List of New Japan Pro-Wrestling of America events

This is a List of New Japan Pro-Wrestling of America events, detailing all notable professional wrestling cards promoted on pay-per-view (PPV), & NJPW World by New Japan Pro-Wrestling's (NJPW) United States-based subsidiary, "New Japan Pro-Wrestling of America" (NJoA), and its NJPW Strong brand; as well as other events promoted by NJPW in North America since 2019.

On October 21, 2019, NJPW announced the formation of an American subsidiary called "New Japan Pro-Wrestling of America".^[1] On July 31, 2020, NJPW announced a new weekly series titled NJPW Strong. As part of NJPW's expansion into the United States, the series would be produced by NJoA.^[2]

On January 30, 2023, NJPW announced that all of the promotion's future American events would be branded under the "Strong" name. NJoA PPVs have since aired under the NJPW Strong Live banner, and are later presented as part of the NJPW Strong on Demand series.^[3]

Past events

2020–2021

Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
September 4–11, 2020	Fighting Spirit Unleashed	Oceanview Pavilion	Port Hueneme, California
August 14, 2021	Resurgence	The Torch at LA Coliseum	Los Angeles, California	Lance Archer (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
November 13, 2021	Battle in the Valley	San Jose Civic	San Jose, California, US	Jay White (c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii for the NEVER Openweight Championship

2022

Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
April 1	Lonestar Shootout	Fairmont Hotel	Dallas, Texas	Tomohiro Ishii vs. Chris Dickinson Team Filthy (J. R. Kratos, Royce Isaacs and Tom Lawlor) vs. Fred Rosser, Alex Coughlin and The DKC
April 16	Windy City Riot	Odeum Expo Center	Villa Park, Illinois, US	Jon Moxley vs. Will Ospreay
May 14	Capital Collision	Entertainment and Sports Arena	Washington, D.C., US	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Juice Robinson vs. Will Ospreay vs. Jon Moxley for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
June 26	AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door	United Center	Chicago, Illinois, US	Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Jon Moxley for the AEW Interim World Championship
July 30	Music City Mayhem	Nashville Fairgrounds	Nashville, Tennessee, US	Jon Moxley vs. El Desperado in a no disqualification match
August 21	Fighting Spirit Unleashed	The Vermont Hollywood	Los Angeles, California	Fred Rosser (c) vs. TJP for the Strong Openweight Championship
October 28	Rumble on 44th Street	Palladium Times Square	New York City, US	Bullet Club (Jay White and Juice Robinson) vs. Kazuchika Okada and Eddie Kingston

2023

Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
February 18	Battle in the Valley	San Jose Civic	San Jose, California, US	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
March 30	Multiverse United	Globe Theater	Los Angeles, California	Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Mike Bailey
April 15	Capital Collision	Entertainment and Sports Arena	Washington, D.C., US	The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) (c) vs. Aussie Open (Mark Davis and Kyle Fletcher) vs. Dream Team (Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kazuchika Okada) for the Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship
May 21	Resurgence	Walter Pyramid	Long Beach, California, US	Mercedes Moné vs. Willow Nightingale in a tournament final match for the inaugural Strong Women's Championship
June 25	AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door	Scotiabank Arena	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Bryan Danielson vs. Kazuchika Okada
August 19	All Star Junior Festival USA	2300 Arena	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US	Mike Bailey vs. Kevin Knight in a tournament final match in the All Star Jr. Festival USA tournament
August 20	Multiverse United 2	2300 Arena	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US	Alex Shelley (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the Impact World Championship
October 28	Fighting Spirit Unleashed	Sam's Town	Las Vegas, Nevada	Tama Tonga (c) vs. Shingo Takagi for the NEVER Openweight Championship
November 10	Lonestar Shootout	Curtis Culwell Center	Garland, Texas	Shingo Takagi (c) vs. Trent Beretta for the NEVER Openweight Championship

2024

Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event
January 13	Battle in the Valley	San Jose Civic	San Jose, California	Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay
April 12	Windy City Riot	Wintrust Arena	Chicago, Illinois	Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Jon Moxley for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
May 11	Resurgence	Toyota Arena	Ontario, California	Jon Moxley (c) vs. Shota Umino for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
June 30	AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door	UBS Arena	Elmont, New York	Swerve Strickland (c) vs. Will Ospreay for the AEW World Championship
August 30	Capital Collision	Entertainment and Sports Arena	Washington, D.C.
November 6	Fighting Spirit Unleashed	Lowell Memorial Auditorium	Lowell, Massachusetts	Gabe Kidd (c) vs. Kosei Fujita for the Strong Openweight Championship

Notes

References

^ "NJPW Announced New Japan Pro Wrestling of America Subsidiary". f4wonline. October 21, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
^ "New Japan Cup USA announced for NJPW STRONG debut 【NJoA】". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Bushiroad. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
^ "NJPW of America, STRONG transform in 2023 【NJoA】". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. January 30, 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2023.

External links

[NJPWAmerica-1] "NJPW Announced New Japan Pro Wrestling of America Subsidiary". f4wonline. October 21, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.

[StrongAnnounced-2] "New Japan Cup USA announced for NJPW STRONG debut 【NJoA】". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Bushiroad. Retrieved August 11, 2020.

[3] "NJPW of America, STRONG transform in 2023 【NJoA】". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. January 30, 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2023.

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