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Hiroshi Tanahashi Discusses Brock Lesnar’s NJPW Run, Says Lesnar Cared More About A Payday Than Working For The Company
On the latest edition of NJPW superstar Hiroshi Tanahashi's Ace's High Series Tanahashi speaks on former WWE champion Brock Lesnar's...
Top NJPW Superstar Kazuchika Okada Participates In Olympic Torch Relay
New Japan Pro Wrestling issued the following press release on top superstar Kazuchika Okada's participation in the Olympic Torch relay,...
Will Ospreay Releases First Statement As IWGP World Heavyweight Champion, Calls Out CM Punk and Drew McIntyre
NJPW superstar and new IWGP World Heavyweight champion Will Ospreay released his first comments since defeating Kota Ibushi at Sakura...
Jon Moxley Calls Out NJPW’s Yuji Nagata As Next Challenger For IWGP U.S. Title: “Grab Your Six-Shooter”
AEW superstar Jon Moxley has chosen his next opponent to challenge for the IWGP United States championship. The Purveyor of...
NJPW Announces Full Card For Both Nights Of Dontaku Event
New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced the full card for their upcoming Dontaku event, which will take place over the...
NJPW Announces Cards For Wrestling Satsuma No Kuni – Night 1 & 2
On Monday morning, New Japan Pro Wrestling confirmed the cards for Wrestling Satsuma no Kuni. Roppongi 3K (SHO & YOH)...
Kazuchika Okada To Challenge For IWGP World Heavyweight Championship At NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam
Kazuchika Okada will headline NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam when he will challenge the winner of Will Ospreay vs. Shingo Takagi,...
Bea Priestley Departing From STARDOM
Bea Priestley is leaving STARDOM after working Sunday’s show where she challenged Utami Hayashishita for the World of STARDOM Championship...
Roppongi 3K Recaptures IWGP Junior Tag Team Titles At Sakura Genesis
Roppongi 3K are once again your IWGP Junior Tag Team champions. SHO and YOH finished their redemption story at this...
Big Title Change Occurs At NJPW Sakura Genesis
NJPW held their Sakura Genesis event on Sunday morning and in the main event, a big title change happened. Will...
Will Ospreay Ready To Shock The World At Sakura Genesis, Talks New Member Of The Empire, His Feud With Ibushi and more
This year's New Japan Cup winner Will Ospreay recently spoke with the NJPW Press to hype up his IWGP World...
NJPW Reveals Strong Openweight Title
A new championship was revealed during Friday’s episode of NJPW Strong. The eight-man tournament to crown the New Japan Cup...
El Desperado Discusses His Journey Towards Becoming Double Champion In NJPW, His Goals For The Year
Current IWGP Junior heavyweight and junior tag team champion El Desperado recently spoke with the NJPW Press about his triumphs...
Full Lineup For Friday’s NJPW Strong Show
NJPW has announced the full lineup for the latest edition of Strong. The show will air on Friday at 10...
Kota Ibushi Discusses His Short-Lived Kickboxing Career, His Big Moment At WrestleKingdom, Remembering His Father and more
NJPW superstar and current IWGP World Heavyweight champion Kota Ibushi recently spoke to Sports Illustrated to discuss a number of...
NJPW Adds More Content To Their Roku Channel Lineup
New Japan Pro Wrestling issued the following press release announcing the addition of several classic matchups to their Roku Channel...
NJPW Reveals Design For New IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Title
New Japan Pro Wrestling issued the following press release and images showcasing the brand new IWGP World Heavyweight championship title,...
NJPW Sets New Japan Cup USA Tournament Bracket
The bracket is set for the 2021 New Japan Cup USA tournament. It all starts on the April 2nd episode...
NJPW To Reveal IWGP World Heavyweight Title Belt Next Week
On Friday, NJPW announced they will reveal the IWGP World Heavyweight Title belt prior to the new title’s first defense...
Full Lineup For Friday’s NJPW Strong Show
NJPW has announced the full lineup for the New Beginning USA 2021 edition of Strong on NJPW World. The show...
NJPW Adds More Content To Stream On The Roku Channel
New Japan Pro Wrestling issued the following press release announcing the addition of more content to stream on the Roku...
Will Ospreay Promises To Do Whatever It Takes To Become IWGP World Heavyweight Champion
This year's New Japan Cup winner Will Ospreay recently spoke to the NJPW press addressing his marquee victory, and calling...
First IWGP World Title Bout To Main Event NJPW Sakura Genesis
New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced Kota Ibushi will defend the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship for the first time against...
NJPW Star Returns From Injury and Issues Challenge For Junior Tag Titles
At this morning's New Japan Cup Final rising star YOH shocked the fans in Sendai by making a surprise return,...
NJPW Crowns This Year’s New Japan Cup Winner
Will Ospreay has won the 2021 New Japan Cup as he defeated Shingo Takagi to win the tournament for the...
