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New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Acronym	NJPW
Founded	1972
Style	Strong Style
Headquarters	Japan
Founder(s)	Antonio Inoki
Owner(s)	Yuke's

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (新日本プロレス, Shin Nihon Puroresu^?) is a major professional wrestling promotion in Japan, founded by Antonio Inoki in 1972 and owned by Yuke's. Owing to its TV program aired on TV Asahi, it is the largest wrestling promotion in Japan and one of the largest in the world.

NJPW is known for openly engaging in working agreements with various MMA and pro wrestling promotions around the world, including: World Wrestling Entertainment, World Championship Wrestling, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, WAR, Ring of Honor, PRIDE Fighting Championships, and various other MMA/pro wrestling promotions.

[edit] Roster

See: New Japan Pro Wrestling roster

[edit] Titles promoted

New Japan has its own governing body, the International Wrestling Grand Prix (IWGP). IWGP titles, in order of founding, and current champions are:

Championship	Current champion(s)	Date won
IWGP Heavyweight Championship	Shinsuke Nakamura	September 27, 2009
IWGP Tag Team Championship	Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon)	October 18, 2009
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship	Tiger Mask IV	November 8, 2009
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship	Apollo 55 (Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi)	July 5, 2009

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