Tag Archives: IWGP World Heavyweight Championship

New Japan Pro Wrestling crowned a new IWGP World Heavyweight Champion as part of today’s NJPW King Of Pro Wrestling 2024 event as Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Tetsuya Naito to become the new Champion. Zack Sabre Jr’s victory brings an end to Naito’s 106-day reign as the Champion.

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 a new IWGP World Heavyweight Champion during Sunday’s AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door pay-per-view as Tetsuya Naito defeated Jon Moxley to become the new Champion. Naito’s victory brings an end to Moxley’s 79-day reign as the Champion.

All Elite Wrestling have announced that the following matches will take place as part of tonight’s AEW Double Or Nothing pay-per-view at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. AEW DOUBLE OR NOTHING 2024 AEW World Championship Match Swerve Strickland (c) vs. Christian Cage. AEW Women’s World Championship Match “Timeless” Toni Storm (c)  Continue Reading »

In a recent interview with Sports Illustrated, IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Jon Moxley discussed several topics, and revealed an interesting note regarding his current deal with New Japan Pro Wrestling. “When I first came to Japan, I wanted to understand it and participate in it, that allowed me to learn and grow, I didn’t come  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling sent out the following: Jon Moxley, Powerhouse Hobbs to meet for IWGP World Heavyweight title on Dynamite Don Callis calls for ‘return of favour’ over the title Just days before he is already scheduled to defend IWGP World Heavyweight Championship gold against Ren Narita at Wrestling Dontaku, Jon Moxley will have  Continue Reading »

The following results are from a recent New Japan Pro Wrestling event. The event took place on April 12th, 2024 at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois. Pre-Show Match Matt Vandagriff defeated Zane Jay. Pre-Show Match Trish Adora & Alex Windsor defeated Viva Van & Mina Shirakawa. Singles Match Ren Narita defeated Minoru Suzuki. NJPW  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling crowned a new IWGP World Heavyweight Champion as part of their Windy City 2024 event on Saturday night as All Elite Wrestling star Jon Moxley defeated Tetsuya Naito to become the new Champion. Moxley’s victory brings an end to Tetsuya Naito’s 99-day reign as the Champion.

New Japan Pro Wrestling crowned a new IWGP World Heavyweight Champion during today’s Wrestle Kingdom 18 event at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan as Tetsuya Naito defeated SANADA to become the new Champion. Naito’s victory brings an end to SANADA’s 271-day reign as the Champion.

The following results are from a recent New Japan Pro Wrestling event. The event took place on October 9th, 2023 at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan. Pre-Show Match Ryusuke Taguchi, Tiger Mask, Oskar Leube, YOSHI-HASHI & Toru Yano defeated Kazuma Sumi, Jun Masaoka, Takeshi Masada, Takahiro Katori & Kengo. 6 Man Tag Team Match  Continue Reading »

The following results are from a recent New Japan Pro Wrestling event. The event took place on September 24th, 2023 at the Kobe World Hall in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. Tag Team Match BULLET CLUB (Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney) defeated Tiger Mask & Kevin Knight. 6 Man Tag Team Match Just 5 Guys (SANADA, TAKA  Continue Reading »

DEFY Wrestling have announced that IWGP World Heavyweight Champion SANADA will be in action as part of their DEFY Genesis event on Friday, October 27th. The event will take place at the Washington Hall in Seattle, Washington. [ BREAKING ] IWGP World Heavyweight Champion – SANADA (@seiyasanada) will be in action at Historic Washington Hall!!  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling have announced that the following matches will take place as part of their Destruction In Ryogoku 2023 event on October 9th at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan. — SANADA (c) vs. EVIL for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. — David Finlay (c) vs. Tama Tonga for the NEVER Openweight Championship.  Continue Reading »

IWGP World Heavyweight Champion SANADA revealed on his official Instagram account that he worked through the NJPW G1 CLIMAX 33 Tournament will a distal biceps tendon tear. As of writing, it is unknown as to whether the injury will keep SANADA off upcoming events as he is still advertised for the IMPACT Emergence event on  Continue Reading »

IMPACT Wrestling have announced that IWGP World Heavyweight Champion SANADA will be part of their IMPACT Emergence event on Sunday, August 27th at the Rebel Entertainment Complex in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The appearance will be SANADA’s first time appearing for the company since 2015. BREAKING: IWGP World Heavyweight Champion @seiyasanada returns to IMPACT at #Emergence  Continue Reading »

The following results are from a recent All Elite Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling co-promoted event. AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2023 took place on June 25th, 2023 at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and aired live on FITE TV, Bleacher Report and pay-per-view. Pre-Show Match (Non-Broadcasted Match) “Filthy” Tom Lawlor (w/Royce  Continue Reading »

All Elite Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling have confirmed that the following matches will take place as part of tonight’s AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door pay-per-view at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. AEW X NJPW FORBIDDEN DOOR ZERO HOUR Women’s Owen Hart Cup Tournament First Round Match Athena vs. Billie Starkz. 6  Continue Reading »

All Elite Wrestling sent out the following: “AEW x NJPW: FORBIDDEN DOOR” PPV AVAILABLE IN SELECT THEATERS, BARS AND RESTAURANTS THIS SUNDAY, JUNE 25 June 22, 2023 – Following the successful inaugural show last year, Joe Hand Promotions is bringing back the popular “AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door” pay-per-view to select movie theaters, bars and  Continue Reading »

All Elite Wrestling have announced that the following matches have been added to this Sunday’s AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door event in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. — CM Punk vs. Satoshi Kojima in a Men’s Owen Hart Cup Tournament First Round Match. — Orange Cassidy (c) vs. Katsuyori Shibata vs. Daniel Garcia vs. Zack Sabre Jr.  Continue Reading »

All Elite Wrestling have confirmed that the following matches will take place as part of the AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door II event on Sunday, June 25th at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Match SANADA (c) vs. “Jungle Boy” Jack Perry. AEW World Championship Match MJF (c) vs. Hiroshi  Continue Reading »