Hiromu Takahashi

The 2025 Fantastica Mexico event, also promoted as CMLL Presenta NJPW Fantastica Mania México 2025 was the third annual Fantastica Mania: Mexico professional wrestling event. It was produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and also featured wrestlers from partner promotions New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), All Elite Wrestling (AEW), Ring of Honor (ROH) and Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro). The event took place on June 20, 2025 at the Arena México in Mexico City, Mexico and was the 17th edition of the Fantastica Mania event series, third to take place in Mexico, and the first to involve AEW and ROH – as part of a week-long collaboration between the three promotions – and RevPro.

NJPW Dominion 6.12 in Osaka-jō Hall was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on June 12, 2022, at Osaka-jō Hall in Osaka, Japan, and was headlined by Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Jay White for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.

The New Beginning in Osaka 2026 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on February 11, 2026, at EDION Arena Osaka in Osaka, Japan, and was headlined by Yota Tsuji (c) vs. Jake Lee for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.

Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jō Hall was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on June 4, 2023, in Osaka, Japan, headlined by SANADA (c) vs. Yota Tsuji for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.

Dominion 7.12 in Osaka-jo Hall was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling on July 12, 2020, at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan, and was headlined by Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. EVIL for the IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championships.

The New Year 2026 was a professional wrestling event promoted by Pro Wrestling Noah that took place on January 1, 2026, at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan, and was headlined by Yoshiki Inamura (c) vs. OZAWA for the GHC Heavyweight Title.

The sixth night of Road to The New Beginning 2026 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on February 2, 2026, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

The seventeenth and final night of New Japan Pro-Wrestling's annual heavyweight tag team tournament took place on December 14, 2025, at Grand Messe Kumamoto in Mashiki, Kumamoto, Japan, and featured the match to crown the winners of World Tag League 2025.

New Year Dash 2026 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling that took place on January 5, 2026, at Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan, the day after Wrestle Kingdom 20, and headlined by Knockout Brothers (OSKAR & Yuto-Ice) (c) vs. TMDK (Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr.) for the IWGP Tag Team Championships.

The first night of Road to The New Beginning 2026 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on January 19, 2026, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, marking the opening of the 2026 Young Lion Cup and featuring two first-round matches of the tournament. The show was headlined by Taichi & Tomohiro Ishii vs. RoughStorm (Shota Umino & Yuya Uemura) in an IWGP Tag Team Title #1 Contendership Match.

NJPW Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-Jo Hall was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on June 9, 2024, at Osaka-Jo Hall in Osaka, Japan, and was headlined by the Best of the Super Junior 31 Final Match between El Desperado and Taiji Ishimori.

The seventh night of Road to The New Beginning 2026 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on February 3, 2026, at Iwaki City Gymnasium in Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan.

The tenth and final night of Road to The New Beginning 2026 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on February 8, 2026, at EDION Arena Osaka #2 in Osaka, Japan.

The opening night of New Japan Cup 2023 took place on March 5, 2023, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, marking the start of New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW)’s annual heavyweight single-elimination tournament and featured two first-round matches.

AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door 2024: Zero Hour served as the pre-show to the larger AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door 2024 featuring a collaboration between All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The pre-show included several matches featuring wrestlers from both promotions.

Blue Justice XVII ~ Aoyi Transition ~ was a professional wrestling event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and organized by Yuji Nagata, which took place on January 18, 2026 at Sakura Civic Gymnasium in Sakura, Chiba, Japan.

NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2025 - Day 3 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on October 25, 2025, at the Kumagaya Citizen Gymnasium in Saitama, Japan.

Battle in the Valley 2025 was a New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) pay-per-view held on January 11, 2025, at the San Jose Civic in San Jose, California, and headlined by El Desperado (c) vs. Taiji Ishimori for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship.

The fourteenth and final night of Burning Spirit 2022 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on September 25, 2022, at World Hall in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, and was headlined by Will Ospreay (c) vs. David Finlay for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship.

The New Beginning in Osaka 2025 was a New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) pay-per-view held on February 11, 2025, at Edion Arena Osaka in Osaka, Japan, headlined by Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. Hirooki Goto for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.

