Katsuyori Shibata

Katsuyori Shibata

Born: November 17, 1979
in Kuwana, Mie, Japan
Katsuyori Shibata is a Japanese semi-retired professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, and professional wrestling trainer. In professional wrestling, he is known for his hard-hitting offense. He is currently working for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), though on indefinite hiatus due to injury. In New Japan, he is a former three-time NEVER Openweight Champion, one-time IWGP Tag Team Champion, and the winner of the 2017 New Japan Cup. He is also a former holder of Revolution Pro Wrestling's British Heavyweight Championship. Since March 2018, Shibata has served as the head coach of NJPW's dojo in Los Angeles.

Movies for Katsuyori Shibata...

AEW Dynasty
Title: AEW Dynasty
Character: Katsuyori Shibata
Released: April 21, 2024
Type: Movie
AEW Dynasty was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It took place on April 21, 2024, at Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis, Missouri, marking AEW's first pay-per-view event to be held in Missouri. Twelve matches were contested at the event, including three on the "Zero Hour" pre-show. In the main event, Swerve Strickland faced off against Samoa Joe to for the AEW World Championship.
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AEW WrestleDream: Zero Hour
Title: AEW WrestleDream: Zero Hour
Character: Katsuyori Shibata
Released: October 1, 2023
Type: Movie
Kick off AEW WrestleDream with a Zero Hour PreShow! WrestleDream is on the horizon and what better way to get you started? Check out the star studded lineup of Zero Hour below: AEW World Trios Championship, The Acclaimed © vs TMDK Luchasaurus vs Nick Wayne, Josh Barnett vs Claudio Castagnoli, Mixed 4-On-4 Tag, Shane Taylor, Lee Moriarty, Mercedes Martinez & Diamante vs Satoshi Kojima, Keith Lee, Athena & Billie Starkz
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AEW WrestleDream
Title: AEW WrestleDream
Character: Katsuyori Shibata
Released: October 1, 2023
Type: Movie
AEW WrestleDream is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It will take place on October 1, 2023, at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington. The event will be held in honor of New Japan Pro-Wrestling's (NJPW) founder Antonio Inoki, with the event taking place on the one-year anniversary of his passing.
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AEW All Out
Title: AEW All Out
Character: Katsuyori Shibata
Released: September 3, 2023
Type: Movie
AEW All Out is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW).
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RevPro 11 Year Anniversary Show
Title: RevPro 11 Year Anniversary Show
Character: Katsuyori Shibata
Released: August 26, 2023
Type: Movie
On Saturday August 26th, Revolution Pro Wrestling presents its 11 Year Anniversary show live from The Copper Box Arena London. Already confirmed for the event is the continuation of an epic rivalry between Shingo Takagi & Will Ospreay & match makers are promising this is just the tip of the iceberg on an event that is being tipped to be our biggest show ever.
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ROH: Death Before Dishonor
Title: ROH: Death Before Dishonor
Character: Katsuyori Shibata
Released: July 21, 2023
Type: Movie
Death Before Dishonor will take place on Friday July 21st in Trenton, NJ at the Cure Insurance Arena!
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AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door
Title: AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door
Character: Katsuyori Shibata
Released: June 25, 2023
Type: Movie
The 2023 Forbidden Door is the upcoming second annual Forbidden Door professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and supershow co-produced by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and the Japan-based New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It will take place on June 25, 2023, at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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ROH: Supercard of Honor
Title: ROH: Supercard of Honor
Character: Katsuyori Shibata
Released: March 31, 2023
Type: Movie
The 2023 Supercard of Honor is the upcoming fifteenth Supercard of Honor professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by American promotion Ring of Honor (ROH). It will take place on March 31, 2023, at the Galen Center in Los Angeles, California.
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AEW x NJPW Presents Forbidden Door
Title: AEW x NJPW Presents Forbidden Door
Character: Katsuyori Shibata
Released: June 26, 2022
Type: Movie
AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door was a co-produced professional wrestling event featuring American promotion AEW and Japanese promotion NJPW. It took place on June 26, 2022 at the United Center in Chicago and featured 13 matches, including 4 on the pre-show. In the main event, Jon Moxley defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to become the interim AEW World Champion. Other notable matches included Jay White defeating Adam Page, Kazuchika Okada, and Adam Cole in a four-way match to retain the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, Pac becoming the inaugural AEW All-Atlantic Champion in a four-way match, and Claudio Castagnoli making his AEW debut by defeating Zack Sabre Jr. The event also featured special appearances by Juice Robinson and Katsuyori Shibata.
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Title: Hey! (EW)
Character: Katsuyori Shibata
Released: March 13, 2022
Type: TV
The least violent talk show in wrestling.
