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NJPW New Japan Cup
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.
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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 seasons
Season 1
2005
Season details
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.
Season 21
2025
Season details
The 2025 New Japan Cup was held from March 8 to March 20 and included 24 participants.
Cast
Katsuya MurashimaKatsuya Murashima
Daiki NagaiDaiki Nagai
Satoshi KojimaSatoshi Kojima
Yuji NagataYuji Nagata
Hirooki GotoHirooki Goto
Hiroshi TanahashiHiroshi Tanahashi
Toru YanoToru Yano
Riley VigierEl Phantasmo
Shoji AkiyoshiJado
Tomoyuki OkaGreat-O-Khan
Jeffrey CobbJeff Cobb
Callum NewmanCallum Newman
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Tetsuya ShimizuBUSHI
Tetsuya NaitoTetsuya Naito
Yuya UemuraYuya Uemura
Takao YoshidaTAKA Michinoku
Seiya SanadaSANADA
Takaaki WatanabeEVIL
Shigeki SatoDick Togo
Yota TsujiYota Tsuji
Ryohei OiwaRyohei Oiwa
Steven OwensChase Owens
Gabriel McMenaminGabe Kidd
Jacob Austin CrigerJakob Austin Young
Taichiro MakiTaichi
Hartley JacksonHartley Jackson
Ren NaritaRen Narita
Fale SimitaitokoBad Luck Fale
David Stephen Finlay IIIDavid Finlay
Daniel MoloneyDrilla Moloney
Keiji TakayamaGedo
Oleg Igorevich BoltinOleg Boltin
Shin TakagiShingo Takagi
Theodore James PerkinsTJP
Tomohiro IshiiTomohiro Ishii
Nobuo YoshihashiYOSHI-HASHI
Luke James Uggles EatwellZack Sabre Jr.
Sho TanakaSHO
Yoshinobu KanemaruYoshinobu Kanemaru
Yujiro TakahashiYujiro Takahashi
Shota UminoShota Umino
Hiroyoshi YamamotoHiroyoshi Tenzan
Yoshihiro YamazakiTiger Mask
Tomoaki HonmaTomoaki Honma
Kyosuke MikamiEl Desperado
Francesco Akira BegniniFrancesco Akira
Taiji IshimoriTaiji Ishimori
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