Yota Tsuji

Wrestle Kingdom 20 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on January 4, 2026, at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan, featuring the official retirement match of Hiroshi Tanahashi versus his long-time rival Kazuchika Okada and a dual title match between IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Konosuke Takeshita and IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion Yota Tsuji.

Wrestle Kingdom 19 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on January 4, 2025, at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan, and was headlined by Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. Shota Umino for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.

Wrestle Dynasty was a 2025 professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event co-produced by the Japanese promotions New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and World Wonder Ring Stardom, the American promotions All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and Ring of Honor (ROH), and the Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). It took place on January 5, 2025, at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan, the night after NJPW's Wrestle Kingdom 19, and was headlined by Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. Ricochet for the IWGP World Heavyweight Title.

NJPW New Year Dash!! 2025 was a New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) event held on January 6, 2025, at Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan, headlined by CHAOS (Hirooki Goto, Rocky Romero, YOH & YOSHI-HASHI) vs. TMDK (Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr.) with Hartley Jackson.

The New Beginning in Osaka 2025 was a New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) pay-per-view held on February 11, 2025, at Edion Arena Osaka in Osaka, Japan, headlined by Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. Hirooki Goto for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.

NJPW Blue Justice XV - Wrestling Life 40th Anniversary Yuji Nagata was a New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) event produced by Yuji Nagata and held on January 19, 2025, at the Chiba-Sakura Municipal Gymnasium in Sakura, Japan, headlined by Hiroshi Tanahashi, Oleg Boltin, Toru Yano & Yuji Nagata vs. House of Torture (Ren Narita, SHO, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Yujiro Takahashi).

The NJPW 53rd Anniversary Event was a New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) pay-per-view held on March 6, 2025 at the Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan, headlined by Hirooki Goto (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.

Sakura Genesis 2025 was a New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) event held on April 5, 2025 at Ryōgoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan, headlined by Hirooki Goto (c) vs. David Finlay for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship

The ninth and final night of the tournament took place on March 20, 2025, at the Aore Nagaoka in Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan, and featured the final match to crown the New Japan Cup 2025 winner.

Wrestling Dontaku 2025 – Night 1 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on May 3, 2025, at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center in Fukuoka, Japan, and was headlined by a Dog Pound Cage Match pitting War Dogs against House of Torture, with the losing team forced to leave Bullet Club.