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• Semifinals Set In NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 33

The semifinals are set in the NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 33 tournament. The semifinals will see Master Wato vs. YOH and Robbie Eagles vs. Kosei Fujita battle on Friday, June 5. The two winners will clash in the finals on Sunday, June 7. The winner of the tournament will challenge IWGP Junior Heavyweight … The post Semifinals Set In NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 33 appeared first on Figh...2026
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• Former NJPW Star Hiromu Takahashi Reportedly WWE-Bound, Could Use Nox Raijin Name

WWE’s recent push to recruit international talent may not be slowing down anytime soon, as another former New Japan Pro-Wrestling standout is reportedly expected to join the company. According to a report from BodySlam, former IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi is believed to be WWE-bound. Sources connected to the WWE Performance Center reportedly indicated … Continue reading ...2026
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• Mistico and El Desperado win IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Titles
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• Místico & El Desperado Capture IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles At NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2026

New Junior Heavyweight Tag champs. One of the title matches on the bill for night two of NJPW Wrestling Dontaku on May 4th was the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match. TMDK’s Kosei Fujita and Robbie Eagles put the titles on the line against El Desperado and CMLL’s Místico. The match was originally supposed … The post Místico & El Desperado Capture IWGP Junior Heav...2026
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• Místico & El Desperado Challenging Ichiban Sweet Boys For IWGP Jr. Tag Titles At NJPW Wrestling Dontaku Night Two

The titles will be on the line. It was already advertised for NJPW Wrestling Dontaku night two on May 4th that Místico and El Desperado would be facing IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Ichiban Sweet Boys (Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles) in a non-title match. A preview of that bout was held on May … The post Místico & El Desperado Challenging Ichiban Sweet Boys For IWGP Jr. Tag Ti...2026
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• Hiroshi Tanahashi Confirms Daiki Nagai For NJPW Best Of The Super Juniors Tournament

Daiki Nagai is set for the tourney. The current IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion DOUKI pulled himself from the remainder of NJPW’s Wrestling Dontaku tour. He also stated that he would be boycotting the 2026 Best of the Super Juniors tournament, which is scheduled to kick off on May 14th. With DOUKI boycotting the tournament, Unbound … The post Hiroshi Tanahashi Confirms Daiki Nagai For...2026
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• Trent Beretta feels disrespected by AEW

@AEW After his surprise return on Collision, the former Best Friend aired some grievances — alongside the friend he just reunited with, the now-heel Rocky Romero. Trent Beretta made a surprise return last week on Collision and reunited with Roppongi Vice partner Rocky Romero, as well as with the Callis Family. In a backstage promo, Trent explained how he feels disrespected by AEW. Trent wa...2025
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• Bullet Club civil war breaks out, and a Shooter shaves his own head

@njpw1972 Some more newsworthy items from New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s Feb. 11 The New Beginning in Osaka show, along with full results. New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s Feb. 11 event, The New Beginning in Osaka, featured two titles changes that we already told you about, but they were far from the only newsworthy things that happened in EDION Arena today. Before the card’s championship matches, Gre...2025
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• NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka Results (2/11): Zack Sabre Jr vs. Hirooki Goto, Yota Tsuji vs. Gabe Kidd
New Japan Pro-Wrestling held its NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka event on February 11 from EDION Arena Osaka in Osaka, Japan. The event aired on NJPW World. Full results and highlights are below. NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka Results (2/11) - United Empire (Francesco Akira & Jeff Cobb) def. El Desperado & Katsuya Murashima - Akira and Desperado have a staredown. - Hiroshi Tanahashi def. Togi Ma...2025
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• Pioneering NJPW Jr. Heavyweight champion Kuniaki Kobayashi has died

njpw1972.com On Monday (Sept. 9), New Japan Pro-Wrestling shared the sad news that Kuniaki Kobayashi had died at age 68. The company’s announcement says that Kobayashi’s death came after “a battle with illness”. Kobayashi dealt with numerous instances of cancer throughout his life, including surgery for colon cancer during his in-ring career. He returned to the ring and wrestled for nearly...2024
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• Jack Perry joins New Japan’s most hated faction

njpw1972.com At Mar. 6’s 52nd Anniversary show, the AEW exile won his first NJPW match and became a member of House of Torture. New Japan Pro-Wrestling held their 52nd Anniversary event on Mar. 6 in Ota. Among other things, the show featured the in-ring debut of AEW’s Jack Perry. Perry, who was suspended by AEW following his role in the incident which led to CM Punk’s firing at All In: Lo...2024
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• Black History Month 2024: 5 Wrestling Stars On The Rise Fightful by Lyric Swinton
February 2024 has been one of the most eventful Black History Months in recent wrestling memory. From the historic announcement of Big Bu$iness to unforgettable matches worldwide that we won’t stop talking about any time soon, Black wrestlers are taking their place across the industry as some of the brightest stars in the galaxy. This year continues to fly by and it’s expected (and highly anticipa...2024
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• Danielson & Moxley matches official for Wrestle Kingdom

