This is a list of major NJPW events, detailing all notable professional wrestling cards promoted on pay-per-view (PPV), aired on live TV broadcasts by TV Asahi, or streamed on New Japan Pro-Wrestling World by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).
| Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 24 | Battle Satellite in Tokyo Dome | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Antonio Inoki (c) vs. Shota Chochishvili for the WWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship [1] | |
| (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match | |||||
| Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 10 | Super Fight in Tokyo Dome | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Antonio Inoki and Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Masahiro Chono and Shinya Hashimoto [2] | |
| April 13 (aired May 15, 22, and 29) | Wrestling Summit | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Hulk Hogan vs. Stan Hansen | Co-produced with World Wrestling Federation and All Japan Pro Wrestling | 
| (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match | |||||
| Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 21 | Starrcade in Tokyo Dome | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Ric Flair (NWA─c) vs. Tatsumi Fujinami (IWGP─c) for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship and the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | Co-produced with World Championship Wrestling | 
| (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match | |||||
| Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | Super Warriors in Tokyo Dome | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Riki Choshu (G18─c) vs. Tatsumi Fujinami (IWGP─c) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and the Greatest 18 Club Championship Sting and The Great Muta vs. The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) | Co-produced with World Championship Wrestling | 
| (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match | |||||
| Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | Fantastic Story in Tokyo Dome | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Genichiro Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu | Co-produced with World Championship Wrestling | 
| May 3 | Wrestling Dontaku | Fukuoka Dome | Fukuoka, Japan | Antonio Inoki and Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Genichiro Tenryu and Riki Choshu | |
| (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match | |||||
| Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | Battlefield | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Antonio Inoki vs. Genichiro Tenryu | |
| May 1 | Wrestling Dontaku | Fukuoka Dome | Fukuoka, Japan | Antonio Inoki vs. The Great Muta | |
| (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match | |||||
| Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | Wrestling World | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Keiji Muto (c) vs. Nobuhiko Takada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [3] | |
| April 29 | Battle Formation | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Nobuhiko Takada (c) vs. Shinya Hashimoto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship [4] | |
| June 1 | World Wrestling Peace Festival | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena | Los Angeles, California, USA | Antonio Inoki and Dan Severn vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara and Oleg Taktarov [5] | Co-produced with All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling, Asistencia Asesoría y Administración, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, Michinoku Pro Wrestling, National Wrestling Alliance, Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi, and World Championship Wrestling First NJPW show in the United States | 
| (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match | |||||
| Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | Wrestling World | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Shinya Hashimoto (c) vs. Riki Choshu for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | Co-produced with Big Japan Wrestling | 
| April 12 | Battle Formation | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Naoya Ogawa vs. Shinya Hashimoto in a Different Style Fight | |
| May 3 | Strong Style Evolution | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Shinya Hashimoto (c) vs. Naoya Ogawa for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
| August 10 | The Four Heaven in Nagoya Dome | Nagoya Dome | Nagoya, Aichi, Japan | Shinya Hashimoto (c) vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
| November 2 | Final Power Hall in Fukuoka Dome | Fukuoka Dome | Fukuoka, Japan | Genichiro Tenryu and Tatsumi Fujinami vs. nWo Japan (Keiji Muto and Masahiro Chono) | |
| (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match | |||||
| Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | Final Power Hall in Tokyo Dome | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Kensuke Sasaki (c) vs. Keiji Muto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
| April 4 | Antonio Inoki Retirement Show | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Antonio Inoki vs. Don Frye | |
| August 8 | Rising The Next Generations in Osaka Dome | Osaka Dome | Osaka, Japan | Tatsumi Fujinami (c) vs. Masahiro Chono for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
| (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match | |||||
| Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | Wrestling World | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Scott Norton (c) vs. Keiji Muto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
| April 10 | Strong Style Symphony - New Japan Spirit | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Keiji Muto (c) vs. Don Frye for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
| August 8 | Jingu Climax | Meiji Jingu Stadium | Tokyo, Japan | The Great Muta vs. The Great Nita in a No Rope Explosive Barbed Wire Barricade Explosive Land Mine Double Hell Deathmatch | |
| October 11 | Final Dome | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Naoya Ogawa (c) vs. Shinya Hashimoto for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship | |
| (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match | |||||
| Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | Wrestling World | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Genichiro Tenryu (c) vs. Kensuke Sasaki for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
| April 7 | Dome Impact | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Naoya Ogawa vs. Shinya Hashimoto | |
| May 5 | Wrestling Dontaku | Fukuoka Dome | Fukuoka, Japan | Power Warrior (c) vs. The Great Muta for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
| July 30 | Riki Choshu Revival | Yokohama Arena | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | Atsushi Onita vs. Riki Choshu in a No Rope Explosive Barbed Wire Deathmatch | |
| October 9 | Do Judge!! | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Kensuke Sasaki vs. Toshiaki Kawada | |
| December 14 | The 2nd Judgement!! | Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium | Osaka, Japan | Masanobu Fuchi and Toshiaki Kawada vs. Takashi Iizuka and Yuji Nagata | |
