Yota Tsuji
Acting
Born: September 8, 1993 (age 33) · Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Highest Rated
Biography
Yota Tsuji is a Japanese professional wrestler signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) who previously competed in American football, baseball, and taekwondo before transitioning to wrestling. He debuted in 2018 through NJPW’s Young Lion system and later went on excursion with Yuya Uemura to Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro) and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) before returning to Japan in May 2023. After entering his first G1 Climax in 2023, winning the 2024 New Japan Cup, and reaching the finals of the 2024 G1 Climax, where he lost to Zack Sabre Jr., he defeated David Finlay at Wrestle Kingdom 19 to win his first singles championship. He is a two-time IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion, a two-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion, having won the title for the first time at Wrestle Kingdom 20 in 2026 and regained it from Callum Newman at Dominion 6.14 in Osaka-jō Hall later that year, and a one-time NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Champion alongside BUSHI and Hiromu Takahashi. His match against Hirooki Goto on March 20, 2024 received Tokyo Sports’ Best Bout Award, and in 2026, he was ranked No. 7 in the Pro Wrestling Illustrated 500.
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Movies (294)
NJPW Dominion 7.12 in Osaka-Jo Hall 2020
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NJPW Road to King of Pro-Wrestling 2026 - Day 2
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NJPW Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall 2023
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NJPW Road to King of Pro-Wrestling 2026 - Day 1
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NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2026
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NJPW Road to King of Pro-Wrestling 2026 - Day 4
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20
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NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 5
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NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 19 (Final)
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NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoya
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NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 2
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 10
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2020 - Day 9 (Final)
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NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 3
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NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 2
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NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 10
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NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 4
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NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 9
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NJPW New Year Dash!! 2024
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NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 1
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NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 7
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NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 2
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NJPW Dominion 6.15 In Osaka-Jo Hall 2025
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NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 6
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 3
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 1
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NJPW Dominion 6.9 In Osaka-Jo Hall ~ Best of the Super Junior 31 Final ~ 2024
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NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 11
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NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 8
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NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 8
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NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 8
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NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 1
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NJPW Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XIX ~Aogi Futotsu~
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NJPW Sakura Genesis 2026
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 5
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NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 5
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NJPW Road to King of Pro-Wrestling 2026 - Day 3
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AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door 2024: Zero Hour
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NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 11
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NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2024 - Day 1
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 2
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NJPW Road to Tokyo Dome 2025 - Day 1
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 8
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NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 18
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NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 19 (Final)
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 2
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19
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NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 17 (Final)
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NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 4
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NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2026 - Day 2
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NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 2
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NJPW Sakura Genesis 2024
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NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 16
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NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2024 - Day 2
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NJPW Sakura Genesis 2025
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NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2026 - Day 5
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NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 3
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NJPW New Japan Road in Karatsu 2026 ~ Ignition to Dominion
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NJPW Dominion 6.14 In Osaka-Jo Hall 2026
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NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 13
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NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 13
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NJPW New Year Dash !! 2020
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NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 3
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NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2024
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NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 15
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NJPW Shingo Takagi's 20th Debut Anniversary Event
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 4
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NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 13
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NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 5
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NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 14 (Final)
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NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 18
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NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 8
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NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2026
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NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 13
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NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 16
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NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 10
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 10
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 2
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NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 17
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NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 10
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NJPW Destruction In Kobe 2026
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 1
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NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2026 - Day 1
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NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 1
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 6
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NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 18
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NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 4
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NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 16
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NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2026 - Day 3
Philip Marlowe Jr.
