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List of major NJPW events

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List of pay-per-views produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling

This is alist of major NJPW events, detailing all notableprofessional wrestling cards promoted onpay-per-view (PPV), aired on live TV broadcasts byTV Asahi, or streamed onNew Japan Pro-Wrestling World byNew Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).

Past events

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1989

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Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event	Notes
April 24	Battle Satellite in Tokyo Dome	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Antonio Inoki (c) vs.Shota Chochishvili for theWWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship^[1]
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

1990

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Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event	Notes
February 10	Super Fight in Tokyo Dome	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Antonio Inoki andSeiji Sakaguchi vs.Masahiro Chono andShinya Hashimoto^[2]
April 13 (aired May 15, 22, and 29)	Wrestling Summit	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Hulk Hogan vs.Stan Hansen	Co-produced withWorld Wrestling Federation andAll Japan Pro Wrestling
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

1991

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Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event	Notes
March 21	Starrcade in Tokyo Dome	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Ric Flair (NWA─c) vs.Tatsumi Fujinami (IWGP─c) for theNWA World Heavyweight Championship and theIWGP Heavyweight Championship	Co-produced withWorld Championship Wrestling
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

1992

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Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event	Notes
January 4	Super Warriors in Tokyo Dome	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Riki Choshu (G18─c) vs.Tatsumi Fujinami (IWGP─c) for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship and theGreatest 18 Club Championship Sting andThe Great Muta vs.The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner andScott Steiner)	Co-produced withWorld Championship Wrestling
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

1993

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Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event	Notes
January 4	Fantastic Story in Tokyo Dome	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Genichiro Tenryu vs.Riki Choshu	Co-produced withWorld Championship Wrestling
May 3	Wrestling Dontaku	Fukuoka Dome	Fukuoka, Japan	Antonio Inoki andTatsumi Fujinami vs.Genichiro Tenryu andRiki Choshu
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

1994

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Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
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
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

1995

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Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event	Notes
January 4	Battle 7	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Shinya Hashimoto (c) vs.Kensuke Sasaki for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
April 2	Bridge of Dreams	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Shinya Hashimoto vs.Masahiro Chono	Co-produced withAll Japan Pro Wrestling,All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling,Fighting Network Rings,Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling, Go Gundan,International Wrestling Association of Japan,JWP Joshi Puroresu,Ladies Legend Pro-Wrestling,Michinoku Pro Wrestling,Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi, andUWF International
April 28–29	Collision in Korea	Rungrado 1st of May Stadium	Pyongyang, North Korea	Antonio Inoki vs.Ric Flair	Co-produced withWorld Championship Wrestling
May 3	Wrestling Dontaku	Fukuoka Dome	Fukuoka, Japan	Shinya Hashimoto (c) vs.Keiji Muto for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
October 9	New Japan Pro Wrestling Vs. UWF International	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Keiji Muto (c) vs.Nobuhiko Takada for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship	Co-produced withUWF International
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

1996

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Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event	Notes
January 4	Wrestling World	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Keiji Muto (c) vs.Nobuhiko Takada for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship^[3]
April 29	Battle Formation	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Nobuhiko Takada (c) vs.Shinya Hashimoto for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship^[4]
June 1	World Wrestling Peace Festival	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena	Los Angeles, California, USA	Antonio Inoki andDan Severn vs.Yoshiaki Fujiwara andOleg Taktarov^[5]	Co-produced withAll Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling,Asistencia Asesoría y Administración,Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre,Michinoku Pro Wrestling,National Wrestling Alliance,Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi, andWorld Championship Wrestling First NJPW show in the United States
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

1997

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Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event	Notes
January 4	Wrestling World	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Shinya Hashimoto (c) vs.Riki Choshu for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship	Co-produced withBig Japan Wrestling
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 theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
August 10	The Four Heaven in Nagoya Dome	Nagoya Dome	Nagoya, Aichi, Japan	Shinya Hashimoto (c) vs.Hiroyoshi Tenzan for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
November 2	Final Power Hall in Fukuoka Dome	Fukuoka Dome	Fukuoka, Japan	Genichiro Tenryu andTatsumi Fujinami vs.nWo Japan (Keiji Muto and Masahiro Chono)
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

1998

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Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Final Power Hall in Tokyo Dome	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Kensuke Sasaki (c) vs.Keiji Muto for theIWGP 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 theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

1999

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Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Wrestling World	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Scott Norton (c) vs.Keiji Muto for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
April 10	Strong Style Symphony - New Japan Spirit	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Keiji Muto (c) vs.Don Frye for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
August 8	Jingu Climax	Meiji Jingu Stadium	Tokyo, Japan	The Great Muta vs.The Great Nita in aNo 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 theNWA World Heavyweight Championship
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

2000

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Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Wrestling World	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Genichiro Tenryu (c) vs.Kensuke Sasaki for theIWGP 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 theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
July 30	Riki Choshu Revival	Yokohama Arena	Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan	Atsushi Onita vs.Riki Choshu in aNo 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 andToshiaki Kawada vs.Takashi Iizuka andYuji Nagata
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

2001

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Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Wrestling World	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Kensuke Sasaki vs.Toshiaki Kawada tournament final match for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
April 9	Strong Style	Osaka Dome	Osaka, Japan	Kensuke Sasaki vs.Shinya Hashimoto in aNo Rules match
May 5	Wrestling Dontaku	Fukuoka Dome	Fukuoka, Japan	Kazunari Murakami andNaoya Ogawa vs.Manabu Nakanishi andRiki Choshu
June 6	Super-Force Group Declaration	Nippon Budokan	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuyuki Fujita (c) vs.Yuji Nagata for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
July 20	Dome-Quake	Sapporo Dome	Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan	Kazuyuki Fujita (c) vs.Don Frye for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
October 8	Indicate of Next	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	BATT (Hiroshi Hase andKeiji Muto) vs.Jun Akiyama andYuji Nagata
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

2002

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Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Wrestling World	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Jun Akiyama (c) vs.Yuji Nagata for theGHC Heavyweight Championship
May 2	Toukon Memorial Day 30th Anniversary	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Masahiro Chono vs.Mitsuharu Misawa
June 7	Battle Zone	Nippon Budokan	Tokyo, Japan	Yuji Nagata (c) vs.Kensuke Sasaki for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
October 14	The Spiral	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Yuji Nagata (c) vs.Kazuyuki Fujita for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

2003

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Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Wrestling World	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Yuji Nagata (c) vs.Josh Barnett for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
May 2	Ultimate Crush	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Yoshihiro Takayama (NWF─c) vs.Yuji Nagata (IWGP─c) for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship and theNWF Heavyweight Championship
August 28	Osaka Dream Night	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	Yoshihiro Takayama (c) vs.Masahiro Chono in aCage Deathmatch for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
October 13	Ultimate Crush II	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Yoshihiro Takayama,Kazuyuki Fujita,Minoru Suzuki,Shinsuke Nakamura andBob Sapp vs.Hiroyoshi Tenzan,Yuji Nagata,Manabu Nakanishi,Hiroshi Tanahashi andSeiji Sakaguchi
November 3	Yokohama Dead Out	Yokohama Arena	Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan	Yoshihiro Takayama (c) vs.Hiroyoshi Tenzan for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

2004

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Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Wrestling World	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Shinsuke Nakamura (IWGP─c) vs.Yoshihiro Takayama (NWF─c) for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship and theNWF Heavyweight Championship
March 28	King of Sports	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Kensuke Sasaki (c) vs.Bob Sapp for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
May 3	Nexess	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Bob Sapp (c) vs.Shinsuke Nakamura for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
November 13	Toukon Festival	Osaka Dome	Osaka, Japan	Kazuyuki Fujita andKendo Kashin vs.Manabu Nakanishi andShinsuke Nakamura
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