NJPW Global’s X New Japan Pro-Wrestling typically makes it clear what direction they’re headed in when it comes to their championships programs and what their stars will be doing at major shows. Their upcoming Wrestle Kingdom 18 event at the Tokyo Dome on Jan. 4, 2024 is certainly no exception. The IWGP World Heavyweight title match is basically set when the late summer G1 Climax tournamen...2023
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• Multiverse United 2 recap & reactions: Impact dominates NJPW

Fite Impact and NJPW rumbled for a joint event in Multiverse United 2: For Whom the Bell Tolls (Aug. 20, 2023) in Philadelphia, PA. Not all the contests were straight up competition between promotions, however, Impact mopped the floor with NJPW in the matches that were. Out of the ten contests on the card, I think eight could qualify to varying degrees for the sake of this argument. Impact...2023
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• NJPW Announces Injury To Taiji Ishimori, Ishimori To Miss The Remainder Of The BOSJ Tournament
New Japan Pro Wrestling issued the following press release announcing that former IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Taiji Ishimori has sustained an injury to his cervical vertebra and will miss the remainder of the 2023 BOSJ tournament. There is not current timetable for his return. Any competitor in that was scheduled to face Ishimori in the […] The post NJPW Announces Injury To Taiji Ishimo...2023
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• Lio Rush To Replace Josh Alexander In Match Against KUSHIDA At IMPACT x NJPW Multiverse United
Lio Rush will take Josh Alexander's place at IMPACT x NJPW Multiverse United. IMPACT World Champion Josh Alexander was set to face KENTA at the event, but he suffered a torn triceps. As a result, he was forced to relinquish the title and pulled from the card. In an update, NJPW and IMPACT announced that KUSHIDA will face Lio Rush at the Multiverse United event on March 30. Rush won the 2023 NJPW S...2023
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"The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship was not set to be defended for the first time in 14 years at Wrestle Kingdom 20."

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"New IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions were crowned at NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19."

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"Public contract signing sees Yota Tsuji’s allegiances made clear Saturday June 3 saw a public contract signing for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight and World Heavyweight Championship matches Sunday at Dominion."

• NJPW BOSJ DAY 4 - AEW Starlet Suffers First NJ BOSJ Loss
AEW starlet Nick Wayne suffered his first loss in New Japan’s Best of the Super Juniors (BOSJ) tournament as he fell to countryman Kevin Knight at Yoyogi 2nd National Gymnasium in Tokyo on Saturday night. The 19-year-old ROH World Television Champion had bested SHO, El Desperado and Robbie Eagles in his inaugural BOSJ campaign to lead B Block coming into the fourth day of the competition. Two-time...2025
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• New Japan announces departure of long-time star Tetsuya Naito

Photo by Etsuo Hara/Getty Images The promotion and its multi-time champion mutually agreed to part ways after failing to come to terms on a contract extension. Another member of his LIJ faction is leaving, too. Tetsuya Naito’s New Japan Pro-Wrestling career wasn’t always the smoothest ride. He started as a Young Lion in the mid-aughts, and rose to main event status by 2014. Fans initially ...2025
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• Free Agent With WWE Interest Set For Upcoming AEW Show

A top free agent with reported interest from WWE is set to compete in a match on this weekend’s AEW Collision show. Former IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion Kevin […]...2025
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• Kevin Knight in Talks with AEW’s Tony Khan, Shows Interest in WWE Move
One Big Thing Former IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion Kevin Knight met with Tony Khan following his recent Ring of Honor match, signaling potential moves in his free agency journey. Key Details Knight became a free agent after dropping the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships at Wrestle Kingdom 19 He recently wrestled AR […] The post Kevin Knight in Talks with AEW’s Tony K...2025
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• NJPW Star In Talks With WWE & AEW, NXT Lumberjack Match Announced

