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NJPW announces dome show, tentpole events for first half of 2022

Posted on by Ethan Renner

NJPW has announced another dome show, along with the rest of their tentpole events for the first half of 2022.

For the first time in 21 years, Wrestling Dontaku will be held in the former Fukuoka Dome, now the PayPay Dome, on Sunday, May 1. NJPW made the announcement today during night two of Wrestle Kingdom 16.

The company also announced a Sumo Hall date in Ryogoku on Saturday, April 9, and another major show for Osaka Castle Hall on Sunday, June 12. Names for those events have yet to be announced.

The PayPay Dome Show, Sumo Hall show, and Osaka Castle Hall events join four dates on the New Years Golden Series, the 50th anniversary show, and the New Japan Cup finals as the major events for the company in the first half of 2022.

Below is the announced schedule, with major shows in bold.

NJPW 2022 Schedule —

Thursday, January 20: New Years Golden Series (Korakuen Hall)

Friday, January 21: New Years Golden Series (Korakuen Hall)

Saturday, January 22: New Years Golden Series (Gunma)

Sunday, January 23: New Years Golden Series (Tochigi)

Tuesday, January 25: New Years Golden Series (Fukushima)

Friday, January 28: New Years Golden Series (Aichi)

Saturday, January 29: New Years Golden Series (Korakuen Hall)

Sunday, January 30: New Years Golden Series (Ibaraki)

Sunday, February 6: New Years Golden Series (Chiba)

Monday, February 7: New Years Golden Series (Korakuen Hall)

Wednesday, February 9: New Years Golden Series (Saitama)

Thursday, February 10: New Years Golden Series (Yamagata)

Friday, February 11: New Years Golden Series (Xebio Arena Sendai)

Sunday, February 13: New Years Golden Series (EDION Arena Osaka)

Tuesday, February 15: New Years Golden Series (Korakuen Hall)

Wednesday, February 16: New Years Golden Series (Korakuen Hall)

Thursday, February 17: New Years Golden Series (Korakuen Hall)

Saturday, February 19: New Years Golden Series (Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center)

Sunday, February 20: New Years Golden Series (Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center)

Tuesday, March 1: 50th anniversary show (Nippon Budokan)

Wednesday, March 2: New Japan Cup (Nippon Budokan)

Sunday, March 6: New Japan Cup (Fukushima)

Wednesday, March 9: New Japan Cup (Korakuen Hall)

Thursday, March 10: New Japan Cup (Yamanshi)

Saturday, March 12: New Japan Cup (Aichi)

Sunday, March 13: New Japan Cup (Hyogo)

Monday, March 14: New Japan Cup (Kagawa)

Tuesday, March 15: New Japan Cup (Okayama)

Thursday, March 17: New Japan Cup (Shizuoka)

Friday, March 18: New Japan Cup (Korakuen Hall)

Sunday, March 20: New Japan Cup (Niigata)

Monday, March 21: New Japan Cup (Niigata)

Saturday, March 26: New Japan Cup (Osaka Castle Hall)

Sunday, March 27: New Japan Cup finals (Osaka Castle Hall)

Saturday, April 9: Untitled event (Sumo Hall)

Sunday, May 1: Wrestling Dontaku (PayPay Dome)

Sunday, June 12: Untitled event (Osaka Castle Hall)

NJPW reveals cards for New Beginning in Nagoya and Hiroshima

Posted on by Ethan Renner

NJPW has announced the lineups for its The New Beginning events, taking place January 30 in Nagoya and February 10 and 11 in Hiroshima. 

The key match on the tour is Kota Ibushi vs. SANADA for the IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental titles on February 11. Ibushi claimed those titles with a win over Tetsuya Naito on January 4 at Wrestle Kingdom, then retained them on January 5, beating Jay White. SANADA appeared after the January 5 title match and challenged Ibushi for the titles at a later date. 

February 10 will feature two title matches, as Hiromu Takahashi defends the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship against SHO in the main event, while Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa will defend the IWGP Heavyweight Tag belts against Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr. in a Wrestle Kingdom rematch. 

The January 30 show will see Shingo Takagi defending the NEVER Openweight Championship against Hiroshi Tanahashi in the main event. Shingo is coming off a successful NEVER title defense against Jeff Cobb at Wrestle Kingdom on January 5, while Tanahashi beat Great-O-Khan on January 4. 

Here are the full lineups:

NJPW New Beginning in Nagoya — Saturday, January 30, 4 a.m. Eastern time on NJPW World

  • NEVER Openweight Championship: Shingo Takagi (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
  • Satoshi Kojima vs. Will Ospreay
  • Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Great-O-Khan
  • Kota Ibushi, Tomoaki Honma, SHO & Master Wato vs. SANADA, Tetsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI
  • Kazuchika Okada & Toru Yano vs. EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi

NJPW New Beginning in Hiroshima night one — Wednesday, February 10, 4:30 a.m. Eastern time on NJPW World 

  • IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship: Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs. SHO
  • IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa (c) vs. Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr.
  • Kota Ibushi & Tomoaki Honma vs. SANADA & Tetsuya Naito
  • Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano, Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI vs. EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi, Dick Togo, Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo
  • BUSHI vs. Master Wato
  • Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Yota Tsuji, Yuya Uemura & Gabriel Kidd

NJPW New Beginning in Hiroshima night two — Thursday, February 11, 1 a.m. Eastern time on NJPW World 

  • IWGP Heavyweight & IWGP Intercontinental double title match: Kota Ibushi (c) vs. SANADA
  • Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr. & DOUKI vs. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Jado
  • Kazuchika Okada & Toru Yano vs. EVIL & Dick Togo
  • Tetsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI vs. Tomoaki Honma, SHO & Master Wato
  • Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Yujiro Takahashi, Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo
  • Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Yota Tsuji, Yuya Uemura & Gabriel Kidd