(NJPW) is a Japanese professional-wrestling

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founded on January 13, 1972, by

Antonio Inoki (born ; 20 February 1943 – 1 October 2022) was a Japanese professional wrestler, Glossary of professional wrestling terms#school, professional wrestling trainer, martial arts, martial artist, politician, and Promoter (entertainment), promot ...

, and based in

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. It is currently majority owned by card-game company

Bushiroad is a Japanese entertainment company, producer of collectible card games and trading cards, and publisher of mobile apps and games, which was founded in 2007 by Takaaki Kidani and is headquartered in Tokyo. Bushiroad created and owns various med ...

, with

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and

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owning minority shares of the promotion. Naoki Sugabayashi has served as the promotion's Chairman since September 2013, while

Hiroshi Tanahashi is a Japanese professional wrestler, sports executive and Podcast, podcaster. He is signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he serves as the president and representative director of the promotion, and is also an active wrestler. Widel ...

has served as the president of the promotion since December 2023. Owing to its TV program aired on TV Asahi, NJPW is the largest and longest-running professional wrestling promotion in Japan. Their biggest event is the

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(currently promoted under the

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banner) held each year since 1992. In addition to promoting professional wrestling matches, NJPW has also showcased

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fights on some of its live events. The promotion was owned by

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from 2005 until 2012. It was then sold to Bushiroad in 2012, which parlayed its entry to the world of professional wrestling into a best-selling trading card game, ''King of Pro Wrestling'', and appearances from NJPW stars in its various franchises. NJPW was affiliated with the

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at various points in its history. NJPW also has and has had agreements with various

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and

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s around the world; including

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Jersey All Pro Wrestling Jersey All Pro Wrestling (JAPW) was an independent wrestling promotion based in New Jersey, United States. History 1997 Jersey All Pro Wrestling was an independent wrestling promotion that was founded by "Fat" Frank Iadeavia and Angel Surit ...

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, and

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History

Formation and early history (1972–2000)

The promotion was founded by

on January 13, 1972 after his departure from the

Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance The , also known as the Japan Pro Wrestling Association and the Japanese Wrestling Association (JWA), was the first professional wrestling promotion to be based in Japan. It operated from 1953 to 1973. History JWA under Rikidōzan (1953–1963 ...

promotion. The first NJPW event, titled ''Opening Series'', took place on March 6, 1972, in the Ota Ward Gymnasium in Tokyo, to a crowd of 5,000. The following year, NJPW signed a television deal with NET TV, now known as

. The company launched its own governing body, the International Wrestling Grand Prix (IWGP); and in 1983,

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became the first ever

IWGP Heavyweight Champion The was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship owned by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. "IWGP" is the acronym of NJPW's governing body, the . The title was introduced on June 12, 1987, in the final of an IW ...

by defeating Inoki. However, this championship was later abandoned and the current version of the

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was established in 1987. Inoki would serve as the president of the promotion until 1989, when he was succeeded by

Seiji Sakaguchi is a Japanese retired professional wrestler and judoka, Sakaguchi holds a 7th dan red and white belt in judo. Sakaguchi was a mainstay of New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and also competed for the World Wide Wrestling Federation and the Nati ...

. On April 24, 1989, NJPW hosted Battle Satellite, its first show in the

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. The promotion was a member of the

(NWA) from 1975 to 1985 and once more from 1992 to 1993. NJPW was briefly reaffiliated with the NWA in the late 2000s to the early 2010s as well. On January 4, 1992, NJPW partnered with

(WCW) to produce Super Warriors, the first ever

, an event that would become an annual tradition for NJPW and is considered their biggest event of the year and comparable to

's WrestleMania event. In April 1995, NJPW and WCW held the two-day

Collision in Korea Collision in Korea, officially known as the , was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event jointly produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). The event featured 15 matches over two evenings on April ...

event at the

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. The event was the first professional wrestling event held in North Korea and holds the record for most attended wrestling event of all time, with 355,000 people packing the stadium over the two days.

