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

1989

Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
April 24	Battle Satellite in Tokyo Dome	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Antonio Inoki (c) vs. Shota Chochishvili for the WWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship

1990

Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
February 10	Super Fight in Tokyo Dome	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Antonio Inoki and Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Masahiro Chono and Shinya Hashimoto
April 13 (aired May 15, 22, and 29)	WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Hulk Hogan vs. Stan Hansen

1991

Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
March 21	WCW/New Japan Supershow I	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Ric Flair (NWA─c) vs. Tatsumi Fujinami (IWGP─c) for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship and the IWGP Heavyweight Championship

1992

Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Super Warriors in Tokyo Dome	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Riki Choshu (G18─c) vs. Tatsumi Fujinami (IWGP─c) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and the Greatest 18 Club Championship Sting and The Great Muta vs. The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner)

1993

Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Fantastic Story in Tokyo Dome	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Genichiro Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu
May 3	Wrestling Dontaku	Fukuoka Dome	Fukuoka, Japan	Antonio Inoki and Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Genichiro Tenryu and Riki Choshu

1994

Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Battlefield	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Antonio Inoki vs. Genichiro Tenryu
May 1	Wrestling Dontaku	Fukuoka Dome	Fukuoka, Japan	Antonio Inoki vs. The Great Muta

1995

Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Battle 7	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Shinya Hashimoto (c) vs. Kensuke Sasaki for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
April 28–29	Collision in Korea	Rungrado 1st of May Stadium	Pyongyang, North Korea	Antonio Inoki vs. Ric Flair
May 3	Wrestling Dontaku	Fukuoka Dome	Fukuoka, Japan	Shinya Hashimoto (c) vs. Keiji Muto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
October 9	New Japan Pro Wrestling Vs. UWF International	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Keiji Muto (c) vs. Nobuhiko Takada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship

1996

Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Wrestling World	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Keiji Muto (c) vs. Nobuhiko Takada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
April 29	Battle Formation	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Nobuhiko Takada (c) vs. Shinya Hashimoto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship

1997

Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Wrestling World	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Shinya Hashimoto (c) vs. Riki Choshu for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
April 12	Battle Formation	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Naoya Ogawa vs. Shinya Hashimoto in a Different Style Fight
May 3	Strong Style Evolution	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Shinya Hashimoto (c) vs. Naoya Ogawa for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
August 10	The Four Heaven in Nagoya Dome	Nagoya Dome	Nagoya, Aichi, Japan	Shinya Hashimoto (c) vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
November 2	Final Power Hall in Fukuoka Dome	Fukuoka Dome	Fukuoka, Japan	Genichiro Tenryu and Tatsumi Fujinami vs. nWo Japan (Keiji Muto and Masahiro Chono)

1998

Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Final Power Hall in Tokyo Dome	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Kensuke Sasaki (c) vs. Keiji Muto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
April 4	Antonio Inoki Retirement Show	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Antonio Inoki vs. Don Frye
August 8	Rising The Next Generations in Osaka Dome	Osaka Dome	Osaka, Japan	Tatsumi Fujinami (c) vs. Masahiro Chono for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship

1999

Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Wrestling World	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Scott Norton (c) vs. Keiji Muto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
April 10	Strong Style Symphony - New Japan Spirit	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Keiji Muto (c) vs. Don Frye for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
August 8	Jingu Climax	Meiji Jingu Stadium	Tokyo, Japan	The Great Muta vs. The Great Nita in a No Rope Explosive Barbed Wire Barricade Explosive Land Mine Double Hell Deathmatch
October 11	Final Dome	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Naoya Ogawa (c) vs. Shinya Hashimoto for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship

2000

Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Wrestling World	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Genichiro Tenryu (c) vs. Kensuke Sasaki for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
April 7	Dome Impact	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Naoya Ogawa vs. Shinya Hashimoto
May 5	Wrestling Dontaku	Fukuoka Dome	Fukuoka, Japan	Power Warrior (c) vs. The Great Muta for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
July 30	Riki Choshu Revival	Yokohama Arena	Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan	Atsushi Onita vs. Riki Choshu in a No Rope Explosive Barbed Wire Deathmatch
October 9	Do Judge!!	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Kensuke Sasaki vs. Toshiaki Kawada
December 14	The 2nd Judgement!!	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	Masanobu Fuchi and Toshiaki Kawada vs. Takashi Iizuka and Yuji Nagata