The second night of Road to Sakura Genesis 2023 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on April 2, 2023 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The show was headlined by Shingo Takagi (c) vs. Aaron Henare in an Ultimate Triad Match for the NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling Championship.

The fifth night of Road to The New Beginning 2026 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on February 1, 2026, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

The first night of Road to Tokyo Dome 2025 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on December 19, 2025, at G Messe Gunma in Takasaki, Gunma, Japan, and was headlined by Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hiromu Takahashi.

The second night of New Japan Cup 2022 took place on March 6, 2022, at Big Palette Fukushimal in Koriyama, Fukushima, Japan and featured three first-round matches.

Wrestle Kingdom 20 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on January 4, 2026, at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan, featuring the official retirement match of Hiroshi Tanahashi versus his long-time rival Kazuchika Okada and a dual title match between IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Konosuke Takeshita and IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion Yota Tsuji.

The second night of Road to Tokyo Dome 2025 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on December 21, 2025, at Light Cube Utsunomiya in Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan, and was headlined by Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. El Desperado.

The eighth night of Road to The New Beginning 2026 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on February 4, 2026, at Toyota Crown Arena in Fukushima, Japan.

The sixteenth and final night of Battle Autumn 2022 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on November 5, 2022 at EDION Arena Osaka in Osaka, Japan. The show was headlined by Will Ospreay (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito for IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship.

NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2025 - Day 7 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro‑Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on October 30, 2025, at the Fukui Prefectural Industrial Hall (Exhibition Hall No.1) in Fukui, Japan.

NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam in Metlife Dome 2021 is a PPV from New Japan Pro-Wrestling. It is a two-night event in itself on 4 and 5 September 2021. The event was earlier scheduled for 29 May. But the state of emergency was imposed in Japan due to COVID-19. The first part of Wrestle Grand Slam (in Tokyo Dome) took place on 25 July 2021 from Tokyo, Japan.

Sakura Genesis 2024 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on April 6, 2024, at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan, and was headlined by Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Yota Tsuji for the IWGP World Heavyweight Title.

The third and final night of Road to Tokyo Dome 2025 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on December 22, 2025, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, and was headlined by Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kosei Fujita.

The third night of Road to The New Beginning 2026 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on January 28, 2026, at Ito Mining Arena Tsugaru in Tsugaru, Aomori, Japan.

The second night of Road to The New Beginning 2026 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on January 20, 2026, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, and featured two Young Lion Cup 2026 Semi-Final Matches as well as an IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match. The event was headlined by DOUKI (c) vs. El Desperado for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship.

NJPW New Japan Road in Ishikari 2025 was a live-streamed event held October 19, 2025, at Ishikari Municipal Hanakawa Junior High School Gymnasiumin Hokkaido, Japan, featuring hometown hero Taichi’s homecoming and marquee matches including El Desperado & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. House of Torture and a JTO Girls Tag Title defense.

After Wednesday night’s B Block finals, the full card has now been determined for the G1 Climax 31 final on Thursday October 21.

The fourteenth night of the World Tag League 2025 heavyweight tag team tournament took place on December 9, 2025, at Iizuka City General Gymnasium in Iizuka, Fukuoka, Japan.

Six Man Tag Team Match Gabriel Kidd, Yota Tsuji & Yuya Uemura vs. Suzuki-gun (El Desperado, Minoru Suzuki & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) Singles Match BUSHI vs. Master Wato (w/Hiroyoshi Tenzan) Ten Man Tag Team Match CHAOS (Hirooki Goto, Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI) vs. BULLET CLUB (El Phantasmo, EVIL, Jay White, Taiji Ishimori & Yujiro Takahashi) (w/Dick Togo & Gedo) Tag Team Match Kota Ibushi & Tomoaki Honma vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (SANADA & Tetsuya Naito) IWGP Tag Team Title Match Guerrillas Of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) (c) vs. Dangerous Tekkers (Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr.) (w/DOUKI) IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs. SHO

As the tournament enters its second half, A Block hit Hiroshima less than a fortnight away from their final matches in Yokohama on October 18.