Decline and Inoki's departure (2000–2011)

In the early 2000s, the burgeoning popularity of

(MMA) in Japan was noticed by Inoki, who wanted to integrate elements of

shoot wrestling Shoot wrestling is a Japanese hybrid grappling style and combat sport. Shoot wrestling incorporates techniques from various wrestling, submission grappling, kickboxing and karate styles. It was particularly inspired and influenced by catch ...

to make the company appear more realistic. The company would partner with martial arts organization

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and begin to insert wrestlers into MMA fights, with the goal of pushing NJPW in a more realistic direction and to make it appear as an actual sport. The company's new management was criticized by critics and fans. Inoki later departed NJPW in 2005 after selling his share of the company to

, and began his own promotion, the

Inoki Genome Federation The (IGF), also known in China as International Glory Fighting, was a Japanese professional wrestling and mixed martial arts promotion founded by Antonio Inoki in 2007. History Antonio Inoki founded the Inoki Genome Federation (IGF) after se ...

(IGF), in 2007. After his departure, Inoki's son-in-law Simon took over the company, before Naoki Sugabayashi was appointed president in 2007 after Simon also left NJPW to join Antonio in IGF. After the departure of the Inoki family, the company began to reintegrate its prior

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style of wrestling. Also in 2007, NJPW hosted its first ever

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(PPV) event

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. The promotion debuted a new series called NEVER in August 2010, designed to be a series of events spotlighting younger up-and-coming New Japan talent and feature more outsider participation in the promotion. On January 4, 2011, New Japan officially announced the NJPW Invasion Tour 2011: Attack on East Coast, the promotion's first tour of the United States to be held in May 2011. The tour featured shows in

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on May 13,

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on May 14 and

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on May 15, as well as cross-promotion with American independent group

(JAPW). As part of the tour, NJPW introduced a new title, the IWGP Intercontinental Championship.

Acquisition by Bushiroad and expansion (2012–2020)

On January 31, 2012,

announced that it had sold all shares of New Japan Pro-Wrestling to card game company Bushiroad for ¥500 million ( $6.5 million). New Japan aired its first internet

, the fourth day of the 2012 G1 Climax, on August 5, 2012. The October 8, 2012, King of Pro-Wrestling pay-per-view marked the first time viewers outside Japan were able to order a pay-per-view by the promotion through

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. On October 5, 2012, New Japan announced the creation of the NEVER Openweight Championship, which would be contested for on the NEVER series. A two-day tournament to determine the inaugural champion was held between November 15 and 19, 2012. The final NEVER event was held in November 2012. In February 2014, New Japan announced a partnership with

(ROH), which saw the promotion return to North America the following May to present two supershows;

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and

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in New York City. During the tour, New Japan wrestlers also took part in an event held by

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promotion

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(BCW). A year later, NJPW and ROH announced another tour together to produce four more supershows; War of the Worlds '15 on May 12 and 13 in Philadelphia and Global Wars '15 on May 15 and 16 in Toronto. In June 2014, New Japan announced a partnership with the new American

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(GFW) organization helmed by

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. In November 2014, GFW announced that it would be broadcasting NJPW's

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on pay-per-view in the United States as a four-hour event. Also in November 2014, the American

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network announced it had acquired rights to rebroadcast a series of thirteen episodes of NJPW matches from

. The series premiered on January 16, 2015, airing weekly on Fridays. Averaging 200,000 viewers per episode, the show was considered a success, leading to AXS TV and TV Asahi signing a multi-year deal to continue airing the show. In June 2016, the show was also acquired by the Canadian

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. On December 1, 2014, NJPW and TV Asahi announced

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, a new worldwide streaming site for the promotion's events. On July 18, 2015, NJPW announced the "New IWGP Conception", a global expansion strategy centered on their international partnerships with

