NJPW List of Faces & Heels: Roster Breakdown (1997)

New Japan Pro Wrestling: Rosters History Database

On this page you find a breakdown of the NJPW Roster split by Face and Heel divisions, in the year 1997. 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.

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Wright · 19 minutes ago
Diesel sported a mullet from June 6, 1993, until November 26, 1994. Please update his character render to feature that hairstyle, and use the current '90s Diesel render for the November 26, 1994, entry.
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MrAicrow · 1 hours ago
AEW realized the name Last Outfit is awful

It is now called "The Cut"

Not much better
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Wright · 3 hours ago
Eric Young has returned to WWE as a backstage producer for NXT.
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Yansy Martínez · 4 hours ago
Big Mami just returned to triple AAA it has been years since I last saw her can you add her pls
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Nkrst · 7 hours ago
Big Mami returned to AAA as a face because she attacked Karmen Petrovic
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MrAicrow · 12 hours ago
Last Outfit, Who chose that name lol
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DJ Aphrodite Henrys Bartholomews The Second Cometh · 13 hours ago
Big Mami is in AAA. or has been this is her first appearance under the WWE ownership
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Draysin Martin · 15 hours ago
The Bang Bang Gang & the Dogs new Super faction is called the Last outfit...... And Here I thought WWE was bad with women, AEW is bad with naming new tag teams & factions. Bullet Club was right there.
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  MrAicrow · 12 hours ago
  
  @Draysin Martin The Last Outfit, What does that even mean?
  
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Roy · 1 days ago
and i’m still not convinced that johnny and candice are faces.
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  Draysin Martin · 1 days ago
  
  @Roy They Are still faces, eventually they will turn on Sami.
  
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  Roy · 23 hours ago
  
  @Draysin Martin Hmmm… makes sense now.
  
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Roy · 1 days ago
Giulia loses
Alexa and Tatum loses
What are the WWE creatives even doing?
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  MrAicrow · 22 hours ago
  
  @Roy WWE doesn't know how to book Women
  
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  Draysin Martin · 20 hours ago
  
  @MrAicrow Agreed, especially Roxxane Perez. this is not me being a Roxxane Perez Stan, but I feel like eversince debuting WWE has just thrown her away, like Jevon Evans is in a feud with an upper card faction, Sol Ruca won the women's intercontinental championship a over a month after debuting on the main roster, Jacy Jayne won the women's United States championship in august, Fallon Henley & Lainey Reid won the Women's tag championships a month earlier in July, Trick Williams was on the main roster since June & has already won the US Title, Twice! Stephanie Vaquer was women's world champion Twice also, Giulia was women's US champ twice. But what about Roxxane? The women's tag titles do not count because she was just a replacement when Liv Morgan got injured. but since then she has been on a losing streak more wins than loses this year, I hope it changes by next year maybe the trigger she trust on judgement day happens at Crown Jewel.
  
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  Roy · 20 hours ago
  
  @Draysin Martin most of the NXT stars that only recently joined the main roster get more wins than those who i really think deserve those wins. I havent seen giulia win a single title shot or any match ever since she lost that title to tiffany stratton. roxanne perez face turn cldve also been great since finn balor was released from the judgment day.. and it still baffles me that tiffy won that mitb case again instead of either lola vice or roxanne perez (she cld cash on liv someday and turn face.) i really havent since jordynne grace since 2-3 months back which i find it upsetting because her skillset was actually good. do i even need to talk about how alexa looks like a jobber now? in this case i see Mr Aicrow’s point ab creatives losing their minds not knowing how to book the womens side of wrestling.
  
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MrAicrow · 1 days ago
Cody v Randy, Last Man Standing, Crown Jewel
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MrAicrow · 1 days ago
B-Fab and Michin are WWE Women's Tag team champions

Why.
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Arnista · 1 days ago
The Dungeon was dissolved
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Davey Castegnaro · 1 days ago
Noam Dar isn't on Evolve.
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DJ Aphrodite Henrys Bartholomews The Second Cometh · 2 days ago
Jordynne Grace has been inactive she was last seen on the June 18th episode of Main Event
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Keith Meyer · 3 days ago
Please put the perfection of reflection 🪞 Chantal Monroe in nxt she had like a little vinyet and had a backstage segment
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  Keith Meyer · 2 days ago
  
  @Keith Meyer Why are you guys down voted me for saying something that is true
  
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  Draysin Martin · 2 days ago
  
  @Keith Meyer Because they are desperate for attention. tell me I'm wrong.
  
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  MrAicrow · 1 days ago
  
  @Keith Meyer Because bots
  
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  Roy · 1 days ago
  
  @Keith Meyer bots. And one of those downvoters cld be Chad
  
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Mr Eliezer Mbuku the Rock: HIT THE SUMELL · 3 days ago
I don't think Romeo Moreno and Layla Diggs will not continue on Evolve anymore. Layla Diggs is a face after the Dungeon has disbanded.
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Roy · 3 days ago
so ilja dragunov’s H bomb is called D bomb now.
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Draysin Martin · 3 days ago
The Bang Bang Gang have turned Heel, Gabe Kidd is out of the Dogs, & it seems the Dogs & Bang Bang Gang have reformed Bullet Club.
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  MrAicrow · 3 days ago
  
  @Draysin Martin Can we say it's a reformation confirmed?
  
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DJ Aphrodite Henrys Bartholomews The Second Cometh · 3 days ago
El Carnicero has an render now on WWE.com
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