2005

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Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Toukon Festival: Wrestling World	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs.Shinsuke Nakamura for theIWGP U-30 Openweight Championship
March 26	Nexess V	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Satoshi Kojima (c) vs.Shinsuke Nakamura for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
May 14	Nexess VI	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs.Satoshi Kojima for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
October 8	Toukon Souzou New Chapter	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuyuki Fujita (c) vs.Brock Lesnar vs.Masahiro Chono for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

2006

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Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event	Notes
January 4	Toukon Shidou Chapter 1	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Brock Lesnar (c) vs.Shinsuke Nakamura for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

2007

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Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event	Notes
January 4	Wrestle Kingdom I	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Keiji Muto andMasahiro Chono vs.Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan andSatoshi Kojima)	Co-produced withAll Japan Pro Wrestling
November 11	Destruction '07	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs.Hirooki Goto for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

2008

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Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event	Notes
January 4	Wrestle Kingdom II	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs.Shinsuke Nakamura for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship	Co-produced withTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling Aired on January 17 in the United States asGlobal Impact
October 13	Destruction '08	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Keiji Muto (c) vs.Shinsuke Nakamura for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

2009

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Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event	Notes
January 4	Wrestle Kingdom III	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Keiji Muto (c) vs.Hiroshi Tanahashi for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship	Co-produced withTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling Aired on October 8 in the United States asGlobal Impact 2
April 5	Resolution	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs.Kurt Angle for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
May 3	Wrestling Dontaku	Fukuoka Kokusai Center	Fukuoka, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs.Hirooki Goto (New Japan Cup 2009 Winner) for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
June 20	Dominion 6.20	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	Manabu Nakanishi (c) vs.Hiroshi Tanahashi for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
October 12	Masahiro Chono 25th Anniversary	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Keiji Muto,Kenta Kobashi andMasahiro Chono vs.Jun Akiyama,Manabu Nakanishi andSatoshi Kojima
November 8	Destruction '09	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs.Hiroshi Tanahashi for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

2010

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Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Wrestle Kingdom IV	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs.Yoshihiro Takayama for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
May 3	Wrestling Dontaku	Fukuoka Kokusai Center	Fukuoka, Japan	Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs.Togi Makabe for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
June 19	Dominion 6.19	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	Togi Makabe (c) vs.Go Shiozaki for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
October 11	Destruction '10	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Togi Makabe (c) vs.Satoshi Kojima for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

2011

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Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event	Notes
January 4	Wrestle Kingdom V	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Satoshi Kojima (c) vs.Hiroshi Tanahashi for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship	Co-produced withTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling Aired on February 24 in the United States asGlobal Impact 3
January 22	Fantastica Mania	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan	Shinsuke Nakamura,Tetsuya Naito andAverno vs.Hiroshi Tanahashi,Prince Devitt andMístico	Co-produced withConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
January 23	Fantastica Mania	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan	Golden☆Lovers (Kota Ibushi andKenny Omega) vs.Apollo 55 (Prince Devitt andRyusuke Taguchi) for theIWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship	Co-produced withConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
February 20	The New Beginning	Sendai Sun Plaza Hall	Sendai, Miyagi, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs.Satoshi Kojima for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
May 3	Wrestling Dontaku	Fukuoka Kokusai Center	Fukuoka, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs.Shinsuke Nakamura for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
May 13 (aired June 22)	Invasion Tour: Attack on the East Coast	Rahway Recreation Center	Rahway, New Jersey, USA	Charlie Haas andRhino vs.Hiroshi Tanahashi andTogi Makabe	Co-produced withJersey All Pro Wrestling First NJPW tour in the United States
May 14		Pier 36 Basketball City	New York City, New York, USA	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs.Charlie Haas for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
May 15		Asylum Arena	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Togi Makabe vs.Rhino in a street fight
June 18	Dominion 6.18	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs.Hirooki Goto for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
August 27	All Together	Nippon Budokan	Tokyo, Japan	Go Shiozaki,Hiroshi Tanahashi andSuwama vs.Kenso,Shinsuke Nakamura, andTakashi Sugiura	Co-produced withAll Japan Pro Wrestling andPro Wrestling Noah
October 10	Destruction '11	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs.Tetsuya Naito for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
November 12	Power Struggle	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs.Toru Yano for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

2012

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Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event	Notes
January 4	Wrestle Kingdom VI	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs.Minoru Suzuki for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
January 21	Fantastica Mania	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada andVolador Jr. vs.Hiroshi Tanahashi andLa Sombra	Co-produced withConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
January 22	Fantastica Mania	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan	La Sombra (c) vs.Volador Jr. for theNWA World Historic Welterweight Championship	Co-produced withConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
February 12	The New Beginning	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs.Kazuchika Okada for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
February 19	All Together	Sendai Sun Plaza Hall	Sendai, Miyagi, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi,Suwama andTakeshi Morishima vs.Go Shiozaki,Seiya Sanada. andTetsuya Naito	Co-produced withAll Japan Pro Wrestling andPro Wrestling Noah
May 3	Wrestling Dontaku	Fukuoka Kokusai Center	Fukuoka, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs.Hirooki Goto (New Japan Cup 2012 Winner) for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
June 16	Dominion 6.16	Bodymaker Colosseum	Osaka, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs.Hiroshi Tanahashi for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
July 1	Summer Night Fever In Ryogoku ~ We Are Pro-Wrestling Love	Ryogoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs.Togi Makabe for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship	Co-produced withAll Japan Pro Wrestling
September 23	Destruction	Kobe World Memorial Hall	Kobe, Hyogo, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs.Naomichi Marufuji for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
October 8	King of Pro-Wrestling	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs.Minoru Suzuki for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
October 27 (aired November 11)	We Are Pro-Wrestling Love In Taiwan	National Taiwan University Sports Center	Taipei, Taiwan	Team Destruction (Shuji Kondo andSuwama) andKeiji Muto vs.Seigigun (Wataru Inoue andYuji Nagata) andKoji Kanemoto in a Six-Man Tag Team match	Co-produced withAll Japan Pro Wrestling
October 28 (aired November 12)	We Are Pro-Wrestling Love In Taiwan	National Taiwan University Sports Center	Taipei, Taiwan	Kaz Hayashi,Keiji Muto, andMasakatsu Funaki vs.TenKoji (Hiroyoshi Tenzan andSatoshi Kojima) andWataru Inoue in a Six-Man Tag Team match	Co-produced withAll Japan Pro Wrestling
November 11	Power Struggle	Bodymaker Colosseum	Osaka, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs.Yujiro Takahashi for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

2013

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Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Wrestle Kingdom 7	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs.Kazuchika Okada (Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate holder) for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
February 10	The New Beginning	Hiroshima Sun Plaza	Hiroshima, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs.Karl Anderson for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
April 7	Invasion Attack	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs.Kazuchika Okada (New Japan Cup 2013 Winner) for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
May 3	Wrestling Dontaku	Fukuoka Kokusai Center	Fukuoka, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs.Minoru Suzuki for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
June 22	Dominion 6.22	Bodymaker Colosseum	Osaka, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs.Togi Makabe for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
September 29	Destruction	Kobe World Memorial Hall	Kobe, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs.Satoshi Kojima for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
October 14	King of Pro-Wrestling	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs.Hiroshi Tanahashi for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
November 9	Power Struggle	Bodymaker Colosseum	Osaka, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs.Karl Anderson for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

