NJPW Roster in 1980: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

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On this page you find the full NJPW Roster in the year 1980. 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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1980

NJPW: All (46)

Heavyweight

Junior Heavyweight

Young Lions

Teams

Champions

Asia Heavyweight Championship

Tiger Jeet Singh

Won: July 29, 1976

Osaka, Japan

| NJPW Asia League Championship Series (1976)

1616+ days

Defeated Seiji Sakaguchi in Asia Heavyweight League finals to become the inaugural champion.

1616+

days

NWF Heavyweight Championship

Antonio Inoki

Won: April 3, 1980

Tokyo, Japan | Big Fight Series

272+ days

272+

days

Stan Hansen

Won: February 8, 1980

Tokyo, Japan | New Year Golden Series

55 days

days

Antonio Inoki

Won: June 26, 1975

Tokyo, Japan | Golden Fight Series

1688 days

Ordered by the NWA to stop referring to belt as a world title at annual NWA meeting on August 7, 1976.

1688

days

NWF North American Heavyweight Championship

Tiger Jeet Singh

Won: September 21, 1979

Sendai, Japan | NJPW Bloody Fight Series - Tag 24

467+ days

467+

days

Asia Tag Team Championship

Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda

Won: July 15, 1977

Sapporo, Japan

| NJPW Asia Champion Series (1977)

1265+ days

1265+

days

NWA North American Tag Team Championship

Riki Choshu & Seiji SakaguchiRiki Choshu & Seiji Sakaguchi

Won: June 15, 1979

Tokyo, Japan | Big Fight Series

565+ days

565+

days

WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship

Tatsumi Fujinami

Won: October 4, 1979

Tokyo, Japan

| NJPW Bloody Fight Series 1979

454+ days

454+

days

NWA World International Junior Heavyweight Championship	Chavo Guerrero Won: November 3, 1980 Tokyo, Japan \| NJPW Toukon Series 1980 - Tag 21 58+ days	58+ days
	Kengo Kimura Won: July 23, 1980 Kita Kyushu, Japan \| NJPW Summer Fight Series 1980 - Tag 31 103 days Defeated Bret Hart in a decision match.	103 days
	Vacant Won: July 2, 1980 21 days Fujinami was injured and unable to defend the championship.	21 days
	Tatsumi Fujinami Won: April 4, 1980 Kawasaki, Japan \| NJPW Big Fight Series 1980 - Tag 29 89 days	89 days
	Mike Graham Won: February 15, 1980 Hollywood, Florida \| CWF Star Wars 1980 49 days	49 days
	Tatsumi Fujinami Won: February 1, 1980 Sapporo, Japan \| NJPW New Year Golden Series 1980 - Tag 25 14 days Also held the WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship, but defended them separately.	14 days
	Steve Keirn Won: December 10, 1979 Los Angeles, California \| CWF Event 53 days Defeated Chavo Guerrero in a decision match to be recognized as World Junior Heavyweight Champion in Florida and Los Angeles.	53 days

WWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship

Antonio Inoki

Won: December 18, 1978

New York, NY | WWWF

744+ days

The WWWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship was created for a partnership between WWWF and NJPW, and was awarded by Vincent J. McMahon to Inoki for his achievements in matches against fighters from other combat sports. During this reigns the title changes name to WWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship.

744+

days

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Wright Hill · 12 hours ago
I'll shout it from the rooftops.

