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 defeated 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, 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, 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, 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, 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
Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event |
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January 4 | Wrestle Kingdom V | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Satoshi Kojima (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |
February 20 | The New Beginning | Sendai Sun Plaza Hall | Sendai, Japan | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Satoshi Kojima for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |
May 3 | Wrestling Dontaku | Fukuoka Kokusai Center | Fukuoka, Japan | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |
June 18 | Dominion 6.18 | Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium | Osaka, Japan | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Hirooki Goto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |
October 10 | Destruction '11 | Ryōgoku Kokugikan | Tokyo, Japan | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |
November 12 | Power Struggle | Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium | Osaka, Japan | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Toru Yano for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |
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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May 11 | Resurgence | Toyota Arena | Ontario, California | Jon Moxley (c) vs. Shota Umino for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship |
June 9 | Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall | Osaka-jo Hall | Osaka, Japan | TBA |
June 15 | TBA | Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center | Sapporo, Japan | TBA |
June 16 | New Japan Soul | Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center | Sapporo, Japan | TBA |
June 30 | AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door | UBS Arena | Elmont, New York | TBA |
August 30 | Capital Collision | Entertainment and Sports Arena | Washington, D.C. | |
TBA | Historic X-Over 2 | TBA | TBA | 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 – 7 (9 upcoming)
- Total – 249 (9 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.