NJPW Roster in 1986: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions
On this page you find the full NJPW Roster in the year 1986. 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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1986NJPW: All (47)
Heavyweight
Junior Heavyweight
Young Lions
Teams
Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami
The Cosmic Cowboys
Dick Murdoch & The Masked Superstar
Golden Combi
Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami
The Von Erichs
Champions
IWGP Championship | | Antonio InokiDefeated Dick Murdoch in the IWGP League 1986 final to win the vacant title. | 195+ days |
 | Vacant Won: May 16, 1986 Inoki gives up the title, because he wanted to compete in the IWGP League again. | 34 days | |
| Antonio Inoki | 701 days |
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship | | Shiro Koshinaka | 103+ days |
| Nobuhiko Takada | 123 days | |
| Shiro Koshinaka Won: February 6, 1986 Tokyo, Japan | NJPW New Year Dash 1986: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title League Finals Defeated The Cobra in a tournament final to become the first champion. | 102 days |
IWGP Tag Team Championship | | Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami | 99+ days |
| Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido | 49 days | |
| Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi FujinamiDefeated Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi in a tournament final to become the first champions. | 236 days |
Extras
Part Time Wrestler
Manager
Ring Announcer
President
Promoter
Referees
Coaches
Ambassador
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