njpw Archives

For weeks, wrestling superstar Chris Jericho has been telling reporters that he's done working with New Japan Pro Wrestling following his WrestleKingdom match with Kenny Omega and his followup attack on Tetsuya Naito at NJPW New Years Dash. "Things change," Jericho said just a few days ago, shutting down reports that he was expected to have[...]

This time, it's indie darling Zack Sabre Jr., who made the comments during an in-character interview for NJPW. "Suzuki-gun, we're taking over," Sabre said, according to a report from Pro Wrestling Sheet "We'll take over England We'll take over Japan Take over America Not Mexico … Mexico can fuck off!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n44hDuUcTBUVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is[...]

Arguably one of the most popular companies outside of the WWE, NJPW has helped shape the careers of many talented and inspiring wrestlers — two of which were Shinsuke Nakamura and AJ Styles The King of Strong Style (who held the IWGP Intercontinental Championship at the time) and the former leader of The Bullet Club met up[...]

Everyone should feel welcome to the show." Couldn't have said it better ourselves! Unfortunately, though fans are welcome to draw whatever conclusions they want from the story, Omega did say that the sexual relationship between himself and Ibushi "won't be emphasized" in the current NJPW storyline So it seems there's still more progress to be made[...]

Either with Kevin Kelly and Don "Cyrus" Callis on NJPW World (or clips you find online) or through Jim Ross calling matches that are 1-5 years old on AXS TV It may not be something you think of immediately, but those of us who enjoy watching their content have resigned to the idea that sometimes you[...]

Stephen Amell is making a return to the wrestling ring, but it will not be for WWE. This time, Ring of Honor will be where the Arrow star turns up.

Just a few hours ago at a New Japan Pro Wrestling's "Power Struggle" event, the "Twitter feud" between Chris Jericho and Kenny Omega finally reached the first checkmark, as it was announced the two would be having a match in two months at NJPW's Wrestle Kingdom 12 at the Tokyo Dome For those of you[...]

If you're gonna go out, you might as well go out on top. That's the philosophy apparently being employed by WWE superstars Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson.

The last time we physically saw Katsuyori Shibata, he was trying to get backstage at an NJPW event after sustaining a crippling injury from a headbutt delivered to Kazuchika Okada that has put him in the hospital ever since In May, the man simply known as The Wrestler in Japan underwent surgery to repair some of the[...]

NJPW has had this tournament since 1974, back when it was called the "World League" and company founder Antonio Inoki won most of them It's been called the G1 Climax since 1991 and the tournament accomplishes many things for NJPW today that WWE has a hard time with in present day, even being the biggest[...]

The giant gold belt you're looking at below, which is the first NJPW has created in five years A tournament to crown the new champion will be held July 1-2, just in time for the company's first tour of the United States. But when you make a new championship, especially one representing something outside of the country[...]

Tickets sold out for the event right away, which means NJPW's first foray into the States is already a success, and we'll probably see more But one of the questions NJPW fans have been wondering about is whether the show would air live on AXS TV, the cable television network that airs tapes NJPW matches every[...]

But the result making the most headlines happened after Adam Cole's match, in which he lost to NJPW star Hiroshi Tanahashi. Kenny Omega making his presence felt here at War of the Worlds #ROHWOTW pic.twitter.com/uM8DK0oXmn — ROH Wrestling (@ringofhonor) May 13, 2017 After the match, Bullet Club leader Kenny Omega appeared (via satellite) to announce a new Bullet Club member:[...]

It isn't the news that everyone in New Japan Pro Wrestling wanted to hear, but it's a lot better than hearing about an impending retirement.  We

Or at least, that's the report coming from NJPW as Shibata is resting in a hospital Dave Meltzer, one of wrestling's most trusted (if not the biggest) reporters who writes about the real-life events behind the show couldn't get confirmation on certain details that should be easy to obtain for a real injury Which has[...]

One of the best stories NJPW could possibly tell is slowly coming into focus, and it just took the next step with Katsuyori Shibata winning the 2017 New Japan Cup. In order to tell this story, we need to wind the clock back a bit NJPW was formed in 1974 by Antonio Inoki, and slowly became one of the[...]

Tiger Mask W is a new anime series, launched in October of 2016, that follows up on the Tiger Mask manga series by Ikki Kajiwara and Naoki Tsuji, which

Ass would compete in their prestigious World Tag League Tournament, And according to some recent tweets by NJPW owner Takaaki Kidani, NJPW may May not be planning to cede territory to WWE without a fight That's right, NJPW is (maybe) preparing for WAR WRESTLE WAR. https://youtu.be/B9zXxkUpdmo?t=11Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Wrestle War (Arcade)[...]