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 1
Title: NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 1
Released: January 4, 2022
Type: Movie
Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 1 is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event takes place on January 4, 2022, at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. It will be the 31st January 4 Tokyo Dome Show and the 16th promoted under the Wrestle Kingdom name.
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NJPW Dominion in Osaka-jo Hall
Title: NJPW Dominion in Osaka-jo Hall
Released: July 11, 2020
Type: Movie
Dominion in Osaka-jo Hall was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on July 12, 2020, in Osaka, Osaka, at the Osaka-jō Hall and was the twelfth event under the Dominion name and sixth in a row that took place at the Osaka-jō Hall. Dominion in Osaka-jo Hall was officially announced on June 9, 2019, during Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall. It was scheduled to take place on June 14, 2020, but was postponed to July 12, to allow the rescheduled New Japan Cup tournament to take place instead, as the tournament was originally planned to be held earlier in the year but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the pandemic, the arena was limited to one-third capacity.
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Title: All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
Released: October 2, 2019
Type: TV
A world-class roster of diverse male and female wrestlers give fans a new wrestling experience for the first time in 20 years.
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Title: All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
Character: Katsuyori Shibata
Released: October 2, 2019
Type: TV
A world-class roster of diverse male and female wrestlers give fans a new wrestling experience for the first time in 20 years.
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NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017
Title: NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017
Released: April 9, 2017
Type: Movie
Sakura Genesis 2017 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), which took place on April 9, 2017, in Tokyo at Ryōgoku Kokugikan. The event featured nine matches (in addition to one dark match), main evented by 2017 New Japan Cup winner Katsuyori Shibata challenging Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.
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NJPW 45th Anniversary Show
Title: NJPW 45th Anniversary Show
Released: March 6, 2017
Type: Movie
NJPW 45th Anniversary Event took place on March 6, 2017 from the Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. NJPW Anniversary Event celebrates the anniversary of the first event held by NJPW on March 6, 1972. The main event for the 45th Anniversary show was Kazuchika Okada taking on Tiger Mask W.
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NJPW New Year Dash 2017
Title: NJPW New Year Dash 2017
Character: Katsuyori Shibata
Released: January 5, 2017
Type: Movie
Fallout from New Japan Pro-Wrestling's biggest event of the year.
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 11
Title: NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 11
Character: Katsuyori Shibata
Released: January 4, 2017
Type: Movie
Wrestle Kingdom 11 in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on January 4, 2017, at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. It was the 26th January 4 Tokyo Dome Show. The show was main evented by Kazuchika Okada defending the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Kenny Omega. Other featured matches saw Tetsuya Naito defend the IWGP Intercontinental Championship against Hiroshi Tanahashi, Katsuyori Shibata defend the NEVER Openweight Championship against Hirooki Goto and Kushida defend the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion against Hiromu Takahashi. As part of a partnership between NJPW and the American Ring of Honor (ROH) promotion, the ROH World Championship was also defended at the event with Adam Cole taking on Kyle O'Reilly. All in all, the event featured eleven matches (one on the pre-show), eight of which were contested for championships.
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RPW: Global Wars UK 2016 - Night 1
Title: RPW: Global Wars UK 2016 - Night 1
Character: Katsuyori Shibata
Released: November 10, 2016
Type: Movie
Marty Scurll vs Jushin Liger, Sha Samuels vs Tomoaki Honma, Pete Dunne vs Yuji Nagata, Tomohiro Ishii vs Chris Hero, Bushi vs Will Ospreay, Testsuya Naito/Evil/Bushi vs Trent Seven/David Starr/Tyler Bate, Zack Sabre Jr vs Katsuyori Shibata
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ROH: Death Before Dishonor XIV
Title: ROH: Death Before Dishonor XIV
Character: Katsuyori Shibata
Released: August 19, 2016
Type: Movie
Death Before Dishonor XIV is a professional wrestling event produced by Ring of Honor (ROH), which takes place on August 19, 2016 at Sam's Town Live in Las Vegas, NV.
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NJPW G1 Climax 26 - Day 1
Title: NJPW G1 Climax 26 - Day 1
Character: Katsuyori Shibata
Released: July 18, 2016
Type: Movie
The first night of the tournament took place on July 18, 2016 at Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
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NJPW Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall
Title: NJPW Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall
Released: June 19, 2016
Type: Movie
Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall is an upcoming professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event is scheduled to take place on June 19, 2016, in Osaka, Osaka, at the Osaka-jō Hall. This will be the eighth event under the Dominion name and second in a row to take place at the Osaka-jō Hall.
