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

1989

Date Event Venue Location Main event
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

Date Event Venue Location Main event
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

Date Event Venue Location Main event
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

Date Event Venue Location Main event
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

1993

Date Event Venue Location Main event
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

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

1995

Date Event Venue Location Main event
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

Date Event Venue Location Main event
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

Date Event Venue Location Main event
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. List of New World Order members (Keiji Muto and Masahiro Chono)

1998

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 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

Date Event Venue Location Main event
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

Date Event Venue Location Main event
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

Date Event Venue Location Main event
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

Date Event Venue Location Main event
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

Date Event Venue Location Main event
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

Date Event Venue Location Main event
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

Date Event Venue Location Main event
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

Date Event Venue Location Main event
January 4 Toukon Shidou Chapter 1 Tokyo Dome Tokyo, Japan Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship

2007

Date Event Venue Location Main event
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

Date Event Venue Location Main event
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

Date Event Venue Location Main event
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

Date Event Venue Location Main event
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

Date Event Venue Location Main event
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

Date Event Venue Location Main event
January 4 Wrestle Kingdom VI Tokyo Dome Tokyo, Japan Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Minoru Suzuki for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
February 12 The New Beginning Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium Osaka, Japan Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
May 3 Wrestling Dontaku Fukuoka Kokusai Center Fukuoka, Japan Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Hirooki Goto (New Japan Cup 2012 Winner) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
June 16 Dominion 6.16 Bodymaker Colosseum Osaka, Japan Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
September 23 Destruction Kobe World Memorial Hall Kobe, Japan Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Naomichi Marufuji for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
October 8 King of Pro-Wrestling Ryōgoku Kokugikan Tokyo, Japan Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Minoru Suzuki for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
November 11 Power Struggle Bodymaker Colosseum Osaka, Japan Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Yujiro Takahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship

2013

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 the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
February 10 The New Beginning Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hiroshima, Japan Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Karl Anderson for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
April 7 Invasion Attack Ryōgoku Kokugikan Tokyo, Japan Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada (New Japan Cup 2013 Winner) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
May 3 Wrestling Dontaku Fukuoka Kokusai Center Fukuoka, Japan Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Minoru Suzuki for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
June 22 Dominion 6.22 Bodymaker Colosseum Osaka, Japan Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Togi Makabe for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
September 29 Destruction Kobe World Memorial Hall Kobe, Japan Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Satoshi Kojima for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
October 14 King of Pro-Wrestling Ryōgoku Kokugikan Tokyo, Japan Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
November 9 Power Struggle Bodymaker Colosseum Osaka, Japan Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Karl Anderson for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship

2014

Date Event Venue Location Main event
January 4 Wrestle Kingdom 8 Tokyo Dome Tokyo, Japan Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
February 9 The New Beginning in Hiroshima Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hiroshima, Japan Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
February 11 The New Beginning in Osaka Bodymaker Colosseum Osaka, Japan Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Hirooki Goto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
April 6 Invasion Attack Ryōgoku Kokugikan Tokyo, Japan Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (New Japan Cup 2014 Winner) for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
May 3 Wrestling Dontaku Fukuoka Kokusai Center Fukuoka, Japan Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. A.J. Styles for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
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 a Three-way match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
May 25 Back to the Yokohama Arena Yokohama Arena Yokohama, Japan A.J. Styles (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
June 21 Dominion 6.21 Bodymaker Colosseum Osaka, Japan Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Bad Luck Fale for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
September 21 Destruction in Kobe Kobe World Memorial Hall Kobe, Japan Bad Luck Fale (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
September 23 Destruction in Okayama Convex Okayama Okayama, Japan Kazuchika Okada (certificate holder) vs. Karl Anderson for the Tokyo 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 the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
November 8 Power Struggle Bodymaker Colosseum Osaka, Japan Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Katsuyori Shibata for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship

