Category: NJPW

The latest New Japan Pro Wrestling news, rumors, results, and recaps from NJPW events including Wrestle Kingdom, Dominion, and all major NJPW shows.

NJPW Death Vegas Invitational Full Results
NJPW Death Vegas Invitational I kicked off a late night at The Collective on Thursday, April 16 live at The Horseshoe Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada as apart of WrestleMania week and headlined by a huge Tag Team Death Match. You can see the full results of the show below.
- Zack Sabre Jr. def. Fuminori Abe
- Tag Team House Rules Hardcore Match: Gringo Loco & Joey Janela def. Daisuke Sasaki & Gedo
- Triple Threat Tag Team Match: Kushida & Yamato def. Bustah & The Brain (Jordan Oliver & Alec Price) and MxM Collection (Mason Madden & Mansoor)
- Triple Threat Hardcore Match: Ishin def. Jimmy Lloyd & Effy
- Tag Team High Stakes Heartbreak Jackpot Match: El Phantasmo & Maika def. Starlight Kid & Dragon Kid (Maika was supposed to be Maki Itoh but due to visa issues Itoh had to withdrawn)
- Triple Threat Tag Team Love & Peace Death Match: Matt Tremont & Nick Gage def. El Desperado & Jun Kasai & Rina Yamashita & Masashi Takeda
This event was streamed on New Japan World & TrillerTV+. You can subscribe to TrillerTV+to watch all of The Collective events.
April 17, 2026
Death Invitational: ISHIN Defeats Jimmy Lloyd & EFFY

The second contest of NJPW’s Death Vegas Invitational featured the first stipulation contest of the evening, the stipulation was named “Cute Sexy Hardcore Three Way Match” between ISHIN from Dragongate and GCW’s Jimmy Lloyd and Effy.

The contest featured the use of several objects including a large door that was used by all competitors, specially Jimmy Lloyd after performing a powerbomb on Effy though the table onto the corner, giving the first taste of objects.

After this, all competitors exchanged strikes, chops, slaps and more. Chairs started being the key features of the match and where used until the last instants of the match, when ISHIN performed a Superplex to EFFY and subsequently a splash over a pile of chairs to Jimmy Lloyd, securing the victory for the Dragongate performer.

April 17, 2026
Fuminori Abe responds ZSJ challenge; Sabre Emerges Victor

New Japan Pro Wrestling presented the Death Vegas Invitational live from The Collective in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The opening contest was Zack Sabre Jr against an unannounced opponent before starting with the hardcore attractions of the night. The challenge was answered by Big Japan Pro Wrestling’s Fuminori Abe, one of the best technical wrestlers in current day wrestling. Zack Sabre Jr looked at his opponent and showed an amazing level of respect as both competitors started trading locks and continued throughout the match in a technical showcase. In the end, it was New Japan Pro Wrestling and TMDK’s member who finally gained the upper hand at the end to achieve the win.

After the match, Zack Sabre Jr showed respect to Fuminori Abe as the opening contest of the event concluded.

April 16, 2026
NJPW Death Vegas Invitational Line Up So Far

NJPW Death Vegas Invitational is apart of The Collective 2026.

The Collective will span 13 shows across 4 days and it all kicks off on Wednesday, April 15 live at The Horseshoe Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada as apart of WrestleMania week. This event is slotted for Thursday, April 16. Several names were announced for the event, but don’t have matches as of this writing, such as Zack Sabre Jr. As of now, we don’t have the entire full card but you can see the lineup so far, below.

Here is the NJPW Death Vegas Invitational line up so far

Tag Team House Rules Hardcore Match
Daisuke Sasaki & Gedo vs. Gringo Loco & Joey Janela

Triple Threat Tag Team Match
Bustah & The Brain (Jordan Oliver & Alec Price) vs. MxM Collection (Mason Madden & Mansoor) vs. Kushida & Yamato

Triple Threat Hardcore Match
Jimmy Lloyd vs. Ishin vs. Effy

Tag Team High Stakes Heartbreak Jackpot Match
Starlight Kid & Dragon Kid vs. El Phantasmo & TBD (Was supposed to Maki Itoh but due to visa issues Itoh had to withdrawn)

Triple Threat Tag Team Love & Peace Death Match
El Desperado & Jun Kasai vs. Rina Yamashita & Masashi Takeda vs. Matt Tremont & Nick Gage

The show starts at 8pm pacific time, 11pm ET on Thursday, April 16 will be streamed on New Japan World & TrillerTV+. You can subscribe to TrillerTV+ to watch all of The Collective events.

April 14, 2026
NJPW Best Of The Super Juniors Participants Reveal

On April 4th, 2026 NJPW reveal the blocks & the last 2 participants for the 33rd annual Best Of The Super Juniors Tournament, the tournament starts on May 14th & ends on June 7th.

Here the blocks & participants in this year’s tournament.

Block A

Master Wato (6th entry) (2023 winner)

Ryusuke Taguchi (22nd entry) (2012 winner) (2011 & 2016 runner up)

Kosei Fujita (3rd entry) (2025 winner)

Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion Robbie X (2nd entry)

Francesco Akira (5th entry)

Junior Heavyweight Champion Douki (7th entry)

Titan (7th entry) (2023 runner up)

Valiente Jr (1st entry)

Nick Wayne (2nd entry)

Jun Kasai (1st entry)

Block B

El Desperado (10th entry) (2024 winner) (2020 & 2022 runner up)

Kushida (13th entry) (2015 & 2017 winner) (2014 runner up)

Yoh (8th entry) (2021 & 2025 runner up)

Robbie Eagles (8th entry)

Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion Taiji Ishimori (10th entry) (2018 & 2024 runner up)

Jakob Austin Young (1st entry)

Sho (9th entry)

Yoshinobu Kanemaru (9th entry)

HYO (1st entry)

Daisuke Sasaki (3rd entry)

The top 2 scorers in each block goes to the Finals & can watch all 13 shows on NJPW World.

Notes

Most entrants in this year’s field

Ryusuke Taguchi (22)

Kushida (13)

El Desperado & Taiji Ishimori (10)

April 12, 2026