Here are the 1st Round matches for the 2026 New Japan Cup, it gets started on March 4th & the final 1st Round matches end on March 8th.
March 4th
Yuya Uemura vs. Great O Khan (Winner meets Drilla Moloney on March 10th)
Aaron Wolf vs. Don Fale (Winner meets Shingo Takagi on March 10th)
March 5th
Taichi vs. NEVER Openweight Champion Ren Narita (Winner meets Tomohiro Ishii on March 12th)
El Phantasmo vs. NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Champion & Strong Openweight Champion Boltin Oleg (Winner meets Henare on March 12th)
March 6th (54th Anniversary Show)
NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Champion Yoshi Hashi vs. Jake Lee (Winner meets Hirooki Goto on March 13th)
IWGP Tag Team Champion Oskar vs. Callum Newman (Winner meets Hartley Jackson on March 13th)
March 8th
Shota Umino vs. Chase Owens (Winner meets Yujiro Takahashi on March 14th)
IWGP Tag Team Champion Yuto Ice vs. Ryohei Oiwa (Winner meets ZSJ on March 14th)
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