New Japan Pro Wrestling 2024: Episode Guide & Ratings

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 was a Pay Per View event produced by New Japan Pro Wrestling, which took place on January 4, 2024, at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.

NJPW New Year Dash!! 2024 was a Special Event produced by New Japan Pro Wrestling, which took place on January 5, 2024, at the Sumida City Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.

NJPW Battle in the Valley (2024) was a Pay Per View event produced by New Japan Pro Wrestling, which took place on January 13, 2024, at the San Jose Civic in San Jose, California.

El Desperado defends the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title against Yoshinobu Kanemaru in the main event.

In Okada's last contracted NJPW match, he, Tomohiro Ishii and Hiroshi Tanahashi defend the NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Titles against TMDK (Kosei Fujita, Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste). Shota Umino faces Ren Narita in the main event.

In the main event, the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles are on like line as BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney) challenge Catch 22 (Francesco Akira & TJP)

Featuring the long awaited Faction Warfare Gauntlet between Los Ingobernables de Japon and Just 5 Guys.

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada IWGP Tag Team Title Match Guerrillas Of Destiny (El Phantasmo & Hikuleo) vs. BULLET CLUB (Chase Owens & KENTA) Bryan Danielson vs. Zack Sabre Jr. Steel Cage Ten Man Tag Team Match United Empire (Francesco Akira, HENARE, Jeff Cobb, TJP & Will Ospreay) vs. BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Alex Coughlin, Clark Connors, David Finlay, Drilla Moloney & Gabe Kidd)

IWGP Women's Title Match Mayu Iwatani (c) vs. Mina Shirakawa IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match El Desperado (c) vs. SHO NEVER Openweight Title Match EVIL (w/Dick Togo) (c) vs. Shota Umino NJPW World Television Title Match Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Matt Riddle IWGP Global Heavyweight Title Match David Finlay (w/Gedo) (c) vs. Nic Nemeth

Guerrillas Of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) vs. Guerrillas Of Destiny (El Phantasmo & Hikuleo) TAKA Michinoku vs. BUSHI Hiromu Takahashi vs. DOUKI Taichi vs. Shingo Takagi Hair Vs. Hair Match Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura IWGP World Heavyweight Title Match Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. SANADA

New Japan Cup 2024 First Round Match Toru Yano vs. Yujiro Takahashi (w/Pieter) New Japan Cup 2024 First Round Match KENTA vs. YOSHI-HASHI New Japan Cup 2024 First Round Match Jack Perry vs. Shota Umino Tetsuya Naito vs. SHO

New Japan Cup 2024 First Round Match Tomohiro Ishii vs. Chase Owens New Japan Cup 2024 First Round Match Tanga Loa (w/Jado) vs. Great-O-Khan (w/Jeff Cobb) New Japan Cup 2024 First Round Match TJP (w/Francesco Akira) vs. David Finlay (w/Gedo)

New Japan Cup 2024 First Round Match Hikuleo vs. Oleg Boltin New Japan Cup 2024 First Round Match Gabe Kidd vs. Callum Newman New Japan Cup 2024 First Round Match Shingo Takagi vs. Yuya Uemura

New Japan Cup 2024 First Round Match Mikey Nicholls (w/Zack Sabre Jr.) vs. El Phantasmo (w/Jado) New Japan Cup 2024 First Round Match Taichi vs. Ren Narita (w/Yoshinobu Kanemaru) New Japan Cup 2024 First Round Match Jeff Cobb vs. Yota Tsuji

New Japan Cup 2024 Second Round Match Toru Yano vs. Jack Perry (w/Yujiro Takahashi) New Japan Cup 2024 Second Round Match SANADA vs. YOSHI-HASHI

New Japan Cup 2024 Second Round Match Tanga Loa (w/Jado) vs. David Finlay (w/Gedo) New Japan Cup 2024 Second Round Match Hirooki Goto vs. Chase Owens

New Japan Cup 2024 Second Round Match EVIL vs. Hikuleo New Japan Cup 2024 Second Round Match Shingo Takagi vs. Gabe Kidd

New Japan Cup 2024 Second Round Match El Phantasmo vs. Yota Tsuji New Japan Cup 2024 Second Round Match Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Ren Narita

NJPW New Japan Cup 2024 Final

Main evented by Great-O-Khan vs. Tanga Loa for the KOPW Championship.

-Tiger Mask, Tomoaki Honma & Yuji Nagata vs. Dragon Dia, Ryusuke Taguchi & Shota Umino -Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Yota Tsuji) vs. United Empire (Callum Newman, Francesco Akira & Jeff Cobb) -Hirooki Goto vs. Gabe Kidd -TMDK (Kosei Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr.) vs. Just 5 Guys (SANADA, Taichi & TAKA Michinoku) -NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Title Match Hiroshi Tanahashi, Oleg Boltin & Toru Yano (c) vs. House Of Torture (EVIL, SHO & Yujiro Takahashi) (w/Dick Togo) -IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match DOUKI (c) vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru -NEVER Openweight Title Match HENARE (c) vs. Shingo Takagi -IWGP Global Heavyweight Title Match David Finlay (c) (w/Gedo) vs. YOSHI-HASHI (w/Hirooki Goto) -IWGP World Heavyweight Title Match Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Great-O-Khan

Daiki Nagai, Katsuya Murashima & Oleg Boltin vs. Masatora Yasuda, Shoma Kato & Toru Yano BULLET CLUB (Bad Luck Fale, Caveman Ugg & Taiji Ishimori) vs. TMDK (Hartley Jackson, Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste) House Of Torture (SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) vs. Just 5 Guys (DOUKI & TAKA Michinoku) Los Ingobernables de Japon (Hiromu Takahashi & Yota Tsuji) vs. United Empire (Jakob Austin Young & Jeff Cobb) Hiroshi Tanahashi, Shota Umino & Tomohiro Ishii vs. House Of Torture (Dick Togo, EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi) Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI), Intergalactic Jet Setters (Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA) & Tomoaki Honma vs. BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Clark Connors, David Finlay, Drilla Moloney, Gabe Kidd & Gedo) Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito) vs. TMDK (Kosei Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr.) Jun Akiyama & Yuji Nagata vs. Atsushi Kotoge & Go Shiozaki

Kickoff STRONG Survivor Match:Matt Vandagriff vs. Seabass Finn Non Title Match:David Finlay vs. Kevin Knight NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team Title Match:TMDK (Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste) (c) vs. Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zack Gibson) Singles Match:Mustafa Ali vs. Lio Rush Best Two Out Of Three Falls Tag Team Match:The West Coast Wrecking Crew (Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs) vs. Dirty Work (Fred Rosser & Tom Lawlor) NJPW STRONG Women’s Title #1 Contendership Four Way Match:Koguma vs. Hazuki vs. Trish Adora vs. Anna Jay Tag Team Match:Los Ingobernables de Japon (Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji) vs. The Undisputed Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett) Singles Match:KENTA vs. Ryohei Oiwa Tag Team Match:Shota Umino & Tomohiro Ishii vs. TMDK (Bad Dude Tito & Zack Sabre Jr.) AEW International Title Match:Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs. TJP NJPW STRONG Openweight Title Match:Gabe Kidd (c) vs. Kosei Fujita