NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 Finals Results – March 20, 2025 – Shota Umino vs. David Finlay

Results
Mar 20, 2025

March 20, 2025
Nagaoka, Japan – Aore Nagaoka
English Commentary: Walker Stewart and Chris Charlton
Results via Corey Michaels of F4WOnline.com

Quick Match Results

  1. Pre-show: Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii defeated YOSHI-HASHI & Katsuya Murashima via Boston Crab (submission 7:11)
  2. NJPW World Television Championship Open Challenge match – El Phantasmo (c) defeated TJP via Roll-up (pinfall 11:36)
  3. Hiroshi Tanahashi Final Road ~Kinship~ match – Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Satoshi Kojima via High Fly Flow (pinfall 6:56)
  4. BULLET CLUB (SANADA, Chase Owens, & Bad Luck Fale) defeated Just Four Guys (Yuya Uemura, Taichi, & TAKA Michinoku) via Package Piledriver (pinfall 8:26)
  5. Los Ingobernables De Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi, & BUSHI) defeated United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Callum Newman, & Jakob Austin Young) via Maximum The Holding (submission 8:07)
  6. BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Gabe Kidd, Drilla Moloney, & Taiji Ishimori) defeated HOUSE OF TORTURE (Ren Narita, Yujiro Takahashi, & SHO) via Drilla Killa (pinfall 8:57)
  7. Los Ingobernables De Japon (Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji) defeated HOUSE OF TORTURE (EVIL & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) via Gene Blaster (pinfall 9:20)
  8. El Desperado, Boltin Oleg, & Hirooki Goto defeated TMDK (Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa, & Zack Sabre Jr.) via GTR (pinfall 10:20)
  9. New Japan Cup 2025 Finals – David Finlay defeated Shota Umino via Overkill (pinfall 27:58)

NJPW World Television Championship Open Challenge Match
TJP vs. El Phantasmo (c)

Starting with a headscissor hold, Phantasmo had immediate control. TJP sent him to the mat with a DDT from the second rope. After sneaking a comeback, Phantasmo attempted a moonsault from the ropes but couldn’t put TJP away. Spinning the challenger like a rinse cycle, Phantasmo slammed him to the mat with a UFO drop. TJP spiked the champion to the mat, bringing him in for a Pinoy Stretch. This caused Phantasmo to stretch his shoulder a bit too much, as trying a punch became too much for him to do. The pair traded pins with the last one granting Phantasmo a victory despite his shoulder.

Winner: El Phantasmo via Pinfall to retain the NJPW World Television Championship.

Post-match: TJP shook hands with Phantasmo. Great-O-Khan, who’d watched the sportsmanship from the outside, greeted TJP before assaulting the champion. He declared himself next to challenge for the title, attacked him again and left. Phantasmo struggled to the back.

Hiroshi Tanahashi Final Road ~Kinship~ Match
Satoshi Kojima vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi

Kojima’s strength lent him the early advantage, but Tanahashi earned it back as he tied his opponent’s leg to the rope and dropkicked it. Kojima chopped The Ace’s chest until sore, following up with a top rope elbow drop. Kojima laid out Tanahashi with a Koji Cutter but fell back down to a Slingblade. A stiff lariat from Kojima laid out Tanahashi. Enduring the force that is Kojima, Tanahashi won the match with a High-Fly Flow.

Winner: Hiroshi Tanahashi via Pinfall.

Just Four Guys (Yuya Uemura, Taichi, & TAKA Michinoku) vs. BULLET CLUB (SANADA, Chase Owens, & Bad Luck Fale)

BULLET CLUB promptly took out their opponents before the bell with SANADA tossing Uemura to the chairs in the crowd. Meanwhile, Owens and Fale bullied Taichi in the ring. Uemura held the match in his hand, flattening Owens and SANADA, the latter of which suffered a back suplex. Teasing a Skull End, SANADA instead fell to Uemura’s dropkicks. Michinoku unleashed a flurry to Owens, but laid down for the 3-count courtesy of a Package Piledriver by Owens.

Winner: BULLET CLUB via Pinfall.

Post-match: BULLET CLUB harassed their defeated foes, with SANADA teasing a guitar shot. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tomohiro Ishii, YOSHI-HASHI, and El Desperado came to Just 4 Guys’ aid. Tanahashi shook hands with Uemura, having long mentioned that the latter being the current image of NJPW. The Ace then shook hands with Taichi and helped Michinoku to his feet.

