NJPW announces upcoming big event schedule
With Wrestle Kingdom week now over, NJPW is looking ahead to its next big events.
NJPW has announced its big event schedule from now until September. All of the dates can be seen below:
- January 13 at the San Jose Civic in San Jose, California: Battle in the Valley
- January 20 at Dolphin’s Arena in Aichi: New Beginning in Nagoya
- February 11 at Edion Arena in Osaka: New Beginning in Osaka
- February 23 & 24 at Hokkai Kita Yell in Hokkaido: New Beginning in Sapporo
- March 6 at Ota-ku Gymnasium in Tokyo: NJPW’s 52nd anniversary show
- March 20 at Ao-re Nagaoka in Niigata: New Japan Cup final
- April 6 at Ryogoku Sumo Hall in Tokyo (event name TBA)
- April 12 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago: Windy City Riot
- April 14 at Zepp New Taipei in Taipei (event name TBA)
- May 3 & 4 at Fukuoka International Center in Fukuoka (event name TBA)
- June 9 at Osaka-Jo Hall in Osaka (event name TBA)
- June 15 & 16 at Hokkai Kita-Yell in Hokkaido (event name TBA)
- August 17 & 18 at Ryogoku Sumo Hall in Tokyo: G1 Climax 34
- September Hokkaido tour (details TBA)
The full card for Battle in the Valley has been announced. The show will be headlined by Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay. In the semi-main event, Jon Moxley faces off against Shingo Takagi in a no DQ match.
NJPW has a new IWGP World Heavyweight Champion entering these upcoming events. Tetsuya Naito won the title by defeating SANADA at Wrestle Kingdom 18.