2015

Date Event Venue Location Main event
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 the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
February 11 The New Beginning in Osaka Bodymaker Colosseum Osaka, Japan Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. A.J. Styles for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
April 5 Invasion Attack Ryōgoku Kokugikan Tokyo, Japan A.J. Styles (c) vs. Kota Ibushi (New Japan Cup 2015 Winner) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
May 3 Wrestling Dontaku Fukuoka Kokusai Center Fukuoka, Japan Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Hirooki Goto for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
July 5 Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall Osaka-jō Hall Osaka, Japan A.J. Styles (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
September 23 Destruction in Okayama Momotaro Arena Okayama, Japan Togi Makabe (c) vs. Kota Ibushi for the NEVER Openweight Championship
September 27 Destruction in Kobe Kobe World Memorial Hall Kobe, Japan Hirooki Goto (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
October 12 King of Pro-Wrestling Ryōgoku Kokugikan Tokyo, Japan Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. A.J. Styles for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
November 7 Power Struggle Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium Osaka, Japan Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Karl Anderson for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship

2016

Date Event Venue Location Main event
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 the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
February 11 The New Beginning in Osaka Edion Arena Osaka Osaka, Japan Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Hirooki Goto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
April 10 Invasion Attack Ryōgoku Kokugikan Tokyo, Japan Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito (New Japan Cup 2016 Winner) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
May 3 Wrestling Dontaku Fukuoka Kokusai Center Fukuoka, Japan Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
May 8 Global Wars Frontier Fieldhouse Chicago, Illinois, USA Jay Lethal (c) vs. Colt Cabana for the ROH World Championship
June 19 Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall Osaka-jō Hall Osaka, Japan Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
September 17 Destruction in Tokyo Ota City General Gymnasium Tokyo, Japan Kushida (c) vs. Bushi for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
September 22 Destruction in Hiroshima Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall Hiroshima, Japan Kenny Omega (certificate holder) vs. Yoshi-Hashi for the Tokyo 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 the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
October 10 King of Pro-Wrestling Ryōgoku Kokugikan Tokyo, Japan Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Naomichi Marufuji for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
November 5 Power Struggle Edion Arena Osaka Osaka, Japan Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Jay Lethal for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship

2017

Date Event Venue Location Main event
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 the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
January 5 New Year Dash!! Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan Los Ingobernables de Japón (Evil, Sanada, and Bushi) (c) vs. Taguchi Japan (Hiroshi Tanahashi, Manabu Nakanishi, and Ryusuke Taguchi) for the NEVER 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 the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
February 11 The New Beginning in Osaka Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium Osaka, Japan Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Michael Elgin for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
February 26 Honor Rising: Japan Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) vs. Bullet Club (Kenny Omega and Adam Cole)
February 27 The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) and Chaos (Kazuchika Okada and Will Ospreay) vs. Bullet Club (Kenny Omega, Cody, and The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)
April 9 Sakura Genesis Ryōgoku Kokugikan Tokyo, Japan Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Katsuyori Shibata (New Japan Cup 2017 Winner) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
May 3 Wrestling Dontaku Fukuoka Kokusai Center Fukuoka, Japan Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Bad Luck Fale for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
May 12 War of the Worlds Arts Center Dearborn, Michigan, USA Christopher Daniels (c) vs. Cody vs. Jay Lethal in a Three-way match for the ROH World Championship
June 11 Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall Osaka-jō Hall Osaka, Japan Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Kenny Omega for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
August 19 War of the Worlds UK: Liverpool Liverpool Olympia Liverpool, England, UK Cody (c) vs. Sanada for the ROH World Championship
September 10 Destruction in Fukushima Azuma Gymnasium Fukushima, Japan Minoru Suzuki (c) vs. Michael Elgin in a Lumberjack deathmatch for the NEVER Openweight Championship
September 16 Destruction in Hiroshima Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hiroshima, Japan Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Zack Sabre Jr. for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
September 24 Destruction in Kobe World Memorial Hall Kobe, Japan Kenny Omega (c) vs. Juice Robinson for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
October 9 King of Pro-Wrestling Ryōgoku Kokugikan Tokyo, Japan Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Evil for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
October 15 Global Wars Odeum Expo Center Villa Park, Illinois, USA Kenny Omega (c) vs. Yoshi-Hashi for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
November 5 Power Struggle Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium Osaka, Japan Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Kota Ibushi for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship