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(CMLL), GFW, ROH,

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(RPW),

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(wXw), and the

(NWA) as well as holding more shows in

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, and

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. Also announced was the

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, which would feature NJPW rookies as well as up-and-coming outsiders working trial matches in an effort to earn a spot in the promotion. Finally, it was announced that there were plans to take the company public with a listing on the stock market within three to five years. On December 21, 2015, NJPW announced the creation of its seventh active title and the first six-man tag team championship in the promotion's history, the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship. On January 5, 2016, NJPW announced a partnership with the

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talent agency with the goal of making the promotion's wrestlers internationally recognized stars in the vein of

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. In March 2017, NJPW partnered with the

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-based Fale Dojo, a pro wrestling training facility run by NJPW performer

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. NJPW will utilize the partnership as an opportunity to scout talent from

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. The following month on April 24, 2017, it was announced that NJPW would co-present the Japanese qualifiers for the Pro Wrestling World Cup tournament hosted by the British

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(WCPW) promotion. On May 12, 2017, NJPW announced the creation of a new title: the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship, with the inaugural champion to be crowned during the promotion's

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shows in

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on July 1 and 2. Four days later, NJPW held a press conference to announce plans to establish a subsidiary company, including a dojo, in the United States. A

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office was scheduled to be opened before the end of 2017, with a dojo scheduled to be opened at the start of 2018. NJPW's second American event, Strong Style Evolved, took place on March 25, 2018, also in Long Beach. In November 2017, NJPW signed a television deal with

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, which would see the company's programming brought to 70 million

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n homes through

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. In January 2018, NJPW announced the four-show Fallout Down Under tour, the promotion's inaugural tour of

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spanning from February 16–19. In March 2018, New Japan opened the NJPW LA Dojo with

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serving as head trainer and ROH wrestler

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serving as assistant trainer. On May 13, 2018, New Japan hired its first foreign president, Dutch businessman

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. In February 2019, NJPW re-established their partnership with the NWA and entered into a new partnership with

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; both partnerships ended later in 2019. On October 21, 2019, NJPW announced the formation of a new American subsidiary of the company, named New Japan Pro-Wrestling of America (NJoA). In 2019, they had run a record 13 shows in the United States, with plans to run double that in 2020. It was reported at the same time that NJPW and ROH had no joint shows planned for the future. On October 31, 2019, Super7 announced the first line of NJPW

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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020–2022)

Amidst from the Japanese onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, in accordance with recommendations from the Japanese Ministry of Health, NJPW decided to cancel all scheduled shows from March 1 through March 15. On March 10, NJPW announced that they were cancelling all shows through March 22, which meant that they cancelled the 2020 New Japan Cup as well.

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is owned by

, also made adjustments to their schedule, cancelling shows from February 18 to March 14. Their March 8 show in

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was held without any spectators in attendance, instead streaming live on their

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channel. On March 23, NJPW would later cancel the 2020

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event that was originally scheduled to take place in on March 31. On April 8, NJPW would cancel more events from April 11 through May 4, which mean both nights of 2020 Wrestling Dontaku were cancelled as well. On May 6, NJPW cancelled their annual

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tournament. The next day, NJPW postponed their Wrestle Dynasty event to 2021, which was to take place in

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in New York. On June 9, NJPW announced their return with special show with mystery match card called ''Together Special'' on June 15 and the return of the New Japan Cup would now be held from June 16 until July 11, with the final being held at

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alongside Dominion in Osaka-jo Hall being rescheduled to July 12. 175px, NJPW 50th Anniversary logo, introduced in late 2021 to celebrate the milestone On September 29, NJPW announced that Meij would no longer be appointed president of the promotion and was replaced by Takami Ohbari on October 23, who is the current CEO of New Japan Pro-Wrestling of America. In 2020, NJPW partnered with

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(GCW) and

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(MLW), with both promotions sending wrestlers to the

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tournament. On July 31, NJPW announced a new weekly series titled ''

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'', with its initial episodes to feature matches from the inaugural

New Japan Cup USA New Japan Cup USA is an annual professional wrestling tournament produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The tournament is a spin-off of NJPW's annual New Japan Cup introduced in 2020. The tournament was promoted under NJPW's North American br ...

tournament. As part of NJPW's expansion into the United States, the series would be produced by NJoA. In February 2021, it was reported that NJPW had entered into partnerships with

(AEW) and

Impact Wrestling Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (abbreviated as TNA Wrestling or TNA) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment, a Canadian media company owned by busine ...

