Kenny Omega vs. Chris Jericho from Wrestle Kingdom 12
Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito from Wrestle Kingdom 12
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kota Ibushi in the G1 Climax 28 Final
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Jay White from The New Beginning In Osaka 2019
Jon Moxley vs. Juice Robinson from Best Of Super Juniors 26
Kota Ibushi vs. Jay White in the G1 Climax 29 Final
New Years Golden Series, filmed live from Osaka, Japan on 2/13/22 -Highlights include a dream tag-team match pitting World Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada and US Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi against Los Ingobernables de Japón members Tetsuya Naito and SANADA in an epic showdown that sets the stage for Tanahashi and SANADA’s upcoming battle for the US Heavyweight Belt, and Okada and Naito’s monumental matchup for the World Heavyweight Championship. -Bullet Club brawler EVIL defends his NEVER Openweight Championship against Tomohiro Ishii, who seeks to avenge his controversial loss to EVIL at Wrestle Kingdom 16 and reclaim the NEVER Openweight belt for the seventh time in this special lumberjack match.
New Years Golden Series, filmed live from Sapporo, Japan on 2/19/22 -Two tag-team championships are on the line tonight, starting with a massive eight-man bout for the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team titles as defending champions Tiger Mask and Robbie Eagles face their toughest challenge yet against the teams of El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori, Master Wato and Ryusuke Taguchi, and El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru. -Then, Bullet Club seeks to add to their ever-growing accolades as members EVIL and Yujiro Takahashi step into the ring against CHAOS duo Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI for the IWGP Tag Team Championships.
New Years Golden Series, filmed live from Sapporo, Japan on 2/19/22 -IWGP US Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi makes his first title defense against Los Ingobernables de Japón’s own SANADA, who Tanahashi personally called out to be his first challenger after reclaiming the belt at Wrestle Kingdom.
New Years Golden Series, filmed live from Sapporo, Japan on 2/20/22 -Minoru Suzuki and Toru Yano are unleashed in a rabid Dog Cage Match, where the winner must lock his opponent inside a canine kennel for the right to be crowned KOPW 2022 Champion. -CHAOS reignites their rivalry with Bullet Club, as Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI and YOH defend the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team titles against EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi and SHO.
New Years Golden Series, filmed live from Sapporo, Japan on 2/20/22 -The 2022 New Years Golden Series comes to a close, as IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada defends NJPW’s most coveted prize against Los Ingobernables de Japón figurehead—and longtime rival—Tetsuya Naito in this hotly-anticipated main event.
This week’s edition of NJPW on AXS sees an incredible featured match kick off New Japan Cup 2022 coverage! From the first round of the cup, it’s champion vs champion when El Desperado faces Kazuchika Okada. The pride of the IWGP Junior Heavyweight and IWGP World Heavyweight Champions collide in what is an unmissable Budokan Hall main event! Plus, catch #STRONGHEARTS representative CIMA as he faces TAKA Michinoku in first round action!
Kazuchika Okada and Tetsuya Naito will vie for their place in the final. After a crushing defeat to the Rainmaker over the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship in Sapporo, Naito quickly has another chance at Okada, with designs on punching a ticket to the main event at the Tokyo Dome in January 2023. Meanwhile Shingo Takagi and Zack Sabre Jr. meet in the other semifinal. A runner up in 2021, Takagi wants to go one step better in 2022 by taking the trophy. The Submission Master Sabre however is intent on getting his own revenge four years in the making, and his first step is the New Japan Cup gold.
New Japan Cup 2022 Final match between Zack Sabre Jr. and Tetsuya Naito
Windy City Riot, filmed live from Chicago, Illinois on 4/16/22 -NJPW makes its long-awaited Chicago debut with an epic evening, headlined by a dream match main event as the Death Rider and the Commonwealth Kingpin take their feud to the next level when wrestling legend Jon Moxley goes toe-to-toe with Will Ospreay for the first time ever. -The night also includes a bitter grudge match between two of wrestling’s hardest hitters, as longtime rivals Tomohiro Ishii and Minoru Suzuki seek to settle their differences in the squared circle.
Wrestling Dontaku, filmed live from Fukuoka, Japan on 4/28/22 -AXS TV kicks off three weeks of exciting Wrestling Dontaku, which returned to its birthplace—the PayPay Dome in Fukuoka, Japan—for the first time since 2001 with a massive fight card that captivated the wrestling world. In this episode, Bad Luck Fale and Chase Owens hope to ring-in the ninth anniversary of the Bullet Club, which was formed at Wrestling Dontaku in 2013, by seizing the Tag Team belts from newly-crowned champions Jeff Cobb and Great-O-Khan in a three-way showdown that also includes Bishamon duo Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI. -Then, the United States Heavyweight Championship is up for grabs, when Hiroshi Tanahashi and Tomohiro Ishii vie for the title SANADA was forced to vacate due to injury earlier this year.
Wrestling Dontaku, filmed live from Fukuoka, Japan on 4/28/22 -AXS TV’s Wrestling Dontaku coverage continues with the last stop on the road to the Best Of The Super Jr. tournament, as reigning Junior Heavyweight Champion El Desperado defends his belt against Bullet Club assassin Taiji Ishimori. -And former friends meet as foes, when Tama Tonga seeks to become an NJPW singles champion for the first time in his career—and get revenge for the Bullet Club’s shocking betrayal, in the process—by taking on Bullet Club brawler EVIL for the NEVER Openweight Championship.
Wrestling Dontaku, filmed live from Fukuoka, Japan on 4/28/22 -Wrestling Dontaku closes out with a rivalry renewed, as World Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada puts NJPW’s most coveted prize on the line against Tetsuya Naito for the second time this year, following The Rainmaker’s defeat at the hands of the Los Ingobernables de Japón boss in the New Japan Cup.
IWGP United States Championship Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Wil Ospreay vs. Juice Robinson vs. Jon Moxley Kazuchika Okada and Rocky Romero vs. Hikuleo and Jay White