Takaaki Watanabe

Wrestlers will portray heroes or villains as they follow a series of events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.

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.

Ring of Honor Wrestling is a professional wrestling television series produced by Ring of Honor. The series features the professional wrestlers of Ring of Honor competing in matches, along with interviews from the wrestlers. Combined, these elements create and further the storylines of ROH. The pilot episode was taped on February 28, 2009, and aired on March 21, 2009. The show aired weekly on HDNet in the United States. On February 11, 2010 it was announced that Ring of Honor Wrestling would be airing in Italy on Dahlia TV. The show was voted as the Best Weekly Television Show in the 2010 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards. The series' 100th and final HDNet episode aired on April 4, 2011. The series returned on the stations of Sinclair Broadcast Group' on September 24, 2011.

The NJPW New Japan Cup is an annual single-elimination professional wrestling tournament held by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) since 2005. It is considered the second most prominent heavyweight tournament in NJPW, after the G1 Climax which follows a round-robin format.

The fifth night of G1 Climax 29 took place at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, on July 18, 2019, and was headlined by Kota Ibushi vs. Will Ospreay.

The first night of Wrestling Dontaku 2019 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling that took place on May 3, 2019, at Fukuoka Kokusai Center in Fukuoka, Japan, and was headlined by Dragon Lee (c) vs. Taiji Ishimori for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship.

NJPW New Year Dash!! 2016 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on January 5, 2016, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, headlined by The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe) & Toru Yano (c) vs. Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) for the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship

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 third night of G1 Climax 29 took place at Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan, on July 14, 2019, and was headlined by KENTA vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi.

The fifth night of Road to Destruction 2024 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on September 14, 2024, at Noboribetsu City General Gymnasium in Noboribetsu, Hokkaido, Japan.

NJPW 52nd Anniversary Event & New Japan Cup 2024: Night 1 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on March 6, 2024, in Tokyo at the Ota City General Gymnasium. It was broadcast on NJPW World.

The first night of Wrestling Dontaku 2024 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on May 3, 2024, at Fukuoka Kokusai Center in Fukuoka, Japan, headlined by Nic Nemeth (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Global Heavyweight Title

The second night of The New Beginning in Sapporo 2020 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on February 2, 2020, at the Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center in Sapporo, Japan, and was headlined by Kazuchika Okada vs. Taichi.

Sakura Genesis 2018 was a New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) event held on April 1, 2018, at Ryōgoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan, headlined by Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Zack Sabre Jr. for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.

NJPW New Year Dash!! 2018 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on January 5, 2018, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, and was headlined by CHAOS (Gedo, Hirooki Goto, Kazuchika Okada, Will Ospreay & YOSHI-HASHI) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, EVIL, Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito).

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.

Destruction in Kobe 2017 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro‑Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on September 24, 2017, at World Memorial Hall in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, and was headlined by Kenny Omega (c) vs. Juice Robinson for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship.

Sengoku Lord in Nagoya was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on July 25, 2020, in Nagoya, Aichi, at the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium and was the second event under the Sengoku Lord name, the second in a row in Nagoya, and second in a row that took place at the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium.

The first night of Wrestling Dontaku 2018 was a New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) event held on May 3, 2018, at the Fukuoka Convention Center in Fukuoka, Japan, headlined by Kenny Omega vs. Hangman Page.

The 2023 edition of New Year Dash!! was an annual professional wrestling event held by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) on January 5, 2023, at Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan, the day after Wrestle Kingdom 17, headlined by the Tag Team Match Kazuchika Okada & Kenny Omega vs. United Empire (Aaron Henare & Jeff Cobb).