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The New Beginning in Osaka 2026 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on February 11, 2026, at EDION Arena Osaka in Osaka, Japan, and was headlined by Yota Tsuji (c) vs. Jake Lee for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.
Feb 2026
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.
Jan 2026
New Year Dash 2026 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling that took place on January 5, 2026, at Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan, the day after Wrestle Kingdom 20, and headlined by Knockout Brothers (OSKAR & Yuto-Ice) (c) vs. TMDK (Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr.) for the IWGP Tag Team Championships.
Wrestling Redzone in Hiroshima 2026 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on April 25, 2026, at Hiroshima Sun Plaza in Hiroshima, Japan. The show featured a match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships and was headlined by Knockout Brothers (OSKAR & Yuto-Ice) (c) vs. Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) for the IWGP Tag Team Championships.
Apr 2026
The sixteenth night of the World Tag League 2025 heavyweight tag team tournament took place on December 12, 2025, at Sun Arena Sendai Sub-Arena in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima, Japan, and featured the semi-final match between the top A block teams.
Dec 2025
Sakura Genesis 2026 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on April 4, 2026 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan. The show was headlined by an IWGP Heavyweight Championship match between Yota Tsuji and the winner of the 2026 New Japan Cup tournament, Callum Newman.
The sixth night of Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 took place on April 29, 2026, at Saga Arena in Saga, Japan. The event was headlined by DOUKI (c) vs. Tiger Mask in a Lumberjack match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship.
The second night of Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 took place on April 20, 2026, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The event was headlined by an IWGP Tag Team Championship #1 Contendership Match between Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) and Great-O-Khan & HENARE.
The fifth and final night of Road to Sakura Genesis 2026 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on April 2, 2026, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The show featured a match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles and was headlined by Douki (c) vs. YOH for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship.
The first night of Road to Sakura Genesis 2026 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on March 28, 2026, at Lily Arena Mito in Mito, Ibaraki, Japan.
Mar 2026
The fourth night of Road to Sakura Genesis 2026 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on April 1, 2026, at Nagano Prefectural Budokan in Saku, Nagano, Japan.
The fifth night of Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 took place on April 27, 2026, at Yamaguchi Butterfly Arena in Yanai, Yamaguchi, Japan.
The eighth and final night of Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 took place on May 1, 2026, at Aira City Sports Park Gymnasium in Aira, Kagoshima, Japan.
May 2026
The seventeenth and final night of New Japan Pro-Wrestling's annual heavyweight tag team tournament took place on December 14, 2025, at Grand Messe Kumamoto in Mashiki, Kumamoto, Japan, and featured the match to crown the winners of World Tag League 2025.
The third night of Road to Sakura Genesis 2026 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on March 30, 2026, at Twin Messe Shizuoka in Shizuoka, Japan.
Blue Justice XVII ~ Aoyi Transition ~ was a professional wrestling event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and organized by Yuji Nagata, which took place on January 18, 2026 at Sakura Civic Gymnasium in Sakura, Chiba, Japan.
The twelfth and final night of the tournament took place on March 21, 2026, at Aore Nagaoka in Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan, and opened with an Open Challenge for Konosuke Takeshita’s NJPW World Television Championship. The show was headlined by the match to crown the winner of the 2026 New Japan Cup, who went on to face Yota Tsuji for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at Sakura Genesis 2026.
The sixth night of Fantastica Mania 2026 was a professional wrestling event co-produced by Japanese promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial De Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on February 26, 2026 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
The second night of Road to Tokyo Dome 2025 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on December 21, 2025, at Light Cube Utsunomiya in Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan, and was headlined by Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. El Desperado.
The third night of Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 took place on April 24, 2026, at Texport Imabari in Imabari, Ehime, Japan.