NJPW announces full lineup for New Japan Cup semifinals

By Ian Carey
Published: 18 Mar 2026, 06:21

New Japan Cup 2026 semifinals (Image credit: via NJPW1972.com)

The full card has been announced for the New Japan Cup semifinals on Friday, March 20.

The penultimate night of the tournament will take place in Nagaoka. In addition to the two tournament matches, several multi-person tag team bouts have also been announced.

The full lineup for the show is below.

New Japan Cup 2026 lineup for Friday, March 20:

New Japan Cup semifinal: Callum Newman vs. Shota Umino
New Japan Cup semifinal: Boltin Oleg vs. Yuya Uemura
Yota Tsuji, Yuto-Ice, OSKAR, and Gedo vs. TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr., Ryohei Oiwa, Hartley Jackson, and Kosei Fujita)
Aaron Wolf, Toru Yano, and Tomoaki Honma vs. House of Torture (Ren Narita, Done Fale, and Dick Togo)
Shingo Takagi, Drilla Moloney, Taiji Ishimori, and Daiki Nagai vs. United Empire (Jake Lee, HENARE, Francesco Akira, and Jakob Austin Young)
YOH, El Desperado, and Master Wato vs. House of Torture (DOUKI, SHO, and Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI, and Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Taichi, Satoshi Kojima, and Masatora Yasuda
Taisei Nakahara and Ryusuke Taguchi vs. House of Torture (Chase Owens and Yujiro Takahashi)

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

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Ian Carey

Ian Carey is a writer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, whose work has been featured in NOW Magazine, The Huffington Post, and more. A lifelong wrestling aficionado born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, he has covered the industry for a decade and a half. He joined the f4wonline.com team in 2019.