo Takagi for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.

Sakura Genesis 2025 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on April 5, 2025 at Ryōgoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan, and was headlined by Hirooki Goto (c) vs. David Finlay for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship

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.

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.