NJPW Roster in 1976: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions
On this page you find the full NJPW Roster in the year 1976. This includes the list of all NJPW Wrestlers from Heavyweight, Junior Heavyweight and Young Lions, active Tag Teams & Stables, the current reigning Champions, as well as Managers, Announcers, Authority figures, Producers and other personalities in New Japan Pro Wrestling.
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1976NJPW: All (29)
Heavyweight
Junior Heavyweight
Young Lions
Teams
Golden Combi
Power Fighters
Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff
Champions
Asia Heavyweight Championship | | Tiger Jeet SinghDefeated Seiji Sakaguchi in Asia Heavyweight League finals to become the inaugural champion. | 155+ days |
NWF Heavyweight Championship | | Antonio Inoki Won: June 26, 1975 Tokyo, Japan | Golden Fight Series Ordered by the NWA to stop referring to belt as a world title at annual NWA meeting on August 7, 1976. | 554+ days |
Asia Tag Team Championship | | Strong Kobayashi & Seiji Sakaguchi Won: October 4, 1976 Sendai, Japan | Asia League Tournament Defeated Tiger Jeet & Gama Singh in Asia Tag Team League finals to become the inaugural champions. | 88+ days |
NWA North American Tag Team Championship | | Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong KobayashiSeiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi Won: February 5, 1976 Defeated Tiger Jeet Singh and Voodoo Mulumba in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. | 330+ days |
 | Vacant Won: January 1, 1976 Osaka, Japan | Toukon Series 1975 The championship was vacated after Antonio Inoki chose to focus on martial arts competition. | 35 days | |
| Antonio Inoki & Seiji SakaguchiAntonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi Won: October 2, 1975 | 91 days |
Extras
President
Promoters
Producers
Coach
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