– Kevin Knight, a standout talent from New Japan Pro Wrestling, has been making waves in the free-agent market. In early January, reports surfaced that Knight’s contract with NJPW had expired, effectively making him a free agent. Shortly after, he and KUSHIDA dropped the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles. Since then, Knight has continued […] The post NJPW Star In Talks With...2025
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• Bullet Club civil war breaks out, and a Shooter shaves his own head
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• Report: Former Champion’s NJPW Contract Coming Up

A former champion’s NJPW contract is reportedly coming up. Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful (via Fightful Select) reports that Drilla Moloney‘s contract is set to expire soon. Moloney is a former two-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion. Per Sapp, there has been “outside interest” in Moloney, but it’s unclear where it’s from. Moloney recently […] The p...2025
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• Former WWE Star’s NJPW Contract Set To Expire Soon

A former WWE star’s contract with New Japan Pro Wrestling is reportedly set to expire. Yesterday a report from Fightful Select revealed that current IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion […]...2024
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• Natalya Says NJPW Champion Is Really F*cking Good, Brings So Much To The Table
Natalya says he's so talented. On December 29, Fightful Select reported that IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion Kevin Knight's contract was set to expire in the next few days, and his name had been brought up within major American wrestling companies in recent months. WWE's Natalya took to Twitter/X to respond to a post about the report and stated that Knight is so talented, he flies into t...2024
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• Report – Top NJPW Star’s Contract Set To Expire
Kevin Knight, the current IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, is nearing the expiration of his New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) contract, with the deal set to end in the coming days. According to a report from Fightful Select, NJPW is eager to retain Knight, and contract negotiations are expected to begin shortly. Knight’s contract situation has […] The post Report – Top NJPW Star...2024
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• Megumi Yabushita Suffers Dislocated Left Shoulder

Full results from the show are below. Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, played host to Strong Style Pro-Wrestling’s show on March 19th. SSPW is operated by six-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Tiger Mask IV. There was a tag match on the show that saw Jaguar Yokota and Megumi Yabushita defend the Strong Style Women’s Tag … The post Megumi Yabushita Suffers Dislocated Left Should...2026
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• NJPW Soul Night Nine Results (7/6): El Desperado Defends Against Kosei Fujita
New Japan Pro Wrestling held night nine of their NJPW Soul tour on July 6th from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The show aired on NJPW World. You can check out the results (courtesy of Cagematch) below. NJPW Soul Night Nine Results (7/6): - Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Zane Jay - Time Limit Draw - Daiki Nagai & Katsuya Murashima def. Masatora Yasuda & Shoma Kato - House Of Torture (EVIL, Ren Narita, SANA...2025
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• Hideo Kojima Attends NJPW Death Pain Invitational
Hideo Kojima attends NJPW Death Pain. Celebrities from other fields attending wrestling events is nothing new, and have only become more common in the era of TKO owning WWE. However, celebrities have been commonly spotted at Japanese wrestlers quite a bit over the years. On social media on Tuesday, famous Japanese gaming designer Hideo Kojima would attend New Japan Pro Wrestling's Death Pain Invit...2025
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• NJPW Death Pain Invitational Results (6/24): El Desperado vs. Jun Kasai
New Japan Pro-Wrestling held its NJPW Death Pain Invitational event on June 24th from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Full results and highlights are below. NJPW Death Pain Invitational Results (6/24) - Six Or Nine (Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi), Daiki Nagai & Katsuya Murashima def. Dragon Libre, GENTARO, Kengo & Tatsuhito Takaiwa - Mammoth Sasaki & Takashi Sasaki def. BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Gedo...2025
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• NJPW Dominion Results (6/15): Five Title Bouts, Dog Collar Chain Deathmatch
New Japan Pro-Wrestling held its NJPW Dominion event on June 15th from Osaka Jo Hall in Osaka, Japan. The event aired on NJPW World. Full results and highlights are below. NJPW Dominion Results (6/15) - Katsuya Murashima & Shoma Kato def. Daiki Nagai & Masatora Yasuda - HOUSE OF TORTURE (SANADA, Ren Narita, Yujiro Takahashi & Bad Luck Fale) def. BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Taiji Ishimori, Chase Owens,...2025
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• Kosei Fujita Wins NJPW Best Of The Super Juniors 32 Tournament
Fujita versus Desperado for the Junior Heavyweight Title is locked in. The final of New Japan Pro-Wrestling's Best of the Super Juniors 32 tournament took place and it featured YOH versus Kosei Fujita. In what was a 28-minute bout, it was Fujita putting YOH away to win the tourney and secure his shot at El Desperado's IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship. Fujita is the youngest Best of the Super J...2025
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• NJPW BOSJ DAY 4 - AEW Starlet Suffers First NJ BOSJ Loss
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• NJPW Wrestling Hizen no Kuni Results (4/29): Three Title Bouts, Hiroshi Tanahashi Competes
New Japan Pro-Wrestling held its NJPW Wrestling Hizen no Kuni event on April 27th from Saga Arena in Saga, Japan. The event aired on NJPW World. Full results and highlights are below. NJPW Wrestling Hizen no Kuni Results (4/29) - Hiroshi Tanahashi def. Masatora Yasuda - TMDK (Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr.) def. Katsuya Murashima, Oleg Boltin & Toru Yano - Just 4 Guys (Taichi, TAKA...2025
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• New Japan announces departure of long-time star Tetsuya Naito
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• Nick Wayne, Kevin Knight And More Announced For NJPW Best Of The Super Juniors 32
The field has been set for NJPW's Best Of The Super Juniors 32. On Saturday, April 5th, New Japan Pro Wrestling held their Sekura Genesis event and announced the full field for the tournament, as well as the blocks that the competitors will be sorted into. The event is currently scheduled to take place from May 10th to June 1st, with 20 talent vying for the tournament victory. You can check out th...2025
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• Trent Beretta feels disrespected by AEW
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• Kevin Knight is All Elite