2014

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Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event	Notes
January 4	Wrestle Kingdom 8	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs.Hiroshi Tanahashi for theIWGP Intercontinental Championship
February 9	The New Beginning in Hiroshima	Hiroshima Sun Plaza	Hiroshima, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs.Shinsuke Nakamura for theIWGP Intercontinental Championship
February 11	The New Beginning in Osaka	Bodymaker Colosseum	Osaka, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs.Hirooki Goto for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
April 6	Invasion Attack	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs.Shinsuke Nakamura (New Japan Cup 2014 Winner) for theIWGP Intercontinental Championship
May 3	Wrestling Dontaku	Fukuoka Kokusai Center	Fukuoka, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs.A.J. Styles for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
May 10	Global Wars	Ted Reeve Arena	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Adam Cole (c) vs.Kevin Steen for theROH World Championship	Co-produced withRing of Honor
May 17	War of the Worlds	Hammerstein Ballroom	New York City, New York, USA	A.J. Styles (c) vs.Kazuchika Okada vs.Michael Elgin in aThree-way match for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship	Co-produced withRing of Honor
May 25	Back to the Yokohama Arena	Yokohama Arena	Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan	A.J. Styles (c) vs.Kazuchika Okada for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
June 21	Dominion 6.21	Bodymaker Colosseum	Osaka, Japan	Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs.Bad Luck Fale for theIWGP Intercontinental Championship
September 21	Destruction in Kobe	Kobe World Memorial Hall	Kobe, Japan	Bad Luck Fale (c) vs.Shinsuke Nakamura for theIWGP Intercontinental Championship
September 23	Destruction in Okayama	Convex Okayama	Hayashima, Okayama, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (certificate holder) vs.Karl Anderson for theTokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate
October 13	King of Pro-Wrestling	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	A.J. Styles (c) vs.Hiroshi Tanahashi for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
November 8	Power Struggle	Bodymaker Colosseum	Osaka, Japan	Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs.Katsuyori Shibata for theIWGP Intercontinental Championship

2015

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Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event	Notes
January 4	Wrestle Kingdom 9	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs.Kazuchika Okada (Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate holder) for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship	First Wrestle Kingdom to be broadcast with live English commentary
February 11	The New Beginning in Osaka	Bodymaker Colosseum	Osaka, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs.A.J. Styles for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
April 5	Invasion Attack	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	A.J. Styles (c) vs.Kota Ibushi (New Japan Cup 2015 Winner) for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
May 3	Wrestling Dontaku	Fukuoka Kokusai Center	Fukuoka, Japan	Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs.Hirooki Goto for theIWGP Intercontinental Championship
May 12	War of the Worlds	2300 Arena	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada andShinsuke Nakamura) vs.The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe andMark Briscoe)	Co-produced withRing of Honor
May 13	War of the Worlds	2300 Arena	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Bullet Club (A.J. Styles,Matt Jackson, andNick Jackson) versusThe Kingdom (Adam Cole,Matt Taven, andMichael Bennett)
May 15	Global Wars	Ted Reeve Arena	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Bullet Club (A.J. Styles,Doc Gallows,Karl Anderson,Matt Jackson, andNick Jackson) vs.ROH All Stars (Hanson,Jay Briscoe,Mark Briscoe,Ray Rowe, andRoderick Strong)
May 16	Global Wars	Ted Reeve Arena	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Bullet Club (A.J. Styles,Matt Jackson andNick Jackson) versusCHAOS (Trent Beretta,Kazuchika Okada, andRocky Romero)
July 5	Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka-jō Hall	Osaka, Japan	A.J. Styles (c) vs.Kazuchika Okada for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
September 23	Destruction in Okayama	Momotaro Arena	Okayama, Japan	Togi Makabe (c) vs.Kota Ibushi for theNEVER Openweight Championship
September 27	Destruction in Kobe	Kobe World Memorial Hall	Kobe,Japan	Hirooki Goto (c) vs.Shinsuke Nakamura for theIWGP Intercontinental Championship
October 2	Uprising	York Hall	Bethnal Green,London, England	AJ Styles (c) vs.Marty Scurll vs.Will Ospreay for theBritish Heavyweight Championship	Co-produced withRevolution Pro Wrestling First NJPW show in the United Kingdom
October 12	King of Pro-Wrestling	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs.A.J. Styles for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
November 7	Power Struggle	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs.Karl Anderson for theIWGP Intercontinental Championship
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

2016

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Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event	Notes
January 4	Wrestle Kingdom 10	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs.Hiroshi Tanahashi (Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight championship challenge rights certificate holder) for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
February 11	The New Beginning in Osaka	Edion Arena Osaka	Osaka, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs.Hirooki Goto for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
April 10	Invasion Attack	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs.Tetsuya Naito (New Japan Cup 2016 Winner) for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
May 3	Wrestling Dontaku	Fukuoka Kokusai Center	Fukuoka, Japan	Tetsuya Naito (c) vs.Tomohiro Ishii for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
May 8	Global Wars	Frontier Fieldhouse	Chicago Ridge, Illinois, USA	Jay Lethal (c) vs.Colt Cabana for theROH World Championship	Co-produced withRing of Honor
May 9	War of the Worlds	Ford Community & Performing Arts Center	Dearborn, Michigan, USA	Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley andChris Sabin),Colt Cabana, andThe Briscoes (Jay Briscoe, andMark Briscoe) vs.Bullet Club (Adam Cole,Matt Jackson,Nick Jackson,Tama Tonga, andTanga Loa) in a ten-man tag team match
May 11		Ted Reeve Arena	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Bullet Club (Kenny Omega,Matt Jackson,Tama Tonga, andTanga Loa) vs.Jay Briscoe,Mark Briscoe,Jay Lethal, andRoderick Strong in an eight-man tag team match
May 14		Terminal 5	New York City, New York, USA	Bullet Club (Adam Cole andMatt Jackson) vs.CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada andTomohiro Ishii) vs.Jay Lethal andRoderick Strong in a three-way tag team match
June 19	Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka-jō Hall	Osaka, Japan	Tetsuya Naito (c) vs.Kazuchika Okada for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
September 17	Destruction in Tokyo	Ota City General Gymnasium	Ota, Tokyo, Japan	Kushida (c) vs.Bushi for theIWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
September 22	Destruction in Hiroshima	Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall	Hiroshima, Japan	Kenny Omega (certificate holder) vs.Yoshi-Hashi for theTokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate
September 25	Destruction in Kobe	Kobe World Memorial Hall	Kobe, Japan	Michael Elgin (c) vs.Tetsuya Naito for theIWGP Intercontinental Championship
October 10	King of Pro-Wrestling	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs.Naomichi Marufuji for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
November 5	Power Struggle	Edion Arena Osaka	Osaka, Japan	Tetsuya Naito (c) vs.Jay Lethal for theIWGP Intercontinental Championship
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