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NJPW: Best of the Super Juniors 2016 (FINAL)
Title: NJPW: Best of the Super Juniors 2016 (FINAL)
Released: June 7, 2016
Type: Movie
Finals of the BoSJ
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NJPW: Best of the Super Juniors 2016 (Day 7)
Title: NJPW: Best of the Super Juniors 2016 (Day 7)
Released: May 29, 2016
Type: Movie
Day 7 of BoSJ
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NJPW: Best of the Super Juniors 2016 (Day 6)
Title: NJPW: Best of the Super Juniors 2016 (Day 6)
Released: May 27, 2016
Type: Movie
Day 6 of BoSJ
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NJPW: Best of the Super Juniors 2016 (Day 1)
Title: NJPW: Best of the Super Juniors 2016 (Day 1)
Released: May 21, 2016
Type: Movie
Beginning this Saturday, May 21st, New Japan Pro Wrestling will begin their annual Best of the Super Juniors Tournament, which started way back in 1988. Two blocks of eight wrestlers compete in a series of singles matches. The top two competitors from each block advance to the Semi-Finals and face off, before the winners of those matches meet in the finals. The winner of the entire thing earns himself a shot at the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship. This year’s tournament runs from 5/21 until 6/7.
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2016
Title: NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2016
Character: Himself
Released: May 3, 2016
Type: Movie
Wrestling Dontaku 2016 is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event is scheduled to take place on May 3, 2016, in Fukuoka, Fukuoka at Fukuoka Kokusai Center and will feature ten matches, five of which will be contested for championships. The show will be headlined by Tetsuya Naito making his first defense of the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Tomohiro Ishii. It will be the thirteenth event under the Wrestling Dontaku name.
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NJPW Invasion Attack 2016
Title: NJPW Invasion Attack 2016
Character: Himself
Released: April 10, 2016
Type: Movie
Invasion Attack 2016 is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event is scheduled to take place on April 10, 2016, in Tokyo at Ryōgoku Kokugikan. The event will feature nine matches, six of which will be contested for championships. The main event will see Kazuchika Okada defend the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against the winner of the 2016 New Japan Cup, Tetsuya Naito. The event will air worldwide on New Japan Pro Wrestling World and will feature English commentary, provided by Kevin Kelly and Steve Corino. Invasion Attack 2016 will be the fourth event under the Invasion Attack name.
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NJPW Honor Rising: Japan 2016 - Day 2
Title: NJPW Honor Rising: Japan 2016 - Day 2
Character: Self
Released: February 20, 2016
Type: Movie
Honor Rising: Japan 2016 is a two-day professional wrestling "supershow" event co-produced by the Japanese New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and American Ring of Honor (ROH) promotions. The events took place on February 19 and 20, 2016, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The events aired live through NJPW's internet streaming site, New Japan Pro Wrestling World.
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NJPW Honor Rising: Japan 2016 - Day 1
Title: NJPW Honor Rising: Japan 2016 - Day 1
Character: Self
Released: February 19, 2016
Type: Movie
Honor Rising: Japan 2016 is a two-day professional wrestling "supershow" event co-produced by the Japanese New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and American Ring of Honor (ROH) promotions. The events took place on February 19 and 20, 2016, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The events aired live through NJPW's internet streaming site, New Japan Pro Wrestling World.
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NJPW The New Beginning in Niigata 2016
Title: NJPW The New Beginning in Niigata 2016
Character: Himself
Released: February 14, 2016
Type: Movie
The New Beginning in Niigata is an upcoming professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event is scheduled to take place on February 14, 2016, in Nagaoka, Niigata, at the Aore Nagaoka. The event will feature nine matches, three of which will be contested for championships. In the main event, Hiroshi Tanahashi will take on Kenny Omega to determine the new IWGP Intercontinental Champion, following previous champion Shinsuke Nakamura's departure from NJPW. The New Beginning in Niigata will be the ninth event under the New Beginning name and the first to take place in Niigata.
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NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2016
Title: NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2016
Character: Himself
Released: February 11, 2016
Type: Movie
The New Beginning in Osaka 2016 is an upcoming professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event is scheduled to take place on February 11, 2016, in Osaka, Osaka, at the Edion Arena Osaka. The event will feature nine matches, four of which will be contested for championships. In the main event, Kazuchika Okada will defend the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Hirooki Goto. The New Beginning in Osaka will be the eighth event under the New Beginning name and the third under the New Beginning in Osaka name.
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NJPW New Year Dash 2016
Title: NJPW New Year Dash 2016
Character: Himself
Released: January 5, 2016
Type: Movie
Hot off the happenings of Wrestle Kingdom 10, New Japan Pro Wrestling returns to Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan for New Year Dash 2016.