. On November 19, 2021, NJPW would re-establish a relationship with Pro Wrestling Noah with Noah wrestlers being involved at the third night of NJPW's

Wrestle Kingdom 16 Wrestle Kingdom 16 was a three-day professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event co-produced by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah) promotions. The event took place on January 4 and 5, 2022, at the Tokyo Dome, in T ...

event. During

in January 2022, it was announced that NJPW programming, including new programs and reruns of past English broadcasts, would return to

and

in the United States and Canada. Reruns will begin airing on AXS starting January 20, with all new content to premiere on March 3. On the April 20, 2022 episode of ''

AEW Dynamite ''AEW Dynamite'', also known as ''Wednesday Night Dynamite'' or simply ''Dynamite'', is an American professional wrestling television program produced by the American Professional wrestling promotion, promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It air ...

'', it was announced that New Japan and AEW would co-promote a supershow called '' AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door''. The event would take place on June 26, 2022, at the

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. During September 2022, NJPW announced NJPW Tamashii, an Oceania-based brand that would stage events throughout the region.

Post-COVID and new partnerships (2022–present)

On October 1, 2022, NJPW's founder

died from systemic transthyretin amyloidosis at age 79. On January 4, 2023, NJPW held their

Wrestle Kingdom 17 Wrestle Kingdom 17 was a two-day professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event co-produced by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah) promotions. The first day of the event took place on January 4, 2023, at the Tokyo Do ...

event in Inoki's honor. In October 2023, NJPW and sister promotion

established the Asia Pacific Pro-Wrestling Alliance, an interpromotional governing body that seeks to connect wrestling promotions across Asia. On January 5, 2024, the alliance was renamed the Asia-Pacific Federation of Wrestling (APFW). The inaugural event sanctioned by APFW, NJPW's Wrestling World in Taiwan, took place on April 14 in

Taipei , nickname = The City of Azaleas , image_map = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = Taiwan#Asia#Pacific Ocean#Earth , coordinates = , subdivision_type = Country ...

. In early December 2023, NJPW was announced as a founding member of the

United Japan Pro-Wrestling , officially the , is an association of several professional wrestling promotions in Japan, acting as an industry group in order to facilitate the sharing of resources and practices as well as strengthen connections to other sectors. History Back ...

(UJPW) alliance. The inaugural UJPW

event Event may refer to: Gatherings of people * Ceremony, an event of ritual significance, performed on a special occasion * Convention (meeting), a gathering of individuals engaged in some common interest * Event management, the organization of eve ...

took place on May 6, 2024, in the

Nippon Budokan The , often shortened to simply Budokan, is an indoor arena in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It was originally built for the inaugural Olympic judo competition in the 1964 Summer Olympics. The Budokan was a popular venue for Japanese professional wres ...

arena. On December 23, NJPW announced that Takami Ohbari had stepped down as the promotion's president, with

replacing him as NJPW president and representative director. On April 23, 2024, NJPW announced that it would fully acquire sister promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom on June 28. The acquisition was completed on June 28, with Stardom Co., Ltd. becoming a subsidiary of NJPW.

Contracts

Up until the 1980s, NJPW signed its workers to multi-year contracts, before changing to a system where the promotion signed its wrestlers to one-year deals that expired at the end of every January. Following the departures of A.J. Styles and

Shinsuke Nakamura is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand. Nakamura is known for his time in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a former 3-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion, with his first rei ...