2018

Date Event Venue Location Main event
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 the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
January 5 New Year Dash!! Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan Chaos (Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii, Yoshi-Hashi, Will Ospreay, and Gedo) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito, Evil, Sanada, Bushi, and Hiromu Takahashi)
January 27 The New Beginning in Sapporo Hokkai Kitayell Sapporo, Japan Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Minoru Suzuki for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
January 28 Kenny Omega (c) vs. Jay White for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
February 10 The New Beginning in Osaka Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium Osaka, Japan Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Sanada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
February 23 Honor Rising: Japan Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi) and Chase Owens vs. Bullet Club (Cody, Hangman Page, and Marty Scurll)
February 24 Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi) vs. Bullet Club (Cody and Marty Scurll)
March 25 Strong Style Evolved Walter Pyramid Long Beach, California, USA Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi) vs. The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)
April 1 Sakura Genesis Ryōgoku Kokugikan Tokyo, Japan Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (New Japan Cup 2018 Winner) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
April 29 Wrestling Hinokuni Grand Messe Kumamoto Kumamoto, Japan Minoru Suzuki (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
May 3 Wrestling Dontaku Fukuoka Kokusai Center Fukuoka, Japan Kenny Omega vs. Hangman Page
May 4 Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
June 9 Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall Osaka-jo Hall Osaka, Japan Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Kenny Omega in a No time limit two out of three falls match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
July 7 G1 Special in San Francisco Cow Palace Daly City, California, USA Kenny Omega (c) vs. Cody for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
September 15 Destruction in Hiroshima Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hiroshima, Japan Kenny Omega (c) vs Tomohiro Ishii for the IWGP 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 the Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate
September 30 Fighting Spirit Unleashed Walter Pyramid Long Beach, California, USA Chaos (Kazuchika Okada and Tomohiro Ishii) vs. Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi)
October 8 King of Pro-Wrestling Ryōgoku Kokugikan Tokyo, Japan Kenny Omega (c) vs. Cody vs. Kota Ibushi in aThree-way match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
November 3 Power Struggle Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium Osaka, Japan Chris Jericho (c) vs. Evil for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship

2019

Date Event Venue Location Main event
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 the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
January 5 New Year Dash!! Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan Chaos (Kazuchika Okada and Yoshi-Hashi) and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Bullet Club (Jay White, Bad Luck Fale, and Gedo)
February 2 The New Beginning in Sapporo Hokkai Kitayell Sapporo, Japan Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kazuchika Okada vs. Bullet Club (Jay White and Bad Luck Fale)
February 3 Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Taichi for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
February 11 The New Beginning in Osaka Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium Osaka, Japan Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs Jay White for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
February 22 Honor Rising: Japan Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada and Jay Lethal vs. The Kingdom (Matt Taven, T. K. O'Ryan, and Vinny Marseglia)
February 23 The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) (c) vs. FinJuice (Juice Robinson and David Finlay) for the ROH World Tag Team Championship
April 6 G1 Supercard Madison Square Garden New York City, New York, United States Jay White (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada (New Japan Cup 2019 Winner) for the IWGP 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 the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
May 4 Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Sanada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
June 9 Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall Osaka-jo Hall Osaka, Japan Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Chris Jericho for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
June 29 Southern Showdown Festival Hall Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Kazuchika Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Bullet Club (Jay White and Bad Luck Fale)
June 30 UNSW Roundhouse Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Chaos (Kazuchika Okada and Will Ospreay) and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Bullet Club (Jay White, Bad Luck Fale, and Robbie Eagles)
August 31 Royal Quest Copper Box Arena London, England, UK Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Minoru Suzuki for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
September 15 Destruction in Beppu Beppu B-con Plaza Beppu, Japan Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Zack Sabre Jr. for the British Heavyweight Championship
September 16 Destruction in Kagoshima Kagoshima Arena Kagoshima, Japan Kota Ibushi (certificate holder) vs. Kenta for the Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate
September 22 Destruction in Kobe World Memorial Hall Kobe, Japan Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Jay White for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
October 14 King of Pro-Wrestling Ryōgoku Kokugikan Tokyo, Japan Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Sanada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
November 3 Power Struggle Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium Osaka, Japan Jay White (c) vs. Hirooki Goto for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship

