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, 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, 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, USA	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	January 22: 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, USA	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	Osaka, Japan	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Kenny Omega for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
August 19	War of the Worlds UK: Liverpool	Liverpool Olympia	Liverpool, England, UK	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, 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 12–22	Fantastica Mania 2018	Various	Various	January 22: 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, USA	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, 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 11–21	Fantastica Mania 2019	Various	Various	January 21: 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, 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, United States	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, 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, 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)
January 10–20	Fantastica Mania 2020	Various	Various	January 20: 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	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	Hakata-ku, 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	Minami-ku, 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
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, 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
February 11	New Years Golden Series	Xebio Arena Sendai	Sendai, Japan	El Desperado (c) vs. Master Wato for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
February 13		Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	Kazuchika Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito and Sanada)
February 19		Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center	Sapporo, Japan	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Sanada for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
February 20				Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
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 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
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 11	Tamashii I	Pioneer Recreation and Sports Centre	Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand	Kenta vs. Andrew Villalobos
November 13	Tamashii II	Liberty Hall	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	Taiji Ishimori vs. Mick Moretti
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	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 3	Tamashii III	Selina's Entertainment Centre	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	Robbie Eagles vs. Aaron Solo
February 4	Tamashii IV	The Croxton	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Aaron Henare vs. Caveman Ugg
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
February 22–28	Fantastica Mania 2023	Various	Various	February 28: Atlantis Jr. vs. Místico
March 1	All Star Junior Festival 2023	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 14	Tamashii V	Hindley St. Music Hall	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia	Chris Basso vs. Hirooki Goto
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
	Tamashii VI	Liberty Hall	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	Jack Bonza vs. Shingo Takagi
April 16	Tamashii VII	The Croxton	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Robbie Eagles vs. Shingo Takagi
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, Distrito Federal, Mexico	Rocky Romero (c) vs. Volador Jr. for the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship
July 4	NJPW 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 15	Tamashii VIII	Crowbar Sydney	Sydney, Australia	Ichiban Sweet Boys (Robbie Eagles and Kosei Fujita) vs. The Natural Classics (Tome Filip and Stevie Filip)

Upcoming event schedule

2023

Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
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 for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
October 14	Royal Quest III	Copper Box Arena	London, England, UK	TBA
October 28	Fighting Spirit Unleashed	Sam's Town	Las Vegas, Nevada	TBA
November 4	Power Struggle	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Japan	TBA
November 10	Lonestar Shootout	Curtis Culwell Center	Garland, Texas	TBA

2024

Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 4	Wrestle Kingdom 18	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, 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 – 17
• 2018 – 18
• 2019 – 17
• 2020 – 9
• 2021 – 17
• 2022 – 18
• 2023 – 28 (5 upcoming)
• 2024 – 0 (1 upcoming)
• Total – 188 (6 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 Impact Wrestling pay-per-view events
• 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 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