2001

Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Wrestling World	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Kensuke Sasaki vs. Toshiaki Kawada tournament final match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
April 9	Strong Style	Osaka Dome	Osaka, Japan	Kensuke Sasaki vs. Shinya Hashimoto in a No Rules match
May 5	Wrestling Dontaku	Fukuoka Dome	Fukuoka, Japan	Kazunari Murakami and Naoya Ogawa vs. Manabu Nakanishi and Riki Choshu
June 6	Super-Force Group Declaration	Nippon Budokan	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuyuki Fujita (c) vs. Yuji Nagata for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
July 20	Dome-Quake	Sapporo Dome	Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan	Kazuyuki Fujita (c) vs. Don Frye for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
October 8	Indicate of Next	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	BATT (Hiroshi Hase and Keiji Muto) vs. Jun Akiyama and Yuji Nagata

2002

Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Wrestling World	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Jun Akiyama (c) vs. Yuji Nagata for the GHC Heavyweight Championship
May 2	Toukon Memorial Day 30th Anniversary	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Masahiro Chono vs. Mitsuharu Misawa
October 14	The Spiral	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Yuji Nagata (c) vs. Kazuyuki Fujita for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship

2003

Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Wrestling World	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Yuji Nagata (c) vs. Josh Barnett for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
May 2	Ultimate Crush	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Yoshihiro Takayama (NWF─c) vs. Yuji Nagata (IWGP─c) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and the NWF Heavyweight Championship
August 28	Osaka Dream Night	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	Yoshihiro Takayama (c) vs. Masahiro Chono in a Cage Deathmatch for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
October 13	Ultimate Crush II	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Yoshihiro Takayama, Kazuyuki Fujita, Minoru Suzuki, Shinsuke Nakamura and Bob Sapp vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Seiji Sakaguchi
November 3	Yokohama Dead Out	Yokohama Arena	Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan	Yoshihiro Takayama (c) vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship

2004

Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Wrestling World	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Shinsuke Nakamura (IWGP─c) vs. Yoshihiro Takayama (NWF─c) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and the NWF Heavyweight Championship
March 28	King of Sports	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Kensuke Sasaki (c) vs.Bob Sapp for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
May 3	Nexess	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Bob Sapp (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
November 13	Toukon Festival	Osaka Dome	Osaka, Japan	Kazuyuki Fujita and Kendo Kashin vs. Manabu Nakanishi and Shinsuke Nakamura

2005

Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Toukon Festival: Wrestling World	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP U-30 Openweight Championship
March 26	Nexess V	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Satoshi Kojima (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
May 14	Nexess VI	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Satoshi Kojima for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
October 8	Toukon Souzou New Chapter	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuyuki Fujita (c) vs. Brock Lesnar vs. Masahiro Chono for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship

2006

Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Toukon Shidou Chapter 1	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship

2007

Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Wrestle Kingdom I	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Keiji Muto 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 Muto (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 Muto (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
April 5	Resolution	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Kurt Angle for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
May 3	Wrestling Dontaku	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
October 12	Masahiro Chono 25th Anniversary	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Keiji Muto, Kenta Kobashi and Masahiro Chono vs. Jun Akiyama, Manabu Nakanishi and Satoshi Kojima
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	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, Miyagi, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Satoshi Kojima for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
May 3	Wrestling Dontaku	Fukuoka Kokusai Center	Fukuoka, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
May 13	Invasion Tour: Attack on the East Coast	Rahway Recreation Center	Rahway, New Jersey, USA	Charlie Haas and Rhino vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi and Togi Makabe
May 14		Pier 36 Basketball City	New York City, New York, USA	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Charlie Haas for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
May 15		Asylum Arena	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Togi Makabe vs. Rhino in a street fight
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	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, Hyogo, 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	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	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (New Japan Cup 2014 Winner) for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
May 3	Wrestling Dontaku	Fukuoka Kokusai Center	Fukuoka, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. A.J. Styles for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
May 10	Global Wars	Ted Reeve Arena	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Adam Cole (c) vs. Kevin Steen for the ROH World Championship
May 17	War of the Worlds	Hammerstein Ballroom	New York City, New York, USA	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, Kanagawa, 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	Hayashima, 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	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	Fukuoka Kokusai Center	Fukuoka, Japan	Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Hirooki Goto for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
May 12	War of the Worlds	2300 Arena	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada and Shinsuke Nakamura) vs. The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe)
May 13				Bullet Club (A.J. Styles, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson) versus The Kingdom (Adam Cole, Matt Taven, and Michael Bennett)
May 15	Global Wars	Ted Reeve Arena	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Bullet Club (A.J. Styles, Doc Gallows, Karl Anderson, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson) vs. ROH All Stars (Hanson, Jay Briscoe, Mark Briscoe, Ray Rowe, and Roderick Strong)
May 16				Bullet Club (A.J. Styles, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) versus CHAOS (Trent Beretta, Kazuchika Okada, and Rocky Romero)
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	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito (New Japan Cup 2016 Winner) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
May 3	Wrestling Dontaku	Fukuoka Kokusai Center	Fukuoka, Japan	Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
May 8	Global Wars	Frontier Fieldhouse	Chicago Ridge, Illinois, USA	Jay Lethal (c) vs. Colt Cabana for the ROH World Championship
May 9	War of the Worlds	Ford Community & Performing Arts Center	Dearborn, Michigan, USA	Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin), Colt Cabana, and The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe, and Mark Briscoe) vs. Bullet Club (Adam Cole, Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson, Tama Tonga, and Tanga Loa) in a ten-man tag team match
May 11		Ted Reeve Arena	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Bullet Club (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, Tama Tonga, and Tanga Loa) vs. Jay Briscoe, Mark Briscoe, Jay Lethal, and Roderick Strong in an eight-man tag team match
May 14		Terminal 5	New York City, New York, USA	Bullet Club (Adam Cole and Matt Jackson) vs. CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada and Tomohiro Ishii) vs. Jay Lethal and Roderick Strong in a three-way tag team match
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	Ota, 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
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	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, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)
April 9	Sakura Genesis	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Katsuyori Shibata (New Japan Cup 2017 Winner) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
May 3	Wrestling Dontaku	Fukuoka Kokusai Center	Fukuoka, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Bad Luck Fale for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
May 7	War of the Worlds	Ted Reeve Arena	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	The Addiction (Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian) and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson)
May 10		Ford Community & Performing Arts Center	Dearborn, Michigan, USA	Bullet Club (Cody, Hangman Page, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson) vs. CHAOS (Trent Beretta, Hirooki Goto, Rocky Romero, and Will Ospreay)
May 12		Hammerstein Ballroom	New York City, New York, USA	Christopher Daniels (c) vs. Cody vs. Jay Lethal in a Three-way match for the ROH World Championship
May 14		2300 Arena	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Adam Cole vs. Marty Scurll in a Philadelphia Street Fight
June 11	Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka-jō Hall	Osaka, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Kenny Omega for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
July 1	G1 Special in USA	Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center	Long Beach, California	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Cody for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
July 2				Kenny Omega vs. Tomohiro Ishii to determine the inaugural IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion
