Tag Archives: NEVER Openweight Championship

New Japan Pro Wrestling crowned a new NEVER Openweight Champion during Saturday’s NJPW Sakura Genesis 2024 event as Shingo Takagi defeated EVIL to win the title. Shingo Takagi’s victory brings an end to EVIL’s 77-day reign as the Champion.

New Japan Pro Wrestling crowned a new NEVER Openweight Champion during today’s NJPW The New Beginning In Nagoya event as EVIL defeated Tama Tonga to become the new Champion. EVIL’s victory brings an end to Tama Tonga’ 16-day reign as the Champion.

New Japan Pro Wrestling crowned a new NEVER Openweight Champion during today’s NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 event at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan as Tama Tonga defeated Shingo Takagi to become the new Champion. Tama Tonga’s victory brings an end to Takagi’s 68-day reign as the Champion.

New Japan Pro Wrestling have announced that the following matches will take place as part of their NJPW Lonestar Shootout event on Friday, November 10th at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas. — Eddie Kingston (c) vs. Satoshi Kojima for the NJPW STRONG Openweight Championship. — The Guerillas Of Destiny (El Phantasmo & Hikuleo)  Continue Reading »

The following results are from a recent New Japan Pro Wrestling event. The event took place on October 28th, 2023 at Sam’s Town Live in Las Vegas, Nevada and aired live on FITE TV. Pre-Show Match Matt Vandagriff defeated Buck Skynyr. Pre-Show Match Team Filthy (Danny Limelight, Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs) defeated Baliyan Akki,  Continue Reading »

All Elite Wrestling star Trent Beretta made an appearance via video during NJPW’s Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2023 event on Saturday night, issuing a challenge to Shingo Takagi. Following the match between Takagi and Tama Tonga, which saw Takagi crowned the new NEVER Openweight Champion, Takagi asked for fresh opponents, however no one appeared at first,  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling crowned a new NEVER Openweight Champion during their NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2023 event on Saturday night as Shingo Takagi defeated Tama Tonga to become the new Champion. Takagi’s victory brings an end to Tonga’s 19-day reign as the Champion.

New Japan Pro Wrestling have announced that Tama Tonga will put his NEVER Openweight Championship on the line against Shingo Takagi as part of their NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed event on October 28th. Previously announced for the event: — Eddie Kingston (c) vs. HENARE for the NJPW STRONG Openweight Championship. — Giulia (c) vs. Hyan  Continue Reading »

The following results are from a recent New Japan Pro Wrestling event. The event took place on October 9th, 2023 at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan. Pre-Show Match Ryusuke Taguchi, Tiger Mask, Oskar Leube, YOSHI-HASHI & Toru Yano defeated Kazuma Sumi, Jun Masaoka, Takeshi Masada, Takahiro Katori & Kengo. 6 Man Tag Team Match  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling crowned a new NEVER Openweight Champion as part of their NJPW Destruction In Ryogoku event at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan on Monday as Tama Tonga defeated David Finlay to become the new Champion. Tama Tonga’s victory brings an end to David Finlay’s 159-day reign as the Champion.

New Japan Pro Wrestling have announced that the following matches will take place as part of their Destruction In Ryogoku 2023 event on October 9th at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan. — SANADA (c) vs. EVIL for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. — David Finlay (c) vs. Tama Tonga for the NEVER Openweight Championship.  Continue Reading »

The following results are from a recent New Japan Pro Wrestling event. The event took place on June 4th, 2023 at the Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan. Pre-Show Match Oskar Leube vs. Ryohei Oiwa went to a 5 minute time limit draw. Pre-Show Match Oskar Leube vs. Oleg Boltin went to a 5 minute time  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling have announced that the following matches will take place as part of the NJPW Dominion event on June 4th at the Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan. — SANADA (c) vs. Yota Tsuji for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. — Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs. Master Wato for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship.  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling crowned a new NEVER Openweight Champion during today’s NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2023 event at the Fukuoka International Center in Fukuoka, Japan as David Finlay defeated Tama Tonga to become the new Champion. Finlay’s victory brings an end to Tama Tonga’s 119-day reign as the Champion.

New Japan Pro Wrestling crowned a new NEVER Openweight Champion during today’s NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 event as Tama Tonga defeated Karl Anderson to become the new Champion. Tama Tonga’s victory brings an end to Karl Anderson’s 206-day reign as the Champion. Can Tama Tonga reclaim NEVER gold from Karl Anderson? That match is next!  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling sent out the following: Regarding Karl Anderson and the NEVER Openweight Championship Thank you for supporting New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Early morning Japan time on October 20, NEVER Openweight Champion Karl Anderson posted a video on social media indicating that he would not be making his advertised commitment on November 5 in  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling crowned a new NEVER Openweight Champion during today’s NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2022 event at the Fukuoka PayPay Dome in Fukuoka, Japan as Tama Tonga defeated EVIL to become the new Champion. Tama Tonga’s victory brings an end to EVIL’s 117-day reign as the Champion.

The following results are from a recent New Japan Pro Wrestling pay-per-view event. New Japan Pro Wrestling Wrestle Kingdom 12 took place on January 4th, 2018 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. New Japan Rumble Masahito Kakihara defeated Katsuya Kitamura, BUSHI, Delirious, Leo Tonga, Manabu Nakanishi, Chase Owens, Yuji Nagata, TAKA Michinoku, Yoshinobu Kanemaru,  Continue Reading »