The opening night of New Japan Cup 2025 took place on March 8, 2025, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, marking the start of New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s annual single-elimination tournament and featured four first-round matches.
Gabe Kidd
Ren Narita
Chase Owens
Ryohei Oiwa
EVIL
Yota Tsuji
SANADA
Yuya Uemura
BUSHI
Tetsuya Naito
Callum Newman
Francesco Akira
El Desperado
El Phantasmo
Jado
Great-O-Khan
Jakob Austin Young
Jeff Cobb
Hirooki Goto
Hiroshi Tanahashi
Tomoaki Honma
Toru Yano
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
Satoshi Kojima
Tiger Mask
Yuji Nagata
Katsuya Murashima
Daiki Nagai
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