NJPW List of Faces & Heels: Roster Breakdown (1998)

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 1998. 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, division between Men and Women Rosters, and active Tag Teams & Stables in New Japan Pro Wrestling.

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Sport_Lover00 · 1 hours ago
Bde and rich Swann is a tag team I think
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KIT-WIL-SON · 5 hours ago
New renders for Tatum Paxley, Wendy Choo and Tony D'Angelo
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Sport_Lover00 · 10 hours ago
New Tna international championship design (green strap with silver plates)
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j8yderful · 23 hours ago
Tyra Mae Steele is no longer signed to nxt she is signed to Evolve
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Rastin · 1 days ago
I said that before but please add these two teams:
Team ID:Sean Legacy,Eli Knight,Aaron Rourke,Marcus Mathers,Mike Cunningham,Sam Holloway,Cappuccino Jones,and Leynie Luck
Team PC:Kam Hendrix,Keanu Karver,Jax presley,Harley Riggins,Braxton Cole,and Brooks Jensen
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TacobellloverF5 · 1 days ago
Hey! you know how that when you go to WWE Roster Page there's Random Date? Can you add that to all of them like MLW or AWA
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Texas Steve · 1 days ago
For Evolve Jack Cartwheel hasn't been on TV for months cause he's been in Triple AAA,also adrenaline drip shouldn't be a tag team anymore,and Nikita Lyons and Ariana Grace is a tag team on evolve
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Texas Steve · 1 days ago
Birthright Lexis King, Channing Stacks Lorenzo, Ariana Grace,and Uriah Conners make it please
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Constance Affinito · 2 days ago
Brad Baylor and Ricky Smokes might be mid-cards now
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smah · 2 days ago
they keep calling austin theory "pressure" or "the pressure," it might be worth adding that as a nickname to his page
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KIT-WIL-SON · 2 days ago
Is Tyler breeze actually still on the roster? He is not on the WWE.com page and has not been on TV for years
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  Wright Hill · 2 days ago
  
  @KIT-WIL-SON It’s not just about being on your television screen every single Monday night! It’s about being a valuable commodity, a utility player, and also a man keeping the wheels turning behind the scenes on Xavier Woods' YouTube Channel: UpUpDownDown.
  
  He also had a televised NXT match in 2025 against Ethan Page for the NXT North American Championship. He lost, but it was great to see he still can bring it! I recommend trying to find that match, as it is a legitimately good watch.
  
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  KIT-WIL-SON · 2 days ago
  
  @Wright Hill Thanks for telling me. I just have 2 questions.
  1. Is UpUpDownDown still going?
  2. What is the date of the Tyler Breeze Ethan page match.
  
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  Wright Hill · 1 days ago
  
  @KIT-WIL-SON 1. Yes! Though rather sporadic in it's uploads, Xavier Woods and Tyler Breeze are consistent on there. With guests appearing sometimes.
  
  2. Ethan Page (c) vs. Tyler Breeze - NXT North American Championship: September 16, 2025.
  
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  KIT-WIL-SON · 1 days ago
  
  @Wright Hill Thanks Wright!
  
  I watched the match and it was one of the best NXT matches I watched in 2025!
  
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Wright Hill · 2 days ago
As of yesterday's Monday Night Raw, Xavier Woods is taking time off to recover from a shoulder injury that he has been dealing with and suffering from for three months.
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jackson · 3 days ago
And according to the New Day, Woods is injured
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jackson · 3 days ago
JD MCDONAGH IS BACK!
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Draysin Martin · 3 days ago
you guys should create a link for Every Dream Match
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Davey Castegnaro · 3 days ago
One more thing, Viva Van has been All Elite since last year. She performs for both AEW and NJPW.
Meaning she'll need a profile as well.
But as I said, take ur guys time! Zero rush at all, just figured I'd update you guys on that along with the CMLL & STARDOM roster updates.
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  Joshua Araujo
  
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  @Davey Castegnaro That’s a wonderful suggestion! I think it might be good to mention, I’m personally in the beginning stages of doing the current NOAH roster. Have a profile coming up for longtime veteran Shuhei Taniguchi.
  
  Stardom/CMLL are two companies I would love to do, but I’m not sure when given my current workload of
  1. Historical card positions
  2. Profiles of old school WWE wrestlers not in yet (lesser known folk like Tony Garea)
  3. The NOAH roster
  
  What do you (and other commenters here) think I should do?
  