He’s been all around the world, and now he’s settled in AEW. Tony Khan inked a stellar talent by signing Kevin Knight. The NJPW L.A. Dojo alum is All Elite. Congratulations, it’s official!After a fantastic performance at Saturday Night #AEWCollision tonight, @Jet2Flyy Kevin Knight is All Elite! pic.twitter.com/sL0Q6EqDCU— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) March 30, 2025 Knight was in action against “Swi...2025
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• MLP debut recap: Bully Ray slapped by Scott D’Amore’s mother, more!

@FiteTV There is a new player on the indie scene. Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling, run by Scott D’Amore, held their debut event, and it was an exciting success. Forged in Excellence spanned two nights (Oct. 19 & Oct. 20, 2024) from Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The MLP mission statement is to showcase the best wrestlers from Canada against the best wrestlers from around the world. They brought in tal...2024
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• Pioneering NJPW Jr. Heavyweight champion Kuniaki Kobayashi has died
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• Kuniaki Kobayashi Passes Away At The Age Of 68
Kuniaki Kobayashi has passed away. New Japan Pro-Wrestling announced that Kuniaki Kobayashi passed away at the age of 68 following a battle with illness. Kobayashi joined the NJPW Dojo in 1972 and officially debuted in 1973. He had multiple international excursions and later became known for his red martial arts gear. He also had a run as Chin Kobiashi in the WWF. Among other accolades, Kobayashi ...2024
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• Jon Moxley gets to beat the crap out of Jack Perry on WrestleMania weekend

AEW Dynamite Jon Moxley was curiously left out of AEW’s tag team championship tournament and has been missing from AEW programming ever since he and Claudio Castagnoli defeated FTR earlier this month at the Revolution pay-per-view. Jon’s three week absence from AEW Dynamite and Collision has left me wondering, where the f*** is this guy? Well, if you are just like my 68-year-old mother and...2024
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• Lio Rush Says Japan Is His New Home, 'Not By Force, But By Choice'
Lio Rush has goals in Japan. Lio Rush teamed Kazuchika Okada in the main event of the September 30 NJPW Road to Destruction event to defeat Los Ingobernables de Japon (Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito). After the match, Rush was given the mic. "As of right now, I don't have a home. Right now, I'm currently in Japan. I'm currently in Tokyo because I sacrificed everything back at home, for this. ...2023
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• Multiverse United 2 recap & reactions: Impact dominates NJPW
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• Lio Rush Challenges Hiromu Takahashi To IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match
Lio Rush wants a shot at the gold. At IMPACT x NJPW Multiverse United 2, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi teamed up with Mike Bailey to face IMPACT X-Division Champion Lio Rush and Trey Miguel. In the closing moments of the match, Rush hit Takahashi below the belt and pinned him for the win. After the bell, Rush grabbed a microphone and targeted Takahashi with his message. He stat...2023
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• Impact finalizes NJPW Strong women’s title bout for Multiverse United 2

