NJPW Roster in 1979: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

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On this page you find the full NJPW Roster in the year 1979. 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.

Our complete Pro Wrestlers Database allows you to travel through time and see the NJPW Roster by Year or any specific Date in history. Simply use the filters below! You even have the option to view a breakdown of the rosters split by Face and Heel divisions.

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The profile of each NJPW wrestler features their Career History, Ring Names, Face / Heel Turns, Accomplishments, Pictures, Bio and more information and statistics.

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Wright · 3 hours ago
AJ Styles has been a coach and producer in WWE. There have also been rumors circling that Styles may replace Shawn Michaels as the head of NXT.
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  MrAicrow · 1 hours ago
  
  @Wright I think it'll be either AJ or Punk
  
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Yansy Martínez · 3 hours ago
They still need to add Big Mami to the AAA roster
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Nkrst · 8 hours ago
Yota Tsuji and Tessa Blanchard are going to debut in MLW at SuperFight on november 7.
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Roy · 16 hours ago
there seriously better be a change in locations for crown jewel. idk what tko is tryna do but seriously.
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  MrAicrow · 1 hours ago
  
  @Roy They did move it
  
  Across the Street
  
  This company is corporate greed personified
  
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Lensky · 22 hours ago
Apparently we're gonna get Balor vs Gunther at Crown Jewel. The original plan was Punk vs Owens, but they have no intentions on traveling to Riyadh(at least they care about their health), which explains why their match is on the SmackDown episode before Crown Jewel. Balor and Gunther will replace the two, they've already advertised the match all over Saudi.
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Eddie Sallin · 23 hours ago
Dijak attacked Matt riddle during a match with Riddle vs Kross face turn maybe?
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MIAMI DOLPHINS FANS · 23 hours ago
Matt Riddle Is A Face!!!
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Haunted Stories · 23 hours ago
Matt Riddle is face again he got attacked by Donavon Dijak last episode of MLW
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Draysin Martin · 1 days ago
Will Ospreay vs. Kyle Fletcher for the AEW World Championship at Full Gear
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Constance Affinito · 1 days ago
Hey, guys, I'm back! I've been gone only a few days, too short for you to notice, but the reason its important is because I almost completely lost the account
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  Roy · 1 days ago
  
  @Constance Affinito Welcome back man, Havent seen you here in a while.
  
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  Lensky · 22 hours ago
  
  @Constance Affinito Yo the same thing happened to me! I couldn't log into my account for two weeks, thought my stuff got deleted but I've been able to log back in. Thank goodness I wasn't the only one experiencing this
  
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DJ Aphrodite Henrys Bartholomews The Second Cometh · 1 days ago
Queen Aminata is new AEW TBS Champion
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Draysin Martin · 1 days ago
I have viewed The R's most recent message & I just want say this.....@Chad I'm Sorry. I didn't want to turn this situation into something bigger than it needed to be, I shouldn't have called you out. I can give you a chance. I just feel like Smackdown hotel is a place to post your wrestling facts, recent information, & all of that. I feel like the negativity was unnecessary to begin with.
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  Roy · 1 days ago
  
  @Draysin Martin Same here, after reading Mr The R.’s comment, i felt like there were times i think was unnecessary of me to have replied back hostile when i could have done something different. But at the same time i felt that there were times Chad should have been picked some of his words better… I apologize for all my nuisance at this website towards Chad and hope that SmackDownHotel still can be a website that everyone can freely share what they think and view.
  
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  Chad · 1 days ago
  
  @Roy Oh Roy Boy, that was a sweet comment! I accept your apology.
  
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APLDAGOAT · 1 days ago
@Chad Y’all I get it but some people make mistakes give him a second chance
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MrAicrow · 2 days ago
They moved crown jewel to a different location in Riyadh

They aren't fixing the problem, My god 🤦‍♂️
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EverBlast · 2 days ago
Frankie Kazarian turned face, he's supporting Avery Styles and feuded with Mustafa Ali.
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Davey Castegnaro · 2 days ago
TNA roster looks great!
Here are some fixes though for the roster:

For the remaining Men's Mid Card: John Skyler, Joseph Sawyer, Ryan Nemeth, Special Agent 0, Vincent, Rich Swann, Ricky Sosa.

For the Remaining Men's Low Card: Mr. Elegance & Joe Alonzo.

Erick Redbeard should be taken off the roster since I don't believe he's signed to TNA.

For the Women's roster, for the Upper Card: Indi Hartwell, Xia Brookside, should be listed in the upper card.

