NJPW Unveils Lineup for New Japan Cup 2026 Semifinals

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) has announced the lineup for the 2026 New Japan Cup semifinals.

The penultimate night of this year’s edition will take place in Nagaoka on Friday, March 20. Earlier today, NJPW unveiled the full match card on X.

Apart from the two semi-finals, several multi-person matches have been announced for the show.

Lineup for NJPW’S New Japan Cup 2026 Semifinals (March 20)

* Yota Tsuji, Yuto-ICE, OSKAR & Gedo vs. T.M.D.K. (Zack Sabre Jr., Hartley Jackson, Kosei Fujita & Ryohei Oiwa)
* Aaron Wolf, Tora Yano & Tamoaki Honma vs. HOUSE OF TORTURE (Ren Narita, Done Fale & Dick Togo)
* Shingo Takagi, Drilla Moloney, Taiji Ishimori & Daiki Nagai vs. United Empire (Jake Lee, HENARE, Francesco Akira & Jakob Austin Young)
* YOH, El Desperado & Master Wato vs. HOUSE OF TORTURE (DOUKI, SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
* Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Taichi, Satoshi Kojima & Masatora Yasuda
* Taisei Nakahara & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. HOUSE OF TORTURE (Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi)
* New Japan Cup Semi-final: Callum Newman vs. Shota Umino
* New Japan Cup Semi-final: Oleg Boltin vs. Yuya Uemura

The full card is set for New Japan Cup semifinals FRIDAY!

Callum Newman vs Shota Umino our main event!

Uemura vs Boltin!

YOH and DOUKI in a junior title preview and more!

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— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) March 18, 2026