2017

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Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event	Notes
January 4	Wrestle Kingdom 11	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs.Kenny Omega (Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight championship challenge rights certificate holder) for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
January 5	New Year Dash!!	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan	Los Ingobernables de Japón (Evil,Sanada, andBushi) (c) vs.Taguchi Japan (Hiroshi Tanahashi,Manabu Nakanishi, andRyusuke Taguchi) for theNEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Championship
February 5	The New Beginning in Sapporo ~Resurrection!~	Hokkai Kitayell	Sapporo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs.Minoru Suzuki for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
February 11	The New Beginning in Osaka	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	Tetsuya Naito (c) vs.Michael Elgin for theIWGP Intercontinental Championship
February 26	Honor Rising: Japan	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan	The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe andMark Briscoe) vs.Bullet Club (Kenny Omega andAdam Cole)	Co-produced withRing of Honor Aired as a two-part event
February 27	Honor Rising: Japan	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan	The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe andMark Briscoe) andChaos (Kazuchika Okada andWill Ospreay) vs.Bullet Club (Kenny Omega,Cody,Matt Jackson andNick Jackson)	Co-produced withRing of Honor Aired as a two-part event
April 9	Sakura Genesis	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs.Katsuyori Shibata (New Japan Cup 2017 Winner) for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
May 3	Wrestling Dontaku	Fukuoka Kokusai Center	Fukuoka, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs.Bad Luck Fale for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
May 7	War of the Worlds	Ted Reeve Arena	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	The Addiction (Christopher Daniels andFrankie Kazarian) andHiroshi Tanahashi vs.The Elite (Kenny Omega,Matt Jackson, andNick Jackson)	Co-produced withRing of Honor
May 10		Ford Community & Performing Arts Center	Dearborn, Michigan, USA	Bullet Club (Cody,Hangman Page,Matt Jackson, andNick Jackson) vs.CHAOS (Trent Beretta,Hirooki Goto,Rocky Romero, andWill Ospreay)
May 12		Hammerstein Ballroom	New York City, New York, USA	Christopher Daniels (c) vs.Cody vs.Jay Lethal in aThree-way match for theROH World Championship
May 14		2300 Arena	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Adam Cole vs.Marty Scurll in a Philadelphia Street Fight
June 11	Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka-jō Hall	Osaka, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs.Kenny Omega for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
July 1	G1 Special in USA	Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center	Long Beach, California, USA	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs.Cody for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
July 2	G1 Special in USA	Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center	Long Beach, California, USA	Kenny Omega vs.Tomohiro Ishii to determine the inauguralIWGP United States Heavyweight Champion
August 18	War of the Worlds UK	York Hall	London, England, UK	Bullet Club (Cody,Hangman Page,Marty Scurll,Matt Jackson, andNick Jackson) vs.Los Ingobernables de Japon (Bushi,Evil,Hiromu Takahashi,Sanada, andTetsuya Naito)	Co-produced withRing of Honor,Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, andRevolution Pro Wrestling
August 19		Liverpool Olympia	Liverpool, England, UK	Cody (c) vs.Sanada for theROH World Championship
August 20		Edinburgh Corn Exchange	Edinburgh, Scotland, UK	Jay Lethal vs.Silas Young in an Edinburgh Street Fight
September 10	Destruction in Fukushima	Azuma Gymnasium	Fukushima, Japan	Minoru Suzuki (c) vs.Michael Elgin in aLumberjack deathmatch for theNEVER Openweight Championship
September 16	Destruction in Hiroshima	Hiroshima Sun Plaza	Hiroshima, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs.Zack Sabre Jr. for theIWGP Intercontinental Championship
September 24	Destruction in Kobe	World Memorial Hall	Kobe, Japan	Kenny Omega (c) vs.Juice Robinson for theIWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
October 9	King of Pro-Wrestling	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs.Evil for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
October 12	Global Wars	Buffalo Riverworks	Buffalo, New York, USA	The Elite (Kenny Omega andThe Young Bucks (Matt Jackson andNick Jackson) (c) vs.The Kingdom (Matt Taven,Vinny Marseglia. andTK O’Ryan) for theROH World Six Man Tag Team Championship	Co-produced withRing of Honor
October 13		Stage AE	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Bullet Club (Kenny Omega,Cody, andMarty Scurll) (c) vs.Chaos (Toru Yano,Will Ospreay, andYoshi-Hashi)
October 14		Express Live	Columbus, Ohio, USA	Bullet Club (Kenny Omega,The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson andNick Jackson)) (c) vs.Best Friends (Trent Beretta andChuckie T) andFlip Gordon for theROH World Six Man Tag Team Championship
October 15		Odeum Expo Center	Villa Park, Illinois, USA	Kenny Omega (c) vs.Yoshi-Hashi for theIWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
November 5	Power Struggle	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs.Kota Ibushi for theIWGP Intercontinental Championship
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

2018

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Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event	Notes
January 4	Wrestle Kingdom 12	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs.Tetsuya Naito (Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight championship challenge rights certificate holder) for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
January 5	New Year Dash!!	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan	Chaos (Kazuchika Okada,Tomohiro Ishii,Yoshi-Hashi,Will Ospreay, andGedo) vs.Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito,Evil,Sanada,Bushi, andHiromu Takahashi)
January 27	The New Beginning in Sapporo	Hokkai Kitayell	Sapporo, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs.Minoru Suzuki for theIWGP Intercontinental Championship
January 28	The New Beginning in Sapporo	Hokkai Kitayell	Sapporo, Japan	Kenny Omega (c) vs.Jay White for theIWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
February 10	The New Beginning in Osaka	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs.Sanada for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
February 23	Honor Rising: Japan	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan	Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega andKota Ibushi) andChase Owens vs.Bullet Club (Cody,Hangman Page, andMarty Scurll)
February 24	Honor Rising: Japan	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan	Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega andKota Ibushi) vs.Bullet Club (Cody andMarty Scurll)
March 25	Strong Style Evolved	Walter Pyramid	Long Beach, California, USA	Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega andKota Ibushi) vs.The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson andNick Jackson)
April 1	Sakura Genesis	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs.Zack Sabre Jr. (New Japan Cup 2018 Winner) for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
April 29	Wrestling Hinokuni	Grand Messe Kumamoto	Kumamoto, Japan	Minoru Suzuki (c) vs.Tetsuya Naito for theIWGP Intercontinental Championship
May 3	Wrestling Dontaku	Fukuoka Kokusai Center	Fukuoka, Japan	Kenny Omega vs.Hangman Page
May 4	Wrestling Dontaku	Fukuoka Kokusai Center	Fukuoka, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs.Hiroshi Tanahashi for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
May 9	War of the Worlds	Lowell Memorial Auditorium	Lowell, Massachusetts, USA	The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson, andNick Jackson) vs.Los Ingobernables de Japon (Bushi andHiromu Takahashi)
May 11		Ted Reeve Arena	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Los Ingobernables de Japon (Bushi,Hiromu Takahashi andSanada) vs.Colt Cabana,Jay Lethal, andKenny King	Co-produced withRing of Honor
May 12		Royal Oak Music Theatre	Royal Oak, Michigan, USA	The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe andMark Briscoe) vs.Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito andBushi)
May 13		Odeum Expo Center	Villa Park, Illinois, USA	Bullet Club (Cody,Marty Scurll,Hangman Page,Matt Jackson andNick Jackson) vs.Los Ingobernables de Japon (Bushi,Sanada,Evil,Tetsuya Naito, andHiromu Takahashi)
June 9	Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs.Kenny Omega in aNo time limit two out of three falls match for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
June 29	CEO×NJPW: When Worlds Collide	Ocean Center	Daytona Beach, Florida, USA	Golden☆Lovers (Kenny Omega andKota Ibushi) vs.Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito andHiromu Takahashi)	Held in conjunction with theCEO eSports tournament
July 7	G1 Special in San Francisco	Cow Palace	Daly City, California, USA	Kenny Omega (c) vs.Cody for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
September 15	Destruction in Hiroshima	Hiroshima Sun Plaza	Hiroshima, Japan	Kenny Omega (c) vsTomohiro Ishii for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
September 17	Destruction in Beppu	Beppu B-con Plaza	Beppu, Japan	Tetsuya Naito vs.Minoru Suzuki
September 23	Destruction in Kobe	World Memorial Hall	Kobe, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (certificate holder) vs.Kazuchika Okada for theTokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate
September 30	Fighting Spirit Unleashed	Walter Pyramid	Long Beach, California, USA	Chaos (Kazuchika Okada andTomohiro Ishii) vs.Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega andKota Ibushi)
October 8	King of Pro-Wrestling	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Kenny Omega (c) vs.Cody vs.Kota Ibushi in aThree-way match for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
November 3	Power Struggle	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	Chris Jericho (c) vs.Evil for theIWGP Intercontinental Championship
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

