At least one wrestling match a day over the course of a year. Coming January 2025, with immense gratitude to Pro Wrestling Illustrated
@OfficialPWI
for including monthly sneak peaks and to
@artvojd
for coloring and crafting the cover. There is a World of Wrestling Going On.
The greatest IWGP Championship reign of all time was ended yesterday by the challenger who had helped elevate it to legendary status,in a match even better than the dizzying expectations we had for it.Congratulations to Kenny Omega
@KennyOmegamanX
#njdominion
#njpw
#GoldenElite
Pain in life is inevitable, but suffering is not. Pain is what the world does to you, suffering is what you do to yourself. Katsuyori Shibata
@K_Shibata2022
gleefully directs Bryan Danielson
@bryandanielson
where next to apply pain
#AEWCollision
#aew
#njpw
Bryan Danielson
@bryandanielson
defeated Minoru Suzuki
@suzuki_D_minoru
with the busaiku knee. I doubt the result was too important for those who tuned in just to see these two and I’m just happy things went well…extended feud with
#suzukigun
please Mr Danielson…
#njpw
#aew
Finishing the match with a fractured forearm, story, if not spectacle of the night,Bryan Danielson
@bryandanielson
doing what Suzuki, Sabre, Shibata and Lawlor, and countless others,couldn’t,tapping out Okada
@rainmakerXokada
to close the Forbidden Door
#njpw
#aew
#ForbiddenDoor
Best elbow drop in the business,the fifth woman to hold the World of Stardom Championship,the eighth to hold the NXT Women's Championship.The Pirate Princes to rule whichever seas she chooses to sail in,Kairi Sane
@KairiSaneWWE
#stardom
#nxt
#wwe
The greater the good a person does in life,the bigger the devil they have had to repress.Bursting from Jushin Thunder Liger
@Liger_NJPW
for only the 4th time in his 30 years under a mask,Kishin Liger is the jungian hero of our times
#njpw
#njdest
#KishinLiger
Congratulations to Death Rider,Jon Moxley
@JonMoxley
,on a successful defense of his IWGP US Heavyweight Championship, over the forever formidable wrestling machine, Blue Justice, Yuji Nagata
@nagata769
Keep picking those dream matches, waiting on Shota...
#njpw
#aew
#AEWDynamite
Her life had barely begun,she was Kyoko's little girl with hopes and dreams,news of her suicide is devastating. This is an old picture,I'll do a new one with time,but I can't now
#RestInPeaceHanaKimura
Winning the 26th G1 Climax tournament sparked a breathtaking run as the Best Bout Machine,culminating last month with winning the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.Looking to become only the 3rd man to enter and win the G1 as champ,golden god Kenny Omega
@KennyOmegamanX
#njpw
#g128
Moment of the week,moment of the year.Two and a half years on from surviving a subdural hematoma,Katsuyori Shibata forcefully admonishes KENTA
@KENTAG2S
for his actions.The Wrestler is still alive,but that is not all,The Wrestler is life
#shibata
#njpw
#g129
Moonsault amidst the cherry blossom, Asuka
@asuka10272140
lighting up the Yasukuni Shrine for ZERO1 yesterday and inspiring countless souls through
@kemurist
‘s instantly iconic photos
#pwzero1
Eid Mubarak my friends.We have the opportunity to enjoy this life together just the once,please try to be a positive voice,a shoulder to lean or cry on and a hand to hold and we'll leave this world better than we found it. Thank you
#restinpeacehanakimura
#stardom
Exactly 30 years ago Jushin Liger
@Liger_NJPW
debuted at the Tokyo Dome,today we celebrate a miraculous career that has touched and inspired so many.He faces another of my favourites in one of my favourite venues and my little brother's on commentary,crazy.
#ThankYouLiger
#njpw
With a nod of a bloodied forelock to their forebears from the Wigan Snake Pit, the present and the future of pro wrestling is safe in the calloused hands of the Blackpool Combat Club,Jon Moxley
@JonMoxley
William Regal
@RealKingRegal
and Bryan Danielson
@bryandanielson
#aew
#njpw
Sorry, personal thing...20 yrs ago today I was admitted to care standing 5’10 and weighing 64lbs.On release some time later, the doctor assigned to me said I’d be dead in a ditch within a week.Nope.This is a public declaration of my love for life and my intention to live forever.
Reigning IWGP World Heavyweight Champion, a blade so sharp as to slay dragons and rainmakers alike, best in the world, Jay White
@JayWhiteNZ
#njpw
#njpwSTRONG
Congratulations to El Desperado
@ElDesperado5
on winning the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship for the first time in his career, the 40th individual to claim the belt and truly one of the most deserving and fascinating to do so
#njpw
#njcattack
#suzukigun
The Great Sasuke
@the_greatsasuke
is my favourite wrestler, a man whose influence will resonate and reverberate forever;my work, books, the way that I cope with reality wouldn’t exist without him. He sent me this and I haven’t stopped smiling since, thank you so much.
