NJPW New Japan Cup 2016 - Night 1 took place on March 3, 2016 at Ota Ward Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
Results[]
- Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
- (c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match.
- Toru Yano defeated Yujiro Takahashi in a New Japan Cup 2016 First Round Match (1:13)
- Michael Elgin defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan in a New Japan Cup 2016 First Round Match (8:22)
- Tama Tonga defeated Togi Makabe in a New Japan Cup 2016 First Round Match (7:40)
- Satoshi Kojima defeated Tomoaki Honma in a New Japan Cup 2016 First Round Match (11:50)
- CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada & Kazushi Sakuraba) defeated Katsuyori Shibata & KUSHIDA (11:25)
- Hirooki Goto defeated Yuji Nagata in a New Japan Cup 2016 First Round Match (11:28)
- Tetsuya Naito defeated YOSHI-HASHI in a New Japan Cup 2016 First Round Match (13:42)
- Tomohiro Ishii defeated EVIL in a New Japan Cup 2016 First Round Match (15:20)
- Bad Luck Fale defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi in a New Japan Cup 2016 First Round Match (13:55)