For the Mid Card: Shayna Baszler, Heather By Elegance, M By Elegance, Tasha Steelz, Kiera Hogan, Harley Hudson, Jada Stone & Rosemary.

For the Low Card: Mila Moore & Gabby Forza.

Hopefully this helps!!
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  Wright · 2 days ago
  
  @Davey Castegnaro Erick Redbeard did sign with TNA.
  
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  Vinny · 2 days ago
  
  @Davey Castegnaro Thanks so much for the input Davey! A colleague of mine and I actually just had a conversation about the card status of the roster. So we are currently working on updating the current status of each. Once that's updated I'll go through and do historical card status for the roster.
  
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The R · 2 days ago
I've been on this site a very, very, VERY long time. Honestly, I've forgotten how many years.
Over that time, I've seen the same patterns again and again.
Every once in a while, some idiot comes along and tries to be funny or hostile or offensive. And because they get away with it a few times - usually just have comments removed or hidden - they think they can do it forever. Then one day they just......stop posting. Usually because a mod has had enough.
I get that if someone is baiting you it's difficult to hold back, sometimes. But honestly, that's just encouraging the troll more. The best way is to treat them like a ghost; don't respond, flag the comment and let a mod do their job. Trust me - eventually it works. The SDH has a small team, but things have improved a LOT around here in recent years. They do deal with stuff - it just might take a little time.

One other thing I want to say is that the SDH is for everyone. Getting in someone's face because they're attacking you is one thing, but I've seen multiple instances of the same three or four accounts dog-piling someone just for having a different opinion. And that's something the mods will notice, too.
I get that people want this to be a nice place to chat, but there's a fine line between keeping the trash out and smothering anyone who disagrees with you.
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  Roy · 2 days ago
  
  @The R i wouldn’t say dog pile… but i agree with you. I do want to be as positive as i can be on this website. Because everyone here is sharing about what they saw or know, I too do the same. I respect you for your views on this. Thank you for pointing it out.
  
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DJ Aphrodite Henrys Bartholomews The Second Cometh · 2 days ago
Elio LeFleur is inactive he confirmed on social media he is medically cleared and had a dark match on NXT
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DJ Aphrodite Henrys Bartholomews The Second Cometh · 2 days ago
Max Caster mentioned on K & S WrestleFest that Anthony Bowens is still signed to AEW which is possibly true as he is still listed on the roster page on the AEW website
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Keith Meyer · 2 days ago
Chantel Monroe is definitely a heal she used the ropes in her match tonight
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NWF North American Heavyweight Championship	Tiger Jeet Singh Won: September 21, 1979 Sendai, Japan \| NJPW Bloody Fight Series - Tag 24	101+ days
	Seiji Sakaguchi Won: January 26, 1979 Okayama, Japan \| NJPW New Year Golden Series 1979 - Tag 17	238 days
	Johnny Powers Won: January 1, 1979 Akron, OH \| NWF show Billed as champion for a tour of Japan.	25 days

NWA North American Tag Team Championship	Riki Choshu & Seiji Sakaguchi Won: June 15, 1979 Tokyo, Japan \| Big Fight Series	199+ days
	Hiro Matsuda & Masa Saito Won: April 5, 1979 Fukuoka, Japan \| Asia Champion Series	71 days
	Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi Won: July 28, 1977 Osaka, Japan \| New Year Golden Series 1977	616 days

WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship	Tatsumi Fujinami Won: October 4, 1979 Tokyo, Japan \| NJPW Bloody Fight Series 1979	88+ days
	Ryuma Go Won: October 2, 1979 Osaka, Japan \| NJPW Bloody Fight Series 1979	2 days
	Tatsumi Fujinami Won: January 23, 1978 New York, NY \| WWWF Fujinami moved to NJPW with the title. During this reigns the title was renamed to WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship.	617 days

NJPW Roster in 1979: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

NJPW: All (47)

Heavyweight

Junior Heavyweight

Young Lions

Teams

Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami

Chavo & Héctor Guerrero

Golden Combi

Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami

Power Fighters

Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda

Champions

Asia Heavyweight Championship

Tiger Jeet Singh

NWF Heavyweight Championship

Antonio Inoki

NWF North American Heavyweight Championship

Tiger Jeet Singh

Seiji Sakaguchi

Johnny Powers

Asia Tag Team Championship

Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda

NWA North American Tag Team Championship

Riki Choshu & Seiji Sakaguchi

Hiro Matsuda & Masa Saito

Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi

WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship

Tatsumi Fujinami

Ryuma Go

Tatsumi Fujinami

Extras

Part Time Wrestler

Presidents

Promoters

Referee

Producers

Coach