, NJPW chairman

Takaaki Kidani is a Japanese video game developer and entrepreneur born in Kanazawa, Japan. He is the founder, CEO and president of Bushiroad. Kidani has also served as the chairman of New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). He continues to be involved with NJPW throug ...

announced in February 2016 that the promotion was returning to the multi-year contract system. The contracts forbid negotiations with other promotions. After

(AEW) was launched by wrestlers working for NJPW, they started signing foreigners to guaranteed deals as well. Any side contracts or agreements offered to wrestlers under NJPW contracts, need the promotion's approval before being signed. NJPW currently has partnerships with several promotions across the world, for which NJPW wrestlers can also perform for.

Championships and accomplishments

The promotion has its own fictional governing body, the International Wrestling Grand Prix, shortened as IWGP. At the top of NJPW's championship hierarchy for male wrestlers is the

IWGP World Heavyweight Championship The is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship owned by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. "IWGP" is the acronym of NJPW's governing body, the . The championship was created on March 1, 2021, by the unification of t ...

. Secondary titles include the

IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship The is a professional wrestling championship owned and promoted by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. "IWGP" are the initials of NJPW's governing body, the . The title was created when the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship wa ...

, the

NEVER Openweight Championship The is a professional wrestling championship owned by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. NEVER is an acronym of the terms "New Blood", "Evolution", "Valiantly", "Eternal", and "Radical" and was an NJPW-promoted series of events, which ...

, the

NJPW World Television Championship The is a professional wrestling championship owned by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. The inaugural champion was Zack Sabre Jr., who has held the championship a record-setting two times. The reigning champion is El Phantasmo, who is ...

, and for wrestlers in New Japan's

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based

brand, there is the

Strong Openweight Championship The is a professional wrestling world championship owned and promoted by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. The title was officially announced on April 2, 2021, and the inaugural champion was Tom Lawlor. The reigning champion is Tom ...

For tag teams, there are two traditional championship for two-man teams (the

IWGP Tag Team Championship The is a professional wrestling world tag team championship owned by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. "IWGP" is the acronym of the NJPW's governing body, the . The title was introduced on December 12, 1985 at an NJPW live event. T ...

and - for wrestlers in NJPW Strong - the

Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship The is a professional wrestling tag team championship owned and promoted by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) Professional wrestling promotion, promotion. The title is exclusively featured on NJPW's NJPW Strong, Strong brand and is usually def ...

), and one for three-man teams (the

NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship The is a professional wrestling championship owned by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. The reigning champions are House of Torture (Ren Narita, Sho and Yujiro Takahashi), who are in their first reign as a team. It is Narita's secon ...

). There are two championships in NJPW for junior heavyweight wrestlers - a singles title (the

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship The is a professional wrestling world junior heavyweight championship owned by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. "IWGP" is the acronym of NJPW's governing body, the . Only wrestlers under the junior heavyweight weight-limit may hold ...

) and one for tag teams (the

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship The is a professional wrestling tag team championship owned by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. "IWGP" is the acronym of NJPW's governing body, the . The title was introduced on August 8, 1998, at an NJPW live event. The IWGP Junio ...

). There are two championships for female wrestlers in NJPW, the

IWGP Women's Championship The is a women's professional wrestling world championship owned by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling promotion. The title is defended on shows promoted by NJPW in Japan, with talent from NJPW's sister promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom featuring as i ...

and the

Strong Women's Championship The is a women's professional wrestling world championship owned by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. The creation of the championship was announced by NJPW on April 27, 2023. The title is exclusively featured on NJPW's Strong brand ...

(the latter for wrestlers in NJPW strong).

Current championships

Defunct championships

Events

Marquee events

New Year Dash!! New Year Dash!! is a professional wrestling event held annually by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It is held every year the day after Wrestle Kingdom, the biggest show of the year for New Japan, starting at Wrestle Kingdom 8 in 2014. There have ...

* The New Beginning * NJPW Anniversary Show *

* Wrestling Dontaku *

Dominion A dominion was any of several largely self-governance, self-governing countries of the British Empire, once known collectively as the ''British Commonwealth of Nations''. Progressing from colonies, their degrees of self-governing colony, colon ...

Destruction Destruction may refer to: Concepts * Destruktion, a term from the philosophy of Martin Heidegger * Destructive narcissism, a pathological form of narcissism * Self-destructive behaviour, a widely used phrase that ''conceptualises'' certain kin ...