The G1 returns to Osaka on Saturday October 9. With six of nine block matches over, it’s the final stretch for A Block, and every win is vital on the road to next week’s block final in Yokohama.

The second night of Wrestle Kingdom 16 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on January 5, 2022, at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan, headlined by Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Will Ospreay for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.

The second night of Wrestle Kingdom 14 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on January 5, 2020, headlined by Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito (c) in a dual title match for the IWGP Heavyweight and IWGP Intercontinental Championships.

The third night of the World Tag League 2025 heavyweight tag team tournament took place on November 24, 2025, at Machida City General Gymnasium in Machida, Tokyo, Japan.

The third night of New Japan Cup 2022 took place on March 7, 2022, at Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan and featured four first-round matches.

The sixteenth night of the World Tag League 2025 heavyweight tag team tournament took place on December 12, 2025, at Sun Arena Sendai Sub-Arena in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima, Japan, and featured the semi-final match between the top A block teams.

NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 3 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on September 9, 2024, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. It was broadcast on NJPW World.

The fourth night of Road to The New Beginning 2026 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on January 29, 2026, at Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium in Morioka, Iwate, Japan.

Yamagata sees G1 Climax’s B block wrestle their eighth and penultimate matches, with block finals in the Nippon Budokan on Wednesday October 20, all leading to the grand final on the 21st.

The third night of New Japan Cup 2023 took place on March 8th, 2023 at Big Palette Fukushima in Koriyama, Fukushima, Japan and featured two first-round matches.

Multiverse United 2 (marketed as Multiverse United 2: For Whom the Bell Tolls) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event co-produced by Impact Wrestling and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It took place on August 20, 2023, at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was the third event under the Multiverse chronology.

Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling that took place on June 9, 2018, at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka and was headlined by a Best Two-Out-of-Three Falls Match between Kazuchika Okada (c) and Kenny Omega for the IWGP Heavyweight Title.

Takashi Omura was once a popular professional wrestler, but he isn't popular anymore. He now wears a cockroach mask and wrestles as a villain. He is married to Shiori and they have an elementary school aged son named Shota. Takashi and Shiori have not yet told their son what Takashi does for a living. One day, Shota finds out that Takashi is a professional wrestler and a villain with a cockroach mask. Shota is shocked and tells a lie to his classmate that his dad is a popular professional wrestler.

NJPW Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jō Hall was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on June 11, 2017, at Osaka-jō Hall in Osaka, Japan, and was headlined by Kenny Omega (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.

The opening night of New Japan Pro Wrestling's annual junior heavyweight round-robin tournament took place on May 18, 2018, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

ROH & NJPW: Global Wars – Chicago was a co-produced professional wrestling event featuring American promotion Ring of Honor (ROH) and Japanese promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It took place on October 15, 2017, at the Odeum Expo Center in Villa Park, Illinois, USA, and served as the fourth and final night of the ROH & NJPW Global Wars U.S. tour, and was headlined by Kenny Omega (c) vs. YOSHI-HASHI for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship.

NJPW G1 Special in San Francisco was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It took place on July 7, 2018, at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California, USA, featuring top NJPW stars in major singles and championship matches as part of the promotion’s U.S. expansion.

The third night of War of the Worlds UK was a multi-promotional supershow jointly produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Revolution Pro Wrestling (RPW), and Ring of Honor (ROH), that took place on August 20, 2017, at the Edinburgh Corn Exchange in Edinburgh, Scotland, and was headlined by a Street Fight between Jay Lethal and Silas Young.

The first night of War of the Worlds UK was a multi-promotional supershow jointly produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Revolution Pro Wrestling (RPW), and Ring of Honor (ROH), that took place on August 18, 2017, at York Hall in London, England, and was headlined by a Ten Man Tag Team Match pitting BULLET CLUB (Cody, Hangman Page, Marty Scurll, Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) against Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, EVIL, Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito).

The first night of NJPW G1 Special in USA 2017 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on July 1, 2017, at the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center in Long Beach, California, and was headlined by Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Cody Rhodes for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.

The twelfth night of G1 Climax 27 took place at Fukuoka Citizen Gymnasium in Fukuoka, Japan on August 2, 2017.