August 18	War of the Worlds UK	York Hall	London, England, UK	Bullet Club (Cody, Hangman Page, Marty Scurll, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Bushi, Evil, Hiromu Takahashi, Sanada, and Tetsuya Naito)
August 19		Liverpool Olympia	Liverpool, England, UK	Cody (c) vs. Sanada for the ROH World Championship
August 20		Edinburgh Corn Exchange	Edinburgh, Scotland, UK	Jay Lethal vs. Silas Young in an Edinburgh Street Fight
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 12	Global Wars	Buffalo Riverworks	Buffalo, New York, USA	The Elite (Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) (c) vs. The Kingdom (Matt Taven, Vinny Marseglia. and TK O’Ryan) for the ROH World Six Man Tag Team Championship
October 13		Stage AE	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Bullet Club (Kenny Omega, Cody, and Marty Scurll) (c) vs. Chaos (Toru Yano, Will Ospreay, and Yoshi-Hashi)
October 14		Express Live	Columbus, Ohio, USA	Bullet Club (Kenny Omega, The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)) (c) vs. Best Friends (Trent Beretta and Chuckie T) and Flip Gordon for the ROH World Six Man Tag Team Championship
October 15		Odeum Expo Center	Villa Park, Illinois, USA	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 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	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, USA	Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi) vs. The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)
April 1	Sakura Genesis	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	Fukuoka Kokusai Center	Fukuoka, Japan	Kenny Omega vs. Hangman Page
May 4				Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
May 9	War of the Worlds	Lowell Memorial Auditorium	Lowell, Massachusetts, USA	The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Bushi and Hiromu Takahashi)
May 11		Ted Reeve Arena	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Los Ingobernables de Japon (Bushi, Hiromu Takahashi and Sanada) vs. Colt Cabana, Jay Lethal, and Kenny King
May 12		Royal Oak Music Theatre	Royal Oak, Michigan, USA	The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito and Bushi)
May 13		Odeum Expo Center	Villa Park, Illinois, USA	Bullet Club (Cody, Marty Scurll, Hangman Page, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Bushi, Sanada, Evil, Tetsuya Naito, and Hiromu Takahashi)
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
June 29	CEO×NJPW: When Worlds Collide	Ocean Center	Daytona Beach, Florida, USA	Golden☆Lovers (Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito and Hiromu Takahashi)
July 7	G1 Special in San Francisco	Cow Palace	Daly City, California, USA	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, USA	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 30	The New Beginning USA	Globe Life Theater	Los Angeles, California, USA	LifeBlood (Juice Robinson and Tracy Williams) vs. Roppongi Vice (Beretta and Rocky Romero)
February 1		Grady Cole Center	Charlotte, North Carolina, USA	Juice Robinson (c) vs. Beretta for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
February 2		War Memorial Auditorium	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	LifeBlood (Juice Robinson, David Finlay, and Tracy Williams) vs. CHAOS (Beretta, Chuckie T., and Rocky Romero) in a six-man tag team elimination match
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	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada and Jay Lethal vs. The Kingdom (Matt Taven, T. K. 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, USA	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	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
May 8	War of the Worlds	Buffalo Riverworks	Buffalo, New York, USA	Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) (c) vs. Jay Lethal and Jonathan Gresham for the ROH World Tag Team Championship
May 9		Ted Reeve Arena	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Matt Taven (c) vs. PCO for the ROH World Championship
May 11		DeltaPlex Arena	Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA	Jay Lethal, Jeff Cobb, Hirooki Goto, Satoshi Kojima, and Yuji Nagata vs. Bully Ray, The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe), Silas Young & Shane Taylor
May 12		Odeum Expo Center	Villa Park, Illinois, USA	Jay Lethal vs. Jeff Cobb vs. PCO vs. Rush in a Four Corner Survival match
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, Victoria, Australia	Kazuchika Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Bullet Club (Jay White and Bad Luck Fale)
June 30		UNSW Roundhouse	Sydney, New South Wales, 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, UK	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Minoru Suzuki for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
September 15	Destruction in Beppu	Beppu B-con Plaza	Beppu, Oita, 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	Ota, Tokyo, Japan	Los Ingobernables de Japón (Sanada and Tetsuya Naito) vs. Bullet Club (Jay White and Kenta)
January 24	The New Beginning USA	St. Petersburg Coliseum	St. Petersburg, Florida, USA	Taguchi Japan (Hiroshi Tanahashi, David Finlay, and Juice Robinson) and Rocky Romero vs. Bullet Club (Chase Owens, Tanga Loa, Tama Tonga, Yujiro Takahashi, and Jado) in an Eight-man tag team elimination match
January 26		War Memorial Auditorium	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	FinJuice (David Finlay, and Juice Robinson) and Rocky Romero vs. Bullet Club (Chase Owens, Tanga Loa, and Tama Tonga)
January 27		Durham Armory	Durham, North Carolina, USA	Taguchi Japan (Hiroshi Tanahashi, David Finlay and Juice Robinson) and Yoshi-Hashi vs. Bullet Club (Chase Owens, Tanga Loa, Tama Tonga, Yujiro Takahashi and Jado)
January 30		Charles F. Dodge City Center	Pembroke Pines, Florida, USA	Hiroshi Tanahashi and Rocky Romero vs. Guerrillas of Destiny (Tanga Loa and Tama Tonga)
February 1		Coca-Cola Roxy	Atlanta, Georgia, USA	FinJuice (David Finlay and Juice Robinson) (c) vs. Guerrillas of Destiny (Tanga Loa and Tama Tonga) for the IWGP Tag Team 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	NJPW 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	Sumida, 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, Hokkaido, 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, USA	Lance Archer (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
August 16	Fighting Spirit Unleashed	Thunder Studios	Long Beach, California, USA	Tom Lawlor (c) (with J. R. Kratos) vs. Lio Rush for the Strong Openweight Championship
September 4	Wrestle Grand Slam in MetLife Dome	MetLife Dome	Tokorozawa, Saitama, 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, USA	Jay White (c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii for the NEVER Openweight Championship

