New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling (新日本プロレス, Shin Nihon Puroresu), also known as NJPW, is Japanese professional wrestling promotion.^[1]

NJPW is the largest wrestling promoter in Japan. NJPW has working agreements with other promoters, including: World Wrestling Entertainment, World Championship Wrestling, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, and PRIDE Fighting Championships.^[1]

History Edit

NJPW was founded in 1972 by Kanji Inoki.^[1]

Since 1999, Tatsumi Fujinami has been president.^[1]

In 2012, Inoki continued to be known for innovation in the business.^[1]

Championship	Current champion(s)	Date won	Reign	Notes
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship	Sanada	April 8, 2023	1	Defeated Kazuchika Okada at Sakura Genesis.
IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship	Will Ospreay	June 25, 2023	2	Defeated Kenny Omega at Forbidden Door.
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship	Hiromu Takahashi	January 4, 2023	5	Defeated Taiji Ishimori, El Desperado, and Master Wato in a four-way match at Wrestle Kingdom 17.
NEVER Openweight Championship	David Finlay	May 3, 2023	1	Defeated Tama Tonga at Wrestling Dontaku.
Strong Openweight Championship	Eddie Kingston	July 5, 2023	1	Defeated Kenta at Independence Day.
KOPW 2023	Taichi	April 29, 2023	2 (interm)	Defeated Shingo Takagi Takagi-Style Triad match at Wrestling Satsuma No Kumi.
NJPW World Television Championship	Zack Sabre Jr.	January 4, 2023	1	Defeated Ren Narita at Wrestle Kingdom 17 to become the first champion.

Championship	Current champion(s)	Date won	Reign	Notes
IWGP Women's Championship	Mayu Iwatani	April 23, 2023	1	Defeated Mercedes Moné at All Star Grand Queendom.
NJPW World Television Championship	Giulia	July 5, 2023	1	Defeated Willow Nightingale at Independence Day.

Championship	Current champion(s)	Date won	Reign	Notes
IWGP Tag Team Championship	Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi)	June 4, 2023	3 (4, 3)	Defeated House of Torture (Evil and Yujiro Takahashi) and United Empire (Great-O-Khan and Aaron Henare) in a three-way tag team match at Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall. The match was also held for the vacant Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship. The former holders Aussie Open (Mark Davis and Kyle Fletcher) had to give up the championships because Davis got hurt.
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship	Bullet Club War Dogs (Drilla Moloney and Clark Connors)	July 4, 2023	1 (1, 1)	Defeated Catch 2/2 (TJP and Francesco Akira) at Independence Day.
Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship	Bullet Club War Dogs (Alex Coughlin and Gabriel Kidd)	July 4, 2023	1 (1, 1)	Defeated Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) at Independence Day.
NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship	Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi, and Tomohiro Ishii	May 3, 2023	1 (1, 4, 3)	Defeated Strong Style (Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado, and Ren Narita) at Wrestling Dontaku 2023.

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