| (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match | |||||
| Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | Wrestling World | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Kensuke Sasaki vs. Toshiaki Kawada tournament final match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
| April 9 | Strong Style | Osaka Dome | Osaka, Japan | Kensuke Sasaki vs. Shinya Hashimoto in a No Rules match | |
| May 5 | Wrestling Dontaku | Fukuoka Dome | Fukuoka, Japan | Kazunari Murakami and Naoya Ogawa vs. Manabu Nakanishi and Riki Choshu | |
| June 6 | Super-Force Group Declaration | Nippon Budokan | Tokyo, Japan | Kazuyuki Fujita (c) vs. Yuji Nagata for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
| July 20 | Dome-Quake | Sapporo Dome | Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan | Kazuyuki Fujita (c) vs. Don Frye for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
| October 8 | Indicate of Next | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | BATT (Hiroshi Hase and Keiji Muto) vs. Jun Akiyama and Yuji Nagata | |
| (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match | |||||
| Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | Wrestling World | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Jun Akiyama (c) vs. Yuji Nagata for the GHC Heavyweight Championship | |
| May 2 | Toukon Memorial Day 30th Anniversary | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Masahiro Chono vs. Mitsuharu Misawa | |
| June 7 | Battle Zone | Nippon Budokan | Tokyo, Japan | Yuji Nagata (c) vs. Kensuke Sasaki for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
| October 14 | The Spiral | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Yuji Nagata (c) vs. Kazuyuki Fujita for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
| (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match | |||||
| Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | Wrestling World | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Yuji Nagata (c) vs. Josh Barnett for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
| May 2 | Ultimate Crush | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Yoshihiro Takayama (NWF─c) vs. Yuji Nagata (IWGP─c) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and the NWF Heavyweight Championship | |
| August 28 | Osaka Dream Night | Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium | Osaka, Japan | Yoshihiro Takayama (c) vs. Masahiro Chono in a Cage Deathmatch for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
| October 13 | Ultimate Crush II | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Yoshihiro Takayama, Kazuyuki Fujita, Minoru Suzuki, Shinsuke Nakamura and Bob Sapp vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Seiji Sakaguchi | |
| November 3 | Yokohama Dead Out | Yokohama Arena | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | Yoshihiro Takayama (c) vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
| (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match | |||||
| Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | Wrestling World | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Shinsuke Nakamura (IWGP─c) vs. Yoshihiro Takayama (NWF─c) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and the NWF Heavyweight Championship | |
| March 28 | King of Sports | Ryōgoku Kokugikan | Tokyo, Japan | Kensuke Sasaki (c) vs.Bob Sapp for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
| May 3 | Nexess | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Bob Sapp (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
| November 13 | Toukon Festival | Osaka Dome | Osaka, Japan | Kazuyuki Fujita and Kendo Kashin vs. Manabu Nakanishi and Shinsuke Nakamura | |
| (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match | |||||
| Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | Toukon Festival: Wrestling World | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP U-30 Openweight Championship | |
| March 26 | Nexess V | Ryōgoku Kokugikan | Tokyo, Japan | Satoshi Kojima (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
| May 14 | Nexess VI | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Satoshi Kojima for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
| October 8 | Toukon Souzou New Chapter | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Kazuyuki Fujita (c) vs. Brock Lesnar vs. Masahiro Chono for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
| (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match | |||||
| Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | Toukon Shidou Chapter 1 | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
| (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match | |||||
| Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | Wrestle Kingdom I | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Keiji Muto and Masahiro Chono vs. Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) | Co-produced with All Japan Pro Wrestling | 
| November 11 | Destruction '07 | Ryōgoku Kokugikan | Tokyo, Japan | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Hirooki Goto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
| (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match | |||||
| Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | Wrestle Kingdom II | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | Co-produced with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling Aired on January 17 in the United States as Global Impact | 
| October 13 | Destruction '08 | Ryōgoku Kokugikan | Tokyo, Japan | Keiji Muto (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
| (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match | |||||
| Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | Wrestle Kingdom IV | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Yoshihiro Takayama for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
| May 3 | Wrestling Dontaku | Fukuoka Kokusai Center | Fukuoka, Japan | Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Togi Makabe for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
| June 19 | Dominion 6.19 | Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium | Osaka, Japan | Togi Makabe (c) vs. Go Shiozaki for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
| October 11 | Destruction '10 | Ryōgoku Kokugikan | Tokyo, Japan | Togi Makabe (c) vs. Satoshi Kojima for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
| (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match | |||||
| Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2 | Tanahashi Final Homecoming | Gifu Memorial Center | Gifu, Japan | Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs. Hirooki Goto for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship | 
| Date | Event | Venue | Location | Main event | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | Wrestle Kingdom 20 | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | TBA | This will be the first January 4 Tokyo Dome Show to be aired on TV Asahi since 2004 | 
| January 5 | New Year Dash!! | Ota City General Gymnasium | Tokyo, Japan | TBA | |
| February 27 | The New Beginning USA | CURE Insurance Arena | Trenton, New Jersey, USA | TBA |