* King of Pro-Wrestling *

Power Struggle A power struggle is situation where two or more people or groups fight to gain dominance over each other. The term is most commonly used in a political context, when parties contend for power or leadership positions, but can also be applied to a ...

International events

* Strong Style Evolved * Fighting Spirit Unleashed * Royal Quest * Resurgence *

Battle in the Valley Battle in the Valley is a professional wrestling event held annually by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event was first held in 2021, at San Jose Civic in San Jose, California and has been held there ever since. History In October 2019, NJPW a ...

* Windy City Riot * Capital Collision

Collaborated events

Fantastica Mania ''Fantastica Mania'', sometimes spelled as ''Fantasticamania'', is a series of annual professional wrestling shows co-promoted by Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and Japanese New Japan Pro-Wrestling ...

(with

CMLL Co., Ltd. (CMLL; , "World Wrestling Council") is a ''lucha libre'' professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico City. The promotion was previously known as (EMLL) (''Mexican Wrestling Enterprise''). Founded in 1933, it is the oldest profe ...

) * All Together (with UJPW) *

Forbidden Door Forbidden Door or ''The Forbidden Door'' may refer to: * ''The Forbidden Door'', professional wrestling term referring to working agreement between promotions * AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door, professional wrestling joint events: ** Forbidden Door ( ...

(with

AEW All Elite Wrestling (AEW) is an American professional wrestling promotion headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. It is owned and operated by Shahid and Tony Khan, with the latter serving as president and chief executive officer. AEW was foun ...

) *

Historic X-Over Historic X-Over (pronounced: Historic Crossover) was a professional wrestling event co-promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and World Wonder Ring Stardom (Stardom). It took place on November 20, 2022, at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan. Pr ...

(with Stardom) *

Wrestle Dynasty Wrestle Dynasty was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event co-produced by the Japanese promotions New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and World Wonder Ring Stardom, the American promotions All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and Ring of Honor (ROH) ...

(with

, Stardom and

)

Tournaments

Active

Inactive

Halls of Fame

Greatest 18 Club

The Greatest 18 Club was New Japan's first hall of fame, being established in september 30th during Antonio Inoki's career 30th anniversary in 1990. Additionally, Lou Thesz also debuted a new

Greatest 18 Club Championship The was a championship created and promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling. History The title, represented by the old WWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship belt, was established on September 29, 1990 during Antonio Inoki's career 30t ...

, awarding it to

Riki Choshu , better known by his ring name , is a South Korean-Japanese retirement, retired Puroresu, professional wrestler who is best known for his longtime work in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) as both a wrestler and a Booker (professional wrestling), bo ...

Inductees

Greatest Wrestlers

The Greatest Wrestlers is New Japan's

hall of fame A hall, wall, or walk of fame is a list of individuals, achievements, or other entities, usually chosen by a group of electors, to mark their excellence or Wiktionary:fame, fame in their field. In some cases, these halls of fame consist of actu ...

, established in 2007 to honor wrestlers who have wrestled for the promotion. From 2007 to 2011, the inductions begin on March 6, the anniversary of the promotion's founding.

Inductees

Broadcasters

Domestic: *

(1973–present, currently broadcasting weekly highlights show ''World Pro-Wrestling'' and live specials) *

Fighting TV Samurai Combat ( French for ''fight'') is a purposeful violent conflict between multiple combatants with the intent to harm the opposition. Combat may be armed (using weapons) or unarmed ( not using weapons). Combat is resorted to either as a method of ...

(1996–present, currently broadcasting live specials, retrospective shows and magazine show ''NJPW Battle DX'') *

Abema is a Japanese streaming service that launched on April 11, 2016, under the name It is majority-owned by CyberAgent, with a 55.2% stake, and TV Asahi, with a 36.8% stake, while the remaining ownership belongs to various other companies, mostl ...

