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NJPW reveals cards for 2020 Best of the Super Juniors tournament

November 7, 2020 Andrew Thompson

The cards for the 2020 NJPW Best of the Super Juniors tournament have been revealed.

Fan limit of 20,000 announced for 2021 NJPW Tokyo Dome shows

October 27, 2020 Andrew Thompson

A limit of 20,000 people has been set for day one and two of Wrestle Kingdom by NJPW President Takami Obari.

NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Title match set for night one of NJPW Road to Power Struggle

October 20, 2020 Andrew Thompson

New Japan Pro-Wrestling revealed the lineup for night one of their ‘Road to Power Struggle’ shows.

NJPW’s World Tag League, Best of the Super Juniors tourneys to run at the same time

October 6, 2020 Andrew Thompson

New Japan Pro-Wrestling is presenting their Best of the Super Juniors and World Tag League tournaments concurrently.

Harold Meij on his way out as President/CEO of NJPW

September 29, 2020 Andrew Thompson

New Japan Pro-Wrestling announced that as of October 23rd, Harold Meij will no longer be the President/CEO of their company.

NJPW reveals match listings for all the G1 Climax shows

September 11, 2020 John Pollock

On Friday, NJPW revealed the full line-ups for the G1 Climax tournament that begins next weekend and will run through the middle of October.

POLLOCK’S NEWS UPDATE: Lessons from the Matt Hardy injury

September 7, 2020 John Pollock

A look at the handling of Matt Hardy’s injury and lessons from it, WWE and third parties, G1 news coming, Nick Diaz, Ricardo Lamas & more.

NJPW testing remote cheering system so fans can further express themselves during shows

August 25, 2020 Andrew Thompson

New Japan is set to adopt a cheering system that is often used in stadiums so fans who are in attendance at their shows can further express their emotions.

NJPW cancels 8/13 ‘Summer Struggle’ event, wrestler developed a fever

August 13, 2020 Andrew Thompson

Due to a wrestler that was booked for the 8/13 show catching a fever, New Japan decided it was best to scrap the show as a whole.

Alex Koslov returning to NJPW to do commentary for NJPW Strong

August 5, 2020 Andrew Thompson

Former two-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion Alex Koslov is making his return to New Japan, but as a commentator for NJPW Strong.

NJPW adds tournament for the vacant NEVER Six-Man Tag Titles

August 1, 2020 John Pollock

New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced that the NEVER Six-Man tag titles have been vacated and a tournament will take place this week.

NJPW introducing KOPW Championship, special rules announced

July 28, 2020 Andrew Thompson

The KOPW Championship is coming soon to New Japan Pro-Wrestling. There are a handful of special rules that come with the title and all is explained within the article.

NJPW reveals match cards for 7/26 and 7/27 Summer Struggle shows

July 26, 2020 Andrew Thompson

New Japan Pro-Wrestling revealed the match lineups for their 7/26 and 7/27 Summer Struggle shows that’ll air on NJPW World.

NJPW’s 8/29 Summer Struggle event to take place at Jingu Stadium

July 25, 2020 Andrew Thompson

New Japan’s 8/29 ‘Summer Struggle’ show is set to take place inside of Jingu baseball stadium.

NJPW announces ‘Summer Struggle’, Sengoku Lord & New Japan Road events

June 16, 2020 Andrew Thompson

Coming out of day one of the New Japan Cup tournament, New Japan Pro-Wrestling announced additional shows that will stretch through the end of July including their ‘Summer Struggle’ show.

Tiger Mask recovering from colonic diverticulitis, will miss forthcoming NJPW events

June 9, 2020 Andrew Thompson

New Japan Pro-Wrestling announced that they’ll be back up and running next week but Tiger Mask will not be a part of the festivities as he is recovering from colonic diverticulitis.

Bushiroad preparing to resume live events, STARDOM and NJPW talents taking Antibody tests

June 3, 2020 Andrew Thompson

According to Yahoo! Japan, Bushiroad is preparing to resume live events. New Japan Pro-Wrestling and STARDOM talents will be taking Antibody tests.

NJPW cancels 2020 Best of the Super Juniors tour

May 6, 2020 Andrew Thompson

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, New Japan Pro-Wrestling decided to cancel the 2020 Best of the Super Juniors tournament that was set to kick off on May 12.

NJPW, STARDOM, AJPW, NOAH & more take part in government meeting about COVID-19

April 15, 2020 Andrew Thompson

Representatives of multiple wrestling promotions/companies in Japan met up with the government to address the COVID-19 pandemic

NJPW cancels all events through May 4, considering running empty arena shows

April 8, 2020 Andrew Thompson

New Japan Pro-Wrestling has cancelled all of their events through May 4th but the company is considering running empty arena shows.