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10
Title: NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10
Character: Katsuyori Shibata
Released: January 4, 2016
Type: Movie
Wrestle Kingdom 10 in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on January 4, 2016, in Tokyo, Japan, at the Tokyo Dome. It was the 25th January 4 Tokyo Dome Show, which is NJPW's biggest annual event and has been called "the largest wrestling show in the world outside of the United States" and the "Japanese equivalent to the Super Bowl". The event featured ten matches and was main evented by Kazuchika Okada defending the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Hiroshi Tanahashi. As part of the talent exchange partnership between NJPW and the American Ring of Honor (ROH) promotion, the event featured a match for the ROH World Championship as well as the NJPW debuts of ROH wrestlers Cheeseburger, Jay Lethal, Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe.
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NJPW Tag League Finals 2015
Title: NJPW Tag League Finals 2015
Released: December 9, 2015
Type: Movie
The World Tag League is a professional wrestling round-robin tag team tournament held by New Japan Pro Wrestling as a spin-off of the popular singles tournament, the G1 Climax. It was created in 1991 as the Super Grade Tag League, as a continuation of a regular tag team tournament held since 1980, gaining the name G1 Tag League in 1999. In 2012, New Japan's new owners, the Bushiroad company, renamed the tournament to its current form. The winners of the tournament, assuming they do not already hold the belts, obtain #1 contendership to the IWGP Tag Team Championship. The World Tag League is held under a points system, with 2 points for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. The current format, introduced in 2006, is essentially identical to that of the G1 Climax, with the top two scoring teams from two blocks of five or six advancing to the semifinals, and the winners of those matches battling in the final.
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NJPW Power Struggle 2015
Title: NJPW Power Struggle 2015
Character: Katsuyori Shibata
Released: November 7, 2015
Type: Movie
Power Struggle (2015) is an upcoming professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event is scheduled to take place on November 7, 2015, in Osaka, Osaka, at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium. It will be the fifth event under the Power Struggle name.
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NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2015
Title: NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2015
Character: Katsuyori Shibata
Released: October 12, 2015
Type: Movie
King of Pro-Wrestling (2015) is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on October 12, 2015, in Tokyo at Ryōgoku Kokugikan. The event was NJPW's biggest event between August's G1 Climax and January's Wrestle Kingdom 10 in Tokyo Dome and was main evented by Kazuchika Okada defending the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against A.J. Styles. All in all, the event featured nine matches, four of which were be contested for championships. In addition to airing worldwide through NJPW's internet streaming site, New Japan Pro Wrestling World, the event aired in Japan as a regular PPV through SKY PerfecTV!. It was the fourth event under the King of Pro-Wrestling name.
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NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2015
Title: NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2015
Character: Himself
Released: September 27, 2015
Type: Movie
Destruction in Kobe (2015) is a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event is scheduled to take place on September 27, 2015, in Kobe, Hyōgo at the Kobe World Memorial Hall. The event will feature nine matches, three of which will be contested for championships. It will be the eleventh event under the Destruction name.
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NJPW Destruction In Okayama
Title: NJPW Destruction In Okayama
Character: Himself
Released: September 23, 2015
Type: Movie
Destruction in Okayama (2015) is a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event is scheduled to take place on September 23, 2015, in Okayama, Okayama at the Momotaro Arena. The event will feature nine matches, four of which will be contested for championships. It will be the tenth event under the Destruction name.
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NJPW G1 Climax 25 - Finals
Title: NJPW G1 Climax 25 - Finals
Released: August 16, 2015
Type: Movie
G1 Climax Finals: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship: KUSHIDA (c) vs. Ricochet IWGP Jr. Tag Team Championship: Young Bucks (c) vs. ReDragon Bullet Club vs. Chaos & The Kingdom ...And More
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NJPW Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall
Title: NJPW Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall
Character: Himself
Released: July 5, 2015
Type: Movie
Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on July 5, 2015, in Osaka, Osaka, at the Osaka-jō Hall. The featured ten matches with all six of NJPW's championships on the line, main evented by an IWGP Heavyweight Championship match between champion A.J. Styles and challenger Kazuchika Okada. This was the seventh event under the Dominion name and the first to take place in July.
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2015
Title: NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2015
Character: Himself
Released: May 3, 2015
Type: Movie
Wrestling Dontaku 2015 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on May 3, 2015, in Fukuoka, Fukuoka at Fukuoka Kokusai Center and featured nine matches, three of which were contested for championships. In addition to airing worldwide through NJPW's internet streaming site, New Japan Pro Wrestling World, the event also aired in Japan as a regular PPV through SKY PerfecTV!'s Sukachan service. It was the twelfth event under the Wrestling Dontaku name.
