Night Four has shocking results.
The second round of the New Japan Cup continues as Strong Openweight Champion Gabe Kidd took on Taichi and Shota Umino fought Great-O-Khan.
The biggest surprise of the night was that Kidd was eliminated here. Kidd had the match won after connecting with two piledrivers, but Ren Narita yanked the referee out of the ring. That allowed Yujiro and Sho to come out and attack Kidd on the floor. They left once their dirty work was done and the referee started to count. There was some hope as Kidd got up, but his knees collapsed and he failed to get back into the ring by the count of 20.
In the second tournament match-up, O-Khan used his power to get the better of Umino for a good majority of the bout until his fiery comeback. It was a back-and-forth war in the final few minutes where both men traded strikes and clotheslines. In the end, Umino connected with a devastating powerslam to get the three count.
These are the men who advanced into the next round of the New Japan Cup:
- Yuya Uemura
- Zack Sabre Jr.
- David Finlay
- Shota Umino
- Taichi
Below is the full results of Night Four of the 2025 New Japan Cup:
Just 4 Guys (TAKA Michinoku & Yuya Uemura) def. Daiki Nagai & YOSHI-HASHI
Satoshi Kojima, Tomohiro Ishii & Yuji Nagata def. Hirooki Goto, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Katsuya Murashima
United Empire (Callum Newman, Jeff Cobb & TJP) def. TMDK (Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr.)
Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito & Yota Tsuji) def. El Phantasmo, Jado, Oleg Boltin & Toru Yano
House Of Torture (EVIL, Ren Narita, SHO, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Yujiro Takahashi) (w/ Dick Togo) def. BULLET CLUB (Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens, David Finlay, Drilla Moloney & SANADA) (w/ Gedo)
New Japan Cup 2025 Second Round: Taichi def. Gabe Kidd by Count Out
New Japan Cup 2025 Second Round: Shota Umino def. Great-O-Khan