EL GRANDE AMERICANO IS THE WWE SPEED CHAMPION.
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Draysin Martin · 15 hours ago
Hey AEW needs it's own Carders
Upper card (Men's Division)
Face
Adam Copeland
Darby Allin
"Hangman" Adam page
Heel
Jon Moxley
MJF
Tweener
Christian Cage
Mid Card
Ace Austin
Alex Reynolds
Angelo Parker
Anthony Bowens
AR Fox
Austin Gunn
Bandido
Billy Gunn
Bobby Lashley
Brodie Lee Jr.
Brody King
Dante Martin
Darius Martin
Evil Uno
Hologram
Hook
Jay lethal
Jeff Jarrett
John Silver
Juice Robinson
Katsoyuri Shibata
Kevin Knight
Komander
Kota ibushi
Kyle O'reily
mark Briscoe
Matt Menard
Matt Sydal
MVP
Mascara Dorada
Nigel Mcguiness
Powerhouse Hobbs
Quen
Samoa Joe
Scorpio Sky
Shelton Benjamin
"Speedball" Mike Bailey
Tomohiro Ishii
Truth Magnum
Turbo Floyd
Zay
i'll get more Tommorow but that's what I have for now
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Wright Hill · 1 days ago
Jordynne Grace has a new render with her having curly hair on wwe.com.
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Tyler Andreasen · 1 days ago
Daniel Garcia is heel. He joined the Death Riders.
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Constance Affinito · 1 days ago
Shady Elnahas is in NXT
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  Constance Affinito · 1 days ago
  
  @Constance Affinito Harley Riggins and Jax Presley as well
  
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Jackson Conley · 1 days ago
Tiffany Stratton needs a new render
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Max · 1 days ago
Arianna grace is a heel
Rich Swann is a heel
Kc Navarro was kicked out of first class and is face I think
And myron reed is face
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TopKekyoin · 2 days ago
in faces/heels, Tyler Breeze shows up twice. both in NXT and in the main roster
in all or men/women, some of the lfg people still show up, not sure if its intended or not (The Undertaker, Jeremy Borash, Michelle McCool, Bubba Ray Dudley). even Peter Rosenberg from evolve is there
El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. is now known as Dr. Wagner III
Jaida Parker is still in "OTM - Out The Mud" when she shouldn't be. the stable name itself is wrong too. check Bronco Nima's stable section on cagematch
Tony D'Angelo should be marked as inactive after his sopranos style ending, and Kit Wilson too for obvious reasons
John Cone is still a referee in WWE, should be added to the site. even if he doesnt appear much anymore
Asuka and Ludwig are probably the best examples of tweeners the company currently has, even more so than the wyatts or pretty deadly, I really think they should be changed as such
AJ Lee probably shouldn't have the Raw background as she doesn't either on the official site
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  Andy
  
  Admin
  
  · 2 days ago
  
  @TopKekyoin Hey, thanks!
  - Fixed Breeze.
  - The LFG people you mentioned show up because they also have additional roles in the company.
  - Updated Dr. Wagner III
  - OTM / Out The Mud are the same, OTM is the acronym. (eg. AOP / Authors of Pain)
  - Kit Wilson is still wrestling on Main Event
  - Fixed John Cone being missing (he's a producer, no longer a referee)
  - What starting dates do you recommend for the Tweener role for Asuka & Ludwig?
  - We put her on Raw as that's where the seems to be, but we'll change it in case it proves to be wrong
  
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  Wright Hill · 1 days ago
  
  @Andy Praise be to Andy.
  
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  TopKekyoin · 1 days ago
  
  @Andy thank you for always listening to us
  yeah, i know otm is an acronym but they started using the name as an acronym over the full name once jaida and scrypts left. do correct me if im wrong on this though
  my bad on kit wilson, you're completely right. what do you think of tony d though? look up "Someone Approached Tony D’Angelo | NXT Jul 29, 2025" on youtube, after this he has not been seen since with people thinking he'll join the main roster soon. just wondering if this should be considered as inactive for story or not.
  Aug. 18, 2025 (or Aug. 4, 2025 unless you would count it as more of a buildup) for Asuka, that's when the stuff with rhea and iyo really started and August 16, 2025 for Ludwig as that's when Triplemania started and we truly saw people cheer him on from that day
  
  random question, do you think you might do the same for aew/roh or maybe njpw too? with the low/high card stuff etc. i love all kind of wrestling and would love to use this site even more for everything and would be willing to help out more with recommendations, but if it will stay wwe centered then i fully understand since it IS the smackdownhotel after all. maybe putting aaa roster on the top of the site next to the rest where it says "wwe roster - aew roster ....... ECW" would be smart too since it's now owned by wwe, and cmll too since its as big as aaa
  
