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New Japan Pro Wrestling Cancels Events Due to Coronavirus

February 26, 2020 // 0 Comments

New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced that is canceling events between March 1st through March 15th due to recommendations made on February 26 by the Japanese Ministry of Health connected to the new Coronavirus COVID-19. Further announcements will be made at a later date. All ticket holders will be refunded. Please check njpw1972.com and social [...]

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14 Results (Night Two)

January 5, 2020 // 0 Comments

Here are the results from the second and final night of NJPW’s huge Wrestle Kingdom 14 event: Pre-Show Gauntlet Match for the Never Openweight Six-Man Tag Titles: Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi, and Chase Owens were eliminated by Robbie Eagles, Yoshi-Hashi, and Tomohiro Ishii in 3:40. Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Desperado, and Taichi were [...]

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14 Results (Night One)

January 5, 2020 // 0 Comments

Here are the results from Night One of Wrestle Kingdom 14: Alex Coughlin, Clark Connors, Karl Fredericks, and Toa Henare defeated Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma, Yota Tsuji, and Yuya Uemura. [PRE-SHOW] Satoshi Kojima and Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Manabu Nakanishi and Yuji Nagata. [PRE-SHOW] Naoki Sano, Shinjiro Otani, Tatsuhito Takaiwa, and Ryusuke [...]

NJPW Announces Rules For Wrestle Kingdom 14 Texas Death Match

December 19, 2019 // 0 Comments

NJPW has announced the rules for the Lance Archer vs. Jon Moxley Texas Death Match at Wrestle Kingdom 14. Archer’s IWGP United States Championship will be on the line and the only way to win is to knockout your opponent so they can’t answer a 10-count or to make them submit. There can be no pinfalls and no disqualifications. [...]

NJPW on AXS 7/20/19 Preview: G1 Climax Night 7

July 20, 2019 // 0 Comments

Tonight, the G1 Climax continues on AXS TV with a two-hour episode of Night 7. Here are the matches that will air tonight’s show: Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Bad Luck Fale Lance Archer vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi KENTA vs. EVIL Kota Ibushi vs. SANADA Will Ospreay vs. Kazuchika Okada NJPW airs tonight at 8pm CT on AXS [...]

NJPW on AXS TV 7/13/19 Preview: G1 Climax 29 Night 2 Special

July 13, 2019 // 0 Comments

Tonight on New Japan Pro Wrestling on AXS TV, the G1 Climax 29 tournament continues with Night 2 same-day coverage. Here are the matches that will air on tonight’s special two-hour episode of NJPW on AXS: Hirooki Goto vs. Jay White in a B-Block tournament match Tomohiro Ishii vs. Jeff Cobb in a B-Block tournament match Toru Yano vs. Tetsuya [...]

NJPW G1 Climax 29 Night 1 on AXS Preview

July 6, 2019 // 0 Comments

Tonight, New Japan Pro Wrestling kicks off the G1 Climax 29 tournament and for the first time ever they’re doing so from the United States. The G1 Climax 29 opening takes place tonight from the American Air Lines center in Dallas, Texas. The event will be broadcast LIVE on AXS TV beginning at 5pm CT. Here’s the card for tonight’s [...]

NJPW Marathon Saturday on AXS TV, Full Schedule

July 4, 2019 // 0 Comments

This Saturday, July 6th, New Japan Pro Wrestling kicks off the G1 Climax 29 Tournament for the first time ever from Dallas, Texas. AXS TV will be airing the first night of the G1 Climax 29 LIVE beginning at 5pm CT. But before the G1 begins, AXS will be hosting the NJPW Heavy Rain Marathon with Kazuchika Okada and Rocky Romero catching you up on [...]

NJPW on AXS 6/21/19 Preview: Two Hour Dominion Special

June 21, 2019 // 0 Comments

Tonight, it’s a two-hour special episode of NJPW on AXS TV featuring matches from Dominion 2019, which took place on June 9th. This continues the Dominion coverage for AXS TV. On tonight’s installment: Kota Ibushi vs. Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship Guerrillas of Destiny vs. Evil and Sanada for the IWGP Tag [...]

Kota Ibushi Signs With NJPW

April 22, 2019 // 0 Comments

Score one for New Japan Pro Wrestling as the company announced today that Kota Ibushi has officially signed an exclusive contract with the promotion. Ibushi is the reigning IWGP Intercontinental Champion, but had been working under a part-time agreement with the company and there some who figured he would eventually end up in AEW alongside good [...]