Full card announced for 2024 New Japan Cup Finals

NJPW has announced the full nine-match card for the 2024 New Japan Cup Finals.

The event is taking place in Nagaoka this Wednesday (March 20) and streams live on NJPW World starting at 4 a.m. Eastern time. In the main event, Hirooki Goto battles Yota Tsuji in the New Japan Cup tournament finals.

Goto advanced to the finals with a victory over SANADA, while Tsuji earned his place with a semifinal win against EVIL.

The winner of Goto vs. Tsuji will challenge Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at Sakura Genesis on Saturday, April 6.

Naito is set for action in the semi-main event of Wednesday’s show. It will be Naito & Shingo Takagi vs. EVIL & Dick Togo.

Seven tag matches are part of the undercard for the New Japan Cup Finals. There will also be a special singles match between YOH and Yoshinobu Kanemaru.

Here’s the full lineup:

New Japan Cup Finals (Wednesday, March 20) —

  • 2024 New Japan Cup tournament final: Hirooki Goto vs. Yota Tsuji
  • Tetsuya Naito & Shingo Takagi vs. EVIL & Dick Togo
  • Hikuleo, El Phantasmo, Toru Yano, Jado & Boltin Oleg vs. SANADA, Taichi, Yuya Uemura, DOUKI & TAKA Michinoku
  • YOH vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
  • Shota Umino, Yuji Nagata & El Desperado vs. Ren Narita, Jack Perry & Yujiro Takahashi
  • YOSHI-HASHI, Togi Makabe & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. KENTA, Chase Owens & Gabe Kidd
  • Zack Sabre Jr. & Mikey Nicholls vs. Jeff Cobb & Callum Newman
  • Tomohiro Ishii, Tanga Loa & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Great-O-Khan, TJP & Francesco Akira
  • Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI vs. Shoma Kato & Katsuya Murashima