Tag: New Japan
TODAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY… JUNE 12TH: The Birth of the...
1987 - Antonio Inoki defeats Masa Saito in the finals of the IWGP Champion Series to become the inaugural titleholder
TODAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY… APRIL 24th: New Japan goes to...
NJPW holds its first event in the Tokyo Dome, where Big Van Vader defeats Shinya Hashimoto to win the IGWP title tournament in front of a crowd of over 50,000
TODAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY… MARCH 6th: The Sun Rises for...
1972 - New Japan Pro Wrestling runs its first ever show, with a main event featuring Karl Gotch defeating the promotion's founder, Antonio Inoki, in Tokyo
THE POWER OF THE PIN – 01.08.2020: Thy Kingdom Come
At Wrestle Kingdom 14, Kazuchika Okada proved once again why he will one day stand among pro wrestling's immortals
TODAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY… JAN 5th: An Intercontinental Title Emerges...
New Japan introduces a secondary title, that quickly rises to prominence thanks to great champions and high match quality
TODAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY… DEC 31st: Putting an Armbar on...
New Japan Wrestling hosts the first professional wrestling card in The Soviet Union, featuring Americans Manny Fernandez, Brad Rheingans and Bam Bam Bigelow
TODAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY… OCT 19th: The Death of Road...
Michael Hegstrand, known to wrestling fans all over the world as Road Warrior Hawk, dies of a sudden heart attack in his home
TODAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY… SEPT. 30th: Two Japanese Legends make...
Antonio Inoki and Giant Baba wrestle for the first time for the Japan Wrestling Association
NJPW: The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express are coming to FIGHTING SPIRIT...
The legendary tag team will participate in the “FIGHTING SPIRIT UNLEASHED” tour in September
DEADSPIN: New Japan Let KENTA Finish A Match, Despite Being Obviously...
Columnist David Bixenspan writes about how his match kept going... even after KENTA got his bell rung so severely that he couldn’t do simple wrestling moves