The opening night of New Japan Cup 2022 took place on March 2, 2022, at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan, marking the start of New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW)’s annual heavyweight single-elimination tournament and featured eight first-round matches.
Kazuchika Okada
Kazuchika Okada
Kyosuke Mikami
El Desperado
Yujiro Takahashi
Yujiro Takahashi
Tetsuya Naito
Tetsuya Naito
Hiroshi Tanahashi
Hiroshi Tanahashi
Yōhei Komatsu
YOH
Toru Yano
Toru Yano
Taichiro Maki
Taichi
Togi Makabe
Togi Makabe
Jeffrey Cobb
Jeff Cobb
Yuji Nagata
Yuji Nagata
Hirooki Goto
Hirooki Goto
Tomoaki Honma
Tomoaki Honma
Nobuo Yoshihashi
YOSHI-HASHI
Takao Yoshida
TAKA Michinoku
Nobuhiko Ōshima
CIMA
Yuga Hayashi
El Lindaman
Issei Onitsuka
Issei Onitsuka
Takuya Onodera
T-Hawk
Kazuchika Okada
Kazuchika Okada
Kyosuke Mikami
El Desperado
Yujiro Takahashi
Yujiro Takahashi
Tetsuya Naito
Tetsuya Naito
Hiroshi Tanahashi
Hiroshi Tanahashi
Yōhei Komatsu
YOH
Toru Yano
Toru Yano
Taichiro Maki
Taichi
Togi Makabe
Togi Makabe
Jeffrey Cobb
Jeff Cobb
Yuji Nagata
Yuji Nagata
Hirooki Goto
Hirooki Goto
Tomoaki Honma
Tomoaki Honma
Nobuo Yoshihashi
YOSHI-HASHI
Takao Yoshida
TAKA Michinoku
Nobuhiko Ōshima
CIMA
Yuga Hayashi
El Lindaman
Issei Onitsuka
Issei Onitsuka
Takuya Onodera
T-Hawk
Kazuchika Okada
Kazuchika Okada
Kyosuke Mikami
El Desperado
Yujiro Takahashi
Yujiro Takahashi
Tetsuya Naito
Tetsuya Naito
Hiroshi Tanahashi
Hiroshi Tanahashi
Yōhei Komatsu
YOH
Toru Yano
Toru Yano
Taichiro Maki
Taichi
Togi Makabe
Togi Makabe
Jeffrey Cobb
Jeff Cobb
Yuji Nagata
Yuji Nagata
Hirooki Goto
Hirooki Goto
Tomoaki Honma
Tomoaki Honma
Nobuo Yoshihashi
YOSHI-HASHI
Takao Yoshida
TAKA Michinoku
Nobuhiko Ōshima
CIMA
Yuga Hayashi
El Lindaman
Issei Onitsuka
Issei Onitsuka
Takuya Onodera
T-Hawk