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				Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Will Ospreay for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
January 8		Yokohama Arena	Yokohama, Japan	Kazuchika Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Keiji Mutoh and Kaito Kiyomiya
March 1	NJPW 50th Anniversary Show	Nippon Budokan	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre Jr.) and Yoshiaki Fujiwara
April 1	Lonestar Shootout	Fairmont Hotel	Dallas, Texas, USA	Tomohiro Ishii vs. Chris Dickinson Team Filthy (J. R. Kratos, Royce Isaacs and Tom Lawlor) vs. Fred Rosser, Alex Coughlin and The DKC
April 9	Hyper Battle '22	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (New Japan Cup 2022 winner) for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
April 16	Windy City Riot	Odeum Expo Center	Villa Park, Illinois, USA	Jon Moxley vs. Will Ospreay
May 1	Wrestling Dontaku	Fukuoka PayPay Dome	Fukuoka, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
May 14	Capital Collision	Entertainment and Sports Arena	Washington, D.C., USA	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Juice Robinson vs. Will Ospreay vs. Jon Moxley for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
June 12	Dominion 6.12 in Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka-jō Hall	Osaka, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Jay White for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
June 26	AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door	United Center	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Jon Moxley for the AEW Interim World Championship
July 30	Music City Mayhem	Nashville Fairgrounds	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Jon Moxley vs. El Desperado in a no disqualification match
August 21	Fighting Spirit Unleashed	The Vermont Hollywood	Los Angeles, California, USA	Fred Rosser (c) vs. TJP for the Strong Openweight Championship
September 25	Burning Spirit	World Memorial Hall	Kobe, Japan	Will Ospreay (c) vs. David Finlay for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
October 1	Royal Quest II	Crystal Palace Indoor Arena London	London, England, UK	FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) (c) vs. Aussie Open (Mark Davis and Kyle Fletcher) for the IWGP Tag Team Championship
October 2				Tetsuya Naito vs. Zack Sabre Jr. in a #1 contender match for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
October 10	Declaration of Power	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Jay White (c) vs. Tama Tonga for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
October 28	Rumble on 44th Street	Palladium Times Square	New York City, New York, USA	Bullet Club (Jay White and Juice Robinson) vs. Kazuchika Okada and Eddie Kingston
November 5	Battle Autumn '22	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	Will Ospreay (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
November 20	Historic X-Over	Ariake Arena	Tokyo, Japan	Mayu Iwatani vs. Kairi for the inaugural IWGP Women's Championship

