# NJPW 50th Anniversary Show

The NJPW 50th Anniversary Show was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on March 1, 2022, in Tokyo, Japan at the Nippon Budokan. The event was to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the promotion, which was founded in 1972 by Antonio Inoki.

## Production

Other on-screen personnel :
| Role: | Name: |
| English Commentators | Kevin Kelly |
| English Commentators | Chris Charlton |
| Japanese Commentators | Shinpei Nogami |
| Japanese Commentators | Milano Collection A.T. |
| Japanese Commentators | Katsuhiko Kanazawa |
| Japanese Commentators | Kazuyoshi Sakai |
| Japanese Commentators | Masahiro Chono |
| Japanese Commentators | Riki Choshu |
| Ring announcers | Makoto Abe |
| Ring announcers | Taisei Watanabe |
| Ring announcers | Kero Tanaka (main event) |
| Referees | Kenta Sato |
| Referees | Marty Asami |
| Referees | Norio Honaga (match 5) |
| Referees | Red Shoes Unno |

### Background

On November 15, 2021, NJPW announced that the promotion would hold its fiftieth anniversary show at Nippon Budokan on March 1 of the following year. Kota Ibushi and Hiroyoshi Tenzan were originally scheduled to take part in the event, but both pulled out due to injuries.
NJPW legends Minoru Tanaka, Shiro Koshinaka, Norio Honaga, Tatsumi Fujinami, and Yoshiaki Fujiwara took part in several matches at the event. Along with the aforementioned legends; Wataru Inoue, Jushin Liger, Kuniaki Kobayashi, Seiji Sakaguchi, Tiger Hattori, Motoyuki Kitazawa, Milano Collection A.T., Masahito Kakihara, Kazuo Yamazaki, Akira Maeda, Kengo Kimura, Masahiro Chono, Keiji Mutoh, and Riki Choshu took part of the pre-show with Chono and Choshu also providing Japanese commentary for the event. Former ring announcer Kero Tanaka, was the special guest announcer for the main event.

### Storylines

The NJPW 50th Anniversary Show features professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.

## Results

| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
| 1 | House of Torture (Evil, Yujiro Takahashi, and Sho) defeated Tiger Mask, Yoh, and Ryohei Oiwa by pinfall | Six-man tag team match | 6:35 |
| 2 | Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Taiji Ishimori, and El Phantasmo) defeated Suzuki-gun (Taichi and Taka Michinoku) and Minoru Tanaka by pinfall | Six-man tag team match | 9:50 |
| 3 | #StrongHearts (Cima, T-Hawk, and El Lindaman) defeated Suzuki-gun (El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, and Douki) by pinfall | Six-man tag team match | 9:22 |
| 4 | United Empire (Great-O-Khan, Will Ospreay, Jeff Cobb, and Aaron Henare) defeated Satoshi Kojima, Yuji Nagata, Kosei Fujita, and Yuto Nakashima by pinfall | Eight-man tag team match | 9:20 |
| 5 | Los Ingobernables de Japon (Sanada, Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi, Bushi, and Hiromu Takahashi) defeated Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma), Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano), and Shiro Koshinaka by pinfall | Ten-man tag team match with Norio Honaga as special guest referee | 12:38 |
| 6 | Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) (IWGP Tag Team) defeated Six or Nine (Ryusuke Taguchi and Master Wato) (IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team) by pinfall | Champion vs. Champion tag team match | 15:04 |
| 7 | Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi, and Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Suzuki-gun (Zack Sabre Jr. and Minoru Suzuki), and Yoshiaki Fujiwara by pinfall | Six-man tag team match | 18:12 |