2020

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 the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
January 5 Kazuchika Okada (Heavyweight Champion) vs. Tetsuya Naito (Intercontinental Champion) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and IWGP Intercontinental Championship
January 6 New Year Dash!! Ota City General Gymnasium Los Ingobernables de Japón (Sanada and Tetsuya Naito) vs. Bullet Club (Jay White and Kenta)[5]
February 1 The New Beginning in Sapporo Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Sapporo, Japan Hirooki Goto (c) vs. Shingo Takagi for the NEVER Openweight Championship
February 2 Kazuchika Okada vs. Taichi
February 9 The New Beginning in Osaka Osaka-jo Hall Osaka, Japan Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Kenta for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and IWGP 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 the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and IWGP Intercontinental Championship
July 25 Sengoku Lord in Nagoya Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium Nagoya, Japan Evil (c) vs. Hiromu Takahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and IWGP Intercontinental Championship
August 29 Summer Struggle in Jingu Meiji Jingu Stadium Tokyo, Japan Evil (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and IWGP Intercontinental Championship
November 7 Power Struggle Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium Osaka, Japan Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Evil for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and IWGP Intercontinental Championship

2021

Date Event Venue Location Main event
January 4 Wrestle Kingdom 15 Tokyo Dome Tokyo, Japan Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Kota Ibushi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and IWGP Intercontinental Championship
January 5 Kota Ibushi (c) vs. Jay White (Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight and IWGP Intercontinental championships challenge rights certificate holder) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and IWGP Intercontinental Championship
January 6 New Year Dash!! Tokyo Dome City Hall Tokyo, Japan Golden Ace (Kota Ibushi and Hiroshi Tanahashi), Roppongi 3K (Rocky Romero and Sho), and Master Wato vs. Los Ingobernables de Japón (Sanada, Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi, and Bushi)
January 30 The New Beginning in Nagoya Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium Nagoya, Japan Shingo Takagi (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the NEVER Openweight Championship
February 10 The New Beginning in Hiroshima Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hiroshima, Japan Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs. Sho for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
February 11 Kota Ibushi (c) vs. Sanada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and IWGP Intercontinental Championship
February 27 Castle Attack Osaka-jo Hall Osaka, Japan Kazuchika Okada vs. Evil
February 28 Kota Ibushi (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito for IWGP Intercontinental Championship
March 4 NJPW 49th Anniversary Show Nippon Budokan Tokyo, Japan Kota Ibushi (c) vs. El Desperado for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and IWGP Intercontinental Championship
April 4 Sakura Genesis Ryōgoku Kokugikan Sumida, Tokyo, Japan Kota Ibushi (c) vs. Will Ospreay (New Japan Cup 2021 Winner) for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
May 3 Wrestling Dontaku Fukuoka Kokusai Center Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Jay White for the NEVER Openweight Championship
May 4 Will Ospreay (c) vs. Shingo Takagi for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
June 7 Dominion 6.6 in Osaka-jo Hall Osaka-jo Hall Osaka, Japan Shingo Takagi vs. Kazuchika Okada for the vacant IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
July 10 Summer Struggle in Sapporo Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena Minami-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan El Desperado (c) vs. Taiji Ishimori for The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
July 11 Dangerous Tekkers (Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.) (c) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito and Sanada) for the IWGP Tag Team Championship
July 22 Summer Struggle in Osaka Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium Osaka, Japan Tetsuya Naito vs. Taichi
July 23 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 the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
August 14 Resurgence The Torch at LA Coliseum Los Angeles, California, USA Lance Archer (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
August 16 Fighting Spirit Unleashed Thunder Studios Long Beach, California Tom Lawlor (c) (with J. R. Kratos) vs. Lio Rush for the Strong Openweight Championship
September 4 Wrestle Grand Slam in MetLife Dome MetLife Dome Tokorozawa, Japan Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Kota Ibushi for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
September 5 Shingo Takagi (c) vs. Evil for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
November 6 Power Struggle Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium Osaka, Japan Shingo Takagi (c) vs. Zack Sabre Jr. for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
November 13 Battle in the Valley San Jose Civic San Jose, California, USA Jay White (c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii for the NEVER Openweight Championship