Photo by Etsuo Hara/Getty Images Deonna Purrazzo wanted the best Stardom has to offer, and that wish was granted. Giulia is coming to the Impact and NJPW joint event Multiverse United 2: For Whom the Bell Tolls. Giulia’s presence on the August 20 PPV has been brewing all week ever since she declared her intention to come to Philadelphia. ジュリアが米国に殴り込み宣言‼️ #STARDOM pic.twitter.com/R2qI9PuS...2023
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• Tsuji joins LIJ as title contenders go face to face in Osaka
Public contract signing sees Yota Tsuji’s allegiances made clear Saturday June 3 saw a public contract signing for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight and World Heavyweight Championship matches Sunday at Dominion. Watch Dominion live in English on NJPW World! The junior heavyweight championship was first, Master Wato speaking as challenger and saying that ‘the time had […]...2023
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• Natalya Says Owen Hart Would Have Went On To Win A World Championship If He Hadn't Passed Away
Natalya says that Owen Hart would have went on to win a world championship if his life wasn't tragically cut short in 1999. Before his tragic death in 1999, Owen Hart was one of the most popular stars in the WWF. Throughout his stint with the company, Hart won the WWF European Championship, the Intercontinental Championship, and the World Tag Team Championships on numerous different occasions. At ...2023
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• Mercedes Mone To Defend IWGP Women's Title Against Hazuki And AZM At NJPW Sakura Genesis
Two challengers for the price of one. New Japan Pro-Wrestling announced that IWGP Women's Champion Mercedes Mone will defend her title against Hazuki and AZM in a triple threat bout at NJPW Sakura Genesis on April 8. From NJPW: Since winning the IWGP Women’s Championship at Battle in the Valley, Mercedes Moné has been hitting red carpets and conventions in VIP style with the title, but has yet...2023
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• Tony Khan Hopes To Get Jushin Liger For Owen Hart Cup Appearance
Tony Khan is hoping to schedule a major appearance for the upcoming Owen Hart Cup. The Owen Hart Cup tournament, which is set to kick off at the upcoming Forbidden Door pay-per-view, is something that many fans are looking forward to. Although no participants have been announced yet, the mystery and intrigue behind this year's lineups is something that continues to build. Throughout his legendary ...2023
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• Lio Rush To Replace Josh Alexander In Match Against KUSHIDA At IMPACT x NJPW Multiverse United
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• Lio Rush Challenges Hiromu Takahashi To Title Match

An interpromotional Champion vs. Champion match may be on the horizon. At IMPACT x NJPW Multiverse United 2, IMPACT X-Division Champion Lio Rush pinned IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi after hitting him below the belt. In a post-match promo, Rush challenged Takahashi to a title match, and he seemingly accepted. The title match has […] The post Lio Rush Challenges Hiromu Taka...2023
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• Bryan Danielson vs. Kazuchika Okada And More Made Official For NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18
Four bouts have been made official for NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18. New Japan Pro-Wrestling confirmed four new matches for NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 on January 4, including the rematch between Kazuchika Okada and Bryan Danielson. Plus, Will Ospreay will defend his IWGP US Championship against Jon Moxley and David Finlay in a three-way bout. The Juniors will be on the line as Hiromu Takahashi defends ...2023
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• Willow Nightingale vs. Giulia Added To NJPW Strong Independence Day Night Two, Tag Bout Set For Night One
Two new matches have been added to NJPW Strong Independence Day. NJPW confirmed that Willow Nightingale will defend her NJPW Strong Women's Championship against Giulia at night two of NJPW Strong Independence Day on July 5. At STARDOM SUNSHINE 2023 on June 25, Giulia stated that she would like to head overseas and compete on NJPW STRONG, calling out Nightingale for the NJPW Strong Women's Champi...2023
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• Rocky Romero Says He’s Had Conversations With Finn Balor Over The Years About NJPW Appearances
Rocky Romero says he's had fun talks with Finn Balor, who has fantasy booked his return to NJPW for a few matches. Balor previously rose to prominence in NJPW, where he was a founding member of Bullet Club. Then known as Fergal Devitt (and later as Prince Devitt), Balor had a successful run with the company. He won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship three times and the IWGP Junior Heavyweigh...2023
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• Hiroshi Tanahashi Confirms Daiki Nagai For NJPW Best Of The Super Juniors Tournament
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• Lumberjack Stipulation Added To Tiger Mask vs. DOUKI At NJPW Wrestling Hizen no Kuni

