Tag Archives: Hiroshi Tanahashi

New Japan Pro Wrestling President Hiroshi Tanahashi held a press conference on Tuesday regarding his upcoming retirement, which saw EVIL make a surprise appearance at the end of the press conference, issuing a challenge to Tanahashi for NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19 on January 4th, which was later accepted. EVIL stated that New Japan Pro Wrestling  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling President Hiroshi Tanahashi revealed at today’s NJPW King Of Pro Wrestling 2024 event that he has set a date for his retirement. The retirement will take place as part of the Wrestle Kingdom 20 event on January 4th, 2026. The Ace Age will come to an end January 4 2026 ?  Continue Reading »

The following results are from a recent New Japan Pro Wrestling event. The event took place on July 5th, 2024 at the Tokyo Budokan in Tokyo, Japan. Tag Team Match TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr. & Kosei Fujita) defeated BULLET CLUB (KENTA & Gedo). 6 Man Tag Team Match The United Empire (The Great-O-Khan, Francesco Akira  Continue Reading »

The following results are from a recent All Elite Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling event. The event took place on June 30th, 2024 at the UBS Arena in Elmont, New York. AEW x NJPW FORBIDDEN DOOR: ZERO HOUR Singles Match Kyle Fletcher defeated Serpentico. Fatal Four Way Tag Team Match The House Of Black  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling crowned new NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Champions during today’s New Japan Soul 2024 Day 1 event at the Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan as the trio of Hiroshi Tanahashi, Toru Yano and Oleg Boltin defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon’s Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji and BUSHI to  Continue Reading »

In an interview with New Japan Pro Wrestling’s official website, NJPW President Hiroshi Tanahashi revealed that the NJPW STRONG titles will become exclusive to events that are held in the United States. “Taking into account the opinions of wrestlers and fans, we want to clarify the roles and concepts of each Championship belt, and raise  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling sent out the following: Hiroshi Tanahashi to miss action; Global title match postponed Following further examination on an ankle injury sustained at New Beginning in Sapporo, Hiroshi Tanahashi will be absent from the New Japan Cup series, as well as Sakura Genesis on April 6 to allow for a full recovery.  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling crowned a new NJPW WORLD Television Champion as part of today’s NJPW New Beginning In Sapporo 2024 Night 1 event at the Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan as Matt Riddle defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to become the new Champion. Riddle’s victory brings an end to Tanahashi’s 50-day reign as  Continue Reading »

In a recent interview with Yahoo Sports, New Japan Pro Wrestling President Hiroshi Tanahashi discussed several topics, including the potential of New Japan Pro Wrestling having their own venue to hold events. “I want to build New Japan’s own venue, it is a great honor to be able to hold many matches at Korakuen Hall,  Continue Reading »

In a recent interview with Tokyo Sports, New Japan Pro Wrestling President Hiroshi Tanahashi discussed several topics, including Kazuchika Okada making the decision to depart New Japan Pro Wrestling when his contract expires on January 31st. “I can only thank him for his continued contribution to New Japan over the past 12 years. Personally, I  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling have announced that Hiroshi Tanahashi will put his NJPW WORLD Television Championship on the line against Matt Riddle as part of their NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo Day 1 event on Friday, February 23rd. The event will take place at the Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kitayell in Hokkaido, Japan.

Former WWE star Matt Riddle made an appearance via video during today’s NJPW New Year Dash!! event, issuing a challenge to NJPW WORLD Television Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi. While no date was announced, Tanahashi accepted the challenge noting that he would have to do some research into Riddle ahead of the two facing off against each  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling crowned a new NJPW WORLD Television Champion during today’s NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 event at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan as Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Zack Sabre Jr. to become the new Champion. Tanahashi’s victory brings an end to Zack Sabre Jr’s 365-day reign as the Champion.

Newly-appointed NJPW President Hiroshi Tanahashi took part in his first press conference since taking on the role and discussed several topics, including his new role, future goals for the company moving forward and more. Highlights from the press conference are below: On his new role as NJPW President: “I always carried a dream and ambition  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling sent out the following: Notice of newly appointed company President After a meeting of New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s board of directors and shareholders today, December 23 2023, the following personnel change has been made in Company management. Reason for personnel change Alterations to management structure Newly appointed officials President & Representative Director:  Continue Reading »

Pro Wrestling NOAH have announced that Zack Sabre Jr. and Hiroshi Tanahashi will be in action as part of their NOAH The New Year 2024 event on January 2nd, 2024. Tanahashi will be teaming with HAYATA as part of the event to face off against Yoshinari Ogawa and Zack Sabre Jr. Previously announced for the  Continue Reading »

The following results are from a recent New Japan Pro Wrestling event. The event took place on November 2nd, 2023 at the EDION Arena Osaka in Osaka, Japan. Tag Team Match Los Ingobernables de Japon (Yota Tsuji & Hiromu Takahashi) defeated BULLET CLUB (Taiji Ishimori & Gedo). 6 Man Tag Team Match Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi  Continue Reading »

The following results are from a recent New Japan Pro Wrestling event. The event took place on October 28th, 2023 at Sam’s Town Live in Las Vegas, Nevada and aired live on FITE TV. Pre-Show Match Matt Vandagriff defeated Buck Skynyr. Pre-Show Match Team Filthy (Danny Limelight, Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs) defeated Baliyan Akki,  Continue Reading »

The following results are from a recent New Japan Pro Wrestling event. The event took place on October 25th, 2023 at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. 6 Man Tag Team Match Shota Umino, Ren Narita & Oleg Boltin defeated The United Empire (The Great-O-Khan, Callum Newman & HENARE). Tag Team Match Los Ingobernables de  Continue Reading »

The following results are from a recent New Japan Pro Wrestling event. The event took place on October 14th, 2023 at the Copper Box Arena in London, England. Singles Match Taiji Ishimori defeated Robbie X. Singles Match El Desperado defeated Trent Seven. Singles Match Yota Tsuji defeated Luke Jacobs. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships  Continue Reading »