New Japan Cup 2019 is different from the past. NJPW changed New Japan Cup this year. Every year big champions do not participate in this tournament. But this year, NEVER openweight Champion Will Ospreay and IWGP Intercontinental Champion Tetsuya Naito participated in the tournament.
Also, the number of participants had increased to 32 from 16. The winner of the New Japan Cup 2019 will face Jay White for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. The match will happen at ROH/NJPW G1 Supercard event at Madison Square Garden on April 6, 2019.
Colt Cabana and Ospreay will participate in the tournament for the first time. The tournament will start on March 8 and will end on March 24. Here are all matches and their results for the tournament.
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First Round
New Japan Cup Night One | 8 March 2019
Match |
Winner |
Manabu Nakanishi vs. Yoshi-Hashi |
Yoshi-Hashi |
Taichi vs. Tomoaki Honma |
Taichi |
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Yuji Nagata |
Tomohiro Ishii |
Chase Owens vs. Juice Robinson |
Chase Owens |
New Japan Cup Night Two | 9 March 2019
Match |
Winner |
Kazuchika Okada vs. Michael Elgin |
Kazuchika Okada |
Hikuleo vs. Mikey Nicholls |
Mikey Nicholls |
Bad Luck Fale vs. Will Ospreay |
Will Ospreay |
Lance Archer vs. Toa Henare |
Lance Archer |
New Japan Cup Night Three | 10 March 2019
Match |
Winner |
Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Ryusuke Taguchi |
Ryusuke Taguchi |
EVIL vs. Zack Sabre, Jr. |
Zack Sabre, Jr. |
Kota Ibushi vs. Tetsuya Naito |
Kota Ibushi |
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shota Umino |
Hiroshi Tanahashi |
New Japan Cup Night Four | 11 March 2019
Match |
Winner |
Davey Boy Smith, Jr. vs. Toru Yano |
Toru Yano |
Colt Cabana vs. Togi Makabe |
Colt Cabana |
Hirooki Goto vs. SANADA |
SANADA |
Minoru Suzuki vs. Satoshi Kojima |
Minoru Suzuki |
Second Round
Night Five | 13 March 2018
Match |
Winner |
Tomohiro Ishii vs Taichi |
Tomohiro Ishii |
Yoshi-Hashi vs Chase Owens |
Yoshi-Hashi |
Night Six | 14 March 2018
Match |
Winner |
Kazuchika Okada vs Mikey Nicholls |
Kazuchika Okada |
Will Ospreay vs Lance Archer |
Will Ospreay |
Night Seven | 16 March 2018
Match |
Winner |
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Ryusuke Taguchi |
Hiroshi Tanahashi |
Kota Ibushi vs Zack Sabre Jr. |
Zack Sabre Jr. |
Night Eight | 17 March 2018
Match |
Winner |
Colt Cabana v. Toru Yano |
Colt Cabana |
Minoru Suzuki v. SANADA |
SANADA |
New Japan Cup Quarterfinals
Date 20 March 2019
Match |
Winner |
Tomohiro Ishii vs YOSHI-HASHI |
Tomohiro Ishii |
Kazuchika Okada vs Will Ospreay |
Kazuchika Okada |
Date 21 March 2019
Match |
Winner |
Colt Cabana vs SANADA |
SANADA |
Zack Sabre Jr. vs Hiroshi Tanahashi |
Hiroshi Tanahashi |
Semifinals | 23 March 2019
Match |
Winner |
Kazuchika Okada vs. Tomohiro Ishii |
Kazuchika Okada |
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. SANADA |
SANADA |
Final | 24 March 2019
Kazuchika Okada Vs SANADA – Kazuchika Okada won the New Japan Cup 2019 via pinfall.
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