#michipro
Winning over the world and soaring to glory with high hopes and on a full stomach. The astonishing athletic ability and warmth of character that is Alex Zayne
@AlexZayneSauce
a sensation in this year’s Best of the Super Junior tournament
#njpw
#gcw
#njpwSTRONG
#BOSJ
#BOSJ29
Mid-Meltzer Driver,the current IWGP Tag team Champions and 2 thirds of the current
#ROH
six-man tag team champions,brilliant minds and incredible athletes,Matt and Nick Jackson, The Young Bucks
@MattJackson13
@NickJacksonYB
#njpw
#BTE
Beyond good and EVIL. Having triumphed over a wrestling god, petty villainy will only stoke the flames of the dragon…Congratulations to Shingo Takagi
@Takagi__Shingo
on his defense of the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship over Hiroshi Tanahashi in the Tokyo Dome
#njpw
#njpwgs
The first ever son of an NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion to repeat the feat,congratulations to Cody Rhodes
@CodyRhodes
and the All involved in the success of
#ALLIN
Capturing the title and the imagination,may you long defend it and continue to broaden horizons
#njpw
#roh
#nwa
The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship centre plate.Introduced in February 1986(over a year before the regularly defended version of the heavyweight title),from Shiro Koshinaka to Dragon Lee,it has been won by 39 individuals and remains an unwavering symbol of excellence
#njpw
Passing away yesterday at the age of 38, one of the finest professional wrestlers of all time, Jay Briscoe. Life is too short to spend doing things that do not bring you or your loved ones joy or honor, he spent his time spitting fire and doing just that
#RIPJayBriscoe
Sorry to hawk myself like this...as my workplace enters a period of two week closure with staff going unpaid,just wanted to remind the world that all my images posted on twitter are for sale and that commissions are available at a reasonable price from me to your inbox
#thankyou
Terribly sad to hear that Katsuya Kitamura has died, winner of the 2017 Young Lion’s Cup and as charismatic as he was muscular, passing away at the tragically young age of 36
#njpw
With Jyushin Thunder Liger's
@Liger_NJPW
mask ripped to shreds and hanging ragged about his throat,Kishin Liger bursts forth for the first time on 20th October 1996.The Beast God's ultimate form only appearing 4 times over 30 years,a lesson in value added through restraint
#njpw
The very purest of joys as Katsuyori Shibata returns to grapple Zack Sabre Jr
@zacksabrejr
at the G1 Climax final. Not for a tournament, title or trinket, just to wrestle
#njpw
#g131
#G1Climax
The Golden Beast God, the King Kaiju...becoming the 14th man to win the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship, Jyushin Thunder Liger
@Liger_NJPW
#njpw
#wwe
#uwa
Real birds of prey don’t need trinkets,don’t prey on those who trust them. Shingo Takagi
@Takagi__Shingo
deserves for his work to be front and centre of his company’s presentation and priorities,the ingobernable dragon should burn it all down
#njpw
#njcup
#LOSINGOBERNABLESdeJAPON
Some substance with your style. Bloodied but victorious,Tetsuya Naito
@s_d_naito
gets his double reign off to the perfect start with a scintillating win over the devilish KENTA
#NJPW
#njnbg
#LOSINGOBERNABLESdeJAPON
Congratulations to Zack Sabre Jr, defeating Naito to capture the New Japan Cup for the second time in his career. Capping an astonishing run of performances, the win surely sets even greater wheels in motion for the peerless socialist submission machine
#njpw
#njcup
#njcupFINAL
Exemplifying everything any company looks for in their top champion, able to work with anyone and noble to the core. The best wrestler in the company wherever he wrestles, congratulations to the new IWGP World Heavyweight Champion, Shingo Takagi
@Takagi__Shingo
#njpw
#njdominion
Striding to the ring on Wrestle Kingdom night 2, prior to incurring terrible injuries that will keep him off the great NOAH/NJPW showdown, the mighty KENTA
@KENTAG2S
Always among the best and presently better than ever, he’ll be back showing No Mercy soon
#njpw
#noah_ghc
#njwk
Miraculous. Congratulations to the winner of the 28th
#G1
tournament,the Ace of
#njpw
the Ace of the universe forever, Hiroshi Tanahashi
@tanahashi1_100
#g128
Congratulations to El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr.