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  Andy
  
  Admin
  
  · 1 days ago
  
  @TopKekyoin - Not sure about the OTM acronym thing, as I don't follow NXT too much. If you're 100% sure about this I can change this. But otherwise I think it's no big deal. Even wikipedia still calls them Out The Mud.
  - As far as Tony, let's wait a bit to see how long he stays out to see if we need to mark him Inactive.
  - Updated Asuka and Ludwig
  - It's very hard to keep track of the low/mid/upper card thing for WWE already, so I assume it would be very hard to keep track of it accurately for other companies as well. We are a very small team. Would you be interested in helping out on the site itself and making the updates directly? If so, add me on discord: andybadwool
  Thanks!
  
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  Andy
  
  Admin
  
  · 1 days ago
  
  @Wright Hill Thank you guys for all the help in keeping track of things!
  
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Draysin Martin · 2 days ago
NXT homecoming needs to be a Special event the Confirmed matches are
NXT North american title match Tyler breeze vs. Ethan Page (C)
Tag Team match #DIY vs. Trick Melo gang
Trios match Fatal Influence vs. Stephanie Vaquer TIffany Stratton & Rhea Ripley
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Constance Affinito · 2 days ago
TYLER BREEZE IS BACK ON NXT!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Constance Affinito · 2 days ago
Wrist
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Constance Affinito · 2 days ago
Bronson Reed got a broken
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WWEConsumer · 2 days ago
Becky Lynch needs a new render
Lyra Valkyria also has the IC title on her
*Becky doesn't*
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  WWEConsumer · 2 days ago
  
  @WWEConsumer Also Tiffany Stratton
  
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Giosiu35 · 2 days ago
Add Kane back to the ambassadors list, he’s still signed to wwe, he needs to be added back
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WWEConsumer · 2 days ago
Jey Uso needs a new render he still has his WM 40 shades
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gary vaughan · 2 days ago
who else is going to return from absence to return to wwe main roster
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TopKekyoin · 2 days ago
if ludwig, tyler and pete aren't tweener, then what is needed to make someone a tweener on this site? from being cheered and even shaking hands with the crowd..
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  Raven Zombie · 1 days ago
  
  @TopKekyoin probably, actually being used on screen? lol, this page literally has Ludwig not on the roster... so they are probably considering him as El Grande, and the other 2 as the nameless other luchas that help him. (even though this Mondays lucha was neither of them)
  
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  TopKekyoin · 23 hours ago
  
  @Raven Zombie lol its fine man everyone knows what i meant with ludwig. and mondays 2nd grande was pete dunne, he just shaved his beard
  
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Aya ✨ · 3 days ago
Asuka is anything but a Face now, she is not fully heel yet so i think she fits in the Tweener section.
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Kason Garrett · 3 days ago
Is jey a tweener because he attacked LA knight
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Roman Glazer · 3 days ago
jimmy uso is now upper card, jey could be turning into a tweener soon we don’t know, and roman reigns is inactive right now
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NJPW Roster in 1980: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

NJPW: All (46)

Heavyweight

Junior Heavyweight

Young Lions

Teams

Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami

Golden Combi

Jim Garvin & Steve Keirn

Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami

Power Fighters

Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda

Champions

Asia Heavyweight Championship

NWF Heavyweight Championship

NWF North American Heavyweight Championship

Asia Tag Team Championship

Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda

NWA North American Tag Team Championship

Riki Choshu & Seiji SakaguchiRiki Choshu & Seiji Sakaguchi

WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship

NWA World International Junior Heavyweight Championship

Vacant

Mike Graham

WWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship

Extras

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Ring Announcer

Presidents

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Referees

Producers

Coach

Ambassador