List of New Japan Pro-Wrestling of America events explained
This is a List of New Japan Pro-Wrestling of America events, detailing all notable professional wrestling cards promoted on pay-per-view (PPV), & NJPW World by New Japan Pro-Wrestling's (NJPW) United States-based subsidiary, "New Japan Pro-Wrestling of America" (NJoA), and its NJPW Strong brand; as well as other events promoted by NJPW in North America since 2019.
On October 21, 2019, NJPW announced the formation of an American subsidiary called "New Japan Pro-Wrestling of America".[1] On July 31, 2020, NJPW announced a new weekly series titled NJPW Strong. As part of NJPW's expansion into the United States, the series would be produced by NJoA.[2]
On January 30, 2023, NJPW announced that all of the promotion's future American events would be branded under the "Strong" name. NJoA PPVs have since aired under the NJPW Strong Live banner, and are later presented as part of the NJPW Strong on Demand series.[3]
Past events
2020–2021
2022
| Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event |
|---|
| April 1 | Lonestar Shootout | Fairmont Hotel | Dallas, Texas | Tomohiro Ishii vs. Chris Dickinson
Team Filthy (J. R. Kratos, Royce Isaacs and Tom Lawlor) vs. Fred Rosser, Alex Coughlin and The DKC |
| April 16 | Windy City Riot | Odeum Expo Center | Villa Park, Illinois, US | Jon Moxley vs. Will Ospreay |
| May 14 | Capital Collision | Entertainment and Sports Arena | Washington, D.C., US | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Juice Robinson vs. Will Ospreay vs. Jon Moxley for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship |
| June 26 | AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door | United Center | Chicago, Illinois, US | Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Jon Moxley for the AEW Interim World Championship |
| July 30 | Music City Mayhem | Nashville Fairgrounds | Nashville, Tennessee, US | Jon Moxley vs. El Desperado in a no disqualification match |
| August 21 | Fighting Spirit Unleashed | The Vermont Hollywood | Los Angeles, California | Fred Rosser (c) vs. TJP for the Strong Openweight Championship |
| October 28 | Rumble on 44th Street | Palladium Times Square | New York City, US | Bullet Club (Jay White and Juice Robinson) vs. Kazuchika Okada and Eddie Kingston |
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2023
| Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event |
|---|
| February 18 | Battle in the Valley | San Jose Civic | San Jose, California, US | Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship |
| March 30 | Multiverse United | Globe Theater | Los Angeles, California | Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Mike Bailey |
| April 15 | Capital Collision | Entertainment and Sports Arena | Washington, D.C., US | The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) (c) vs. Aussie Open (Mark Davis and Kyle Fletcher) vs. Dream Team (Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kazuchika Okada) for the Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship |
| May 21 | Resurgence | Walter Pyramid | Long Beach, California, US | Mercedes Moné vs. Willow Nightingale in a tournament final match for the inaugural Strong Women's Championship |
| June 25 | AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door | Scotiabank Arena | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Bryan Danielson vs. Kazuchika Okada |
| August 19 | All Star Junior Festival USA | 2300 Arena | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US | Mike Bailey vs. Kevin Knight in a tournament final match in the All Star Jr. Festival USA tournament |
| August 20 | Multiverse United 2 | 2300 Arena | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US | Alex Shelley (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the Impact World Championship |
| October 28 | | Sam's Town | Las Vegas, Nevada | Tama Tonga (c) vs. Shingo Takagi for the NEVER Openweight Championship |
| November 10 | Lonestar Shootout | Curtis Culwell Center | Garland, Texas | Shingo Takagi (c) vs. Trent Beretta for the NEVER Openweight Championship | |
2024
Upcoming event schedule
2024
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: NJPW Announced New Japan Pro Wrestling of America Subsidiary . October 21, 2019. October 21, 2019 . f4wonline.
- Web site: New Japan Cup USA announced for NJPW STRONG debut 【NJoA】. New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Bushiroad. August 11, 2020.
- Web site: NJPW of America, STRONG transform in 2023 【NJoA】. January 30, 2023. April 20, 2023. New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
