NJPW held the first day of their New Japan Cup from Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan.

The results are as follows:

- CIMA def. TAKA Michinoku in a New Japan Cup 2022 First Round Match.

- YOSHI-HASHI def. Tomoaki Honma in a New Japan Cup 2022 First Round Match.

- Hirooki Goto def. Yuji Nagata in a New Japan Cup 2022 First Round Match.

- Jeff Cobb def. Togi Makabe in a New Japan Cup 2022 First Round Match.

- Taichi def. Toru Yano in a New Japan Cup 2022 First Round Match.

- Hiroshi Tanahashi def. YOH in a New Japan Cup 2022 First Round Match.

- Tetsuya Naito def. Yujiro Takahashi in a New Japan Cup 2022 First Round Match.

- Kazuchika Okada def. El Desperado in a New Japan Cup 2022 First Round Match.