2019

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Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event	Notes
January 4	Wrestle Kingdom 13	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate holder) vs.Kenny Omega (c) for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
January 5	New Year Dash!!	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan	Chaos (Kazuchika Okada andYoshi-Hashi) andHiroshi Tanahashi vs.Bullet Club (Jay White,Bad Luck Fale, andGedo)
January 30	The New Beginning USA	Globe Theater	Los Angeles, California, USA	LifeBlood (Juice Robinson andTracy Williams) vs.Roppongi Vice (Beretta andRocky Romero)
February 1		Grady Cole Center	Charlotte, North Carolina, USA	Juice Robinson (c) vs.Beretta for theIWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
February 2		War Memorial Auditorium	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	LifeBlood (Juice Robinson,David Finlay, andTracy Williams) vs.CHAOS (Beretta,Chuckie T., andRocky Romero) in asix-man tag team elimination match
February 2	The New Beginning in Sapporo	Hokkai Kitayell	Sapporo, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi andKazuchika Okada vs.Bullet Club (Jay White andBad Luck Fale)
February 3	The New Beginning in Sapporo	Hokkai Kitayell	Sapporo, Japan	Tetsuya Naito (c) vs.Taichi for theIWGP Intercontinental Championship
February 11	The New Beginning in Osaka	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vsJay White for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
February 22	Honor Rising: Japan	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi,Kazuchika Okada andJay Lethal vs.The Kingdom (Matt Taven,T. K. O'Ryan, andVinny Marseglia)	Co-produced withRing of Honor
February 23	Honor Rising: Japan	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan	The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe andMark Briscoe) (c) vs.FinJuice (Juice Robinson andDavid Finlay) for theROH World Tag Team Championship
April 6	G1 Supercard	Madison Square Garden	New York City, New York, USA	Jay White (c) vs.Kazuchika Okada (New Japan Cup 2019 Winner) for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
April 29	Wrestling Hinokuni	Grand Messe Kumamoto	Kumamoto, Japan	Hirooki Goto vs.Jay White
May 3	Wrestling Dontaku	Fukuoka Kokusai Center	Fukuoka, Japan	Dragon Lee (c) vs.Taiji Ishimori for theIWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
May 4	Wrestling Dontaku	Fukuoka Kokusai Center	Fukuoka, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs.Sanada for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
May 8	War of the Worlds	Buffalo Riverworks	Buffalo, New York, USA	Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga andTanga Loa) (c) vs.Jay Lethal andJonathan Gresham for theROH World Tag Team Championship	Co-produced withRing of Honor
May 9		Ted Reeve Arena	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Matt Taven (c) vs.PCO for theROH World Championship
May 11		DeltaPlex Arena	Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA	Jay Lethal,Jeff Cobb,Hirooki Goto,Satoshi Kojima, andYuji Nagata vs.Bully Ray,The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe andMark Briscoe),Silas Young &Shane Taylor
May 12		Odeum Expo Center	Villa Park, Illinois, USA	Jay Lethal vs.Jeff Cobb vs.PCO vs.Rush in a Four Corner Survival match
June 9	Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs.Chris Jericho for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
June 29	Southern Showdown	Festival Hall	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Kazuchika Okada andHiroshi Tanahashi vs.Bullet Club (Jay White andBad Luck Fale)
June 30	Southern Showdown	UNSW Roundhouse	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	Chaos (Kazuchika Okada andWill Ospreay) andHiroshi Tanahashi vs.Bullet Club (Jay White,Bad Luck Fale, andRobbie Eagles)
August 8	Summer Supercard	Mattamy Athletic Centre	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe andMark Briscoe) (c) vs.Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga andTanga Loa) in aLadder War VIII match for theROH World Tag Team Championship	Co-produced withRing of Honor,Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, andNational Wrestling Alliance
August 31	Royal Quest	Copper Box Arena	London, England, UK	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs.Minoru Suzuki for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
September 15	Destruction in Beppu	Beppu B-con Plaza	Beppu, Oita, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs.Zack Sabre Jr. for theBritish Heavyweight Championship
September 16	Destruction in Kagoshima	Kagoshima Arena	Kagoshima, Japan	Kota Ibushi (certificate holder) vs.Kenta for theTokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate
September 22	Destruction in Kobe	World Memorial Hall	Kobe, Japan	Tetsuya Naito (c) vs.Jay White for theIWGP Intercontinental Championship
October 14	King of Pro-Wrestling	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs.Sanada for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
November 3	Power Struggle	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	Jay White (c) vs.Hirooki Goto for theIWGP Intercontinental Championship
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

2020

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Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Wrestle Kingdom 14	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs.Kota Ibushi (Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight championship challenge rights certificate holder) for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship
January 5	Wrestle Kingdom 14	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (Heavyweight Champion) vs.Tetsuya Naito (Intercontinental Champion) for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship andIWGP Intercontinental Championship
January 6	New Year Dash!!	Ota City General Gymnasium	Ota, Tokyo, Japan	Los Ingobernables de Japón (Sanada andTetsuya Naito) vs.Bullet Club (Jay White andKenta)^[6]
January 24	The New Beginning USA	St. Petersburg Coliseum	St. Petersburg, Florida, USA	Taguchi Japan (Hiroshi Tanahashi,David Finlay, andJuice Robinson) andRocky Romero vs.Bullet Club (Chase Owens,Tanga Loa,Tama Tonga,Yujiro Takahashi, andJado) in anEight-man tag team elimination match
January 26		War Memorial Auditorium	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	FinJuice (David Finlay, andJuice Robinson) andRocky Romero vs.Bullet Club (Chase Owens,Tanga Loa, andTama Tonga)
January 27		Durham Armory	Durham, North Carolina, USA	Taguchi Japan (Hiroshi Tanahashi,David Finlay andJuice Robinson) andYoshi-Hashi vs.Bullet Club (Chase Owens,Tanga Loa,Tama Tonga,Yujiro Takahashi andJado)
January 30		Charles F. Dodge City Center	Pembroke Pines, Florida, USA	Hiroshi Tanahashi andRocky Romero vs.Guerrillas of Destiny (Tanga Loa andTama Tonga)
February 1		Coca-Cola Roxy	Atlanta, Georgia, USA	FinJuice (David Finlay andJuice Robinson) (c) vs.Guerrillas of Destiny (Tanga Loa andTama Tonga) for theIWGP Tag Team Championship
February 1	The New Beginning in Sapporo	Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center	Sapporo, Japan	Hirooki Goto (c) vs.Shingo Takagi for theNEVER Openweight Championship
February 2	The New Beginning in Sapporo	Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center	Sapporo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada vs.Taichi
February 9	The New Beginning in Osaka	Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka, Japan	Tetsuya Naito (c) vs.Kenta for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship andIWGP Intercontinental Championship
July 12	Dominion in Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka, Japan	Tetsuya Naito (c) vs.Evil (New Japan Cup 2020 Winner) for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship andIWGP Intercontinental Championship
July 25	Sengoku Lord in Nagoya	Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium	Nagoya, Japan	Evil (c) vs.Hiromu Takahashi for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship andIWGP Intercontinental Championship
August 29	Summer Struggle in Jingu	Meiji Jingu Stadium	Tokyo, Japan	Evil (c) vs.Tetsuya Naito for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship andIWGP Intercontinental Championship
November 7	Power Struggle	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	Tetsuya Naito (c) vs.Evil for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship andIWGP Intercontinental Championship
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