@hijodewagner
on defeating Kenoh to capture the GHC Heavyweight Championship in Sendai earlier today, the ark now sets a new course
#noah_ghc
#wrestleUNIVERSE
Brought so much joy, a wrestler since she was a fourteen year old girl and in doing what she loved helped others achieve their dreams, helped people to keep getting up each day, god bless Asahi, gone at 21
Having wrestled 113 matches across 21 promotions and 6 countries in the lead up to his final retirement at Wrestle Kingdom,Jyushin Thunder Liger
@Liger_NJPW
is my wrestler of the year. Universally adored and vital to the very end,there'll never be another like him
#njpw
#njwk14
Deeply saddened by the death of Atsushi Aoki.Everything I saw him do exuded such passion and depth that far transcended devotion to a craft.On the occasions I drew him I was struck by the kindness of his features. Heartbreaking
#atsushiaoki
#ajpw
#noah_ghc
@a_a_a_aoki
Revealed this week, a perfect combination of New Japan and Stardom heraldry, to be won and worn for the first time on 20th November 2022, the IWGP Women’s Championship
#njpw
#stardom
#NJPWxSTARDOM
#iwgp
Wrestling with a brain tumor,yet intent to help elevate others before the briefest of breaks for essential surgery, Jyushin Thunder Liger
@Liger_NJPW
takes control of Último Dragón in their first round J-Crown encounter in August 1997
#njpw
#njsst
#jcrowned
#njpwSTRONG
Dominate everything. A much anticipated perfect return for The Great O-Khan
@Great_O_Khan
scrubbing up nice to bring some organized violence to New Japan
#njpw
#g1climax30
#rpw
Scions of the Pirate King and heirs to a Holy Demon Empire of their own. Soldiers of Suzuki-gun Zack Sabre Jr
@zacksabrejr
and Taichi
@taichi0319
with the feel good moment of the week as they become two time IWGP Tag Team Champions
#njpw
#njdominion
#njpwworld
The fifth man to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship and the first non-Japanese wrestler to do so. Now in the twentieth year since his tragic passing,forever the King of Harts,the breathtaking technician Owen Hart
#njpw
#wwe
#stampede
Idol of idols,congratulations to the new
#tjpw
International Princess Champion,the forever exceptional,yet somehow permanently relatable Maki Itoh
@maki_itoh
#ddtpro
#DDTUNIVERSE
The first book to be released under the Hybrid Shoot banner, J-Crowned,Volume 1,is available as of today. Including illustrated biographies of Rikidōzan and every IWGP,GHC and Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion,available in both Kindle and paperback
The current double IWGP United States Heavyweight and AEW World Champion,an incorrigable and incendiary rogue.A year of being his own man proving him to be indispensable, Jon Moxley
#njpw
#NJPWTogether
#aew
Loaned to the world for a scarce 26 years, I only hope the joy and perspective he bought so many is a source of some solace to his loved ones at this terrible time. Think different, emulate the good ones, god bless Kurtis “Mad Kurt” Chapman
Hello Bullet Club,goodbye Shibata,fangs for the memories...KENTA
@KENTAG2S
violently rejects Katsuyori Shibata and embraces Tama Tonga
@Tama_Tonga
along with the rest of the
#bulletclub
in a masterpiece of how to get people to hate you even more.
#njpw
#g129
When you have sold your soul for an empire built on shifting sands and you suddenly realize which of those things is of more value to you…Will Ospreay
@WillOspreay
and Kenny Omega
@KennyOmegamanX
steal the show
#njpw
#njwk17
#wk17
Winner of the 23rd and 27th G1 Climax tournaments,unquestionably the most popular wrestler in Japan,my pick for this year,but how far popularity leads to success in a meritocracy remains to be seen.El Ingobernable Tetsuya Naito
@s_d_naito
#LOSINGOBERNABLESdeJAPON
#njpw
#g128
As both man and boy,possessed of endless wisdom and skill. Minoru Suzuki
@suzuki_D_minoru
Celebrating his 30th year in wrestling and 50 years old today looking for all the world like it'll take another 30 to slow him down
#njpw
#pancrase
#ajpw
#noah_ghc
#suzukigun
The end of nightmare only truly coming once we bid farewell to the darkest myths of our creation, leaving only the last love to embrace us, thank you and bye bye to The Great Muta
#byebyeMUTA
#noah_ghc
#wrestleUNIVERSE
Defeating Karl Anderson and Shinsuke Nakamura in the respective finals of the 22nd and 24th G1 Climax tournaments.The astonishing achievements and golden aura of the Rainmaker,Kazuchika Okada
@rainmakerXokada
have led many to pick him as the favourite to win this year
#njpw
#g128
The current GCW World Champion, and all things to all people. I can’t even begin to imagine the weight on his shoulders, best of wishes and the brightest of futures to Jon Moxley
@JonMoxley
#gcw
#AEW
#njpw
Congratulations to Jay White
@JayWhiteNZ
on becoming the 29th man to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship,full of all the vitality and viciousness to helm this company for a long,long time
#njpw
#njnbg
#bulletclub
(going to need to change that nameplate...)