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NJPW Invasion Attack 2015
Title: NJPW Invasion Attack 2015
Character: Himself
Released: April 5, 2015
Type: Movie
1. Yuji Nagata, Captain New Japan, Alex Shelley, KUSHIDA & Yohei Komatsu vs. Manabu Nakanishi, Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask, Ryusuke Taguchi & Sho Tanaka 2. Hiroyoshi TenzanSatoshi Kojima & Tomoaki Honma vs. Yujiro Takahashi, Tama Tonga & Cody Hall 3. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson (c) vs. Rocky Romero & Barreta 4. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kenny Omega (c) vs. Máscara Dorada 5. IWGP Tag Team Title: Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows (c) vs. Michael Bennett & Matt Taven 6. Special Six Man Tag Match: Togi Makabe, Hirooki Goto & Tetsuya Naito vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI 7. Special Tag Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Katsuyori Shibata vs. Kazushi Sakuraba & Toru Yano 8. Special Singles Match: Kazuchika Okada vs. Bad Luck Fale 9. IWGP Heavyweight Title: AJ Styles (c) vs. Kota Ibushi
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NJPW The New Beginning in Sendai
Title: NJPW The New Beginning in Sendai
Character: Himself
Released: February 14, 2015
Type: Movie
1. Satoshi Kojim & Yohei Komatsu vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Captain New Japan 2. Tiger Mask & Jay White vs. Kyle O'Reilly & Bobby Fish 3. Special Six Man Tag Match: Mascara Dorada, Alex Shelley & KUSHIDA vs. Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson 4. NWA World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Jushin Thunder Liger (c) vs. Chase Owens 5. NWA World Heavyweight Title: Rob Conway (c) vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan 6. Special Tag Match: Tetsuya Naito & Kota Ibushi vs. Kazushi Sakuraba & Toru Yano 7. Special Tag Match: Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Bad Luck Fale & Yujiro Takahashi 8. Special Six Man Tag Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata vs. Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows & Tama Tonga 9. NEVER Openweight Title: Tomoaki Honma vs. Tomohiro Ishii 10. IWGP Intercontinental Title: Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Yuji Nagata
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NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka
Title: NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka
Character: Himself
Released: February 11, 2015
Type: Movie
1. Sho Tanaka vs. Yohei Komatsu 2. Manabu Nakanishi & Captain New Japan vs. Tiger Mask #4 & Máscara Dorada 3. Rob Conway & Chase Owens vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Jushin Thunder Liger 4. Kota Ibushi vs. Tomoaki Honma 5. 3-Way Match - IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles Match: Time Splitters (KUSHIDA & Alex Shelley) vs. reDRagon (Kyle O'Reilly & Bobby Fish) (c) vs. Young Bucks (Nick Jackson &Matt Jackson) 6. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Kenny Omega (c) vs. Ryusuke Taguchi 7. Special Match: BULLET CLUB (Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi & Tama Tonga) vs. Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano & Kazushi Sakuraba 8. Special Match: Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima & Tetsuya Naito vs. CHAOS (Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI) 9. IWGP Tag Team Titles Match: BULLET CLUB (Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows) vs. Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata (c) 10. IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: AJ Styles vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (c)
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9
Title: NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9
Character: Katsuyori Shibata
Released: January 4, 2015
Type: Movie
Wrestle Kingdom 9 in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) promotion, which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on January 4, 2015. It was the 24th January 4 Tokyo Dome Show and the first event on the 2015 NJPW schedule. The event featured ten professional wrestling matches and one pre-show match, six of which were for championships. In the double main event, Shinsuke Nakamura defended the IWGP Intercontinental Championship against Kota Ibushi, and Hiroshi Tanahashi defended the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Kazuchika Okada. The appearance of Pro Wrestling Noah wrestlers led to a storyline in which NJPW's Suzuki-gun group began wrestling at Noah events starting the week after Wrestle Kingdom 9. Through NJPW's partnership with Global Force Wrestling (GFW), the event was broadcast with English commentary as a GFW event.
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NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome - Day 6
Title: NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome - Day 6
Released: December 20, 2014
Type: Movie
NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome Night 6 took place in Tokyo, Japan on December 20, 2014. The main event was a six man tag featuring Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kota Ibushi & Togi Makabe taking on Kazuchika Okada, Shinsuke Nakamura & Tomohiro Ishii.
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NJPW World Tag League 2014 - Day 11
Title: NJPW World Tag League 2014 - Day 11
Character: Himself
Released: December 7, 2014
Type: Movie
The World Tag League is a professional wrestling round-robin tag team tournament held by New Japan Pro Wrestling as a spin-off of the popular singles tournament, the G1 Climax. It was created in 1991 as the Super Grade Tag League, as a continuation of a regular tag team tournament held since 1980, gaining the name G1 Tag League in 1999. In 2012, New Japan's new owners, the Bushiroad company, renamed the tournament to its current form. The winners of the tournament, assuming they do not already hold the belts, obtain #1 contendership to the IWGP Tag Team Championship. The 2014 finals featured Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata battling Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson.
