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.

King of Pro-Wrestling 2024 was a New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) pay-per-view held on October 14, 2024, at Ryōgoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan, headlined by Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Zack Sabre Jr. for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.

NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 5 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on February 4, 2020 in Tokyo at the Korakuen Hall. It was broadcast on NJPWWorld.com

The nineteenth and final night of the tournament, featuring the match to crown the G1 Climax 26 winner, took place at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan on August 14, 2016.

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.

Wrestling Dontaku 2022 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on May 1, 2022, at the Fukuoka PayPay Dome in Fukuoka, Japan, headlined by Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.

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.

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.

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.

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 New Beginning in Sapporo 2023 - Night 2 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place at the Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, on February 5, 2023.

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.

The nineteenth and final night of the tournament, featuring the match to crown the G1 Climax 33 winner, took place at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan on August 13th, 2023.

The New Beginning in Osaka 2016 is a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on February 11, 2016, at EDION Arena Osaka in Osaka, Japan. It was the ninth total event under the New Beginning name and the third held in Osaka, and featured Kazuchika Okada defending the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Hirooki Goto in the main event.

The nineteenth and final night of the tournament took place on August 12, 2019 at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan, and featured the match to crown the winner of G1 Climax 29.

The fifteenth night of the tournament took place on August 8th, 2023 at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.

The fourteenth and final night of New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s annual junior heavyweight round-robin tournament took place on July 7, 2016, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, and featured the final match to crown the winner of Best of the Super Juniors 23.