The seventeenth night of the tournament took place on August 15, 2024 in Chiba, Japan at Makuhari Messe International Conference Hall 9. It was broadcast on NJPW World and TV Asahi.

King of Pro-Wrestling 2024 was a New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) pay-per-view held on October 14, 2024, at Ryōgoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan, headlined by Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Zack Sabre Jr. for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.

NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2024 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on November 4, 2024, at the EDION Arena Osaka in Osaka, Japan, and was headlined by Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. Shingo Takagi for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.

NJPW Blue Justice XV - Wrestling Life 40th Anniversary Yuji Nagata was a New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) event produced by Yuji Nagata and held on January 19, 2025, at the Chiba-Sakura Municipal Gymnasium in Sakura, Japan, headlined by Hiroshi Tanahashi, Oleg Boltin, Toru Yano & Yuji Nagata vs. House of Torture (Ren Narita, SHO, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Yujiro Takahashi).

The NJPW 53rd Anniversary Event was a New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) pay-per-view held on March 6, 2025 at the Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan, headlined by Hirooki Goto (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.

The ninth and final night of the tournament took place on March 20, 2025, at the Aore Nagaoka in Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan, and featured the final match to crown the New Japan Cup 2025 winner.

Wrestling Dontaku 2025 – Night 1 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on May 3, 2025, at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center in Fukuoka, Japan, and was headlined by a Dog Pound Cage Match pitting War Dogs against House of Torture, with the losing team forced to leave Bullet Club.

Wrestling Dontaku 2025 – Night 2 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on May 4, 2025, at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center in Fukuoka, Japan, and was headlined by Hirooki Goto (c) vs. Callum Newman for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.

The eighth night of New Japan Soul 2025 took place July 4, 2025 at Tokyo Budokan in Tokyo, Japan.

The third night of the tournament took place on July 22, 2025 at Sendai Sun Plaza Hall in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.