This is a list of major NJPW events, detailing all notable professional wrestling cards promoted on pay-per-view (PPV), live TV broadcast by TV Asahi & New Japan Pro-Wrestling World by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).
Past events
[edit]1989
[edit]Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event |
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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] |
1990
[edit]Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event |
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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) |
WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Hulk Hogan vs. Stan Hansen |
1991
[edit]Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event |
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March 21 | WCW/New Japan Supershow I | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Ric Flair (NWA─c) vs. Tatsumi Fujinami (IWGP─c) for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship and the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |
1992
[edit]Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event |
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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) |
1993
[edit]Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event |
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January 4 | Fantastic Story in Tokyo Dome | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Genichiro Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu |
May 3 | Wrestling Dontaku | Fukuoka Dome | Fukuoka, Japan | Antonio Inoki and Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Genichiro Tenryu and Riki Choshu |
1994
[edit]Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event |
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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 |
1995
[edit]Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event |
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January 4 | Battle 7 | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Shinya Hashimoto (c) vs. Kensuke Sasaki for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |
April 28–29 | Collision in Korea | Rungrado 1st of May Stadium | Pyongyang, North Korea | Antonio Inoki vs. Ric Flair |
May 3 | Wrestling Dontaku | Fukuoka Dome | Fukuoka, Japan | Shinya Hashimoto (c) vs. Keiji Muto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |
October 9 | New Japan Pro Wrestling Vs. UWF International | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Keiji Muto (c) vs. Nobuhiko Takada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |
1996
[edit]Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event |
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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] |
1997
[edit]Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event |
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January 4 | Wrestling World | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Shinya Hashimoto (c) vs. Riki Choshu for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |
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) |
1998
[edit]Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event |
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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 |
1999
[edit]Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event |
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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 |
2000
[edit]Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event |
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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 |
2001
[edit]Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event |
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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 |
2002
[edit]Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event |
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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 |
2003
[edit]Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event |
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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 |
2004
[edit]Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event |
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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 |
2005
[edit]Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event |
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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 |
2006
[edit]Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event |
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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 |
2007
[edit]Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event |
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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) |
November 11 | Destruction '07 | Ryōgoku Kokugikan | Tokyo, Japan | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Hirooki Goto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |
2008
[edit]Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event |
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January 4 | Wrestle Kingdom II | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |
October 13 | Destruction '08 | Ryōgoku Kokugikan | Tokyo, Japan | Keiji Muto (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |
2009
[edit]Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event |
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January 4 | Wrestle Kingdom III | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Keiji Muto (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |
April 5 | Resolution | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Kurt Angle for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |
May 3 | Wrestling Dontaku | Fukuoka Kokusai Center | Fukuoka, Japan | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Hirooki Goto (New Japan Cup 2009 Winner) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |
June 20 | Dominion 6.20 | Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium | Osaka, Japan | Manabu Nakanishi (c) vs.Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |
October 12 | Masahiro Chono 25th Anniversary | Ryōgoku Kokugikan | Tokyo, Japan | Keiji Muto, Kenta Kobashi and Masahiro Chono vs. Jun Akiyama, Manabu Nakanishi and Satoshi Kojima |
November 8 | Destruction '09 | Ryōgoku Kokugikan | Tokyo, Japan | Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs.Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |
2010
[edit]Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event |
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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 |
2011
[edit]2012
[edit]2013
[edit]2014
[edit]2015
[edit]2016
[edit]2017
[edit]2018
[edit]2019
[edit]2020
[edit]2021
[edit]2022
[edit]2023
[edit]2024
[edit]Upcoming event schedule
[edit]2024
[edit]Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event |
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August 30 | Capital Collision | Entertainment and Sports Arena | Washington, D.C., USA | Mercedes Moné (c) vs. Momo Watanabe for the Strong Women's Championship[6] |
September 29 | Destruction in Kobe | Kobe World Memorial Hall | Kobe, Hyogo, Japan | TBA |
October 14 | King of Pro-Wrestling | Ryōgoku Kokugikan | Tokyo, Japan | TBA |
November 4 | Power Struggle | Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium | Osaka, Japan | TBA |
November 17 | Historic X-Over 2 | Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium | Osaka, Japan | TBA |
2025
[edit]Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event |
---|---|---|---|---|
January 4 | Wrestle Kingdom 19 | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | TBA |
January 5 | Wrestle Dynasty | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | TBA |
January 6 | New Year's Dash!! | Ota City General Gymnasium | Tokyo, Japan | TBA |
Number of events by year
[edit]- 1989 – 1
- 1990 – 2
- 1991 – 1
- 1992 – 1
- 1993 – 2
- 1994 – 2
- 1995 – 4
- 1996 – 2
- 1997 – 5
- 1998 – 3
- 1999 – 4
- 2000 – 6
- 2001 – 6
- 2002 – 3
- 2003 – 5
- 2004 – 4
- 2005 – 4
- 2006 – 1
- 2007 – 2
- 2008 – 2
- 2009 – 6
- 2010 – 4
- 2011 – 6
- 2012 – 7
- 2013 – 8
- 2014 – 12
- 2015 – 9
- 2016 – 11
- 2017 – 16
- 2018 – 17
- 2019 – 16
- 2020 – 8
- 2021 – 18
- 2022 – 17
- 2023 – 28
- 2024 – 20 (5 upcoming)
- 2025 – 3 upcoming
- Total – 262 (8 confirmed)
See also
[edit]- List of All Elite Wrestling pay-per-view events
- List of major Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide events
- List of ECW supercards and pay-per-view events
- List of FMW supercards and pay-per-view events
- List of Global Force Wrestling events and specials
- List of Major League Wrestling events
- List of National Wrestling Alliance pay-per-view events
- List of NWA/WCW closed-circuit events and pay-per-view events
- List of Ring of Honor pay-per-view events
- List of Smokey Mountain Wrestling supercard events
- List of TNA pay-per-view and livestreaming events
- List of WCW Clash of the Champions shows
- List of World Class Championship Wrestling Supercard events
- List of WWA pay-per-view events
- List of WWE pay-per-view and WWE Network events
- List of WWE Saturday Night Main Event shows
- List of WWE Tribute to the Troops shows
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "NJPW Battle Satellite In Tokyo Dome". cagematchinternetwrestlingdatabase. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ "NJPW Super Fight In Tokyo Dome". cagematchinternetwrestlingdatabase. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ "NJPW Wrestling World In Tokyo Dome 1996". cagematchinternetwrestlingdatabase. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ "NJPW Battle Formation In Tokyo Dome". cagematchinternetwrestlingdatabase. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ "NJPW New Year Dash!! 2020". FITE TV. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
- ^ "Rocky Romero Says That Mercedes Moné vs. Momo Watanabe Will Main Event NJPW Capital Collision | Fightful News". Fightful. Retrieved August 16, 2024.