2021

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Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Wrestle Kingdom 15	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Tetsuya Naito (c) vs.Kota Ibushi for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship andIWGP Intercontinental Championship
January 5	Wrestle Kingdom 15	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Kota Ibushi (c) vs.Jay White (Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight and IWGP Intercontinental championships challenge rights certificate holder) for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship andIWGP Intercontinental Championship
January 6	New Year Dash!!	Tokyo Dome City Hall	Tokyo, Japan	Golden Ace (Kota Ibushi andHiroshi Tanahashi),Roppongi 3K (Rocky Romero andSho), andMaster Wato vs.Los Ingobernables de Japón (Sanada,Shingo Takagi,Tetsuya Naito,Hiromu Takahashi, andBushi)
January 30	The New Beginning in Nagoya	Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium	Nagoya, Japan	Shingo Takagi (c) vs.Hiroshi Tanahashi for theNEVER Openweight Championship
February 10	The New Beginning in Hiroshima	Hiroshima Sun Plaza	Hiroshima, Japan	Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs.Sho for theIWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
February 11	The New Beginning in Hiroshima	Hiroshima Sun Plaza	Hiroshima, Japan	Kota Ibushi (c) vs.Sanada for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship andIWGP Intercontinental Championship
February 27	Castle Attack	Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka, Japan	Kazuchika Okada vs.Evil
February 28	Castle Attack	Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka, Japan	Kota Ibushi (c) vs.Tetsuya Naito forIWGP Intercontinental Championship
March 4	NJPW 49th Anniversary Show	Nippon Budokan	Tokyo, Japan	Kota Ibushi (c) vs.El Desperado for theIWGP Heavyweight Championship andIWGP Intercontinental Championship
April 4	Sakura Genesis	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Sumida, Tokyo, Japan	Kota Ibushi (c) vs.Will Ospreay (New Japan Cup 2021 Winner) for theIWGP World Heavyweight Championship
May 3	Wrestling Dontaku	Fukuoka Kokusai Center	Fukuoka, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs.Jay White for theNEVER Openweight Championship
May 4	Wrestling Dontaku	Fukuoka Kokusai Center	Fukuoka, Japan	Will Ospreay (c) vs.Shingo Takagi for theIWGP World Heavyweight Championship
June 7	Dominion 6.6 in Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka,Japan	Shingo Takagi vs.Kazuchika Okada for thevacant IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
July 10	Summer Struggle in Sapporo	Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena	Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan	El Desperado (c) vs.Taiji Ishimori for TheIWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
July 11	Summer Struggle in Sapporo	Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena	Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan	Dangerous Tekkers (Taichi andZack Sabre Jr.) (c) vs.Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito andSanada) for theIWGP Tag Team Championship
July 22	Summer Struggle in Osaka	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	Tetsuya Naito vs.Taichi
July 23	Summer Struggle in Osaka	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	Tetsuya Naito vs.Zack Sabre Jr.
July 24	Summer Struggle in Nagoya	Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium	Nagoya, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi vs.Kenta
July 25	Wrestle Grand Slam in Tokyo Dome	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Shingo Takagi (c) vs.Hiroshi Tanahashi for theIWGP World Heavyweight Championship
August 14	Resurgence	The Torch at LA Coliseum	Los Angeles, California, USA	Lance Archer (c) vs.Hiroshi Tanahashi for theIWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
August 16	Fighting Spirit Unleashed	Thunder Studios	Long Beach, California, USA	Tom Lawlor (c) (withJ. R. Kratos) vs.Lio Rush for theStrong Openweight Championship
September 4	Wrestle Grand Slam in MetLife Dome	MetLife Dome	Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs.Kota Ibushi for theIWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
September 5	Wrestle Grand Slam in MetLife Dome	MetLife Dome	Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan	Shingo Takagi (c) vs.Evil for theIWGP World Heavyweight Championship
November 6	Power Struggle	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	Shingo Takagi (c) vs.Zack Sabre Jr. for theIWGP World Heavyweight Championship
November 13	Battle in the Valley	San Jose Civic	San Jose, California,USA	Jay White (c) vs.Tomohiro Ishii for theNEVER Openweight Championship
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

2022

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Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event	Notes
January 4	Wrestle Kingdom 16	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Shingo Takagi (c) vs.Kazuchika Okada (Tokyo Dome IWGP World Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate holder) for theIWGP World Heavyweight Championship	co-produced withPro Wrestling Noah
January 5		Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs.Will Ospreay for theIWGP World Heavyweight Championship
January 8		Yokohama Arena	Yokohama, Japan	Kazuchika Okada andHiroshi Tanahashi vs.Keiji Mutoh andKaito Kiyomiya
March 1	NJPW 50th Anniversary Show	Nippon Budokan	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada,Hiroshi Tanahashi andTatsumi Fujinami vs.Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki andZack Sabre Jr.) andYoshiaki Fujiwara
April 1	Lonestar Shootout	Fairmont Hotel	Dallas, Texas, USA	Tomohiro Ishii vs.Chris Dickinson Team Filthy (J. R. Kratos,Royce Isaacs andTom Lawlor) vs.Fred Rosser,Alex Coughlin and The DKC
April 9	Hyper Battle '22	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs.Zack Sabre Jr. (New Japan Cup 2022 winner) for theIWGP World Heavyweight Championship
April 16	Windy City Riot	Odeum Expo Center	Villa Park, Illinois, USA	Jon Moxley vs.Will Ospreay
May 1	Wrestling Dontaku	Fukuoka PayPay Dome	Fukuoka, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs.Tetsuya Naito for theIWGP World Heavyweight Championship
May 14	Capital Collision	Entertainment and Sports Arena	Washington, D.C., USA	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs.Juice Robinson vs.Will Ospreay vs.Jon Moxley for theIWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
June 12	Dominion 6.12 in Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka-jō Hall	Osaka, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs.Jay White for theIWGP World Heavyweight Championship
June 26	Forbidden Door	United Center	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Hiroshi Tanahashi vs.Jon Moxley for theAEW Interim World Championship	Co-produced withAll Elite Wrestling
July 30	Music City Mayhem	Nashville Fairgrounds	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Jon Moxley vs.El Desperado in ano disqualification match
August 21	Fighting Spirit Unleashed	The Vermont Hollywood	Los Angeles, California, USA	Fred Rosser (c) vs.TJP for theStrong Openweight Championship
September 25	Burning Spirit	World Memorial Hall	Kobe, Japan	Will Ospreay (c) vs.David Finlay for theIWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
October 1	Royal Quest II	Crystal Palace Indoor Arena London	London, England, UK	FTR (Cash Wheeler andDax Harwood) (c) vs.Aussie Open (Mark Davis andKyle Fletcher) for theIWGP Tag Team Championship
October 2	Royal Quest II	Crystal Palace Indoor Arena London	London, England, UK	Tetsuya Naito vs.Zack Sabre Jr. in a #1 contender match for theIWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
October 10	Declaration of Power	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Jay White (c) vs.Tama Tonga for theIWGP World Heavyweight Championship
October 28	Rumble on 44th Street	Palladium Times Square	New York City, New York, USA	Bullet Club (Jay White andJuice Robinson) vs.Kazuchika Okada andEddie Kingston
November 5	Battle Autumn '22	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka,Japan	Will Ospreay (c) vs.Tetsuya Naito for theIWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
November 20	Historic X-Over	Ariake Arena	Tokyo, Japan	Mayu Iwatani vs.Kairi for the inauguralIWGP Women's Championship	Co-produced withStardom
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

