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List of pay-per-views produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of major NJPW events, detailing all notable professional wrestling cards promoted on pay-per-view (PPV), aired on live TV broadcasts by TV Asahi, or streamed on New Japan Pro-Wrestling World by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).
Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event | Notes |
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April 24 | Battle Satellite in Tokyo Dome | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Antonio Inoki (c) vs. Shota Chochishvili for the WWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship[1] | |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match |
Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event | Notes |
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February 10 | Super Fight in Tokyo Dome | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Antonio Inoki and Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Masahiro Chono and Shinya Hashimoto[2] | |
April 13 (aired May 15, 22, and 29) |
Wrestling Summit | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Hulk Hogan vs. Stan Hansen | Co-produced with World Wrestling Federation and All Japan Pro Wrestling |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match |
Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event | Notes |
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March 21 | Starrcade in Tokyo Dome | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Ric Flair (NWA─c) vs. Tatsumi Fujinami (IWGP─c) for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship and the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | Co-produced with World Championship Wrestling |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match |
Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event | Notes |
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January 4 | Super Warriors in Tokyo Dome | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Riki Choshu (G18─c) vs. Tatsumi Fujinami (IWGP─c) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and the Greatest 18 Club Championship Sting and The Great Muta vs. The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) |
Co-produced with World Championship Wrestling |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match |
Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event | Notes |
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January 4 | Fantastic Story in Tokyo Dome | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Genichiro Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu | Co-produced with World Championship Wrestling |
May 3 | Wrestling Dontaku | Fukuoka Dome | Fukuoka, Japan | Antonio Inoki and Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Genichiro Tenryu and Riki Choshu | |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match |
Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event | Notes |
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January 4 | Battlefield | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Antonio Inoki vs. Genichiro Tenryu | |
May 1 | Wrestling Dontaku | Fukuoka Dome | Fukuoka, Japan | Antonio Inoki vs. The Great Muta | |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match |
Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event | Notes |
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January 4 | Wrestling World | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Keiji Muto (c) vs. Nobuhiko Takada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship[3] | |
April 29 | Battle Formation | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Nobuhiko Takada (c) vs. Shinya Hashimoto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship[4] | |
June 1 | World Wrestling Peace Festival | Los Angeles Sports Arena | Los Angeles, California | Antonio Inoki and Dan Severn vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara and Oleg Taktarov[5] | Co-produced with All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling,Asistencia Asesoría y Administración, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, Michinoku Pro Wrestling, National Wrestling Alliance, Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi, and World Championship Wrestling First NJPW show in the United States |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match |
Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event | Notes |
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January 4 | Wrestling World | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Shinya Hashimoto (c) vs. Riki Choshu for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | Co-produced with Big Japan Wrestling |
April 12 | Battle Formation | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Naoya Ogawa vs. Shinya Hashimoto in a Different Style Fight | |
May 3 | Strong Style Evolution | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Shinya Hashimoto (c) vs. Naoya Ogawa for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
August 10 | The Four Heaven in Nagoya Dome | Nagoya Dome | Nagoya, Aichi, Japan | Shinya Hashimoto (c) vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
November 2 | Final Power Hall in Fukuoka Dome | Fukuoka Dome | Fukuoka, Japan | Genichiro Tenryu and Tatsumi Fujinami vs. nWo Japan (Keiji Muto and Masahiro Chono) | |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match |
Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event | Notes |
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January 4 | Final Power Hall in Tokyo Dome | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Kensuke Sasaki (c) vs. Keiji Muto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
April 4 | Antonio Inoki Retirement Show | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Antonio Inoki vs. Don Frye | |
August 8 | Rising The Next Generations in Osaka Dome | Osaka Dome | Osaka, Japan | Tatsumi Fujinami (c) vs. Masahiro Chono for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match |
Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event | Notes |
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January 4 | Wrestling World | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Scott Norton (c) vs. Keiji Muto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
April 10 | Strong Style Symphony - New Japan Spirit | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Keiji Muto (c) vs. Don Frye for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
August 8 | Jingu Climax | Meiji Jingu Stadium | Tokyo, Japan | The Great Muta vs. The Great Nita in a No Rope Explosive Barbed Wire Barricade Explosive Land Mine Double Hell Deathmatch | |
October 11 | Final Dome | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Naoya Ogawa (c) vs. Shinya Hashimoto for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship | |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match |
Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event | Notes |
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January 4 | Wrestling World | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Genichiro Tenryu (c) vs. Kensuke Sasaki for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
April 7 | Dome Impact | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Naoya Ogawa vs. Shinya Hashimoto | |
May 5 | Wrestling Dontaku | Fukuoka Dome | Fukuoka, Japan | Power Warrior (c) vs. The Great Muta for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
July 30 | Riki Choshu Revival | Yokohama Arena | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | Atsushi Onita vs. Riki Choshu in a No Rope Explosive Barbed Wire Deathmatch | |
October 9 | Do Judge!! | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Kensuke Sasaki vs. Toshiaki Kawada | |