Tiger Mask and DOUKI will clash for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title at NJPW Wrestling Hizen no Kuni on Wednesday, April 29. The bout will now be a lumberjack match. The match was proposed at NJPW Wrestling Redzone. Here is the current lineup for NJPW Wrestling Hizen no Kuni: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Lumberjack Match- … The post Lumberjack Stipulation Added To Tiger Mask vs. DOU...2026
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• Hiromu Takahashi To Leave NJPW

Hiromu Takahashi is set to leave New Japan Pro-Wrestling. NJPW made the announcement on Monday evening. Hiromu is a five-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion and four-time Best of Super Junior tournament winner. Hiromu will have his final NJPW match at The New Beginning in Osaka on February 11. He is scheduled to team with Taiji … The post Hiromu Takahashi To Leave NJPW appeared first on Fi...2026
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• NJPW Announces Full Lineup For July 6 NJPW SOUL Event
The lineup is set for NJPW SOUL on July 6th. New Japan Pro-Wrestling announced that El Desperado will defend his IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title against Kosei Fujita in the main event of NJPW SOUL on July 6th. The co-main event sees HOUSE OF TORTURE (SHO & DOUKI) defend the IWGP Junior Tag Team Titles against Master Wato & YOH. In a last chance gauntlet, Chase Owens, Satoshi Kojima, Taichi, and T...2025
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• NJPW Unveils Full Card For Dominion On June 15th
The Junior Title match is not taking place at Dominion. Coming up on June 15th is New Japan Pro-Wrestling's Dominion event. Ōsaka-Jō Hall is playing host to the show and the promotion has rolled out the full match card. Headlining the event will be Hirooki Goto defending the IWGP World Heavyweight Title against Shingo Takagi and there will also be a new member of HOUSE OF TORTURE revealed. Here is...2025
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• NJPW Releases Full Lineup For Best Of The Super Juniors 32 Final Show On June 1st
The winner is getting a shot at the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title. The conclusion of NJPW's Best of the Super Juniors 32 tournament is near and it will wrap on June 1st. YOH and Kosei Fujita are set to meet in the finals and the winner will go on to challenge El Desperado for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship. The full lineup for the June 1st show has been unveiled and here is the advertise...2025
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• NJPW Announces Blocks And Schedule For NJPW Best Of The Super Juniors 32
The blocks are set for New Japan Pro-Wrestling's annual Best of the Super Juniors event. NJPW has announced the blocks and schedule for BOSJ 32, which begins on May 10th and concludes on June 1st. There will be two blocks with ten wrestlers in each block. From NJPW: A BLOCK Master Wato (5th entry, first in two years. 2023 winner, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag team Champion) Hiromu Takahashi (10t...2025
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• New Japan announces departure of long-time star Tetsuya Naito
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• BUSHI To Leave NJPW
BUSHI will be leaving NJPW. New Japan Pro-Wrestling announced that BUSHI will be leaving the company. He is scheduled to work his remaining dates through May 4th. From NJPW: Thank you for supporting New Japan Pro-Wrestling. At his own request and after careful consultation, NJPW has come to terms with the departure of BUSHI following currently scheduled appearances ending on May 4 in Fukuoka. ...2025
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• Nick Wayne, Kevin Knight And More Announced For NJPW Best Of The Super Juniors 32
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• Trent Beretta feels disrespected by AEW
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• KUSHIDA Returning To MLW At MLW SuperFight 6 Taping
KUSHIDA will face CMLL's Neon at the MLW SuperFight 6 TV tapings on February 8. Major League Wrestling announced the match on Tuesday. From MLW: Kushida vs. CMLL’s Neon signed for Atlanta Feb 8 Tickets Available at MLWLive.com & Ticketmaster. ATLANTA, GA – Major League Wrestling (MLW) today announced Kushida vs. Neon at the beIN SPORTS TV taping portion of MLW SuperFight 6 on Saturday, Februar...2025
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• MLP debut recap: Bully Ray slapped by Scott D’Amore’s mother, more!
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• Riddle drops title, Nemeth & Ali victorious at New Japan Chicago show

njpw1972.com An AEW star ended the night with New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s top title, but Jon Moxley was far from the only non-NJPW talent with a prominent role on the promotion’s Windy City Riot show in Chicago last night (April 12). Mustafa Ali had his first-ever New Japan match at WinTrust Arena on Friday, He took on five-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight champion Hiromu Takahashi. There were s...2024
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