Promotion Spotlight: NJPW

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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (1972-)

Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan
Key People: Antonio Inoki (Founder, Owner 1972-2005), Takaaki Kidani (Owner 2012-present), Naoki Sugabayashi (Chairman 2013-present), Katsuhiko Harada (president 2016-2018), Harold Meij (president 2018-present), Simon Inoki (president 2005-2007), Riki Choshu (booker 1990-2002, 2004-2007), Jushin Liger (booker 1992-present), Gedo & Jado (bookers 2007-present)

New Japan Pro-Wrestling's 50 Greatest Matches
1. (04/21/83) Tiger Mask vs Dynamite Kid on Big Fight Series II (WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship)
2. (01/31/90) Jushin Thunder Liger vs Naoki Sano on World Pro-Wrestling (IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship)
3. (03/26/86) Team NJPW* vs Team UWF* at New Wave Dash (Gauntlet)
4. (06/12/86) Akira Maeda vs Tatsumi Fujinami on IWGP Champion Series
5. (04/16/94) The Great Sasuke vs Wild Pegasus at Super J-Cup (Super J-Cup Final)
6. (01/04/17) Kazuchika Okada vs Kenny Omega at Wrestle Kingdom 11 (IWGP Heavyweight Championship)
7. (04/30/92) Jushin Thunder Liger vs El Samurai on Explosion Tour (Best of the Super Juniors Final)
8. (04/03/83) Tatsumi Fujinami vs Riki Choshu on Big Fight Series II (WWF International Heavyweight Championship)
9. (08/11/91) Keiji Mutoh vs Masahiro Chono at Violent Storm in Kokugikan Day 3 (G1 Climax Final)
10. (04/07/13) Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Kazuchika Okada at Invasion Attack (IWGP Heavyweight Championship)
11. (04/16/94) Jushin Thunder Liger vs The Great Sasuke at Super J Cup
12. (03/20/87) Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada vs Keiji Mutoh & Shiro Koshinaka at Spring Up Flare (IWGP Tag Team Championship)
13. (06/05/97) Koji Kanemoto vs El Samurai at Best of the Super Juniors IV (Best of the Super Juniors Final)
14. (01/04/15) Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Kazuchika Okada at Wrestle Kingdom 10 (IWGP Heavyweight Championship)
15. (10/11/99) Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka vs Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa at Final Dome (IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship)
16. (03/21/91) The Steiners* vs Kensuke Sasaki & Hiroshi Hase at Starrcade in the Tokyo Dome (IWGP Tag Team Championship)
17. (12/13/94) Shinya Hashimoto vs Hiroshi Hase at Battle Final (IWGP Heavyweight Championship)
18. (10/08/12) Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Minoru Suzuki at King of Pro-Wrestling (IWGP Heavyweight Championship)
19. (08/05/82) Tiger Mask vs Dynamite Kid on Big Fight Series II (WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship)
20. (04/21/83) Nobuhiko Takada vs Shiro Koshinaka at New Year Dash (IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship)
21. (01/04/15) Shinsuke Nakamura vs Kota Ibushi at Wrestle Kingdom 9 (IWGP Intercontinental Championship)
22. (08/09/91) Keiji Mutoh vs Big Van Vader at Violent Storm in Kokugikan Day 2
23. (10/18/94) Wild Pegasus & Shinjiro Otani vs The Great Sasuke & Black Tiger II at Super Grade Tag League Day 9 (Super Grade Tag League Final)
24. (08/16/15) Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinsuke Nakamura at G1 Climax Day 19
25. (04/19/84) Seiki Gundan* vs Ishin Gundan* on Big Fight Series II (Gauntlet)
26. (08/04/13) Tomohiro Ishii vs Katsuyori Shibata at G1 Climax Day 4
27. (08/13/16) Kenny Omega vs Tetsuya Naito at G1 Climax Day 18
28. (08/04/96) Shinjiro Otani vs Ultimo Dragon at G1 Climax Day 3
29. (08/01/98) Shinya Hashimoto vs Genichiro Tenryu at G1 Climax Day 2
30. (09/23/81) Andre the Giant vs Stan Hansen on Bloody Fight Series

*3. Team NJPW included Antonio Inoki, Tatsumi Fujinami, Kengo Kimura, Umanosuke Ueda, & Kantaro Hoshino
*3. Team UWF included Akira Maeda, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Osamu Kido, Nobuhiko Takada, & Kazuo Yamazaki
*16. The Steiners included Rick & Scott Steiner
*25. Seiki Gundan included Antonio Inoki, Kengo Kimura, Nobuhiko Takada, Tatsumi Fujinami, & Yoshiaki Fujiwara
*25. Ishin Gundan included Animal Hamaguchi, Isamu Teranishi, Kuniaki Kobayashi, Riki Choshu, & Yoshiaki Yatsu


New Japan Pro-Wrestling's Greatest Wrestlers
1. Antonio Inoki
2. Jushin Thunder Liger
3. Tatsumi Fujinami
4. Keiji Mutoh
5. Shinya Hashimoto
6. Hiroshi Tanahashi
7. Tiger Mask (Satoru Sayama)
8. Riki Choshu
9. Kazuchika Okada
10. Yoshiaki Fujiwara
11. Masahiro Chono
12. Shinjiro Otani
13. Shinsuke Nakamura
14. Seiji Sakaguchi
15. Shiro Koshinaka
16. Hiroshi Hase
17. Kensuke Sasaki
18. Big Van Vader
19. Nobuhiko Takada
20. Koji Kanemoto (Tiger Mask III)
21. El Samurai
22. Akira Maeda
23. Hiroyoshi Tenzan
24. Kengo Kimura
25. The Great Sasuke