Tag Archives: NJPW News

The following results are from a recent New Japan Pro Wrestling event. The event took place on September 16th, 2024 at the Hokkaido Prefectural Kitami Sports Center in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. Tag Team Match Shoma Kato & Katsuya Murashima defeated Masatora Yasuda & Daiki Nagai. 6 Man Tag Team Match The United Empire (Jeff Cobb,  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling sent out the following: Main event set for Blue Justice in Chiba! Classic team reunites for Nagata event One of the fan favourite events on the NJPW calendar is the annual return to Yuji Nagata’s home of Togane in Chiba. This year, Nagata’s Blue Justice card will see the veteran celebrate  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling have announced the full lineup for their NJPW Destruction in Kobe event on September 29th at the Kobe World Hall in Kobe, Japan. IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Match Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. The Great-O-Khan. IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship Match David Finlay (c) vs. YOSHI-HASHI. NEVER Openweight Championship Match HENARE (c) vs.  Continue Reading »

The following results are from a recent New Japan Pro Wrestling event. The event took place on September 14th, 2024 at the Noboribetsu City General Gymnasium in Noboribetsu, Hokkaido, Japan. Tag Team Match Toru Yano & Kazushi Sakuraba defeated Masatora Yasuda & Daiki Nagai. Noboribetsu Rambo Match Shota Umino defeated Zack Sabre Jr., DOUKI, Francesco  Continue Reading »

In a recent interview with New Japan Pro Wrestling’s official website, DOUKI discussed several topics, including the potential of a title vs. title match against Mistico. “Well, maybe the Japanese fans might not realise this, but Mistico tends to challenge people to mask versus mask, and title matches in every venue he’s in. It got  Continue Reading »

The following results are from a recent New Japan Pro Wrestling event. The event took place on September 11th, 2024 at the Sendai Sun Plaza Hall in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. Singles Match Masatora Yasuda vs. Daiki Nagai went to a 10 minute time limit draw. Tag Team Match Tiger Mask & Tomoaki Honma defeated Shoma  Continue Reading »

The following results are from a recent New Japan Pro Wrestling event. The event took place on September 9th, 2024 at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Tag Team Match Yuji Nagata & Ryusuke Taguchi (w/Naoki Takeshi) defeated Daiki Nagai & Masatora Yasuda (w/El Desperado & Yuya Tominaga). Singles Match Jakob Austin Young defeated Shoma  Continue Reading »

The following results are from a recent New Japan Pro Wrestling event. The event took place on September 8th, 2024 at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Singles Match Masatora Yasuda vs. Daiki Nagai went to a 10 minute time limit draw. 6 Man Tag Team Match The United Empire (The Great-O-Khan, Jakob Austin Young  Continue Reading »

The following results are from a recent New Japan Pro Wrestling event. The event took place on September 7th, 2024 at the Aimesse Yamanashi in Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan. Singles Match Masatora Yasuda vs. Daiki Nagai went to a 10 minute time limit draw. Tag Team Match The United Empire (Francesco Akira & Callum Newman) defeated  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling have announced that Yuya Uemura, who was forced to withdraw from the closing the stages of the NJPW G1 CLIMAX tournament has been diagnosed with a torn triceps. As a result of his injury, Uemura will be out of action for six months minimum until he fully recovers.

The following results are from a recent New Japan Pro Wrestling event. The event took place on September 6th, 2024 at the Nagoya Congress Center Event Hall in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. Singles Match Masatora Yasuda vs. Daiki Nagai went to a 10 minute time limit draw. Singles Match Francesco Akira defeated Shoma Kato. Tag Team  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling announced today that Jake Lee, who has been appearing for the company recently as a member of BULLET CLUB, has officially signed with the company. 35-year-old Lee previously worked for promotions including Pro Wrestling NOAH, All Japan Pro Wrestling, GLEAT, Active Advance Pro Wrestling (2AW), Big Japan Pro Wrestling and more.

New Japan Pro Wrestling have announced that their 2024 NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed event will take place on Friday, November 8th at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium in Lowell, Massachusetts. Tickets to the event will go on sale from September 5th at Noon Eastern. Lowell, MA! After five long years, NJPW is back in the Lowell  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling have announced that the following names will be part of their NJPW Royal Quest IV event on Sunday, October 20th. — Zack Sabre Jr. — Tetsuya Naito — Hiroshi Tanahashi — Tomohiro Ishii — Yota Tsuji — David Finlay — DOUKI — TMDK (Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste) — SANADA —  Continue Reading »

The following results are from a recent New Japan Pro Wrestling event. The event took place on August 30th, 2024 at the Entertainment & Sports Arena in Washington, D.C. NJPW CAPITAL COLLISION 2024 – THE BUY IN STRONG Survivor Match Matt Vandagriff defeated Allan Breeze. Tag Team Match Empress Nexus Venus (Mina Shirakawa & HANAKO)  Continue Reading »

All Elite Wrestling announced during today’s AEW All In: London pay-per-view that the AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door event will take place in London, England on August 24th, 2025. As of writing, no venue was announced for the event.

New Japan Pro Wrestling have announced that NJPW G1 CLIMAX 34 winner Zack Sabre Jr. will be challenging for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship as part of their NJPW King Of Pro Wrestling 2024 event on October 14th. The match will see Sabre Jr. face off against either current Champion Tetsuya Naito, or The Great-O-Khan,  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling have announced that the following matches will take place as part of their NJPW Destruction In Kobe 2024 event on Sunday, September 29th. — Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. The Great-O-Khan for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. — David Finlay (c) vs. YOSHI-HASHI for the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship.

The 2025 AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door pay-per-view will take place in London, England at a venue yet to be announced, with local advertising around Wembley Stadium revealing the news. All Elite Wrestling President Tony Khan revealed at the recent AEW All In: Texas press conferenced that the company had big plans for England in  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling have announced the full card for the Shingo Takagi 20th Anniversary event on Saturday, September 7th in Takagi’s hometown of Yamanashi, Japan. 6 Man Tag Team Match Shingo Takagi, BUSHI & Mystery Partner vs. Tetsuya Naito, Yota Tsuji & Hiromu Takahashi. Tag Team Match Zack Sabre Jr. & Kosei Fujita vs.  Continue Reading »