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 16
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NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 9
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 7
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NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 3
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NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 11
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NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 5
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NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 18
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NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2026 - Day 1
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 6
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NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 14
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 1
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NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 2
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 9 (Final)
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NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 9
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NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2024
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NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 3
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 2
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NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 11
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NJPW New Year Dash!! 2025
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NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 4
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NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2024
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NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 6
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 8
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NJPW Road to King of Pro-Wrestling 2025 - Day 2
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NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 7
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2018 - Night 1
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NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 14
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NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 9
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NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 17
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 8
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 12 (Final)
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2025 - Night 1
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NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2018
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NJPW Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XVII ~ Aoyi Transition ~
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NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 7
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NJPW Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XVIII
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2024 - Day 2
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NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 17
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NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2019 - Day 2
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NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 9
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 7
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Day 1
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NJPW 54th Anniversary Event & New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 3
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NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 9
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NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 10
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15: Night 1
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 7
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NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 12
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NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 5
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NJPW x AEW x CMLL x ROH x STARDOM: Wrestle Dynasty
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NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 17
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NJPW Destruction In Kobe 2025
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NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 6
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 4
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 13 (Final)
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NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 5
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NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 12
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NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 4
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NJPW New Year Dash !! 2026
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Day 2
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 3
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NJPW Road to Tokyo Dome 2025 - Day 3
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NJPW Road to King of Pro-Wrestling 2025 - Day 3
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NJPW King of Pro Wrestling 2024
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NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2026 - Day 4
Philip Marlowe Jr.
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 10
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NJPW Destruction In Kobe 2023
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NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2024
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NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 3
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NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 8
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NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 5
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NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 4
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NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 2
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NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 15
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 11
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NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 1
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NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 8
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NJPW Strong Style Evolved 2024
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 9
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NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 18
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NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 16
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NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 9
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NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 7
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NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 5
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NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2023
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NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 3
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NJPW 52nd Anniversary Event & New Japan Cup 2024 - Day 1
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NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 14
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NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 8
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NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 13
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NJPW Road to Tokyo Dome 2025 - Day 2
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NJPW Hiroshi Tanahashi ~ Final Homecoming
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NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 7
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NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 16
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NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 2
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NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 14
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NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 7
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 6
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NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 15
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NJPW 53rd Anniversary Event
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NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 6
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NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2026 - Day 4
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NJPW Wrestling Redzone in Hiroshima 2026
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NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2026 - Day 3
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NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 16
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 1
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 4
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NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 4
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 11
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NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 4
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NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 5
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NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2026 - Day 5
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NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 1
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NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 6
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NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 12
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NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 4
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 3
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NJPW Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XVI
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NJPW Destruction In Ryogoku 2023
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NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 13
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NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 14
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NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 1
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NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 3
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NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 10
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NJPW New Japan Road in Anjo 2025
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NJPW The New Beginning USA 2026
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NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2025
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NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 7
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NJPW Road to King of Pro-Wrestling 2025 - Day 1
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NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 2
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NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 7
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NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 11
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NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 15
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NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 3
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NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 7
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NJPW Royal Quest III
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NJPW Blue Justice XV - Wrestling Life 40th Anniversary Yuji Nagata
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NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 14
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NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 11
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NJPW Royal Quest IV
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NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 3
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NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 1
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NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 9
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CMLL Presenta NJPW Fantastica Mania México 2025
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NJPW Royal Quest II - Night 2
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NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 6
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NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 2
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NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 13
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NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 5
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NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 6
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NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2026 - Day 2
Philip Marlowe Jr.
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2021
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NJPW Tiger Mask's Retirement Match
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NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 3
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NJPW New Japan Soul 2025 - Day 8
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NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 7
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NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 12
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NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 4
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NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 17
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NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 2
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NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 1
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NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 15
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NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 5
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NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 19 (Final)
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NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 6
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NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 8
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NJPW King of Pro Wrestling 2025
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NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 2
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NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 10
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NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 19 (Final)
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NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2025 - Day 2
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NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 6
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NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 1
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NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2019
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NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 4
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NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 5
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NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 2
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NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 5
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NJPW Tanahashi Jam
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2025 - Night 2
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NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 4
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NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 15
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NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 13
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NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 1
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NJPW Road to King of Pro-Wrestling 2025 - Day 4
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NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 11
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NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 19 (Final)
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NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 7
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NJPW Wrestling Redzone in Hiroshima
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RevPro High Stakes 2022
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NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2024 - Lucha Libre USA
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NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 7
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NJPW New Japan Road in Ishikari 2025
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NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 1
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NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 1
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NJPW Resurgence 2024
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NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 5
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NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 6
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NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2025 - Day 1
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NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 3
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NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 11
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RevPro High Stakes 2021
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RevPro: Global Wars UK
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RevPro Uprising 2021
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