Category: NJPW

The big one is here as New Japan Pro Wrestling’s year culminates at Wrestle Kingdom 13 featuring Omega vs. Tanahashi, Naito vs. Jericho and Okada vs. White.

Despite the lazy build-up of some matches, on paper, Wrestle Kingdom 13 looks absolutely fantastic and an obvious must-see for fans.

NJPW’s fall tradition begins again as World Tag League 2018 kicks off with a new format. Here are the teams participating and a full tournament schedule.

John Carroll and Joel Abraham preview this weekend’s NJPW Power Struggle 2018 featuring EVIL vs. Chris Jericho, Tetsuya Naito vs. Zack Sabre Jr & more!

John Carroll previews and predicts NJPW’s upcoming Super Junior Tag League including a full schedule of all matches, history of the competitors and more.

Ryan, Joel and John preview this weekend’s King of Pro-Wrestling 2018 featuring a triple threat main event between Cody, Kota Ibushi and Kenny Omega.

Joe, John and Taylor preview this weekend’s NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed from the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, California!

The next chapter of Tanahashi vs. Okada takes place this weekend at NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2018 with the main event of Wrestle Kingdom on the line.

Joe, Jack and John preview September 17’s NJPW Destruction in Beppu 2018 highlighted by a main event between Naito and Suzuki.

Kenny Omega vs. Tomohiro Ishii for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship highlights a fun-looking NJPW’s Destruction in Hiroshima show.

New Japan Pro Wrestling has been officially off since the end of the G1 Climax on August 12, but that comes to an end with the annual Destruction tour.

With G1 firmly in the rearview, NJPW is back to regularly scheduled business with September’s Destruction 2018 tour beginning 9/7 in Korakuen.

This Saturday, the stars of New Japan Pro Wrestling take over San Francisco’s Cow Palace for NJPW G1 Special in San Francisco!

Let the countdown begin! Here is your complete NJPW G1 Climax 28 tour schedule.

Kenny Omega faces Kazuchika Okada in a no time limit two-out-of-three falls match, Chris Jericho battles Tetsuya Naito and Will Ospreay puts his IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship against Best of the Super Juniors winner Hiromu Takahashi. Read our staff preview and predictions for NJPW Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall!

It’s that time of year again. The days are getting longer, the temperatures are getting warmer, and all of your favorite junior heavyweight wrestlers are getting ready to participate in the 2018 Best of the Super Juniors tournament!

NJPW wraps up their Wrestling Dontaku 2018 tour with the next chapter of the Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi feud as well as a Junior Heavyweight Title match between Will Ospreay and KUSHIDA.

NJPW presents Night 1 of Wrestling Dontaku 2018 featuring Kenny Omega vs. Hangman Page, Kota Ibushi vs. Cody and a NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Title match.

John Carroll and Taylor Maimbourg preview NJPW’s Wrestling Hi No Kuni 2018 featuring a number of high-profile matches including KES vs. EVIL & SANADA and Minoru Suzuki vs. Tetsuya Naito.

Okada vs. Sabre, Golden Lovers vs. Cody/Page and much more highlight NJPW Sakura Genesis 2018!

This Sunday the stars of New Japan Pro Wrestling come stateside for NJPW’s Strong Style Evolved from Long Beach featuring the huge main event between Golden☆Lovers and The Young Bucks

The New Japan Cup is New Japan Pro Wrestling’s annual single-elimination tournament. It will run from March 9 to 21. The winner of this tournament will receive a championship match of their choosing at NJPW Sakura Genesis on April 1. They may compete for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, IWGP Intercontinental Championship, or NEVER Openweight Championship.

NJPW celebrates their 46th anniversary with a fun looking card featuring Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay, Taichi’s move to heavyweight vs. Tetsuya Naito and Togi Makabe vs. Minoru Suzuki for the NEVER Openweight Championship.

Aaron Bentley and John Carroll preview this weekend’s NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka featuring three huge titles matches: Hiromu Takahashi vs. Will Ospreay, EVIL vs. Hirooki Goto and Kazuchika Okada vs. SANADA.

Taylor and John preview NJPW The New Beginning in Sapporo headlined by Kenny Omega vs. Jay White and The Young Bucks vs. Roppongi 3k

Hiroshi Tanahashi and Minoru Suzuki highlight the first of two The New Beginning in Sapporo shows.

NJPW returns to Edion Arena Osaka for this weekend’s huge Power Struggle 2017 show featuring Tanahashi vs. Ibushi, Ospreay vs. Scurll and much more!

NJPW returns to Sumo Hall for the highly-anticipated NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2017 featuring Okada vs. EVIL, Ospreay vs. KUSHIDA and Naito vs. Ishii.