  (And, we’ll put Viva Van on the to-do list too :D )
  
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  Davey Castegnaro · 3 days ago
  
  @Joshua Araujo
  Totally understand, and that all makes sense. I know you guys already have a lot on your plate, especially with NOAH and the historical stuff, so absolutely zero rush on anything I mentioned.
  
  I just wanted to give a quick heads-up that Viva Van’s been All Elite since last year and has been working both AEW and NJPW, so she’ll probably need a profile at some point. But again, no urgency at all. Same goes for the CMLL and STARDOM updates, just figured I’d pass the info along when I noticed it.
  
  Really appreciate all the work you do on the site, and I’m looking forward to the Shuhei Taniguchi profile and whatever comes next!!
  
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Stevie Logan · 3 days ago
Wwe should take the Tag titles of the usos especially jey can't stand him
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Anonymous · 4 days ago
i’d put serena deeb, yuka and karen jarrett as inactive
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Andrea Scarlett · 5 days ago
- Anastacia - Smackdown Interviewer and a former WWE Diva, she's also in the every divas ever in the wwe website
- Courtney Taylor - started in FCW she was also in ECW and considered as a former WWE DIVA from the wwe website
- Heidi Lee Morgan
- Jamie Keyes - was in FCW then NXT, She is also in the divas list in the wwe website
- Lauren Mayhew - Ring Announcer
- Mad Maxine - included at every divas ever in wwe website
- Poppy (Singer/she was also in NXT)
- Marianna - Former WWF valet
- Sapphire - Dusty rhodes' valet and was in a match teaming up with Dusty Rhodes against Randy Savage & Sensational Sherri at WrestleMania VI
- Princess Victoria (Velvet McItnyre's tag team partner and also a former WWF Womens Tag Team Champion)
- Black Venus
- Snooki (Celebrity Nicole Polizzi, also wrestled at WrestleMania 27/I figured I put her in the list since Maria Menounos is also here and they have both wrestled in Wrestlemania)
- Mandy (not rose, part of The Ho's with Victoria)
- Sarah Barnett - PC manager
- Alexa Scully - PC Assistant Coach
- Renee Michelle (205 live & Raw, Feuded with Carmella also had a match in raw)
- Sarah Baer - NXT
- Emma Diaz - NXT
- Sue Green - part of World Wide Wrestling Federation
- Charlie Morgan - NXT UK
- Amy Zidian (Jimmy Wang Yang's valet)
- (Shelly Martinez's WWE name was Ariel, She didn't appear in wwe as Shelly Martinez)
- Mrs. Yamaguchi (on-screen wife of Wally Yamaguchi and had a storyline affair with Val Venis on RAW)
- Muffy - on-screen personal trainer of Stephanie McMahon
- Stephanie Wiand - WWE Host
- Joyce Grable
- Trenesha Biggers (Rhaka Khan)(WWE signed her to a developmental contract)
- Elisabeth Rouffaer (2005 Diva Search also signed a WWE contract)
- Ashley Valence - former NXT Announcer
- Beulah McGillicutty - was in WWE's Revamp ECW at year 2006 and had a match teaming with Terry funk & Tommy Dreamer against Mick Foley, Edge and Lita
- Bobcat (also one of the Godfather's Hos & Former Hardcore Champion)
- Chaparita Asari
- Dawn Marie (Not former WWE Diva Dawn Marie/she was in wwf teaming with Velvet McIntyre against Bull Nakano and Dump Masamoto. She also wrestled as a part of Sensational Sherri's team at the Survivor Series in 1987.)
- Debbie Combs (was in wwf from 1986-1987, returned at year 1994 and was scheduled to face Alundra Blayze at WrestleMania X but was replaced by Leilani Kai
- Desiree Petersen (former WWF Womens Tag Team Champion with Velvet McIntyre(She Replaced Princess Victoria after an injury))
- Kyoko Inoue
- Susan Starr
- Tomoko Watanabe
- Sakie Hasegawa - was in WWF Survivor Series 1995
- Marissa Mazzola-McMahon - Host (Shane McMahon's wife, Co-hosted WWF LiveWire & Hosted WWF Divas - Postcard from the Caribbean)
- Peggy Lee
- Rebecca Budig - Interviewer
- Winona Little Heart
- Kitty Adams
- Zeda - Competed in Mae Young Classic and became part of NXT
- Sage Beckett - Competed in Mae Young Classic and also became part of NXT
- Brandi Lauren was also part in WWE in NXT
- Angelina Love - was also signed to wwe for a short period of time
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Draysin Martin · 5 days ago
I don't know who put Cassie Lee & Jessie Mckay as heels but they should be Face
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