Tag Archives: NJPW STRONG

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 »

The following results are from a recent New Japan Pro Wrestling event. The event took place on July 5th, 2023 at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Pre-Show Match Ryusuke Taguchi, Oleg Boltin & Master Wato defeated Takahiro Katori, Dragon Libre & Rekka. Singles Match Satoshi Kojima defeated Oskar Leube. Tag Team Match Catch 2/2  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling crowned a new NJPW STRONG Openweight Champion during today’s NJPW STRONG Independence Day 2023 Day 2 event at the Korakuen Hall as Eddie Kingston defeated KENTA to become the new Champion. Kingston’s victory brings an end to KENTA’s 45-day reign as the Champion.

New Japan Pro Wrestling crowned a new NJPW STRONG Women’s Champion during today’s NJPW STRONG Independence Day 2023 Day 2 event at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan as Giulia defeated Willow Nightingale to become the new Champion. Giulia’s victory brings an end to Willow Nightingale’s 45-day reign as the Champion.

New Japan Pro Wrestling crowned new IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions during today’s NJPW STRONG Independence Day 2023 Day 1 event at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan as BULLET CLUB (Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney) defeated Catch 2/2 (Francesco Akira & TJP) to become the new Champions. BULLET CLUB’s victory brings an end  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling crowned new NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team Champions during today’s NJPW STRONG Independence Day 2023 Day 1 event at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan as BULLET CLUB (Gabe Kidd & Alex Coughlin) defeated Bishamon (YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto) to become the new Champions. BULLET CLUB’s victory brings an end to  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling have announced the full cards for their NJPW STRONG Independence Day events on July 4th and July 5th at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. NJPW STRONG INDEPENDENCE DAY NIGHT 1 IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships Match Catch 2/2 (Francesco Akira & TJP) (c) vs. BULLET CLUB (Clark Connors &  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling released the following video, revealing that Jon Moxley has issued a challenge to El Desperado for a “Final Death Match” as part of their NJPW STRONG Independence Day Night 2 event on July 5th. Moxley is scheduled to team up with Homicide to face off against El Desperado and Jun Kasai  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling released the following video featuring El Desperado asking Jun Kasai to team with him against Jon Moxley and Homicide as part of the NJPW STRONG Independence Day events next month at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. While New Japan still list El Desperado’s partner as “X” elsewhere, a graphic in  Continue Reading »

In an update on El Desperado issuing a challenge to Jon Moxley for a rematch from their NJPW Music City Mayhem match back in 2022, Moxley issued a response to the challenge and stated that he will be at the NJPW STRONG Independence Day events on July 4th and July 5th at the Korakuen Hall  Continue Reading »

Ring Of Honor Wrestling have announced that the following matches will take place as part of this Thursday’s episode of Ring Of Honor TV on HonorClub. — The Dark Order (Evil Uno, Alex Reynolds & John Silver) vs. Shane Taylor, JD Drake & Anthony Henry. — Zack Clayton (w/Cole Karter) vs. Matt Sydal. — The  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling sent out the following: First two title matches set for NJPW STRONG’s Independence Day! STRONG Openweight, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag titles to be defended July 4 and 5 In the wake of challenges issued in US and Japan, title matches have been made official for Independence Day, as NJPW STRONG makes  Continue Reading »

FITE TV sent out the following: Huge Stash of NJPW STRONG Events Now on FITE+ Over 158 hours of incredible action from NJPW are now part of your FITE+ subscription New York, NY — June 1, 2023 — FITE announced that starting today, the greatest moments in recent New Japan Pro Wrestling history in the  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling have announced that the NJPW STRONG brand will be heading to Japan this July for the first-time ever, with two events titled “NJPW Independence Day” to take place on July 4th and July 5th at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Advertised to appear as part of the events are Fred  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling crowned a new NJPW STRONG Openweight Champion during tonight’s NJPW Resurgence event at the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, California as KENTA defeated Hikuleo to become the new Champion. KENTA’s victory brings an end to Hikuleo’s 18-day reign as the Champion.

New Japan Pro Wrestling sent out the following: AEW, CMLL, STARDOM, NJPW in one night tournament for STRONG Women’s gold! Inaugural champion crowned May 21 In October 2022, Rumble on 44th Street saw history made in New York with the first women’s matches in NJPW STRONG history, Waka Tsukiyama and Mina Shirakawa of STARDOM representing  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling sent out the following: Resurgence hits Walter Pyramid this May! NJPW back in Long Beach May 21 On May 21, New Japan Pro-Wrestling returns to Walter Pyramid n Long Beach for the first time since Super J-Cup 2019. The site of some incredible action for NJPW in the US through 2018  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling sent out the following: NJPW of America, STRONG transform in 2023 STRONG LIVE, STRONG On Demand to see the best in the US Since its inception during the COVID pandemic in 2020, NJPW STRONG has seen the best rising stars in the US compete with familiar names from the Japanese stage  Continue Reading »

The following results are from a recent New Japan Pro Wrestling event. The event took place at the Vermont Hollywood in Los Angeles, California on December 11th, 2022 and premiered on January 28th, 2023 on NJPW World and FITE TV. Singles Match Blake Christian defeated KEITA. Singles Match Mistico defeated Misterioso. NJPW STRONG Openweight Championship  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling have announced that the following matches will take place as part of this Saturday’s episode of NJPW STRONG on NJPW World and FITE TV. — Fred Rosser (c) vs. Peter Avalon for the NJPW STRONG Openweight Championship. — Mistico vs. Misterioso. — Blake Christian vs. KEITA. This week on #njpwSTRONG! The  Continue Reading »