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NJPW Power Struggle 2014
Title: NJPW Power Struggle 2014
Character: Himself
Released: November 8, 2014
Type: Movie
Power Struggle (2014) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on November 8, 2014, in Osaka, Osaka, at the Bodymaker Colosseum. The main event featured a IWGP Intercontinental Championship match between champion Shinsuke Nakamura and challanger Katsuyori Shibata.
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NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2014
Title: NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2014
Released: October 13, 2014
Type: Movie
King of Pro-Wrestling (2014) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on October 13, 2014, in Tokyo at Ryōgoku Kokugikan and featured ten matches, six of which were contested for championships. It was the third event under the King of Pro-Wrestling name.
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NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2014
Title: NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2014
Character: Himself
Released: September 21, 2014
Type: Movie
Destruction in Kobe (2014) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on September 21, 2014, in Kobe, Hyōgo at the Kobe World Memorial Hall.The event featured ten matches, three of which were contested for championships. In the main event of the show, Chaos' Shinsuke Nakamura challenged Bullet Club's Bad Luck Fale for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship.
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NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 12
Title: NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 12
Released: August 10, 2014
Type: Movie
NJPW's biggest tournament of the year G1 Climax starts today. With 22 participants in this year's tournament, G1 Climax 24 marks the largest tournament in its history. As with its round robin rules, the 22 wrestler are divided into 2 blocks of 11 where each wrestler will face their opponent in addition to a bye. Each match is worth 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 points for a loss.
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NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 12
Title: NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 12
Character: Himself
Released: August 10, 2014
Type: Movie
NJPW's biggest tournament of the year G1 Climax starts today. With 22 participants in this year's tournament, G1 Climax 24 marks the largest tournament in its history. As with its round robin rules, the 22 wrestler are divided into 2 blocks of 11 where each wrestler will face their opponent in addition to a bye. Each match is worth 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 points for a loss.
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NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 11
Title: NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 11
Character: Himself
Released: August 8, 2014
Type: Movie
NJPW's biggest tournament of the year G1 Climax starts today. With 22 participants in this year's tournament, G1 Climax 24 marks the largest tournament in its history. As with its round robin rules, the 22 wrestler are divided into 2 blocks of 11 where each wrestler will face their opponent in addition to a bye. Each match is worth 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 points for a loss.
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NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 11
Title: NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 11
Released: August 8, 2014
Type: Movie
NJPW's biggest tournament of the year G1 Climax starts today. With 22 participants in this year's tournament, G1 Climax 24 marks the largest tournament in its history. As with its round robin rules, the 22 wrestler are divided into 2 blocks of 11 where each wrestler will face their opponent in addition to a bye. Each match is worth 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 points for a loss.
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NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 8
Title: NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 8
Character: Himself
Released: August 3, 2014
Type: Movie
NJPW's biggest tournament of the year G1 Climax starts today. With 22 participants in this year's tournament, G1 Climax 24 marks the largest tournament in its history. As with its round robin rules, the 22 wrestler are divided into 2 blocks of 11 where each wrestler will face their opponent in addition to a bye. Each match is worth 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 points for a loss.
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NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 8
Title: NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 8
Released: August 3, 2014
Type: Movie
NJPW's biggest tournament of the year G1 Climax starts today. With 22 participants in this year's tournament, G1 Climax 24 marks the largest tournament in its history. As with its round robin rules, the 22 wrestler are divided into 2 blocks of 11 where each wrestler will face their opponent in addition to a bye. Each match is worth 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 points for a loss.
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NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 7
Title: NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 7
Released: August 1, 2014
Type: Movie
The 2014 version of the G1 Climax tournament is scheduled to take place between July 21 and August 10, 2014, with the finals scheduled to take place in Tokorozawa, Saitama at the Seibu Dome for the first time departing Ryōgoku Kokugikan, which housed the finals from every year since the tournament began. With 22 participants, the tournament marks the largest G1 Climax in history. Like the previous year, all events in the tournament were made available on iPPV through Niconico and Ustream. Kota Ibushi was scheduled to take part in the tournament, but on July 18 New Japan announced that he would have to pull out due to a concussion suffered at the beginning of the month. The following day, Tomoaki Honma was named Ibushi's replacement in the tournament.
