NJPW Roster in 1998: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

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On this page you find the full NJPW Roster in the year 1998. This includes the list of all NJPW Wrestlers from Heavyweight, Junior Heavyweight and Young Lions, division between Men and Women Rosters, 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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Jackson Conley · 2 hours ago
Tiffany Stratton NEEDS a new render
So does Cody rhodes
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Draysin Martin · 15 hours ago
Anyways here are the Heels for men's division
Mid Card
Action Andretti
Anthony Henry
Anthony ogogo
The Beast mortos
Big Bill
Bishop Kaun
Brandon Cutler
Bryan Keith
Carlie Bravo
Cash Wheeler
Chris Jericho
Claudio Castangoli
Daniel Garcia
Dax Harwood
Dralistico
Gabe Kidd
Hechicero
Josh Alexander
Kazuchika okada
Killswitch
Kip Sabian
Konosuke Takeshita
Kyle Fletcher
Lance Archer
Lee moriarty
Lio Rush
Mark davis
Mr. Instant Replay
Max Caster
Slickity Nickity
Nick wayne
QT Marshall
Ricochet
Rocky romero
Rush
Sammy Guevara
Shane Taylor
Shawn Dean
Toa Liona
Trent Berretta
Wardlow
Wheeler Yuta
Low Card
Face
Angelico
Satnam Singh
Low Card
Heel
Aaron Solo
Ariya Davari
Blake Christian
The Blade
The Butcher
Griff Garrison
Jack jameson
Johnny TV
Josh Woods
Lee Johnson
Mansoor
Mason madden
Preston Vance
Tony Nese
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Wright Hill · 1 days ago
I'll shout it from the rooftops.

EL GRANDE AMERICANO IS THE WWE SPEED CHAMPION.
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  Andy
  
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  · 7 hours ago
  
  @Wright Hill We feel hesitant in assigning the Speed Championship to Kaiser until he actually defends it or shows up with the title. So far the title was never mentioned since Kaiser took the El Grande identity, so it's fair to assume it's still only tied to Gable.
  
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  Wright Hill · 4 hours ago
  
  @Andy Alright.. That's fair, but even 2k25 commentary mentioned it despite them still referring El Grande Americano as Gable. But go back and look at people like Ricochet, Candace LeRae, Andrade, Dragon Lee. They didn't walk around with the title. To my understanding, Sol Ruca is the first to actually carry the title around. Before her, they didn't carry OR respect the title at all.
  Granted it was a Twitter exclusive, which is kind of BS in my opinion and I'm glad it's on NXT now... I enjoy WWE speed, But the fact of the matter is they still mention it as El Grande Americano who holds the title and not Gable. Sure is the same guy, and it's not even Kaiser... But the character holds the title.
  
  I feel like Gable still holding the title It's like if They only mention Diesel being WWE Champ Instead of Kevin Nash. Nash was a five-time WCW Champion, And a one-time WWE champ. WWE calls him a six-time champion.
  
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  Andy
  
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  · 1 hours ago
  
  @Wright Hill We'll see what to do or retcon the Title History once they do something with the current El Grande on NXT.
  
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Draysin Martin · 1 days 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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  Madness · 16 minutes ago
  
  @Draysin Martin cage is a face, he got kicked out of the patriarchy and is now teaming with adam copeland
  
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Wright Hill · 2 days ago
Jordynne Grace has a new render with her having curly hair on wwe.com.
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Tyler Andreasen · 2 days ago
Daniel Garcia is heel. He joined the Death Riders.
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Constance Affinito · 2 days ago
Shady Elnahas is in NXT
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  Constance Affinito · 2 days ago
  
  @Constance Affinito Harley Riggins and Jax Presley as well
  
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Jackson Conley · 2 days ago
Tiffany Stratton needs a new render
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Max · 2 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 · 3 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
  
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  · 3 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 · 3 days ago
  
  @Andy Praise be to Andy.
  
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  TopKekyoin · 2 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
  
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  · 2 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
  
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  · 2 days ago
  
  @Wright Hill Thank you guys for all the help in keeping track of things!
  
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Draysin Martin · 3 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 · 3 days ago
TYLER BREEZE IS BACK ON NXT!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Constance Affinito · 3 days ago
Wrist
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Constance Affinito · 3 days ago
Bronson Reed got a broken
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WWEConsumer · 3 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 · 3 days ago
  
  @WWEConsumer Also Tiffany Stratton
  
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Giosiu35 · 3 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 · 3 days ago
Jey Uso needs a new render he still has his WM 40 shades
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gary vaughan · 3 days ago
who else is going to return from absence to return to wwe main roster
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TopKekyoin · 4 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 · 2 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 · 2 days 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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  Andy
  
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  · 7 hours ago
  
  @Raven Zombie Yeah that's the way we're dealing with that at the moment :D
  
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Aya ✨ · 4 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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IWGP Heavyweight Championship	Scott Norton Won: September 23, 1998 Yokohama, Japan \| NJPW G1 Climax Special 1998 - Big Wednesday 99+ days Defeated Yuji Nagata to win the vacant title.	99+ days
	Vacant Won: September 21, 1998 2 days The title was vacated due to Chono's neck injury.	2 days
	Masahiro Chono Won: August 8, 1998 Osaka, Japan \| NJPW Rising the Next Generations in Osaka Dome 44 days	44 days
	Tatsumi Fujinami Won: April 4, 1998 Tokyo, Japan \| NJPW Antonio Inoki Retirement Show 126 days	126 days
	Kensuke Sasaki Won: August 31, 1997 Yokohama, Japan \| NJPW Final Power Hall in Yokohama 216 days	216 days

IWGP Tag Team Championship	Genichiro Tenryu & Shiro Koshinaka Won: July 15, 1998 Sapporo, Japan \| NJPW Summer Struggle 1998 169+ days	169+ days
	Cho-TenHiroyoshi Tenzan & Masahiro Chono Won: June 5, 1998 Tokyo, Japan \| NJPW Best of the Super Jr. V Finals 40 days Defeated Genichiro Tenryu & Shiro Koshinaka in a tournament final to win the vacant title.	40 days
	Vacant Won: May 7, 1998 29 days The title was vacated due to Mutoh having surgery on his knee.	29 days
	nWo JapanThe Great Muta & Masahiro Chono Won: October 19, 1997 Kobe, Japan \| NJPW nWo Typhoon 1997 200 days	200 days

NJPW Roster in 1998: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

NJPW: All (51)

Heavyweight

Junior Heavyweight

Young Lions

Teams

Bull Powers

Heisei Ishingun

Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto

Junji Hirata & Shinya Hashimoto

Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai

Kazuo Yamazaki & Takashi Iizuka

Kensuke Sasaki & Kazuo Yamazaki

Masahiro Chono & Keiji Muto

nWo Hollywood

nWo Japan

Riki Choshu & Kensuke Sasaki

Shinjiro Otani & Koji Kanemoto

Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa

Team Wolf

Tencozy / Ten-Koji

Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi

Yuji Nagata & Takashi Iizuka

Champions

IWGP Heavyweight Championship

Scott Norton

Vacant

Masahiro Chono

Tatsumi Fujinami

Kensuke Sasaki

IWGP Tag Team Championship

Genichiro Tenryu & Shiro Koshinaka

Cho-TenHiroyoshi Tenzan & Masahiro Chono

Vacant

nWo JapanThe Great Muta & Masahiro Chono

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship

Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship

Jushin "Thunder" Liger

Shinjiro Otani

Extras

Ring Announcer

President

Promoters

Director of Operation

Referees

Producer

Coaches