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NJPW 49th Anniversary Show to take place at Budokan Hall

Posted on by Bryan Rose

NJPW announced this morning that their anniversary show will be held at Budokan Hall in 2021.

The company’s annual anniversary show is usually held in early March at Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, the site of New Japan’s first ever card that took place on March 6, 1972. This year will mark the 49th anniversary of NJPW’s first card, and next year they will celebrate their 50th anniversary.

In recent years, the main event is usually headlined by the IWGP Heavyweight champion facing the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight champion. In 2019, then Heavyweight champion Jay White defeated Jr. champion Will Ospreay, and in 2018, Heavyweight champion Kazuchika Okada defeated Jr. champion Ospreay.

The 48th Anniversary show was scheduled to take place this year on March 3, with Heavyweight champion Tetsuya Natio facing fellow Los Ingobernables de Japon stablemate Hiromu Takahashi. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was canceled and the match never took place.

Stardom announces 10th anniversary show to be held at Budokan Hall

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Stardom announced this morning that they will be running their 10th anniversary show at Budokan Hall in March.

During intermission of the Sendai Cinderella show that ran on Sunday morning, Stardom announced that their 10th anniversary show will run on March 3 at Budokan Hall. This will be a big change of venue compared to last year’s show, when they ran at Korakuen Hall. This will be their first time running Budokan Hall. 

No matches or names were announced for the event.

Last night’s show featured Utami Hayashishita defeat Mayu Iwatami to win the World of Stardom title, Giulia defeating Konami to retain the Wonder of Stardom title, Syuri defeating Bea Priestley to win the SWA Undisputed World Women’s title, Momo Watananabe defeating Himeka, ZAM defeating Gokigen Death to retain the High Speed title, Cosmic Angels defeating Oedo Tai in a six-person tag team match, Starlight Kid defeating Hanan, Hina, Riho, and Saya Kamtani, and Maika defeating Saya Iida to retain the Future of Stardom title.

Stardom also held a match earlier this year at the Tokyo Dome, prior to the first night of Wrestle Kingdom 14. In that match, Mayu Iwatani and Arisa Hoshiki defeated Hana Kimura and Giulia.