2023

Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Wrestle Kingdom 17 in Tokyo Dome	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Jay White (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada (Tokyo Dome IWGP World Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate holder) for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
January 5	New Year Dash!!	Ota City General Gymnasium	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada and Kenny Omega vs. United Empire (Aaron Henare and Jeff Cobb)
January 21	Wrestle Kingdom 17 in Yokohama Arena	Yokohama Arena	Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan	Tetsuya Naito vs. Kenoh
January 22	The New Beginning in Nagoya	Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium	Nagoya, Japan	Shingo Takagi (c) vs. Great-O-Khan in a Mixed Martial Arts rules match for the Provisional KOPW 2023 Championship
February 4	The New Beginning in Sapporo	Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center	Sapporo, Japan	Shota Umino vs. Tetsuya Naito
February 5				Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs. Yoh for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
February 11	The New Beginning in Osaka	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Shingo Takagi for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
February 18	Battle in the Valley	San Jose Civic	San Jose, California, USA	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
March 1	All Star Junior Festival	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan	Master Wato vs. Atsuki Aoyagi
March 6	NJPW 51st Anniversary Show	Ota City General Gymnasium	Tokyo, Japan	Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Tag Team Championship
March 30	Multiverse United	Globe Theater	Los Angeles, California, USA	Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Mike Bailey
April 8	Sakura Genesis	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Sanada for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
April 15	Capital Collision	Entertainment and Sports Arena	Washington, D.C., USA	The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) (c) vs. Aussie Open (Mark Davis and Kyle Fletcher) vs. Dream Team (Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kazuchika Okada) for the Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship
April 15	Collision in Philadelphia	2300 Arena	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Aussie Open (Mark Davis and Kyle Fletcher) vs. CHAOS (Tomohiro Ishii and Lio Rush) for the NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team Championship
April 29	Wrestling Satsuma no Kuni	Kagoshima Arena	Kagoshima, Japan	Shingo Takagi (c) vs. Taichi in a Takagi Style Triad match for the Provisional KOPW 2023 Championship
May 3	Wrestling Dontaku	Fukuoka Kokusai Center	Fukuoka, Japan	Sanada (c) vs. Hiromu Takahashi for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
May 21	Resurgence	Walter Pyramid	Long Beach, California, USA	Mercedes Moné vs. Willow Nightingale in a tournament final match for the inaugural Strong Women's Championship
June 4	Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka-jō Hall	Osaka, Japan	Sanada (c) vs. Yota Tsuji for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
June 9	All Together: Again	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Kazuchika Okada, Yuma Aoyagi and Kenoh vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kento Miyahara and Kaito Kiyomiya
June 25	AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door	Scotiabank Arena	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Bryan Danielson vs. Kazuchika Okada
June 30	Fantastica Mania Mexico	Arena México	Mexico City, Mexico	Rocky Romero (c) vs. Volador Jr. for the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship
July 4	Independence Day	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan	Jun Kasai and El Desperado vs. Homicide and Jon Moxley in a No Disqualification doomsday match
July 5				Jon Moxley vs. El Desperado in a Final Death match
August 19	All Star Junior Festival USA	2300 Arena	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Mike Bailey vs. Kevin Knight in a tournament final match in the All Star Jr. Festival USA tournament
August 20	Multiverse United 2	2300 Arena	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Alex Shelley (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the Impact World Championship
September 24	Destruction in Kobe	Kobe World Memorial Hall	Kobe, Japan	Will Ospreay (c) vs. Yota Tsuji for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
October 9	Destruction in Ryogoku	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Sanada (c) vs. Evil in a lumberjack match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
October 14	Royal Quest III	Copper Box Arena	London, England, UK	Will Ospreay (c) vs. Zack Sabre Jr. for the IWGP United Kingdom Heavyweight Championship
October 28	Fighting Spirit Unleashed	Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall Las Vegas	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Tama Tonga (c) vs. Shingo Takagi for the NEVER Openweight Championship
November 4	Power Struggle	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	Will Ospreay (c) vs. Shota Umino for the IWGP United Kingdom Heavyweight Championship
November 10	Lonestar Shootout	Curtis Culwell Center	Garland, Texas, USA	Shingo Takagi (c) vs. Trent Beretta for the NEVER Openweight Championship

2024

Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Wrestle Kingdom 18	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	Sanada (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito (Tokyo Dome IWGP World Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate holder) for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
January 5	New Year Dash!!	Sumida City Gymnasium	Tokyo, Japan	TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr., Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste and Mikey Nicholls) vs. Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii and Kazuchika Okada) and Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley and Bryan Danielson)
January 13	Battle in the Valley	San Jose Civic	San Jose, California, USA	Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay
January 20	The New Beginning in Nagoya	Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium	Nagoya, Aichi, Japan	Tama Tonga (c) vs. Evil in a lumberjack match for the NEVER Openweight Championship
February 11	The New Beginning in Osaka	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	United Empire (Will Ospreay, Jeff Cobb, Henare, TJP and Francesco Akira) vs. Bullet Club War Dogs (David Finlay, Alex Coughlin, Gabe Kidd, Clark Connors and Drilla Moloney) in a Steel Cage match
February 23	The New Beginning in Sapporo	Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center	Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan	David Finlay (c) vs. Nic Nemeth for the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship
February 24				Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Sanada for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
March 6	NJPW 52nd Anniversary Show	Ota City General Gymnasium	Tokyo, Japan	Tetsuya Naito (World Heavyweight) vs. Sho (Junior Heavyweight) in a Champion vs. Champion match
April 6	Sakura Genesis	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Yota Tsuji for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
April 12	Windy City Riot	Wintrust Arena	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Jon Moxley for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
April 14	Wrestling World in Taiwan	Zepp New Taipei	New Taipei City, Taiwan	Toru Yano, Oleg Boltin and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. House of Torture (Evil, Sho and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) for the vacant NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Championship
April 29	Satsuma no Kuni	Kagoshima Arena	Kagoshima, Japan	Sho (c) vs. Douki for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
May 3	Wrestling Dontaku	Fukuoka Kokusai Center	Fukuoka, Japan	Nic Nemeth (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship
May 4				Jon Moxley (c) vs. Ren Narita for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
May 6	All Together 2024	Nippon Budokan	Tokyo, Japan	Shota Umino, Kaito Kiyomiya, and Yuki Ueno vs. Yuya Uemura, Konosuke Takeshita, and Shun Skywalker
May 11	Resurgence	Toyota Arena	Ontario, California, USA	Jon Moxley (c) vs. Shota Umino for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
June 9	Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka, Japan	El Desperado vs. Taiji Ishimori in the Best of the Super Jr. tournament final
June 10	Despe Invitacional	Korakuen Hall	Osaka, Japan	Bullet Club (Dick Togo and Gedo) vs. Danshoku Dino and El Desperado
June 15	All Together: Sapporo	Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center	Sapporo, Hokkaido Japan	Tetsuya Naito vs. Jake Lee
June 21	Fantastica Mania Mexico	Arena México	Mexico City, Mexico	Místico vs. Hiromu Takahashi
June 30	AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door	UBS Arena	Elmont, New York, USA	Swerve Strickland (c) vs. Will Ospreay for the AEW World Championship
July 13	Fantastica Mania Lucha Libre USA	Mt. Pleasant High School	San Jose, California, USA	Douki and Místico vs. Rocky Romero and Volador Jr.
August 30	Capital Collision	Entertainment and Sports Arena	Washington, D.C., USA	Mercedes Moné (c) vs. Momo Watanabe for the Strong Women's Championship
September 29	Destruction in Kobe	Kobe World Memorial Hall	Kobe, Hyogo, Japan	Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Great-O-Khan for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
October 14	King of Pro-Wrestling	Ryōgoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan	Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Zack Sabre Jr. for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
October 20	Royal Quest IV	Crystal Palace National Sports Centre	London, England, UK	Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. Sanada for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
November 4	Power Struggle	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. Shingo Takagi for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship

Upcoming event schedule

2024

Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
November 8	Fighting Spirit Unleashed	Lowell Memorial Auditorium	Lowell, Massachusetts, USA	TBA
November 17	Historic X-Over 2	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	TBA
December 14	Antonio Inoki Memorial Show	TBA	Shanghai, China	TBA
December 15	Strong Style Evolved	Walter Pyramid	Long Beach, California, USA	TBA

2025

Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Wrestle Kingdom 19	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	TBA
January 5	Wrestle Dynasty	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	TBA
January 6	New Year's Dash!!	Ota City General Gymnasium	Tokyo, Japan	TBA
January 11	Battle in the Valley	San Jose Civic	San Jose, California, USA	TBA
August 24	AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door	TBA	London, England, UK	TBA

Number of events by year

• 1989 – 1
• 1990 – 2
• 1991 – 1
• 1992 – 1
• 1993 – 2
• 1994 – 2
• 1995 – 4
• 1996 – 2
• 1997 – 5
• 1998 – 3
• 1999 – 4
• 2000 – 6
• 2001 – 6
• 2002 – 3
• 2003 – 5
• 2004 – 4
• 2005 – 4
• 2006 – 1
• 2007 – 2
• 2008 – 2
• 2009 – 6
• 2010 – 4
• 2011 – 6
• 2012 – 7
• 2013 – 8
• 2014 – 12
• 2015 – 9
• 2016 – 11
• 2017 – 16
• 2018 – 17
• 2019 – 16
• 2020 – 8
• 2021 – 18
• 2022 – 17
• 2023 – 28
• 2024 – 25 (4 upcoming)
• 2025 – 5 upcoming
• Total – 267 (9 confirmed)

See also

• List of All Elite Wrestling pay-per-view events
• List of major Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide events
• List of ECW supercards and pay-per-view events
• List of FMW supercards and pay-per-view events
• List of Global Force Wrestling events and specials
• List of Major League Wrestling events
• List of National Wrestling Alliance pay-per-view events
• List of NWA/WCW closed-circuit events and pay-per-view events
• List of Ring of Honor pay-per-view events
• List of Smokey Mountain Wrestling supercard events
• List of TNA pay-per-view and livestreaming events
• List of WCW Clash of the Champions shows
• List of World Class Championship Wrestling Supercard events
• List of WWA pay-per-view events
• List of WWE pay-per-view and WWE Network events
• List of WWE Saturday Night Main Event shows
• List of WWE Tribute to the Troops shows

External links

• Cagematch
• Smackdown Hotel