(2014–present, online linear television service, live-streaming episodes of ''World Pro-Wrestling'') International (former): *

(2014–19, 2022–24, United States, Canada, broadcast ''World Pro-Wrestling'' and major shows, dubbed with English commentary) *

Eurosport Eurosport is a group of pay television networks in Europe and parts of Asia, owned and operated by Warner Bros. Discovery through its WBD Sports unit, it operates two main channels—Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2—across most of its territorie ...

(mid '90s–2007, Europe, dubbed episodes of ''World Pro-Wrestling'' and major shows for various continental markets) *

The Wrestling Channel The Wrestling Channel (later branded as TWC, TWC Fight! and The Fight Network) was a free-to-air digital satellite television sports channel in the United Kingdom and Ireland that existed exactly 5 years, between 1 December 2003 and 1 Decembe ...

(2002–2005, UK & Ireland, dubbed and undubbed broadcasts of major shows) *

1Sports 1Sports was an Indian sports television channel owned by Lex Sportel Vision Pvt. Ltd., launched after Discovery India took control of their DSport channel. 1Sports broadcast live sporting action from around the world, including high-profile c ...

(2020, Indian Subcontinent, broadcast the AXS version of ''World Pro-Wrestling'') * DSport/Eurosport (2017–2020, 2021, Indian Subcontinent, broadcast the AXS TV version of ''World Pro-Wrestling'', Season 3–5) * J-One (May 2018 – 2020, France, dubbed with French commentary) * FX (2019–2020, South Korea, broadcasting the AXS TV version of ''World Pro-Wrestling'') International (current): *

The Roku Channel The Roku Channel is an over-the-top video streaming service available in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and the UK. The service was launched in 2017, and is owned and operated by Roku, Inc. It is the most popular free ad-supported streaming televisio ...

(2021–present, United States, United Kingdom and Canada broadcast ''World Pro-Wrestling'' and major shows, dubbed with English commentary) *

(2016–2019, 2022–present, Canada, broadcasting the AXS version of ''World Pro-Wrestling'') *

Extreme Sports Channel The Extreme Sports Channel is a pay television channel that was launched from Amsterdam on 1 May 1999. The channel broadcasts in over 60 countries and 12 languages, and covers extreme sport and adventure sports which include surfing, skateboardin ...

(2023–present, Europe, broadcast ''World Pro-Wrestling'' and major shows for various continental markets) Worldwide: *

(streaming service, in partnership with TV Asahi, broadcasting most NJPW shows live, as well as on-demand classic, documentary and anime content, as well as content from other promotions, beginning with promotional partners

's weekly Super Viernes and

's weekly

Dynamite Dynamite is an explosive made of nitroglycerin, sorbents (such as powdered shells or clay), and Stabilizer (chemistry), stabilizers. It was invented by the Swedish people, Swedish chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel in Geesthacht, Northern German ...

and

Collision In physics, a collision is any event in which two or more bodies exert forces on each other in a relatively short time. Although the most common use of the word ''collision'' refers to incidents in which two or more objects collide with great for ...

shows) *

Triller TV Triller TV (stylized as TrillerTV, formerly known as FITE and FITE TV, and currently marketed as TrillerTV powered by FITE) is a Bulgarian-based American digital video streaming service. Owned by Flipps Media, Inc. and operated by its parent co ...

(for

and

LIVE)

Notes

References

External links

* *
World Pro Wrestling – NJPW official program
–

Puroresu.com: New Japan Pro-Wrestling

Wrestling-Titles.com: New Japan Pro-Wrestling
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History

Formation and early history (1972–2000)

Decline and Inoki's departure (2000–2011)

Acquisition by Bushiroad and expansion (2012–2020)

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020–2022)

Post-COVID and new partnerships (2022–present)

Contracts

Championships and accomplishments

Current championships

Defunct championships

Events

Marquee events

International events

Collaborated events

Tournaments

Active

Inactive

Halls of Fame

Greatest 18 Club

Inductees

Greatest Wrestlers

Inductees

Broadcasters

Notes

See also

References

External links