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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.

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.

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).

Resurgence 2025 was a New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) pay-per-view held on May 9, 2025, at the Toyota Arena in Ontario, California, headlined by Mercedes Moné (c) vs. AZM vs. Mina Shirakawa for the STRONG Women’s Championship.

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.

Dominion 6.15 in Osaka-Jo Hall was a New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) event held on June 15, 2025, at Osaka-Jo Hall in Osaka, Japan, headlined by Hirooki Goto (c) vs. Shingo Takagi for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.

Stardom American Dream 2025 in Neon City was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom and produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling of America. The event took place on April 18, 2025 in Paradise, Nevada, at the MEET Las Vegas. It was main evented by Maika, HANAKO, and a returning Megan Bayne against Konami, Momo Watanabe, and Texas independent wrestler Kalientita. This was also the final event for Mina Shirakawa as a member of the Stardom roster.

AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door - Zero Hour served as the pre-show to the larger AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door 2025 pay-per-view (PPV) featuring a collaboration between All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).

Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XVI was a professional wrestling event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and organized by Yuji Nagata. Held on September 7, 2025, at Togane Arena in Togane, Chiba, Japan, the annual Blue Justice show served as Nagata’s hometown charity event. The main event featured Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Yuji Nagata in what was billed as Tanahashi’s “Final Road” match—Tanahashi’s mentor versus his longtime protégé. The match carried added significance as the 18th and final singles encounter between the two, closing the book on one of NJPW’s defining rivalries that began with their first clash on January 24, 2002, when a young Tanahashi challenged Nagata in a bout that helped launch his rise to stardom.

NJPW Road to King of Pro-Wrestling 2025 - Day 1 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on October 4, 2025 at Hiratsuka General Gymnasium in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, Japan.