2022

Date Event Venue Location Main event
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 the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
January 5 Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Will Ospreay for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
January 8 Yokohama Arena Yokohama, Japan Kazuchika Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Keiji Mutoh and Kaito Kiyomiya
March 1 NJPW 50th Anniversary Show Nippon Budokan Tokyo, Japan Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre Jr.) and Yoshiaki Fujiwara
April 1 Lonestar Shootout Fairmont Hotel Dallas, Texas Tomohiro Ishii vs. Chris Dickinson
Team Filthy (J. R. Kratos, Royce Isaacs and Tom 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 the IWGP 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 the IWGP 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 the IWGP 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 the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
June 26 AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door United Center Chicago, Illinois, USA Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Jon Moxley for the AEW Interim World Championship
July 30 Music City Mayhem Nashville Fairgrounds Nashville, Tennessee, USA Jon Moxley vs. El Desperado in a no disqualification match
August 21 Fighting Spirit Unleashed The Vermont Hollywood Los Angeles, California Fred Rosser (c) vs. TJP for the Strong Openweight Championship
September 25 Burning Spirit World Memorial Hall Kobe, Japan Will Ospreay (c) vs. David Finlay for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
October 1 Royal Quest II Crystal Palace Indoor Arena London London, England, UK FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) (c) vs. Aussie Open (Mark Davis and Kyle Fletcher) for the IWGP Tag Team Championship
October 2 Tetsuya Naito vs. Zack Sabre Jr. in a #1 contender match for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
October 10 Declaration of Power Ryōgoku Kokugikan Tokyo, Japan Jay White (c) vs. Tama Tonga for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
October 28 Rumble on 44th Street Palladium Times Square New York City, New York, USA Bullet Club (Jay White and Juice Robinson) vs. Kazuchika Okada and Eddie Kingston
November 5 Battle Autumn '22 Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium Osaka, Japan Will Ospreay (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
November 20 Historic X-Over Ariake Arena Tokyo, Japan Mayu Iwatani vs. Kairi for the inaugural IWGP Women's Championship