One of the more off-the-wall surprisingly New Japan main events in history headlines NJPW’s third leg of the Destruction tour: NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2017

After a painfully mediocre Destruction in Fukushima show, NJPW looks to get back on track with Destruction in Hiroshima 2017.

Members of the Voices of Wrestling staff give their previews and predictions for NJPW Destruction in Fukushima 2017 headlined by Elgin vs. Suzuki.

Let’s look at the remaining scenarios and how predictable or unpredictable they were using data from our G1 Climax 27 Pick’Em contest.

Our staff preview and predictions of NJPW G1 Special in USA Night 2 featuring the finals of the IWGP US Title tourney and Billy Gunn vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi

It’s finally here — our staff preview & predictions for NJPW’s G1 Special in USA Night 1 airing live July 1 on AXS TV!

A comprehensive breakdown of each of G1 Climax 27 participant including a look at their G1 Climax history and prospects for this year’s tournament.

NJPW returns to Osaka-jo Hall for this weekend’s NJPW Dominion 6.11 featuring two Wrestle Kingdom 11 rematches in Naito vs. Tanahashi and Omega vs. Okada.

Early this morning, NJPW announced participants and blocks for the 2017 Best of the Super Juniors. Here’s all you need to know about this year’s tournament.

Kenny Omega vs. Tomohiro Ishii. Kazuchika Okada vs. Bad Luck Fale. Need we say more? Our staff preview of NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2017!

Juice Robinson and Tetsuya Naito highlight Saturday’s NJPW Wrestling Toyonokuni 2017.

Formerly known as Invasion Attack, NJPW’s April event NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017 promises to be one of the biggest shows in the calendar year.

Members of the VOW staff preview this weekend’s NJPW 45th Anniversary show featuring the huge main event of Kazuchika Okada and Tiger Mask W.

Team Tiger Mask assemble! The VOW staff previews tomorrow’s New Japan Road show featuring a huge main event with two Tiger Masks, an Okada and a Gedo.

Spring is in the air as NJPW announced a full participant list and brackets for their annual spring tournament, the New Japan Cup.

Michael Elgin and Tetsuya Naito take center stage at NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka.

With Wrestle Kingdom in the rear view, NJPW kicks off the true start of 2017 with The New Beginning In Sapporo, the first of two major New Beginning cards.

On the eve of NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 11, members of the Voices of Wrestling staff preview each of the massive shows matches and predict winners throughout.

Earlier this morning, New Japan Pro Wrestling released the entire (confirmed) card for January 4, 2017’s Wrestle Kingdom 11 show!

It’s finally over. After 16 long nights, the end is finally here. The 2016 World Tag League Finals are upon us. Let us rejoice.

Yesterday we previewed NJPW World Tag League 2016 A Block, today, the B Block’s turn. A stacked block that also features Billy Gunn. Yes, that Billy Gunn.

This Friday, NJPW’s annual World Tag League kicks off with a live (free!) airing on NJPWWorld.com. Today, we’ll take a look at the A Block participants.

NJPW returns to the famed Sumo Hall for King of Pro-Wrestling 2016 featuring Okada vs. Marufuji, Omega vs. Goto, Shibata vs. O’Reilly & more!

Members of the Voices of Wrestling staff preview and predict this weekend’s NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2016 show featuring Tetsuya Naito vs. Michael Elgin.

New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Destruction tour marches on with NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2016 highlighted by Kenny Omega vs. YOSHI-HASHI!

New Japan Pro Wrestling kicks off their run of three major Destruction shows with Destruction in Tokyo 2016 — highlighted by KUSHIDA vs. BUSHI & more!

We continue our previews of NJPW’s G1 Climax 26 tournament with a look at the B Block featuring favorites Tetsuya Naito, Kenny Omega and Katsuyori Shibata.

Keep up with G1 Climax 26 with a full listing of each and every tournament match and event schedule/times.

A brief overview of participants in G1 Climax 26 and a list of scheduled matches and shows for New Japan Pro Wrestling’s annual summer spectacular.

This Sunday, New Japan Pro Wrestling presents NJPW Dominion 6.19 emanating from the famed Osaka-jo Hall. Our team previews each and every match and gives predictions for what will occur.

What do our 150+ Best of the Super Junior 2016 Pick’Em participants think is going to happen in the tournament? Let’s run the numbers!

We continue our preview of the 2016 NJPW Best of the Super Juniors with a preview of the B Block featuring Ricochet, Will Ospreay and Jushin Thunder Liger.

Members of the Voices of Wrestling staff preview New Japan Pro Wrestling’s upcoming Best of the Super Juniors tournament starting with the A Block!

New Japan returns to Shinjuku FACE for their second Lion’s Gate offering, Lion’s Gate Project2.

Who has the best chance of winning the 2016 New Japan Cup? We’ll look at each and every participant and their road to the finals.