NJPW List of Faces & Heels: Roster Breakdown (1996)
On this page you find a breakdown of the NJPW Roster split by Face and Heel divisions, in the year 1996. This includes the up-to-date list of all Babyfaces (heroes) and Heels (villains), as well as "tweeners" (anti-heroes) among the NJPW Wrestlers from Heavyweight, Junior Heavyweight and Young Lions, and active Tag Teams & Stables 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 can filter the wrestlers by brand or gender, and also see the full list of Face/Heel turns of the current year.
1996NJPW: All
Akira Nogami
Animal Warrior
Antonio Inoki
Black Cat
Chavo Guerrero Jr.
El Samurai
Gran Hamada
The Great Muta
The Great Sasuke
Hawk
Hiroshi Hase
Hugh Morrus
Junji Hirata
Jushin "Thunder" Liger
Kazuo Yamazaki
Kensuke Sasaki
Kuniaki Kobayashi
Manabu Nakanishi
Mr. JL
Osamu Kido
Riki Choshu
Satoshi Kojima
Shinya Hashimoto
Sting
Takashi Iizuka
Tatsumi Fujinami
Ultimate Dragon
Yuji Nagata
Heavyweight
Junior Heavyweight
Young Lions
Teams
Bull Powers
Heisei Ishingun
Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki
J-J-Jacks
Junji Hirata & Shinya Hashimoto
Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai
Kazuo Yamazaki & Takashi Iizuka
Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami
Masa Saito & Shinya Hashimoto
Riki Choshu & Kensuke Sasaki
The Road Warriors / Legion of Doom
Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi
Shinjiro Otani & Koji Kanemoto
Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa
The Four Horsemen
Golden Cups
Harlem Heat
Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto
Ookami Gundan
Team Wolf
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