We’ve officially entered the semi-finals.
These are the four men left in the 2025 New Japan Cup:
- Shingo Takagi
- Shota Umino
- David Finlay
- Zack Sabre Jr
The first semi-finals match was David Finlay vs. Zack Sabre Jr and it did not disappoint. The match went about 21 minutes and both men complimented each other’s styles nicely. There was a close call when Finlay crashed into the guardrail and Zack locked in the Octopus Stretch. But the former NEVER Openweight Champion maneuvered his way out of it with a powerbomb.
Zack's response? The Zack Driver! Unfortunately, the former IWGP Heavyweight Champion was too weak to recover because Finlay was targeting his ribs and back throughout the match. Zack wore down Finlay with various submissions and the triangle choke almost took David out of the match! In the end, Zack got the O’Connor roll for a nearfall, but he was met with a clothesline and then David's finisher, Overkill.
Below is the full results of Night Seven of the 2025 New Japan Cup
Tag Team Match
TMDK (Ryohei Oiwa & Hartley Jackson) defeated Katsuya Murashima & Tomohiro Ishii via Death Valley Driver on Murashima
Tag Team Match
Yuji Nagata & Satoshi Kojima defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi & Daiki Nagai via Lariat on Nagai
Tag Team Match
Chaos (Yoshi Hashi & Toru Yano) defeated Just 4 Guys (Taka Michinoku & Yuya Uemura) via Butterfly Lock on Michinoku
6 Man Tag Team Match
Television Champion El Phantasmo, Boltin Oleg & Jado defeated United Empire (Jakob Austin Young, Great O Khan & TJP) via Kamikaze on Young
Tag Team Match
United Empire (Callum Newman & Jeff Cobb) defeated Los Ingobernables De Japon (IWGP Tag Team Champion Tetsuya Naito & Bushi) via Running Knee on Bushi
10 Man Tag Team Match
House Of Torture (NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Champions Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita & Sho, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Evil) defeated Bullet Club (Strong Openweight Champion Gabe Kidd, Drilla Moloney, Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens & Sanada) via Everything Is Evil on Owens
Tag Team Match
Los Ingobernables De Japon (Global Champion Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi) defeated Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino via Gene Blaster on Honma
Semi Final Match Of The 2025 New Japan Cup
David Finlay defeated Zack Sabre Jr