2023

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Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event	Notes
January 4	Wrestle Kingdom 17 in Tokyo Dome	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Jay White (c) vs.Kazuchika Okada (Tokyo Dome IWGP World Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate holder) for theIWGP World Heavyweight Championship
January 5	New Year Dash!!	Ota City General Gymnasium	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada andKenny Omega vs.United Empire (Aaron Henare andJeff Cobb)
January 21	Wrestle Kingdom 17 in Yokohama Arena	Yokohama Arena	Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan	Tetsuya Naito vs.Kenoh
January 22	The New Beginning in Nagoya	Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium	Nagoya, Japan	Shingo Takagi (c) vs.Great-O-Khan in aMixed Martial Arts rules match for theProvisional KOPW 2023 Championship
February 4	The New Beginning in Sapporo	Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center	Sapporo, Japan	Shota Umino vs.Tetsuya Naito
February 5	The New Beginning in Sapporo	Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center	Sapporo, Japan	Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs.Yoh for theIWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
February 11	The New Beginning in Osaka	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs.Shingo Takagi for theIWGP World Heavyweight Championship
February 18	Battle in the Valley	San Jose Civic	San Jose, California, USA	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs.Hiroshi Tanahashi for theIWGP World Heavyweight Championship
March 1	All Star Junior Festival	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan	Master Wato vs.Atsuki Aoyagi
March 6	NJPW 51st Anniversary Show	Ota City General Gymnasium	Tokyo, Japan	Bishamon (Hirooki Goto andYoshi-Hashi) (c) vs.Kazuchika Okada andHiroshi Tanahashi for theIWGP Tag Team Championship
March 30	Multiverse United	Globe Theater	Los Angeles, California, USA	Hiroshi Tanahashi vs.Mike Bailey	Co-produced withImpact Wrestling
April 8	Sakura Genesis	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs.Sanada for theIWGP World Heavyweight Championship
April 15	Capital Collision	Entertainment and Sports Arena	Washington, D.C., USA	The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley andChris Sabin) (c) vs.Aussie Open (Mark Davis andKyle Fletcher) vs. Dream Team (Hiroshi Tanahashi andKazuchika Okada) for theStrong Openweight Tag Team Championship
April 15	Collision in Philadelphia	2300 Arena	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Aussie Open (Mark Davis andKyle Fletcher) vs.CHAOS (Tomohiro Ishii andLio Rush) for theStrong Openweight Tag Team Championship
April 29	Wrestling Satsuma no Kuni	Kagoshima Arena	Kagoshima, Japan	Shingo Takagi (c) vs.Taichi in a Takagi Style Triad match for theProvisional KOPW 2023 Championship
May 3	Wrestling Dontaku	Fukuoka Kokusai Center	Fukuoka, Japan	Sanada (c) vs.Hiromu Takahashi for theIWGP World Heavyweight Championship
May 21	Resurgence	Walter Pyramid	Long Beach, California, USA	Mercedes Moné vs.Willow Nightingale in atournament final match for the inauguralStrong Women's Championship
June 4	Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka-jō Hall	Osaka, Japan	Sanada (c) vs.Yota Tsuji for theIWGP World Heavyweight Championship
June 9	All Together: Again	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada,Yuma Aoyagi andKenoh vs.Hiroshi Tanahashi,Kento Miyahara andKaito Kiyomiya	Co-produced withAll Japan Pro Wrestling andPro Wrestling Noah
June 25	AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door	Scotiabank Arena	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Bryan Danielson vs.Kazuchika Okada	Co-produced withAll Elite Wrestling
June 30	Fantastica Mania Mexico	Arena México	Mexico City, Mexico	Rocky Romero (c) vs.Volador Jr. for theNWA World Historic Welterweight Championship	Co-produced withConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
July 4	Independence Day	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan	Jun Kasai andEl Desperado vs.Homicide andJon Moxley in aNo Disqualification doomsday match
July 5	Independence Day	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan	Jon Moxley vs.El Desperado in aFinal Death match
August 19	All Star Junior Festival USA	2300 Arena	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Mike Bailey vs.Kevin Knight in atournament final match in theAll Star Jr. Festival USA tournament
August 20	Multiverse United 2	2300 Arena	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Alex Shelley (c) vs.Hiroshi Tanahashi for theImpact World Championship	Co-produced withImpact Wrestling
September 24	Destruction in Kobe	Kobe World Memorial Hall	Kobe, Japan	Will Ospreay (c) vs.Yota Tsuji for theIWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
October 9	Destruction in Ryogoku	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Sanada (c) vs.Evil in alumberjack match for theIWGP World Heavyweight Championship
October 14	Royal Quest III	Copper Box Arena	London, England, UK	Will Ospreay (c) vs.Zack Sabre Jr. for theIWGP United Kingdom Heavyweight Championship
October 28	Fighting Spirit Unleashed	Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall Las Vegas	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Tama Tonga (c) vs.Shingo Takagi for theNEVER Openweight Championship
November 4	Power Struggle	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	Will Ospreay (c) vs.Shota Umino for theIWGP United Kingdom Heavyweight Championship
November 10	Lonestar Shootout	Curtis Culwell Center	Garland, Texas, USA	Shingo Takagi (c) vs.Trent Beretta for theNEVER Openweight Championship
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

2024

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Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event	Notes
January 4	Wrestle Kingdom 18	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Sanada (c) vs.Tetsuya Naito (Tokyo Dome IWGP World Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate holder) for theIWGP World Heavyweight Championship
January 5	New Year Dash!!	Sumida City Gymnasium	Tokyo, Japan	TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr.,Kosei Fujita,Shane Haste andMikey Nicholls) vs.Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii andKazuchika Okada) andBlackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley andBryan Danielson)
January 13	Battle in the Valley	San Jose Civic	San Jose, California, USA	Kazuchika Okada vs.Will Ospreay
January 20	The New Beginning in Nagoya	Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium	Nagoya, Aichi, Japan	Tama Tonga (c) vs.Evil in alumberjack match for theNEVER Openweight Championship
February 11	The New Beginning in Osaka	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	United Empire (Will Ospreay,Jeff Cobb,Henare,TJP andFrancesco Akira) vs.Bullet Club War Dogs (David Finlay,Alex Coughlin,Gabe Kidd,Clark Connors andDrilla Moloney) in aSteel Cage match
February 23	The New Beginning in Sapporo	Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center	Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan	David Finlay (c) vs.Nic Nemeth for theIWGP Global Heavyweight Championship
February 24	The New Beginning in Sapporo	Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center	Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan	Tetsuya Naito (c) vs.Sanada for theIWGP World Heavyweight Championship
March 6	NJPW 52nd Anniversary Show	Ota City General Gymnasium	Tokyo, Japan	Tetsuya Naito (World Heavyweight) vs.Sho (Junior Heavyweight) in aChampion vs. Champion match
April 6	Sakura Genesis	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Tetsuya Naito (c) vs.Yota Tsuji for theIWGP World Heavyweight Championship
April 12	Windy City Riot	Wintrust Arena	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Tetsuya Naito (c) vs.Jon Moxley for theIWGP World Heavyweight Championship
April 14	Wrestling World	Zepp New Taipei	New Taipei City, Taiwan	Toru Yano,Oleg Boltin andHiroshi Tanahashi vs.House of Torture (Evil,Sho andYoshinobu Kanemaru) for the vacantNEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Championship
April 29	Satsuma no Kuni	Kagoshima Arena	Kagoshima, Japan	Sho (c) vs.Douki for theIWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
May 3	Wrestling Dontaku	Fukuoka Kokusai Center	Fukuoka, Japan	Nic Nemeth (c) vs.Hiroshi Tanahashi for theIWGP Global Heavyweight Championship
May 4	Wrestling Dontaku	Fukuoka Kokusai Center	Fukuoka, Japan	Jon Moxley (c) vs.Ren Narita for theIWGP World Heavyweight Championship
May 6	All Together 2024	Nippon Budokan	Tokyo, Japan	Shota Umino,Kaito Kiyomiya, andYuki Ueno vs.Yuya Uemura,Konosuke Takeshita, andShun Skywalker	Co-produced withPro Wrestling Noah,DDT Pro-Wrestling,Dragongate,Big Japan Pro Wrestling, andStardom
May 11	Resurgence	Toyota Arena	Ontario, California, USA	Jon Moxley (c) vs.Shota Umino for theIWGP World Heavyweight Championship
June 9	Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka, Japan	El Desperado vs.Taiji Ishimori in theBest of the Super Jr. tournament final
June 10	Despe Invitacional	Korakuen Hall	Osaka, Japan	Bullet Club (Dick Togo andGedo) vs.Danshoku Dino andEl Desperado
June 15	All Together: Sapporo	Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center	Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan	Tetsuya Naito vs.Jake Lee	Co-produced withPro Wrestling Noah,DDT Pro-Wrestling,Dragongate,Big Japan Pro Wrestling, andStardom
June 21	Fantastica Mania Mexico	Arena México	Mexico City, Mexico	Místico vs.Hiromu Takahashi	Co-produced withConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
June 30	Forbidden Door	UBS Arena	Elmont, New York, USA	Swerve Strickland (c) vs.Will Ospreay for theAEW World Championship	Co-produced withAll Elite Wrestling
July 13	Fantastica Mania Lucha Libre USA	Mt. Pleasant High School	San Jose, California, USA	Douki andMístico vs.Rocky Romero andVolador Jr.	Co-produced withConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
August 30	Capital Collision	Entertainment and Sports Arena	Washington, D.C., USA	Mercedes Moné (c) vs.Momo Watanabe for theStrong Women's Championship
September 29	Destruction in Kobe	Kobe World Memorial Hall	Kobe, Hyogo, Japan	Tetsuya Naito (c) vs.Great-O-Khan for theIWGP World Heavyweight Championship
October 14	King of Pro-Wrestling	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Tetsuya Naito (c) vs.Zack Sabre Jr. for theIWGP World Heavyweight Championship
October 20	Royal Quest IV	Crystal Palace National Sports Centre	London, England, UK	Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs.Sanada for theIWGP World Heavyweight Championship
November 4	Power Struggle	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs.Shingo Takagi for theIWGP World Heavyweight Championship
November 8	Fighting Spirit Unleashed	Lowell Memorial Auditorium	Lowell, Massachusetts, USA	Gabe Kidd (c) vs.Kosei Fujita for theStrong Openweight Championship
November 17	Historic X-Over 2	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	Zack Sabre Jr. andMaika vs.El Desperado andStarlight Kid	Co-produced withStardom
December 14	Immortal Fighting Spirit^[7]	Modern Sky Lab^[8]	Shanghai, China	Great-O-Khan andFrancesco Akira vs.Satoshi Kojima andMaster Wato	Co-produced with Infin Pro-Wrestling,Inoki Genome Federation, Dragon Fighting Wrestling, and Hong Kong Wrestling Federation
December 15	Strong Style Evolved	Walter Pyramid	Long Beach, California, USA	Mercedes Moné (c) vs.Hazuki for theStrong Women's Championship
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

