
The opening night of New Japan Cup 2017 took place on March 11, 2017, at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, and featured four first-round matches.
Hiroshi TanahashiHiroshi Tanahashi
Takaaki WatanabeEVIL
Aaron FrobelMichael Elgin
Fale SimitaitokoBad Luck Fale
Toru YanoToru Yano
Alipate Aloisio LeoneTama Tonga
Yuji NagataYuji Nagata
Tevita FifitaTanga Loa
Keiji TakayamaGedo
Hirooki GotoHirooki Goto
Shoji AkiyoshiJado
Kazuchika OkadaKazuchika Okada
Minoru SuzukiMinoru Suzuki
Taichiro MakiTaichi
Takashi IizukaTakashi Iizuka