2023

Date Event Venue Location Main event
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 the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
January 5 New Year Dash!! Ota City General Gymnasium Tokyo, Japan Kazuchika Okada and Kenny Omega vs. United Empire (Aaron Henare and Jeff Cobb)
January 21 Wrestle Kingdom 17 in Yokohama Arena Yokohama Arena 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 a Mixed Martial Arts rules match for the Provisional KOPW 2023 Championship
February 4 The New Beginning in Sapporo Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Sapporo, Japan Shota Umino vs. Tetsuya Naito
February 5 Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs. Yoh for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
February 11 The New Beginning in Osaka Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium Osaka, Japan Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Shingo Takagi for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
February 18 Battle in the Valley San Jose Civic San Jose, California, USA Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP 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 and Yoshi-Hashi) (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Tag Team Championship
March 30 Multiverse United Globe Theater Los Angeles, California, USA Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Mike Bailey
April 8 Sakura Genesis Ryōgoku Kokugikan Tokyo, Japan Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Sanada for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
April 15 Capital Collision Entertainment and Sports Arena Washington, D.C., USA The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) (c) vs. Aussie Open (Mark Davis and Kyle Fletcher) vs. Dream Team (Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kazuchika Okada) for the Strong 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 the Provisional KOPW 2023 Championship
May 3 Wrestling Dontaku Fukuoka Kokusai Center Fukuoka, Japan Sanada (c) vs. Hiromu Takahashi for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
May 21 Resurgence Walter Pyramid Long Beach, California, USA Mercedes Moné vs. Willow Nightingale in a tournament final match for the inaugural Strong Women's Championship
June 4 Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall Osaka-jō Hall Osaka, Japan Sanada (c) vs. Yota Tsuji for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
June 9 All Together Again Ryōgoku Kokugikan Tokyo, Japan Kazuchika Okada, Yuma Aoyagi and Kenoh vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kento Miyahara and Kaito Kiyomiya
June 25 AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door Scotiabank Arena Toronto, Ontario, Canada Bryan Danielson vs. Kazuchika Okada
June 30 Fantastica Mania Mexico Arena México Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico Rocky Romero (c) vs. Volador Jr. for the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship
July 4 Independence Day Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan Jun Kasai and El Desperado vs. Homicide and Jon Moxley in a No Disqualification doomsday match
July 5 Jon Moxley vs. El Desperado in a Final Death match
August 19 All Star Junior Festival USA 2300 Arena Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Mike Bailey vs. Kevin Knight in a tournament final match in the All Star Jr. Festival USA tournament
August 20 Multiverse United 2 2300 Arena Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Alex Shelley (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the Impact World Championship
September 24 Destruction in Kobe Kobe World Memorial Hall Kobe, Japan Will Ospreay (c) vs. Yota Tsuji for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
October 9 Destruction in Ryogoku Ryōgoku Kokugikan Tokyo, Japan Sanada (c) vs. Evil in a lumberjack match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
October 14 Royal Quest III Copper Box Arena London, England, UK Will Ospreay (c) vs. Zack Sabre Jr. for the IWGP United Kingdom Heavyweight Championship
October 28 Fighting Spirit Unleashed Sam's Town Las Vegas, Nevada Tama Tonga (c) vs. Shingo Takagi for the NEVER Openweight Championship
November 4 Power Struggle Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium Osaka, Japan Will Ospreay (c) vs. Shota Umino for the IWGP United Kingdom Heavyweight Championship
November 10 Lonestar Shootout Curtis Culwell Center Garland, Texas Shingo Takagi (c) vs. Trent Beretta for the NEVER Openweight Championship

2024

Date Event Venue Location Main event
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 the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
January 5 New Year Dash!! Sumida City Gymnasium Tokyo, Japan TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr., Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste and Mikey Nicholls) vs. Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii and Kazuchika Okada) and Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley and Bryan Danielson)
January 13 Battle in the Valley San Jose Civic San Jose, California Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay
January 20 The New Beginning in Nagoya Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium Nagoya, Japan Tama Tonga (c) vs. Evil in a lumberjack match for the NEVER Openweight Championship
February 11 The New Beginning in Osaka Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium Osaka, Japan United Empire (Will Ospreay, Jeff Cobb, Henare, TJP and Francesco Akira) vs. Bullet Club War Dogs (David Finlay, Alex Coughlin, Gabe Kidd, Clark Connors and Drilla Moloney) in a Steel Cage match
February 23 The New Beginning in Sapporo Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Sapporo, Japan David Finlay (c) vs. Nic Nemeth for the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship
February 24 Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Sanada for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship

Upcoming event schedule

2024

Date Event Venue Location Main event
March 6 NJPW 52nd Anniversary Show Ota City General Gymnasium Tokyo, Japan Tetsuya Naito (World Heavyweight) vs. Sho (Junior Heavyweight) in a Champion vs. Champion match
April 6 Sakura Genesis Ryōgoku Kokugikan Tokyo, Japan Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. New Japan cup winner for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
April 12 Windy City Riot Wintrust Arena Chicago, Illinois TBA
April 14 Wrestling World in Taiwan Zepp New Taipei New Taipei City, Taiwan TBA
May 3 Wrestling Dontaku Fukuoka Kokusai Center Fukuoka, Japan TBA
May 4 TBA
May 11 Resurgence Toyota Arena Ontario, California TBA
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 TBA
TBA Historic X-Over 2 TBA TBA TBA

Number of events by year

See also

Notes

References

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  3. ^ "NJPW Wrestling World In Tokyo Dome 1996". cagematchinternetwrestlingdatabase. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
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  5. ^ "NJPW New Year Dash!! 2020". FITE TV. Retrieved January 6, 2020.

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