Los Ingobernables De Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi, & BUSHI) vs. United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Callum Newman, & Jakob Austin Young)

Cobb confronted Naito to start the match, only to be attacked by the present members of LIJ. Young worked on Naito’s infamously weak knees, Takahashi exploded onto the scene, meeting Newman’s speed with his own before agonizing from a roundhouse kick. Naito and Takahashi delivered karmic justice to Young by targeting his knees, the latter tapping Young out with a Maximum Beholding.

Winner: Los Ingobernables De Japon via Submission.

BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Gabe Kidd, Drilla Moloney, & Taiji Ishimori) vs. HOUSE OF TORTURE (Ren Narita, Yujiro Takahashi, & SHO)

Ishimori twisted and cranked the arm of SHO. Kidd pummeled Narita in the corner, sending him to the mat with a forceful lariat. He then sent SHO and Takahashi to the same fate. Moloney unleashed a rage of forearms and chops to SHO, but lost his momentum by House of Torture interruption and a Spear from SHO. With the War Dogs intercepting any further interference, Moloney pinned SHO with a Drilla Killa.

Winner: BULLET CLUB War Dogs via Pinfall.

Post-match: Moloney fake laughed at House of Torture “kicking” the War Dogs out of BULLET CLUB. He then on behalf of Ishimori and Kidd challenged for the NEVER Six Man Tag Team Championship.

Los Ingobernables De Japon (Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji) vs. HOUSE OF TORTURE (EVIL & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)

Tsuji endured Kanemaru and EVIL’s attempts to weaken his knee, with the latter’s Cloverleaf dramatically ended with a rope break. Takagi burst into action, bumping EVIL to the mat and proceeding to manhandle him. Kanemaru and EVIL returned once more to destroy Tsuji’s knees. They, combined with Dick Togo, unleashed a Dick-to-Dick Contact, with the referee distracted by Takagi’s endeavor to make the save. As Kanemaru saved his Whiskey Mist, it poured like a fountain after Tsuji found enough strength to power a Gene Blaster for the win.

Winner: Los Ingobernables De Japon via Pinfall.

Post-match: House of Torture attacked Tsuji as EVIL held aloft the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship while he stood on the champ’s chest. Takagi again tried to help but Togo choked him out.

El Desperado, Boltin Oleg, & Hirooki Goto vs. TMDK (Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa, & Zack Sabre Jr.)

Boltin overwhelmed Oiwa, and a chaotic brawl ensued. He and Goto pounded the back of Sabre Jr., before failing to do so on Oiwa. A helpless Desperado fell prey to the combined offense of TMDK, until he traded holds with Sabre Jr. Boltin’s might cancelled out Sabre Jr.’s technical prowess with his Flying Body Sausage maneuver. Jackson nearly had the match won over Goto with a Flying Crossbody and a team-up with Oiwa, to no avail. Jackson withstood the united front his opponents initiated, but ultimately lost to a GTR.

Winner: El Desperado, Boltin Oleg, & Hirooki Goto via Pinfall.

New Japan Cup 2025 Finals
Shota Umino vs. David Finlay

Finlay had the initial advantage in the early goings, but Umino got the better of him, working on his leg. This damage wore on, grounding Finlay’s later offense. A Fisherman’s Suplex gave Umino space to carve out control over the War Dogs leader. He continued to work the leg as Finlay screamed in dear agony. Umino combined this with a STF in the middle of the ring; Finlay desperately reached for a successful rope break. Umino flew through the air courtesy of Finlay’s uranage, sending him through a table on the outside.

Finlay broke the 20-count to seemingly help Umino to his feet. As it turned out, he used this time to slam his opponent into the ring post to earn even more time. Umino broke the count at 19. Finlay sought to damage Umino’s back more with a slam, but Umino countered into a DDT. Umino received a near count after a cacophonous vertical suplex from the top rope. He did so again after a bridging suplex. Finlay, almost running on fumes, survived lariats and a painful knee onto Umino, finally landing Oblivion. Kicking out of a reversal pin, Finlay slammed Umino with two resounding powerbombs. Umino tried an inside cradle, failing to do so. Finlay used this brief respite to crush him with an Overkill for the win. David Finlay is 2025’s New Japan Cup winner.

Winner: David Finlay via Pinfall to become the winner of the 2025 New Japan Cup Tournament.

Post-match: Finlay yanked the New Japan Cup away form the officials as he and Gedo celebrated. He helped Umino to his feet, harshly telling his old friend he has to work Finlay’s way to get these kinds of victories. He beckoned forth Hirooki Goto from commentary to the ring to claim his future shot. Goto responded that Finlay “can’t stop the Goto Revolution.”

The War Dogs joined their leader in jubilation. Finlay proudly carried his cup while his teammates drank in the ring.

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