New Japan Cup: Updated results, brackets & schedule

The first round of the 2021 New Japan Cup is in the books following today’s show in Kyoto. 

The field of 30 has been narrowed to 16 in NJPW’s version of March Madness. 

Here is an update on first round results and the schedule going forward. 

First Round

March 4 —

⦁ Jeff Cobb defeated Satoshi Kojima

⦁ Great-O-Khan defeated Tetsuya Naito 

March 5 —

⦁ Toru Yano defeated Bad Luck Fale

⦁ Hirooki Goto defeated Taichi

March 6 —

⦁ Shingo Takagi defeated Kazuchika Okada

⦁ Minoru Suzuki defeated Tomoaki Honma

⦁ KENTA defeated Juice Robinson

March 7 —

⦁ Will Ospreay defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan

⦁ Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Gabriel Kidd

March 9 —

⦁ Yuji Nagata defeated Yota Tsuji

⦁ SANADA defeated Tomohiro Ishii

March 10 —

⦁ David Finlay defeated Chase Owens 

⦁ YOSHI-HASHI defeated Yujiro Takahashi

⦁ Jay White defeated Toa Henare

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First round buys

⦁ Hiroshi Tanahashi (NEVER Openweight Champion)

⦁ EVIL (2020 New Japan Cup winner)

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Round 2

Thursday, March 11 —

⦁ EVIL vs. Jeff Cobb

⦁ Great-O-Khan vs. Toru Yano

Saturday, March 13 —

⦁ Hirooki Goto vs. Shingo Takagi

⦁ Minoru Suzuki vs. KENTA

Sunday, March 14 —

⦁ Will Ospreay vs. Zack Sabre Jr.

⦁ SANADA vs. Yuji Nagata

Monday, March 15 —

⦁ Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Jay White

⦁ YOSHI-HASHI vs. David Finlay

Quarterfinals

Tuesday, March 16 —

⦁ EVIL/Cobb winner vs. Great-O-Khan/Yano winner

⦁ Goto/Shingo winner vs. Suzuki/KENTA winner

Thursday, March 18 —

⦁ Tanahashi/White winner vs. YOSHI-HASHI/Finlay winner

⦁ Ospreay/Sabre winner vs. SANADA/Nagata winner

Semifinals

Saturday, March 20

New Japan Cup final

Sunday, March 21