New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Japanese professional wrestling promotion
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| April 14 2025 | IWGP Tag Team Championship was vacated following Jeff Cobb's departure from NJPW. |
| March 21 2025 | Allan Breeze won the NJPW Academy Cup by defeating Raymond Bright in the finals in Carson, California. |
| March 20 2025 | David Finlay won the New Japan Cup tournament in Nagaoka, defeating Shota Umino in the final match. |
| March 2025 | The New Beginning in Osaka featured Zack Sabre Jr. defending the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship against Hirooki Goto. |
| January 30 2025 | House of Torture (Ren Narita, Sho and Yujiro Takahashi) won the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship by defeating Hiroshi Tanahashi, Toru Yano and Oleg Boltin in Sendai, Japan. |
| 2024 | The New Beginning events featured a Steel Cage match between United Empire and Bullet Club War Dogs, Tama Tonga defending the NEVER Openweight Championship against Evil, and Tetsuya Naito defending the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship against Sanada. |
| December 23 2024 | NJPW announced Takami Ohbari's resignation as president, with Hiroshi Tanahashi replacing him as NJPW president and representative director. |
| December 22 2024 | KOPW championship retired and deactivated by official 2024 champion Great-O-Khan. |
| December 15 2024 | West Coast Wrecking Crew (Royce Isaacs and Jorel Nelson) won the Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship by defeating Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake and Zack Gibson) at Strong Style Evolved in Long Beach, California. |
| December 8 2024 | Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito and Hiromu Takahashi) won the World Tag League tournament in Kumamoto, defeating Bullet Club War Dogs (Sanada and Gabe Kidd) in the final match. |
| November 15 2024 | Jack Bonza won the Oceania Cup by defeating PunchDrunk Istria in the last block match in Auckland. |
| November 4 2024 | The Mighty Don't Kneel (Robbie Eagles and Kosei Fujita) won the Super Junior Tag League tournament in Osaka, defeating Catch 2/2 (Francesco Akira and TJP) in the final match. |
| August 18 2024 | Zack Sabre Jr. won the G1 Climax tournament in Tokyo, defeating Yota Tsuji in the final match. |
| June 28 2024 | NJPW completed the acquisition of World Wonder Ring Stardom, with Stardom Co., Ltd. becoming a subsidiary of NJPW. |
| June 9 2024 |
El Desperado won the Best of the Super Juniors tournament in Osaka, defeating Taiji Ishimori in the final match.
El Desperado vs. Kosei Fujita (NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 31 N2 5/13/24) - Joseph Montecillo
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NJPW "Best of the Super Juniors" results (5/19): Vetter's review of El Desperado vs. Blake Christian, Robbie Eagles vs. Sho, TJP vs. Hayata, Hiromu Takahashi vs. Ninja Mack, Titan vs. Clark Connors - Pro Wrestling Dot Net
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| May 6 2024 | The inaugural United Japan Pro-Wrestling (UJPW) event took place at the Nippon Budokan arena. |
| March 20 2024 | Yota Tsuji won the New Japan Cup tournament in Osaka, defeating Hirooki Goto in the final match. |
| February 11 2024 | Kazuchika Okada defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi in a significant match at the event. |
| February 11 2024 | New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) held The New Beginning in Osaka event at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, featuring eight matches. |
| February 11 2024 | Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Bryan Danielson in a notable match at the event. |
| 2023 | Events in Nagoya, Sapporo, and Osaka included unique matches like Shingo Takagi vs. Great-O-Khan in a mixed martial arts rules match, Shota Umino vs. Tetsuya Naito, and Kazuchika Okada defending the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship against Shingo Takagi. |
| 2023 | Extreme Sports Channel begins broadcasting World Pro-Wrestling and major shows across various European markets. |
| December 23 2023 | NJPW announced Takami Ohbari's resignation as promotion president, with Hiroshi Tanahashi replacing him as NJPW president and representative director. |
| December 11 2023 | IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship deactivated and replaced by IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship, with Will Ospreay as the last champion. |
| October 2023 | NJPW and World Wonder Ring Stardom established the Asia Pacific Pro-Wrestling Alliance, an interpromotional governing body connecting wrestling promotions across Asia. |
| January 4 2023 | NJPW held Wrestle Kingdom 17 event in honor of founder Antonio Inoki. |
| 2022 | The New Beginning USA event in Seattle featured Tom Lawlor defending the Strong Openweight Championship against Tyler Rust. |
| 2022 | New Japan Pro-Wrestling began exploring new international partnerships and expanding its global presence in the post-COVID era, adapting to changes in the professional wrestling landscape. |
| 2022 | As COVID-19 restrictions gradually eased, NJPW began returning to more traditional event formats and audience experiences. |
| October 1 2022 | NJPW's founder Antonio Inoki passed away from systemic transthyretin amyloidosis at age 79. |
| April 20 2022 | On AEW Dynamite, a co-promoted supershow called AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door is announced. |
| March 2022 | The promotion established a significant partnership with NJPW Strong, focusing on expanding its reach in the North American wrestling market and developing talent through cross-promotional opportunities. |
| March 3 2022 | New NJPW content premieres on AXS TV. |
| 2021 | Events included Shingo Takagi vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the NEVER Openweight Championship, Kota Ibushi vs. Sanada for the IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championships, and a USA event featuring Jon Moxley vs. Kenta for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship. |
| 2021 | The Roku Channel starts broadcasting World Pro-Wrestling and major shows with English commentary in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada. |
| 2021 | Tom Lawlor won the New Japan Cup USA tournament, which was a spin-off of the New Japan Cup held in 2020 and 2021. |
| 2021 | The promotion continued to adapt to pandemic restrictions, modifying event formats and tournament structures to maintain competitive wrestling during the ongoing global health crisis. |
| October 23 2021 | Takami Ohbari becomes the new CEO of New Japan Pro-Wrestling, replacing Meij. |
| September 29 2021 | NJPW announces that Meij would no longer be president of the promotion. |
| March 4 2021 | Kota Ibushi unified the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and IWGP Intercontinental Championship to create the new IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. |
| 2020 | The New Beginning continued in USA and Japan, with notable events including a match between Tetsuya Naito and Kenta for both the IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championships in Osaka. |
| 2020 | New Japan Cup USA tournament was created as a spin-off of the New Japan Cup tournament. |
| 2020 | 1Sports begins broadcasting the AXS version of World Pro-Wrestling in the Indian Subcontinent. |
| 2020 | NJPW partners with Game Changer Wrestling (GCW) and Major League Wrestling (MLW), with both promotions sending wrestlers to the Super J-Cup tournament. |
| December 12 2020 | El Phantasmo won the Super J-Cup tournament in Port Hueneme, California, U.S., defeating A. C. H. in the final match. |
| October 23 2020 | Takami Ohbari, CEO of New Japan Pro-Wrestling of America, replaces Meij as president. |
| September 29 2020 | NJPW announces that Meij would no longer be president of the promotion. |
| June 15 2020 | NJPW resumed limited wrestling events with no audience or restricted audience capacity, implementing strict COVID-19 safety protocols to continue operations. |
| June 9 2020 | NJPW announces their return with a special show called Together Special on June 15 and reschedules the New Japan Cup from June 16 until July 11, with the final to be held at Osaka-jō Hall. |
| May 7 2020 | NJPW postpones the Wrestle Dynasty event to 2021, which was originally planned to take place at Madison Square Garden in New York. |
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