NJPW Announces Full Bracket for New Japan Cup 2026

Indie / Misc
Feb 12, 2026

New Japan Pro Wrestling announced the full list of competitors and bracket for this year’s New Japan Cup tournament, which takes place from March 7-21 in Japan.

24 wrestlers were announced to be competing in this year’s tournament with Drilla Moloney, Shingo Takagi, Tomohiro Ishii, HENARE, Hirooki Goto, Hartley Jackson, Yujiro Takahashi, and Zack Sabre Jr. all randomly being given a first-round bye.

The winner of this year’s tournament will earn an automatic title shot for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at Sakura Genesis 2026 on April 4th in Tokyo, Japan.

Full First Round matchups schedule for New Japan Cup 2026 tournament:

  • March 4 – Yuya Uemura vs. Great-O-Khan
  • March 4 – Aaron Wolf vs. Don Fale
  • March 5 – Taichi vs. Ren Narita
  • March 5 – El Phantasmo vs. Oleg Boltin
  • March 6 – YOSHI-HASHI vs. Jake Lee
  • March 6 – OSKAR vs. Callum Newman
  • March 8 – Shota Umino vs. Chase Owens
  • March 8 – Yuto-Ice vs. Ryohei Oiwa
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