On March 5, New Japan Pro Wrestling began the New Japan Cup tournament with the first night of action. The show was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, and it aired on NJPW World.
The results, courtesy of Fightful, are as follows:
- TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr. & Kosei Fujita) def. Tama Tonga & Ryohei Oiwa
- Six Or Nine (Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi), Shota Umino & Ren Narita def. House Of Torture (EVIL, Dick Togo, SHO & Yujiro Takahashi)
- BULLET CLUB (KENTA, Chase Owens & Gedo) def. Strong Style (Minoru Suzuki & El Desperado) & Yuto Nakashima
- Los Ingobernables de Japon (Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi & BUSHI) def. CHAOS (Lio Rush, YOH & Toru Yano)
- CHAOS (Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI) def. Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tomoaki Honma
- New Japan Cup First Round: Tetsuya Naito def. El Phantasmo
- New Japan Cup First Round: SANADA def. Taichi
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