NJPW Announces Undercard For New Japan Cup Finals Event
NJPW has announced the rest of the card for Sunday’s New Japan Cup finals. In the co-main event, Kota Ibushi,...
Today’s NJPW Event Affected By Earthquake, Show Paused For Safety
During today's NJPW event in Sendai a large-scale earthquake caused the hosting venue to shake, and saw the promotion temporarily...
Full Lineup For Friday’s NJPW Strong Show
NJPW has announced the full lineup for the New Beginning USA 2021 edition of Strong on NJPW World. The show...
EXCLUSIVE: NJPW Star Chase Owens Happy To Join A Prestigious List As Texas Heavyweight Champion, Talks Bullet Club, His Feud With Jushin Thunder Liger and more
I recently had the distinct pleasure of speaking with NJPW star and current Texas Heavyweight champion Chase Owens, a member...
New NJPW Content To Be Added To Roku
NJPW issued the following details about new content being added to their Roku channel on March 18th: Roku Channel update:...
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 Quarter Finals Set
NJPW issued the following: New Japan Cup 2021 Quarter Finals Preview Final eight set as finals come into view After...
Hiromu Takahashi Has Successful Surgery To Repair Torn Pectoral Muscle, Eyeing Return In Six Months
NJPW superstar Hiromu Takahashi recently informed Tokyo Sports that he had successful surgery on his torn pectoral muscle that forced...
Tom Lawlor Discusses His Experience Working NJPW STRONG, On His Chemistry With Fred Rosser, Talks Similarities With Chris Dickinson
Former MLW Heavyweight champion Tom Lawlor recently spoke with the NJPW press to discuss his experience working NJPW STRONG, his...
Full Lineup For Friday’s NJPW Strong Show
NJPW has announced the full lineup for the New Beginning USA 2021 edition of Strong on NJPW World. The show...
Updated Brackets For New Japan Cup
NJPW held the latest event in their New Japan Cup 2021 tour with night five, which took place this morning....
NJPW Announces This Week’s Roku Channel Lineup
New Japan Pro Wrestling issued the following press release announcing this week's lineup for their show on the Roku Channel....
Kazuchika Okada Reportedly Working Through Back Injury
According to the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter, top NJPW superstar Kazuchika Okada is currently dealing with two slipped discs in...
Tom Lawlor Talks His Journey From MMA To Pro-Wrestling, How Great Muta Left An Impression On Him, The Japanese Style and more
MLW superstar and regular NJPW STRONG competitor "Filthy" Tom Lawlor recently spoke with the NJPW Press to discuss a number...
Full Lineup For Friday’s NJPW Strong Show
NJPW has announced the full lineup for this week’s edition of Strong on NJPW World. The show will air on...
NJPW Announces Two Stadium Shows In May
NJPW has announced two stadium shows that will take place in May. The promotion issued the following: Wrestle Grand Slam...
New Report Says Marty Scurll Will Not Be Involved With NJPW Going Forward
One week ago former ROH superstar Marty Scurll was spotted backstage at the NJPW STRONG tapings, with many wondering if...
Kevin Kelly On Who NJPW Wanted For Commentary In 2017
During an interview with Wrestle Inn, Kevin Kelly revealed that Bret Hart was considered prior to settling on Don Callis...
NJPW Announces Competitors and Brackets For 2021 New Japan Cup Tournament
New Japan Pro Wrestling has released the full list of competitors and the ensuing brackets for the 2021 New Japan...
Kota Ibushi Requests Match Against El Desperado Be For Unified Titles, NJPW Confirms
New Japan Pro Wrestling issued the following press release confirming that Kota Ibushi will be defending the IWGP Heavyweight and...
NJPW Announces Card For 49th Anniversary Show
NJPW has announced the card for their 49th Anniversary Show on March 4 at Budokan Hall. The main event will...
NJPW Officially Unifying IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championships
New Japan Pro Wrestling chairman Naoki Sugabayashi confirmed today with Tokyo Sports that the IWGP Heavyweight championship and the IWGP...
Double Gold Match Announced For NJPW Anniversary Event In Budokan
Following his victory over Tetsuya Naito in last night's NJPW Castle Attack Special double IWGP champion Kota Ibushi was confronted...
New IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Crowned
El Desperado won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight title for the first time on the second night of NJPW Castle Attack...
Jon Moxley Defeats KENTA On NJPW STRONG To Remain IWGP United States Champion
The Purveyor of Violence has once again come out on top. Last night Jon Moxley took on Bullet Club's KENTA...
Tetsuya Naito Talks His Connection To The IWGP Intercontinental Title: “Its Always Had Significance For Me”
Ahead of his showdown with Kota Ibushi at Castle Attack NJPW superstar Tetsuya Naito spoke with the NJPW press about...
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