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NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 6
Title: NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 6
Released: July 31, 2014
Type: Movie
The 2014 version of the G1 Climax tournament is scheduled to take place between July 21 and August 10, 2014, with the finals scheduled to take place in Tokorozawa, Saitama at the Seibu Dome for the first time departing Ryōgoku Kokugikan, which housed the finals from every year since the tournament began. With 22 participants, the tournament marks the largest G1 Climax in history. Like the previous year, all events in the tournament were made available on iPPV through Niconico and Ustream. Kota Ibushi was scheduled to take part in the tournament, but on July 18 New Japan announced that he would have to pull out due to a concussion suffered at the beginning of the month. The following day, Tomoaki Honma was named Ibushi's replacement in the tournament.
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NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 5
Title: NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 5
Released: July 28, 2014
Type: Movie
The 2014 version of the G1 Climax tournament is scheduled to take place between July 21 and August 10, 2014, with the finals scheduled to take place in Tokorozawa, Saitama at the Seibu Dome for the first time departing Ryōgoku Kokugikan, which housed the finals from every year since the tournament began. With 22 participants, the tournament marks the largest G1 Climax in history. Like the previous year, all events in the tournament were made available on iPPV through Niconico and Ustream. Kota Ibushi was scheduled to take part in the tournament, but on July 18 New Japan announced that he would have to pull out due to a concussion suffered at the beginning of the month. The following day, Tomoaki Honma was named Ibushi's replacement in the tournament.
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NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 4
Title: NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 4
Character: Himself
Released: July 26, 2014
Type: Movie
NJPW's biggest tournament of the year G1 Climax starts today. With 22 participants in this year's tournament, G1 Climax 24 marks the largest tournament in its history. As with its round robin rules, the 22 wrestler are divided into 2 blocks of 11 where each wrestler will face their opponent in addition to a bye. Each match is worth 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 points for a loss.
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NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 1
Title: NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 1
Released: July 21, 2014
Type: Movie
The 2014 version of the G1 Climax tournament is scheduled to take place between July 21 and August 10, 2014, with the finals scheduled to take place in Tokorozawa, Saitama at the Seibu Dome for the first time departing Ryōgoku Kokugikan, which housed the finals from every year since the tournament began. With 22 participants, the tournament marks the largest G1 Climax in history. Like the previous year, all events in the tournament were made available on iPPV through Niconico and Ustream. Kota Ibushi was scheduled to take part in the tournament, but on July 18 New Japan announced that he would have to pull out due to a concussion suffered at the beginning of the month. The following day, Tomoaki Honma was named Ibushi's replacement in the tournament.
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NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 1
Title: NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 1
Character: Himself
Released: July 21, 2014
Type: Movie
The 2014 version of the G1 Climax tournament is scheduled to take place between July 21 and August 10, 2014, with the finals scheduled to take place in Tokorozawa, Saitama at the Seibu Dome for the first time departing Ryōgoku Kokugikan, which housed the finals from every year since the tournament began. With 22 participants, the tournament marks the largest G1 Climax in history. Like the previous year, all events in the tournament were made available on iPPV through Niconico and Ustream. Kota Ibushi was scheduled to take part in the tournament, but on July 18 New Japan announced that he would have to pull out due to a concussion suffered at the beginning of the month. The following day, Tomoaki Honma was named Ibushi's replacement in the tournament.
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NJPW 42nd Anniversary Show
Title: NJPW 42nd Anniversary Show
Released: March 6, 2014
Type: Movie
42 years ago, Antonio Inoki founded New Japan Pro Wrestling, looking to cultivate his own idea of wrestling. This idea gave birth to strong style. Since then NJPW has become the #1 puroresu promotion in Japan. To celebrate NJPW’s 42nd birthday, a special non-title champion vs. champion match has been made between the IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada and the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Kota Ibushi. Which division’s champion will reign supreme? Who will gain momentum heading into the New Japan Cup on the 15th?
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NJPW The New Beginning in Hiroshima
Title: NJPW The New Beginning in Hiroshima
Released: February 9, 2014
Type: Movie
The New Beginning in Hiroshima took place on February 9, 2014, in Hiroshima, Hiroshima at the Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall. The event featured ten matches, three of which were contested for championships. Several matches also built to matches taking place at the following event two days later. The event also featured the NJPW debuts of National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) representatives Michael Tarver and Big Daddy Yum-Yum, who unsuccessfully challenged Satoshi Kojima for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in the first title match of the event. The two other title matches were rematches from January 4's Wrestle Kingdom 8 in Tokyo Dome event; in the first Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson made their first successful defense of the IWGP Tag Team Championship against K.E.S. and in the main event Hiroshi Tanahashi made his first successful defense of the IWGP Intercontinental Championship against Shinsuke Nakamura.
