New Japan Cup 2025 night three results, updated bracket

The 2025 New Japan Cup continued in Okayama, Japan on Tuesday.

Three tournament matches took place on the show. Yuya Uemura became the first wrestler to qualify for the quarterfinals when he picked up a win over YOSHI-HASHI, ending the chances of an all-Bishamon main event against Hirooki Goto at Sakura Genesis.

In the semi-main event, Zack Sabre Jr. defeated his TMDK stablemate, Ryohei Oiwa. ZSJ now moves on to the quarterfinals and will face the winner of Taichi vs. Gabe Kidd.

The main event of Tuesday’s card featured the War Dogs and House of Torture rivalry, with David Finlay taking on EVIL. The match started with the two factions brawling around ringside and to the back, leaving EVIL and Finlay in the ring. Near the end of the match, a ref bump led to SANADA coming down to ringside, but it wasn’t clear which Bullet Club group he would side with. SANADA looked as though he was going to hit EVIL with a dropkick but missed and hit Finlay. Then SANADA looked as though he was going to strike EVIL again, but EVIL ducked and SANADA struck Gedo instead. The finish saw EVIL and Finlay brawling outside the ring as the referee’s count neared 20. Finlay tossed Dick Togo onto EVIL at the 19-second mark, then slid back into the ring to win via count-out. SANADA left the ringside area after the match, with it still not being clear which side he’s on.

Night three tournament results for Tuesday, March 11, (Second Round/Round of 16):

• Yuya Uemura defeated YOSHI-HASHI
• Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Ryohei Oiwa
• David Finlay defeated EVIL via count out

Night four tournament schedule for Wednesday, March 12, (Second Round/Round of 16):

• Taichi vs. Gabe Kidd
• Shota Umino vs. Great-O-Khan

Night five tournament schedule for Friday, March 14, (Second Round/Round of 16):

• Jeff Cobb vs. Tetsuya Naito
• TJP vs. Drilla Maloney
• Shingo Takagi vs. Oleg Boltin

The tournament quarterfinals begin on Saturday in Aichi. Four tournament matches will take place on the show that is headlined by Goto defending the IWGP Workd Heavyweight title against Yuji Nagata.

Saturday, March 15, 2025, lineup:

• IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Hirooki Goto defends against Yuji Nagata
• 2025 New Japan Cup quarter final: David Finlay vs. Yuya Uemura
• 2025 New Japan Cup quarter final: Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Taichi/Gabe Kidd winner
• 2025 New Japan Cup quarter final: Shota Umino/Great-O-Khan winner vs. Jeff Cobb/Tetsuya Naito winner
• 2025 New Japan Cup quarter final: TJP/Drilla Maloney winner vs. Shingo Takagi/Boltin Oleg winner