December 14 | The 2nd Judgement!! | Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium | Osaka, Japan | Masanobu Fuchi and Toshiaki Kawada vs. Takashi Iizuka and Yuji Nagata | |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match |
Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event | Notes |
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January 4 | Wrestling World | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Kensuke Sasaki vs. Toshiaki Kawada tournament final match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
April 9 | Strong Style | Osaka Dome | Osaka, Japan | Kensuke Sasaki vs. Shinya Hashimoto in a No Rules match | |
May 5 | Wrestling Dontaku | Fukuoka Dome | Fukuoka, Japan | Kazunari Murakami and Naoya Ogawa vs. Manabu Nakanishi and Riki Choshu | |
June 6 | Super-Force Group Declaration | Nippon Budokan | Tokyo, Japan | Kazuyuki Fujita (c) vs. Yuji Nagata for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
July 20 | Dome-Quake | Sapporo Dome | Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan | Kazuyuki Fujita (c) vs. Don Frye for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
October 8 | Indicate of Next | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | BATT (Hiroshi Hase and Keiji Muto) vs. Jun Akiyama and Yuji Nagata | |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match |
Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event | Notes |
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January 4 | Wrestling World | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Jun Akiyama (c) vs. Yuji Nagata for the GHC Heavyweight Championship | |
May 2 | Toukon Memorial Day 30th Anniversary | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Masahiro Chono vs. Mitsuharu Misawa | |
October 14 | The Spiral | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Yuji Nagata (c) vs. Kazuyuki Fujita for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match |
Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event | Notes |
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January 4 | Wrestling World | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Yuji Nagata (c) vs. Josh Barnett for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
May 2 | Ultimate Crush | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Yoshihiro Takayama (NWF─c) vs. Yuji Nagata (IWGP─c) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and the NWF Heavyweight Championship | |
August 28 | Osaka Dream Night | Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium | Osaka, Japan | Yoshihiro Takayama (c) vs. Masahiro Chono in a Cage Deathmatch for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
October 13 | Ultimate Crush II | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Yoshihiro Takayama, Kazuyuki Fujita, Minoru Suzuki, Shinsuke Nakamura and Bob Sapp vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Seiji Sakaguchi | |
November 3 | Yokohama Dead Out | Yokohama Arena | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | Yoshihiro Takayama (c) vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match |
Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event | Notes |
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January 4 | Wrestling World | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Shinsuke Nakamura (IWGP─c) vs. Yoshihiro Takayama (NWF─c) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and the NWF Heavyweight Championship | |
March 28 | King of Sports | Ryōgoku Kokugikan | Tokyo, Japan | Kensuke Sasaki (c) vs.Bob Sapp for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
May 3 | Nexess | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Bob Sapp (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
November 13 | Toukon Festival | Osaka Dome | Osaka, Japan | Kazuyuki Fujita and Kendo Kashin vs. Manabu Nakanishi and Shinsuke Nakamura | |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match |
Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event | Notes |
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January 4 | Toukon Festival: Wrestling World | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP U-30 Openweight Championship | |
March 26 | Nexess V | Ryōgoku Kokugikan | Tokyo, Japan | Satoshi Kojima (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
May 14 | Nexess VI | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Satoshi Kojima for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
October 8 | Toukon Souzou New Chapter | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Kazuyuki Fujita (c) vs. Brock Lesnar vs. Masahiro Chono for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match |
Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event | Location |
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January 4 | Toukon Shidou Chapter 1 | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match |
Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event | Notes |
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January 4 | Wrestle Kingdom I | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Keiji Muto and Masahiro Chono vs. Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) | Co-produced with All Japan Pro Wrestling |
November 11 | Destruction '07 | Ryōgoku Kokugikan | Tokyo, Japan | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Hirooki Goto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match |
Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event | Notes |
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January 4 | Wrestle Kingdom II | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | Co-produced with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling Aired on January 17 in the United States as Global Impact |
October 13 | Destruction '08 | Ryōgoku Kokugikan | Tokyo, Japan | Keiji Muto (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match |
Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event | Notes |
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January 4 | Wrestle Kingdom IV | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Yoshihiro Takayama for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
May 3 | Wrestling Dontaku | Fukuoka Kokusai Center | Fukuoka, Japan | Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Togi Makabe for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
June 19 | Dominion 6.19 | Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium | Osaka, Japan | Togi Makabe (c) vs. Go Shiozaki for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
October 11 | Destruction '10 | Ryōgoku Kokugikan | Tokyo, Japan | Togi Makabe (c) vs. Satoshi Kojima for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match |
Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event | Notes |
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January 4 | Wrestle Kingdom 19 | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. Shota Umino for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship | |
January 5 | Wrestle Dynasty | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | TBA | Co-produced with All Elite Wrestling, Ring of Honor, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, and STARDOM |
January 6 | New Year's Dash!! | Ota City General Gymnasium | Tokyo, Japan | TBA | |
January 11 | Battle in the Valley | San Jose Civic | San Jose, California, USA | TBA | |
January 19 | Wrestling Life 40th Anniversary Hiroshi Nagata Blue Justice XV | Chiba-Sakura Municipal Gymnasium | Sakura, Chiba, Japan | TBA | |
February 10 | The New Beginning in Osaka | Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium | Osaka, Japan | TBA | |
August 24 | AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door | TBA | London, England, UK | TBA | Co-produced with All Elite Wrestling |
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