List of major NJPW events

This is a list of major NJPW events, detailing all notable professional wrestling cards promoted on pay-per-view (PPV), live TV broadcast by TV Asahi & New Japan Pro-Wrestling World by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).

Past events[]

2007[]

Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Wrestle Kingdom I	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Keiji Mutoh and Masahiro Chono vs. Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima)
November 11	Destruction '07	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Hirooki Goto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship

2008[]

Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Wrestle Kingdom II	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
October 13	Destruction '08	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Keiji Mutoh (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship

2009[]

Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Wrestle Kingdom III	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Keiji Mutoh (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
May 3	Wrestling Dontaku 2009	Fukuoka Kokusai Center	Fukuoka, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Hirooki Goto (New Japan Cup 2009 Winner) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
June 20	Dominion 6.20	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	Manabu Nakanishi (c) vs.Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
November 8	Destruction '09	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs.Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship

2010[]

Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Wrestle Kingdom IV	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Yoshihiro Takayama for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
May 3	Wrestling Dontaku 2010	Fukuoka Kokusai Center	Fukuoka, Japan	Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Togi Makabe for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
June 19	Dominion 6.19	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	Togi Makabe (c) vs. Go Shiozaki for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
October 11	Destruction '10	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Togi Makabe (c) vs. Satoshi Kojima for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship

2011[]

Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Wrestle Kingdom V	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Satoshi Kojima (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
February 20	The New Beginning	Sendai Sun Plaza Hall	Sendai, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Satoshi Kojima for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
May 3	Wrestling Dontaku 2011	Fukuoka Kokusai Center	Fukuoka, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
June 18	Dominion 6.18	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Hirooki Goto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
October 10	Destruction '11	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
November 12	Power Struggle	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Toru Yano for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship

2012[]

Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Wrestle Kingdom VI	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Minoru Suzuki for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
February 12	The New Beginning	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
May 3	Wrestling Dontaku 2012	Fukuoka Kokusai Center	Fukuoka, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Hirooki Goto (New Japan Cup 2012 Winner) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
June 16	Dominion 6.16	Bodymaker Colosseum	Osaka, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
September 23	Destruction	Kobe World Memorial Hall	Kobe, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Naomichi Marufuji for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
October 8	King of Pro-Wrestling	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Minoru Suzuki for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
November 11	Power Struggle	Bodymaker Colosseum	Osaka, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Yujiro Takahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship

2013[]

Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Wrestle Kingdom 7	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada (Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate holder) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
February 10	The New Beginning	Hiroshima Sun Plaza	Hiroshima, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Karl Anderson for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
April 7	Invasion Attack	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada (New Japan Cup 2013 Winner) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
May 3	Wrestling Dontaku 2013	Fukuoka Kokusai Center	Fukuoka, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Minoru Suzuki for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
June 22	Dominion 6.22	Bodymaker Colosseum	Osaka, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Togi Makabe for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
September 29	Destruction	Kobe World Memorial Hall	Kobe, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Satoshi Kojima for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship .
October 14	King of Pro-Wrestling	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship .
November 9	Power Struggle	Bodymaker Colosseum	Osaka, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Karl Anderson for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship .

2014[]

Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Wrestle Kingdom 8	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
February 9	The New Beginning in Hiroshima	Hiroshima Sun Plaza	Hiroshima, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
February 11	The New Beginning in Osaka	Bodymaker Colosseum	Osaka, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Hirooki Goto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
April 6	Invasion Attack 2014	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (New Japan Cup 2014 Winner) for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
May 3	Wrestling Dontaku 2014	Fukuoka Kokusai Center	Fukuoka, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. A.J. Styles for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship .
May 17	War of the Worlds	Hammerstein Ballroom	New York City, New York	A.J. Styles (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada vs. Michael Elgin in a Three-way match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship .
May 25	Back to the Yokohama Arena	Yokohama Arena	Yokohama, Japan	A.J. Styles (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship .
June 21	Dominion 6.21	Bodymaker Colosseum	Osaka, Japan	Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Bad Luck Fale for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
September 21	Destruction in Kobe	Kobe World Memorial Hall	Kobe, Japan	Bad Luck Fale (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
September 23	Destruction in Okayama	Convex Okayama	Okayama, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (certificate holder) vs. Karl Anderson for the Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate
October 13	King of Pro-Wrestling	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	A.J. Styles (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship .
November 8	Power Struggle	Bodymaker Colosseum	Osaka, Japan	Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Katsuyori Shibata for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship

2015[]

Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Wrestle Kingdom 9	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada (Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate holder) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship .
February 11	The New Beginning in Osaka	Bodymaker Colosseum	Osaka, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. A.J. Styles for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship .
April 5	Invasion Attack 2015	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	A.J. Styles (c) vs. Kota Ibushi (New Japan Cup 2015 Winner) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship .
May 3	Wrestling Dontaku 2015	Fukuoka Kokusai Center	Fukuoka, Japan	Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Hirooki Goto for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
July 5	Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka-jō Hall	Osaka, Japan	A.J. Styles (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship .
September 23	Destruction in Okayama	Momotaro Arena	Okayama, Japan	Togi Makabe (c) vs. Kota Ibushi for the NEVER Openweight Championship
September 27	Destruction in Kobe	Kobe World Memorial Hall	Kobe, Japan	Hirooki Goto (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
October 12	King of Pro-Wrestling	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. A.J. Styles for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship .
November 7	Power Struggle	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Karl Anderson for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship

2016[]

Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Wrestle Kingdom 10	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight championship challenge rights certificate holder) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship .
February 11	The New Beginning in Osaka	Edion Arena Osaka	Osaka, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Hirooki Goto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship .
April 10	Invasion Attack 2016	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito (New Japan Cup 2016 Winner) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship .
May 3	Wrestling Dontaku 2016	Fukuoka Kokusai Center	Fukuoka, Japan	Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship .
May 8	Global Wars	Frontier Fieldhouse	Chicago, Illinois	Jay Lethal (c) vs. Colt Cabana for the ROH World Championship
June 19	Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka-jō Hall	Osaka, Japan	Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship .
September 17	Destruction in Tokyo	Ota City General Gymnasium	Tokyo, Japan	Kushida (c) vs. Bushi for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship .
September 22	Destruction in Hiroshima	Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall	Hiroshima, Japan	Kenny Omega (certificate holder) vs. Yoshi-Hashi for the Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate
September 25	Destruction in Kobe	Kobe World Memorial Hall	Kobe, Japan	Michael Elgin (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
October 10	King of Pro-Wrestling	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Naomichi Marufuji for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship .
November 5	Power Struggle	Edion Arena Osaka	Osaka, Japan	Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Jay Lethal for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship

2017[]

Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Wrestle Kingdom 11	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Kenny Omega (Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight championship challenge rights certificate holder) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
January 5	New Year Dash!!	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan	Los Ingobernables de Japón (Evil, Sanada, and Bushi) (c) vs. Taguchi Japan (Hiroshi Tanahashi, Manabu Nakanishi, and Ryusuke Taguchi) for the NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Championship
January 13–22	Fantastica Mania 2017	Various	Various	Volador Jr. vs. Último Guerrero
February 5	The New Beginning in Sapporo ~Resurrection!~	Hokkai Kitayell	Sapporo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Minoru Suzuki for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship .
February 11	The New Beginning in Osaka	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Michael Elgin for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
February 26	Honor Rising: Japan 2017	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan	The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) vs. Bullet Club (Kenny Omega and Adam Cole)
February 27				The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) and Chaos (Kazuchika Okada and Will Ospreay) vs. Bullet Club (Kenny Omega, Cody, and The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson))
April 9	Sakura Genesis 2017	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Katsuyori Shibata (New Japan Cup 2017 Winner) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
May 3	Wrestling Dontaku 2017	Fukuoka Kokusai Center	Fukuoka, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Bad Luck Fale for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship .
May 12	War of the Worlds	Arts Center	Dearborn, Michigan	Christopher Daniels (c) vs. Cody vs. Jay Lethal in a Three-way match for the ROH World Championship
June 11	Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka-jō Hall	Okayama, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Kenny Omega for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
August 19	War of the Worlds UK: Liverpool	Liverpool Olympia	Liverpool, England	Cody (c) vs. Sanada for the ROH World Championship
September 10	Destruction in Fukushima	Azuma Gymnasium	Fukushima, Japan	Minoru Suzuki (c) vs. Michael Elgin in a Lumberjack deathmatch for the NEVER Openweight Championship
September 16	Destruction in Hiroshima	Hiroshima Sun Plaza	Hiroshima, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Zack Sabre Jr. for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
September 24	Destruction in Kobe	World Memorial Hall	Kobe, Japan	Kenny Omega (c) vs. Juice Robinson for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship .
October 9	King of Pro-Wrestling	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Evil for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship .
October 15	Global Wars 2017	Odeum Expo Center	Villa Park, Illinois	Kenny Omega (c) vs. Yoshi-Hashi for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship .
November 5	Power Struggle	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Kota Ibushi for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship

2018[]

Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Wrestle Kingdom 12	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito (Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight championship challenge rights certificate holder) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship .
January 5	New Year Dash!!	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan	Chaos (Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii, Yoshi-Hashi, Will Ospreay, and Gedo) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito, Evil, Sanada, Bushi, and Hiromu Takahashi)
January 12–22	Fantastica Mania 2018	Various	Various	Místico and Dragon Lee vs. Último Guerrero and Gran Guerrero
January 27	The New Beginning in Sapporo	Hokkai Kitayell	Sapporo, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Minoru Suzuki for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
January 28				Kenny Omega (c) vs. Jay White for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship .
February 10	The New Beginning in Osaka	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Sanada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship .
February 23	Honor Rising: Japan 2018	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan	Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi) and Chase Owens vs. Bullet Club (Cody, Hangman Page, and Marty Scurll)
February 24				Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi) vs. Bullet Club (Cody and Marty Scurll)
March 25	Strong Style Evolved	Walter Pyramid	Long Beach, California	Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi) vs. The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)
April 1	Sakura Genesis 2018	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (New Japan Cup 2018 Winner) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship .
April 29	Wrestling Hinokuni	Grand Messe Kumamoto	Kumamoto, Japan	Minoru Suzuki (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship .
May 3	Wrestling Dontaku 2018	Fukuoka Kokusai Center	Fukuoka, Japan	Kenny Omega vs. Hangman Page
May 4				Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship .
June 9	Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Kenny Omega in a No time limit two out of three falls match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship .
July 7	G1 Special in San Francisco	Cow Palace	Daly City, California	Kenny Omega (c) vs. Cody for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
September 15	Destruction in Hiroshima	Hiroshima Sun Plaza	Hiroshima, Japan	Kenny Omega (c) vs Tomohiro Ishii for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
September 17	Destruction in Beppu	Beppu B-con Plaza	Beppu, Japan	Tetsuya Naito vs. Minoru Suzuki
September 23	Destruction in Kobe	World Memorial Hall	Kobe, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (certificate holder) vs. Kazuchika Okada for the Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate
September 30	Fighting Spirit Unleashed	Walter Pyramid	Long Beach, California	Chaos (Kazuchika Okada and Tomohiro Ishii) vs. Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi)
October 8	King of Pro-Wrestling	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Kenny Omega (c) vs. Cody vs. Kota Ibushi in aThree-way match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
November 3	Power Struggle	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	Chris Jericho (c) vs. Evil for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship

2019[]

Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Wrestle Kingdom 13	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate holder) vs. Kenny Omega (c) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
January 5	New Year Dash!!	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan	Chaos (Kazuchika Okada and Yoshi-Hashi) and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Bullet Club (Jay White, Bad Luck Fale, and Gedo)
January 11–21	Fantastica Mania 2019	Various	Various	Volador Jr. vs. Carístico
February 2	The New Beginning in Sapporo	Hokkai Kitayell	Sapporo, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kazuchika Okada vs. Bullet Club (Jay White and Bad Luck Fale)
February 3				Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Taichi for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
February 11	The New Beginning in Osaka	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs Jay White for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
February 22	Honor Rising: Japan 2019	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada and Jay Lethal vs. The Kingdom (Matt Taven, TK O'Ryan, and Vinny Marseglia)
February 23				The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) (c) vs. FinJuice (Juice Robinson and David Finlay) for the ROH World Tag Team Championship
April 6	G1 Supercard	Madison Square Garden	New York City, New York	Jay White (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada (New Japan Cup 2019 Winner) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
April 29	Wrestling Hinokuni	Grand Messe Kumamoto	Kumamoto, Japan	Hirooki Goto vs. Jay White
May 3	Wrestling Dontaku 2019	Fukuoka Kokusai Center	Fukuoka, Japan	Dragon Lee (c) vs. Taiji Ishimori for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
May 4				Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Sanada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
June 9	Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Chris Jericho for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
June 29	Southern Showdown	Festival Hall	Melbourne, Australia	Kazuchika Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Bullet Club (Jay White and Bad Luck Fale)
June 30		UNSW Roundhouse	Sydney, Australia	Chaos (Kazuchika Okada and Will Ospreay) and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Bullet Club (Jay White, Bad Luck Fale, and Robbie Eagles)
August 31	Royal Quest	Copper Box Arena	London, England	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Minoru Suzuki for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
September 15	Destruction in Beppu	Beppu B-con Plaza	Beppu, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Zack Sabre Jr. for the British Heavyweight Championship
September 16	Destruction in Kagoshima	Kagoshima Arena	Kagoshima, Japan	Kota Ibushi (certificate holder) vs. Kenta for the Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate
September 22	Destruction in Kobe	World Memorial Hall	Kobe, Japan	Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Jay White for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
October 14	King of Pro-Wrestling	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Sanada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
November 3	Power Struggle	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	Jay White (c) vs. Hirooki Goto for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship

2020[]

Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Wrestle Kingdom 14	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Kota Ibushi (Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight championship challenge rights certificate holder) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
January 5				Kazuchika Okada (Heavyweight Champion) vs. Tetsuya Naito (Intercontinental Champion) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and IWGP Intercontinental Championship
January 6	New Year Dash!!	Ota City General Gymnasium		Los Ingobernables de Japón (Sanada and Tetsuya Naito) vs. Bullet Club (Jay White and Kenta)[1]
January 10–20	Fantastica Mania 2020	Various	Various	Carístico (c) vs. Bárbaro Cavernario for the NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship
February 1	The New Beginning in Sapporo	Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center	Sapporo, Japan	Hirooki Goto (c) vs. Shingo Takagi for the NEVER Openweight Championship
February 2				Kazuchika Okada vs. Taichi
February 9	The New Beginning in Osaka	Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka, Japan	Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Kenta for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and IWGP Intercontinental Championship
July 12	Dominion in Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka, Japan	Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Evil (New Japan Cup 2020 Winner) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and IWGP Intercontinental Championship
July 25	Sengoku Lord in Nagoya	Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium	Nagoya, Japan	Evil (c) vs. Hiromu Takahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and IWGP Intercontinental Championship
August 29	Summer Struggle in Jingu	Meiji Jingu Stadium	Tokyo, Japan	Evil (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and IWGP Intercontinental Championship
November 7	Power Struggle	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Evil for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and IWGP Intercontinental Championship

2021[]

Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Wrestle Kingdom 15	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Kota Ibushi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and IWGP Intercontinental Championship
January 5				Kota Ibushi (c) vs. Jay White (Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight and IWGP Intercontinental championships challenge rights certificate holder) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and IWGP Intercontinental Championship
January 6	New Year Dash!!	Tokyo Dome City Hall	Tokyo, Japan	Golden Ace (Kota Ibushi and Hiroshi Tanahashi), Roppongi 3K (Rocky Romero and Sho), and Master Wato vs. Los Ingobernables de Japón (Sanada, Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi, and Bushi)
January 30	The New Beginning in Nagoya	Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium	Nagoya, Japan	Shingo Takagi (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the NEVER Openweight Championship
February 10	The New Beginning in Hiroshima	Hiroshima Sun Plaza	Hiroshima, Japan	Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs. Sho for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
February 11				Kota Ibushi (c) vs. Sanada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and IWGP Intercontinental Championship
February 27	Castle Attack	Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka, Japan	Kazuchika Okada vs. Evil
February 28				Kota Ibushi (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito for IWGP Intercontinental Championship
March 4	49th Anniversary Show	Nippon Budokan	Tokyo, Japan	Kota Ibushi (c) vs. El Desperado for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and IWGP Intercontinental Championship
April 4	Sakura Genesis	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Kota Ibushi (c) vs. Will Ospreay (New Japan Cup 2021 Winner) for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
May 3	Wrestling Dontaku	Fukuoka Kokusai Center	Fukuoka, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Jay White for the NEVER Openweight Championship
May 4				Will Ospreay (c) vs. Shingo Takagi for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
June 7	Dominion 6.6 in Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka, Japan	Shingo Takagi vs. Kazuchika Okada for the vacant IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
July 10	Summer Struggle in Sapporo	Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena	Sapporo, Japan	El Desperado (c) vs. Taiji Ishimori for The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
July 11				Dangerous Tekkers (Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.) (c) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito and Sanada) for the IWGP Tag Team Championship
July 22	Summer Struggle in Osaka	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	Tetsuya Naito vs. Taichi
July 23				Tetsuya Naito vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
July 24	Summer Struggle in Nagoya	Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium	Nagoya, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kenta
July 25	Wrestle Grand Slam in Tokyo Dome	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Shingo Takagi (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
August 14	Resurgence	The Torch at LA Coliseum	Los Angeles, California	Lance Archer (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
September 4	Wrestle Grand Slam in MetLife Dome	MetLife Dome	Tokorozawa, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Kota Ibushi for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
September 5				Shingo Takagi (c) vs. Evil for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
November 6	Power Struggle	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	Shingo Takagi (c) vs. Zack Sabre Jr. for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
November 13	Battle in the Valley	San Jose Civic	San Jose, California	Jay White (c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii for the NEVER Openweight Championship

Upcoming event schedule[]

2021[]

Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
TBA	Wrestle Dynasty	Madison Square Garden	New York City, New York	TBA

2022[]

Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Wrestle Kingdom 16	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Shingo Takagi (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada (Tokyo Dome IWGP World Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate holder) for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
January 5				Shingo Takagi or Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Will Ospreay for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
January 8		Yokohama Arena	Yokohama, Japan	TBA

Number of events by year[]

• 2007 – 2
• 2008 – 2
• 2009 – 4
• 2010 – 4
• 2011 – 6
• 2012 – 7
• 2013 – 8
• 2014 – 12
• 2015 – 9
• 2016 – 11
• 2017 – 7
• 2018 – 5
• 2019 – 5
• 2020 - 5
• 2021 - 18 (1 planned)
• Total – 101 (1 confirmed)

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