The next PPV event of the year has arrived, with New Japan Pro Wrestling storming Ishikawa ahead of its Muscle Storm 1995 tour for another huge card. With another SOLD OUT, twenty thousand fans on hand, Keiji Muto will get his shot against Shinya Hashimoto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship! Plus, the white-hot Último Dragón meets Tiger Mask III for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, Hawk Warrior takes on the rising star of Hiroyoshi Tenzan, and much more!
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NJPW Fighting Spirit ’95 02/19/1995
Our second PPV event of the year has arrived, with New Japan Pro Wrestling landing back in Tokyo for a STACKED card of action. All titles are on the line, Michinoku Pro gets a chance to showcase some of their greatest talents, and the arena is SOLD OUT with twenty thousand fans on hand!
NJPW Fighting Spirit Tour 1995 (01/30 – 02/18)
New Japan Pro Wrestling’s second tour of the New Year is underway, all leading up to the next PPV event, NJPW Fighting Spirit. This tour will feature IWGP Heavyweight Champion, Shinya Hashimoto, Masahiro Chono, and the IWGP Tag Team Champions, Hiroshi Hase and Keiji Muto. Also to be crowned, a new Number One Contender for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship!
NJPW Heisei Ishingun Restoration Spirit Tour 1995 (01/19 – 01/27)
New Japan Pro Wrestling kicks off the spring of 1995 with the very first tour of the year, Heisei Ishingun Restoration Spirit Tour! This tour will focus on the heel group, Heisei Ishingun, alongside headliners like Kensuke Sasaki, Masahiro Chono, and current IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, Norio Honaga. Tonight is night one, and fans in Oita, Japan, will see a huge tag team match main event!
NJPW Tokyo Dome Battle 7 01/04/1995
In this series, Austin Skinner will take over the books for New Japan Pro Wrestling, starting in January of 1995. With there being very little angle-driven pieces and matches alone being used to sell seats, how will he measure up to the challenge? Well, show number one is BATTLE 7 in Tokyo Dome… there’s only one way to find out!
Detonation: The Explosion Of “Time Bomb” Hiromu Takahashi
Since reemerging on the Japanese scene late last year, Hiromu Takahashi has set New Japan Pro Wrestling’s recently hollowed-out Junior Heavyweight division ablaze. Between his unorthodox offense, alignment with one…
Wrestle Kingdom 9 Is Still Worth Watching Six Months Later
Maybe, you’ve never seen a Japanese Wrestling pay-per-view. Maybe, you’re not even remotely familiar with the product or its talents. Maybe, you find the language barrier to be too great.…