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8
Title: NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8
Released: January 4, 2014
Type: Movie
Wrestle Kingdom 8 in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion, which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on January 4, 2014. It was the 23rd January 4 Tokyo Dome Show and the eighth held under the "Wrestle Kingdom" name. Like the previous year, the event aired worldwide on internet pay-per-view (iPPV). The event featured ten matches, six of which were contested for championships. For the first time in twenty years, the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) World Heavyweight Championship was defended during the event with NWA representative Rob Conway defending against Satoshi Kojima. The event was headlined by a double main event; Shinsuke Nakamura defending the IWGP Intercontinental Championship against Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kazuchika Okada defending the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Tetsuya Naito.
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NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2013
Title: NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2013
Released: October 14, 2013
Type: Movie
The second King of Pro-Wrestling was held on October 14, 2013, in Tokyo at Ryōgoku Kokugikan. The event featured nine matches, four of which were contested for championships.
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NJPW Destruction 2013
Title: NJPW Destruction 2013
Released: September 30, 2013
Type: Movie
Destruction was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event aired domestically as a regular pay-per-view (PPV) and internationally as an internet pay-per-view (iPPV). The event was headlined by Kazuchika Okada defending his IWGP World Heavyweight Championship against Satoshi Kojima.
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Wrestle-1 Raising An Army Tour - Day 1
Title: Wrestle-1 Raising An Army Tour - Day 1
Released: September 8, 2013
Type: Movie
Wrestle-1 has their debut event.
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NJPW G1 Climax 23 - Day 9
Title: NJPW G1 Climax 23 - Day 9
Released: August 11, 2013
Type: Movie
The G-1 Climax comes to a conclusion at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan.
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G1 Climax 23: Day 1
Title: G1 Climax 23: Day 1
Released: August 1, 2013
Type: Movie
The G1 (Grade One) Climax professional wrestling tournament is a weeklong event held each August by the New Japan Pro Wrestling promotion. The G1 draws standing room only crowds each night, record receipt gates and generates front-page coverage on the sports sections of several of the daily newspapers in Tokyo. Though it has sometimes been held as a single-elimination tournament, it is usually (and currently) held as a round-robin, with winners from two blocks wrestling in the final to decide that year's winner. The winner of each block is determined by a points system; two points for a victory, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss.
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7
Title: NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7
Released: January 4, 2013
Type: Movie
Wrestle Kingdom 7 in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion, which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on January 4, 2013. It was the 22nd January 4 Tokyo Dome Show and the seventh held under the "Wrestle Kingdom" name. The event featured eleven matches (including two dark matches), five of which were contested for championships. The event featured outside participation from All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) representative Keiji Mutoh, Pro Wrestling Zero1 representative Shinjiro Otani, and American freelancer Shelton Benjamin. For the first time in five years, the event did not feature wrestlers from Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). For the first time, the event was made available for international market on internet pay-per-view (iPPV).
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NJPW King Of Pro-Wrestling 2012
Title: NJPW King Of Pro-Wrestling 2012
Character: Himself
Released: October 8, 2012
Type: Movie
King of Pro-Wrestling (2012) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on October 8, 2012, in Tokyo at Ryōgoku Kokugikan. It was the first event under the King of Pro-Wrestling name. In the main event Hiroshi Tanahashi defended his IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Minoru Suzuki.
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NOAH: 3rd Great Voyage 2005
Title: NOAH: 3rd Great Voyage 2005
Released: November 5, 2005
Type: Movie
Pro Wrestling NOAH caps off a thrilling year with their final Budokan event of 2005.
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NJPW Nexess
Title: NJPW Nexess
Released: May 3, 2004
Type: Movie
NJPW presents a wrestling pay-per-view event from the Tokyo Dome in Tokoy, Japan.
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NJPW Bisshibishi Tradition! Makai World 2003 - Day 8: Memorial Rainbow Dash35
Title: NJPW Bisshibishi Tradition! Makai World 2003 - Day 8: Memorial Rainbow Dash35
Released: September 14, 2003
Type: Movie
NJPW returns to the Nagoya Rainbow Hall, headlined by an IWGP Heavyweight Title #1 Contenders match between Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Manabu Nakanishi.
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NJPW G1 Climax 2003 - Day 3
Title: NJPW G1 Climax 2003 - Day 3
Released: August 12, 2003
Type: Movie
The G1 Climax tournament continues on, featuring some of NJPW's top stars.
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2001
Title: NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2001
Released: May 5, 2001
Type: Movie
The fifth Wrestling Dontaku was held on May 5, 2001, in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, at the Fukuoka Dome.
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NJPW Hyper Battle 2001 - Day 15
Title: NJPW Hyper Battle 2001 - Day 15
Released: March 20, 2001
Type: Movie
New Japan Pro Wrestling's Hyper Battle Tour comes to a close on its 15th and final day.
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Title: New Japan Pro Wrestling
Released: March 6, 1972
Type: TV
New Japan Pro Wrestling 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.