2025

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Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event	Notes
January 4	Wrestle Kingdom 19	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs.Shota Umino for theIWGP World Heavyweight Championship
January 5	Wrestle Dynasty	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs.Ricochet for theIWGP World Heavyweight Championship	Co-produced withAll Elite Wrestling,Ring of Honor,Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, andStardom
January 6	New Year Dash!!	Ota City General Gymnasium	Tokyo, Japan	Chaos (Hirooki Goto,Rocky Romero,Yoh, andYoshi-Hashi) vs.TMDK (Kosei Fujita,Robbie Eagles,Ryohei Oiwa, andZack Sabre Jr.)
January 11	Battle in the Valley	San Jose Civic	San Jose, California, USA	El Desperado (c) vs.Taiji Ishimori for theIWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
January 19	Wrestling Life 40th Anniversary Yuji Nagata Blue Justice XV	Chiba-Sakura Municipal Gymnasium	Sakura, Chiba, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi,Oleg Boltin,Toru Yano andYuji Nagata vs.House Of Torture (Ren Narita,Sho,Yoshinobu Kanemaru andYujiro Takahashi)
February 10	The New Beginning in Osaka	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs.Hirooki Goto for theIWGP World Heavyweight Championship
March 6	NJPW 53rd Anniversary Show	Ota City General Gymnasium	Tokyo, Japan	Hirooki Goto (c) vs.Hiroshi Tanahashi for theIWGP World Heavyweight Championship
April 5	Sakura Genesis	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Hirooki Goto (c) vs.David Finlay for theIWGP World Heavyweight Championship
April 11	Windy City Riot	Wintrust Arena	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Konosuke Takeshita vs.Hiroshi Tanahashi
May 3	Wrestling Dontaku	Fukuoka Kokusai Center	Fukuoka, Japan	Bullet Club War Dogs (David Finlay,Clark Connors,Drilla Moloney,Gabe Kidd andTaiji Ishimori) vs.House of Torture (Evil,Ren Narita,Sanada,Sho andYoshinobu Kanemaru) in aDog Pound match
May 4	Wrestling Dontaku	Fukuoka Kokusai Center	Fukuoka, Japan	Hirooki Goto (c) vs.Callum Newman for theIWGP World Heavyweight Championship
May 9	Resurgence	Toyota Arena	Ontario, California, USA	Mercedes Moné (c) vs.AZM vs.Mina Shirakawa for theStrong Women's Championship
June 15	Dominion 6.15 in Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka, Japan	Hirooki Goto (c) vs.Shingo Takagi for theIWGP World Heavyweight Championship
June 20	Fantastica Mania Mexico	Arena México	Mexico City,Mexico	El Sky Team (Máscara Dorada,Místico) vs.Bandido andHologram in a tag team match	Co-produced withConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
June 29	Tanahashi Jam	Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium	Nagoya, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi andNaomichi Marufuji vs.Kaito Kiyomiya andRyohei Oiwa	This was a televised special event that aired onTV Asahi
August 24	AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door	The O2 Arena	London, England, UK	Hiroshi Tanahashi,Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega andKota Ibushi),Darby Allin, andWill Ospreay vs.Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli andJon Moxley),The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson andNick Jackson), andGabe Kidd in aLights Out Steel Cage match	Co-produced withAll Elite Wrestling
September 28	Destruction in Kobe	World Memorial Hall	Kobe, Japan	Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs.Ren Narita for theIWGP World Heavyweight Championship
October 5	Historic X-Over in Guangzhou	66 Livehouse	Guangzhou, China	Cosmic Angels (Natsupoi,Saori Anou, andSayaka Kurara) vs.H.A.T.E. (Natsuko Tora,Ruaka, andRina)	Co-produced withStardom and INFIN
October 13	King of Pro-Wrestling	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs.Konosuke Takeshita for theIWGP World Heavyweight Championship
November 2	Tanahashi Final Homecoming	Gifu Memorial Center	Gifu, Japan	Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs.Hirooki Goto for theIWGP World Heavyweight Championship
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

Upcoming event schedule

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2026

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Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event	Notes
January 4	Wrestle Kingdom 20	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	TBA	This will be the firstJanuary 4 Tokyo Dome Show to be aired onTV Asahi since 2004
January 5	New Year Dash!!	Ota City General Gymnasium	Tokyo, Japan	TBA
February 27	The New Beginning USA	CURE Insurance Arena	Trenton, New Jersey, USA	TBA

Number of events by year

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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 – 29
2025 – 20
Total – 290 (3 confirmed)

Notes

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References

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^"NJPW Battle Satellite In Tokyo Dome".cagematchinternetwrestlingdatabase. Retrieved8 January 2024.
^"NJPW Super Fight In Tokyo Dome".cagematchinternetwrestlingdatabase. Retrieved8 January 2024.
^"NJPW Wrestling World In Tokyo Dome 1996".cagematchinternetwrestlingdatabase. Retrieved8 January 2024.
^"NJPW Battle Formation In Tokyo Dome".cagematchinternetwrestlingdatabase. Retrieved8 January 2024.
^Milner, John M.; Richard Kamchen (October 6, 2004)."The Big Show".SLAM! Wrestling Bios.SLAM! Sports. Archived from the original on July 14, 2012. RetrievedMay 17, 2012.
^"NJPW New Year Dash!! 2020".FITE TV. RetrievedJanuary 6, 2020.
^"NJPW set for Inoki memorial event in Shanghai!".New Japan Pro-Wrestling. September 17, 2024. RetrievedDecember 5, 2024.
^"INFIN Wrestling Presents: Immortal Fighting Spirit". RetrievedNovember 19, 2024.

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