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Unbound Company part of updated NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 33 lineup

Posted on by Shounak Chakrabarti

With NJPW steadily rolling out the names for the Best of the Super Juniors 33 lineup, three more names have been announced as the latest additions.

New Japan Pro-Wrestling announced that Taiji Ishimori, Robbie X, and Titan of Unbound Company will now compete in Best of the Super Juniors 33.

The tournament is scheduled to begin on May 14 and conclude on June 7, 2026, at the Korakuen Hall. The winner of the tournament will get a future shot at the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title.

Previously, NJPW had announced that Jakob Austin Young, Francesco Akira, and Robbie Eagles were also scheduled to be part of the BOSJ 33 lineup.

Updated list of NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 33 participants

Here is the updated list of participants for the upcoming NJPW BOSJ 33:

  • Kosei Fujita
  • DOUKI
  • El Desperado
  • Yoshinobu Kanemaru
  • SHO
  • Daisuke Sasaki
  • YOH
  • Master Wato
  • Jakob Austin Young
  • Francesco Akira
  • Valiente Jr.
  • Robbie Eagles
  • Taiji Ishimori
  • Robbie X
  • Titan

Title change takes place at NJPW Anniversary show

Posted on by Joseph Currier

A title change took place on Friday as New Japan Pro Wrestling celebrated its 54th Anniversary.

The Anniversary event in Tokyo saw Taiji Ishimori & Robbie X defeat Ichiban Sweet Boys (Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita) to become the new IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. At the conclusion of the 15-minute match, Robbie X pinned Fujita to win the belts.

Ishimori and Robbie X are members of the newly formed Unbound Company faction in NJPW. This is the first title Robbie X has held in the promotion, while Ishimori is a multi-time Junior Heavyweight champion as both a singles and tag team wrestler.

It didn’t take long for Ishimori & Robbie X’s first challengers to emerge. Immediately after their title win, they were attacked by Francesco Akira & Jakob Austin Young, furthering the feud between Unbound Company and United Empire.

A second title match headlined the Anniversary show card with DOUKI defeating Master Wato to remain IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion. Here are the quick results from the event:

NJPW 54th Anniversary show —

  • IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion DOUKI defeated Master Wato to retain
  • Taiji Ishimori & Robbie X defeated Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita to become the new IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions
  • New Japan Cup first-round match: Callum Newman defeated OSKAR
  • New Japan Cup first-round match: Jake Lee defeated YOSHI-HASHI
  • Ren Narita, Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi, SHO & Dick Togo defeated Satoshi Kojima, Shota Umino, Aaron Wolf, Tatsumi Fujinami & LEONA
  • Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi defeated Don Fale & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
  • Zack Sabre Jr. & Ryohei Oiwa defeated Yuto-Ice & Gedo
  • HENARE, Great-O-Khan, Francesco Akira & Jakob Austin Young defeated Oleg Boltin, Hirooki Goto, Toru Yano & Tatsuya Matsumoto
  • Drilla Moloney & Daiki Nagai defeated Yuya Uemura & Masatora Yasuda

Two title matches official for NJPW Anniversary event

Posted on by Joseph Currier

NJPW has booked a couple of title bouts for its upcoming Anniversary event.

On March 6, NJPW will celebrate its 54th birthday with an Anniversary show at Ota City Gymnasium in Tokyo. It’s been confirmed that the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship and Junior Heavyweight Tag Team titles will be on the line. DOUKI is defending his belt against Master Wato, while Taiji Ishimori & Robbie X are challenging Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita for their tag team gold.

This will be the second defense for both DOUKI and Eagles & Fujita during their respective reigns.

NJPW wrote:

  • The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship will be on the line when Master Wato challenges DOUKI. Mere days after HOUSE OF TORTURE rallied around DOUKI to assist him to a first defence of the junior heavyweight title against El Desperado in Korakuen, Wato ensured the H.O.T victory lap was cut short, striking with the Tstenkaku German to pin Japones Del Mal and assert himself as the next number one contender. As the next chapter of HOUSE OF TORTURE with Ren Narita at its helm continues, will the self proclaimed ‘junior heavyweight god’ DOUKI retain by hook and crook again, or on the site of his Best of the Super Jr. tournament victory in 2023, can Wato finally complete his journey to Grand Master status?
  • Also official for Anniversary is a battle over the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships, Robbie Eagles and Kosei Fujita defending against Robbie X and Taiji Ishimori. The last time NJPW was in Ota for New Year Dash, the Ichiban Sweet Boys Eagles and Fujita won the junior tag gold by defeating Robbie X in a four way bout. When Ishimori scored tag team victory for himself and Hiromu Takahashi at New Beginning in Osaka however, defeating United Empire’s Jakob Austin Young and Francesco Akira, the Unbound Co. name seemed to grow stonger in tag contention. Robbie would provide the assist to prevent a post match assault on Hiromu, and backstage, Ishimori would issue a challenge. These two teams tore the house down in a junior tag title clash in Korakuen last April as well as in the Super Junior Tag League in the autumn to bring them to a 1-1 record. This time, which team will not only bring down the house, but bring home the bacon? 

The Anniversary show will air live on NJPW World with English commentary available. Along with these title bouts, the card includes two opening-round matches in New Japan Cup 2026.

NJPW 54th Anniversary Show (Friday, March 6) —

  • IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion DOUKI defends against Master Wato
  • IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita defend against Taiji Ishimori & Robbie X
  • New Japan Cup first-round match: YOSHI-HASHI vs. Jake Lee
  • New Japan Cup first-round match: OSKAR vs. Callum Newman