New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) is a Japanese promotion founded by Antonio Inoki in 1972. Owing to its TV program aired on TV Asahi, it is the largest wrestling promotion in Japan and one of the largest in the world. NJPW has working agreements with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, RevPro and Ring of Honor. It previously had a working agreement with World Championship Wrestling, the National Wrestling Alliance and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
It has also been named Wrestling Observer Newsletter's "Promotion of the Year" 13 
times, more than any other wrestling promotion in the world.
==Current Championships==
Championship	Championship 	Champion(s) 	Date Won
 	IWGP World Heavyweight Championship 	Tetsuya Naito 	January 4, 2024
 	IWGP Tag Team Championship 	BULLET CLUB (Chase Owens & KENTA) 	February 11, 2024
 	IWGP Women's Championship 	Mayu Iwatani 	April 23, 2023
 	NEVER Openweight Championship 	EVIL 	January 20, 2024
 	NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Championship	Vacant 	
 	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship 	SHO 	February 23, 2024
 	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship 	BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney)	February 4, 2024
 	IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship 	Nic Nemeth 	February 23, 2024
 	NJPW WORLD Television Championship 	Matt Riddle 	February 23, 2024
 	NJPW STRONG Openweight Championship 	Eddie Kingston 	July 5, 2023
 	NJPW STRONG Women's Championship 	Stephanie Vaquer 	March 10, 2024
 	NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team Championship 	Guerrillas Of Destiny (El Phantasmo & HIKULEO) 	October 9, 2023
 	NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling Championship 	Great-O-Khan 	January 20, 2024
==Championships Previously Used by NJPW==
Championship 	Last champion(s) 	Retired 	Notes
IWGP Heavyweight Championship 	Kota Ibushi 	March 4, 2021 	The Championship was retired after it was unified with the IWGP Intercontinental Championship to create the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.
NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship	Hirooki Goto 	September 8, 2007	N/A
NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship 	Craig Classic 	November 6, 2010 	N/A
NWF Heavyweight Championship 	Shinsuke Nakamura 	January 5, 2004 	N/A
NWF North American Heavyweight Championship 	Tiger Jeet Singh 	May 21, 1981 	N/A
NWA North American Tag Team Championship 	Seiji Sakaguch & Riki Chōshū 	June 15, 1979 	N/
UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship 	Shinjiro Otani 	October 5, 1997 	N/A
WWF International Heavyweight Championship 	Tatsumi Fujinami 	July 19, 1985 	N/A
WWF International Tag Team Championship 	Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami	October 31, 1985 	N/A
WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship 	The Cobra 	October 31, 1985 	N/A
WWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship 	Antonio Inoki 	December 31, 1989	N/A
Greatest 18 Club Championship 	The Great Muta 	August 16, 1992 	N/A
IWGP U-30 Openweight Championship 	Hiroshi Tanahashi 	June 7, 2006 	N/A
IWGP Intercontinental Championship 	Kota Ibushi 	February 28, 2021	The Championship was retired after it was unified with the IWGP Heavyweight Championship to create the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.
IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship 	Will Ospreay 	2023 	Championship deactivated and replaced with the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship.
==Annual tournaments==
Tournament 	Last winner 	Last held 	Type 	Created	Notes
G1 Climax 	Tetsuya Naito 	August 13, 2023 	Open weight 	1991 	NJPW's biggest annual tournament, primarily for heavyweights but there is no official weight limit
World Tag League 	Bishamon(Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) 	December 10, 2023	Tag team 	1991 	NJPW's annual tag team tournament.
New Japan Cup 	SANADA 	March 21, 2023 	Open weight 	2005 	NJPW's annual single-elimination tournament, primarily for heavyweights but there is no official weight limit.
Best of the Super Juniors 	Master Wato 	May 28, 2023 	Junior Heavyweight 	1988 	Annual tournament featuring top Junior Heavyweights from all over the world.
Super J Cup 	El Phantasmo 	December 12, 2020	Junior Heavyweight 	1994 	Sporadic tournament featuring top Junior Heavyweights from all over the world, Tournament has been hosted by other promotions than NJPW as well.
Super Jr Tag League 	Catch 22(Francesco Akira & TJP) 	November 4, 2023 	Junior Heavyweight Tag Team	2010 	Tournament created in 2010, an annual event for NJPW.
Young Lion Cup 	Karl Fredericks 	August 25, 2019 	Rookies 	1985 	Tournament that is not held every year.
J Sports Crown 6 Man Openweight Tag Team Tournament	Apollo 555 (Hirooki Goto, Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi)	June 23, 2011 	Six man tag team 	2010 	
==See also== 
*/Roster/
*/Alumni/
==External links==
* NJPW (Official Website)
* NJPW (Official English Website)
* Profile
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