Category: NJPW News
Final Card For Night One Of NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14
New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Wrestle Kingdom 14 is just hours away. This year’s show will be held over two nights with night one featuring AEW’s Jon Moxley facing Lance Archer for the IWGP United States Championship. The show will stream on NJPW World and FITE at 3 AM EST / 12 AM PST for the…
Why AXS TV Pulled New Japan Off The Air, Update On Relationship With AEW
Management of Anthem Entertainment, the parent company of Impact Wrestling, approached New Japan Pro Wrestling about a working relationship between the promotions. NJPW turned them down and AXS TV pulled their programming from their network. Now that the AEW World Championship is being acknowledged by New Japan, the speculation is that there could be a…
NJPW Will Not Broadcast In The US In 2020
New Japan Pro Wrestling issued a statement on Twitter on Friday to confirm that their programming will not air on TV broadcast in the United States in 2020. This also includes WrestleKingdom 14. In response to US fan queries There are currently no plans for TV broadcast of NJPW events in 2020 (WK14 included) in…
Jon Moxley Match Added To Wrestle Kingdom 14
Wrestle Kingdom 14 is slated to take place on January 4th and 5th, 2020 from the Tokyo Dome. A huge match was just broken by Dave Meltzer via Twitter as Jon Moxley will challenge Lance Archer in a Texas Death Match: Moxley vs. Archer U.S. title Texas death match at Tokyo Dome — Dave Meltzer…
NJPW President Open To Working With All Elite Wrestling
Harold Meij, president of New Japan Pro Wrestling, recently commented to FOX Sports Australia about his promotion working with All Elite Wrestling. “We’re very open to working with anyone, we don’t exclude anyone. But it does take time to create that trust between companies. And right now AEW is still in the exploratory phase; they’re…
Hiromu Takahashi Returns From Injury, Chris Jericho Back In NJPW
– Hiromu Takahashi returned from injury at NJPW Power Struggle on Sunday. He’s been out of action with a broken neck for over a year after a match against Dragon Lee at the G1 Special in San Fransisco. Takahashi will challenge Will Ospreay for the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship at Wrestle Kingdom 14 on Jan.…
New Japan Pro Wrestling Announces American Subsidiary
New Japan Pro Wrestling announced on Monday that the company is launching an American subsidiary entitled “New Japan Pro Wrestling of America.” The brand will be based in California and will launch in November. NJPW plans on holding live events in 27 cities across 21 states. Check out NJPW of America's touring plans! We hope…
NJPW Title Vacated; New Champion Crowned
New Japan Pro Wrestling released a statement that Jon Moxley has vacated the IWGP United States Championship. Moxley was set to defend the title at the King of Pro Wrestling earlier today. But, due to Typhoon Hagibis, Moxley was unable to travel to the event. Lance Archer faced off against Juice Robinson for the vacant…
Juice Robinson Calls Out Jon Moxley For Not Defending U.S. Title
Juice Robinson recently participated in an interview with New Japan Pro Wrestling’s website and called out Jon Moxley for not defending the IWGP United States Championship. –A lot of American fans have commented that the IWGP United States Championship is rarely seen in the United States. It’s only been defended in the US once this…
Latest On New Japan Pro Wrestling On AXS TV
The future of New Japan Pro Wrestling on AXS TV is unknown after news of Anthem Sports & Entertainment, the parent company of Impact Wrestling, acquiring a majority interest in Mark Cuban’s AXS TV and HDNet Movies. “Anthem has been public that it has not made any decisions regarding current programming,” said Ed Nordholm, Chief…
NJPW Returning To Los Angeles In November
New Japan Pro Wrestling announced that they will be returning to Los Angeles, CA, for New Japan Showdown on Monday, November 11th. The event will take place at the Globe Theatre, which is the home of PWG. NJPW first ran shows in LA this past January for the first show of their New Beginnings USA…
This Day in Wrestling History – August 28th
News 2003 – NJPW would hold the very first cage match in their 30 year history, featuring Yoshihito Takayama defeating Masahiro Chono. Takayama would win the match via TKO to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship Results 1989: SummerSlam from Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, NJ – Dark Match: Dino Bravo defeated Koko B. Ware –…
KENTA Weighs In On GTS Finisher Being Used In Response To CM Punk
Over the weekend we noted how CM Punk was represented at a WWE live event when Daniel Bryan and Kofi Kingston exchanged GTS finishers on one another. KENTA, who performed the finisher first, saw coverage on one wrestling news website and added his two cents. “Just letting you know ©️2004 KENTA,” the former WWE now…
Cain Velasquez Meets With NJPW, Multiple Offers On The Table?
Cain Velasquez had an informal meeting with New Japan Pro Wrestling officials at their show in San Fransisco on Saturday night, according to Marc Raimondi. Velasquez, who is making the transition from MMA to professional wrestling, signed on with AAA out of Mexico earlier this year. He has two matches left on his deal with…
New Japan Pro Wrestling Announces Show In San Jose, CA In November
New Japan Pro Wrestling held their Super J-Cup (Night Two) show last night from San Francisco, California. The finals are scheduled for tonight from the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, California. Last night, it was announced the promotion will run a show at the San Jose Civic in San Jose, CA on Sat. Nov. 9,…
