NJPW Roster in 2002: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

New Japan Pro Wrestling: Rosters History Database

On this page you find the full NJPW Roster in the year 2002. 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.

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 even have the option to view a breakdown of the rosters split by Face and Heel divisions.

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2002

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Jushin "Thunder" Liger

Keiji Muto / The Great Muta

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Young Lions

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The profile of each NJPW wrestler features their Career History, Ring Names, Face / Heel Turns, Accomplishments, Pictures, Bio and more information and statistics.

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Wright · 13 hours ago
Happy Halloween, SDH. Of course, I am legitimately dressed as Paul Heyman.
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  Lensky · 10 hours ago
  
  @Wright I was gonna dress up as the Shield with the boys, but I have the flu. Maybe next year...
  
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Draysin Martin · 18 hours ago
@APLDAGOAT Dawg, This man is pretending to be innocent when in reality he wants attention. I literally said I was going to take a break & he's popping up saying About Time! Like dude, can I take my break in peace?
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Draysin Martin · 19 hours ago
Hi, Guys. It's Draysin here. I have been on smackdown hotel for over a year now. I am going to be taking a break from smackdown hotel, You might not see me again for a while. This isn't a goodbye, just a see you around.
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Nine · 19 hours ago
Darren Young is back in WWE
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Draysin Martin · 22 hours ago
Death Riders vs. The Cut Anarchy in the Arena at Full Gear.
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Jackson Conley · 1 days ago
54 more comments until 10k!!
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DJ Aphrodite Henrys Bartholomews The Second Cometh · 1 days ago
Id add Matt and Jeff Hardy to the indie roster since they are tag team champions in House Of Glory and in 4th Rope Wrestling
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Wright · 1 days ago
AJ Styles has been a coach and producer in WWE. There have also been rumors circling that Styles may replace Shawn Michaels as the head of NXT.
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  MrAicrow · 1 days ago
  
  @Wright I think it'll be either AJ or Punk
  
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Yansy Martínez · 1 days ago
They still need to add Big Mami to the AAA roster
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Nkrst · 2 days ago
Yota Tsuji and Tessa Blanchard are going to debut in MLW at SuperFight on november 7.
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Roy · 2 days ago
there seriously better be a change in locations for crown jewel. idk what tko is tryna do but seriously.
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  MrAicrow · 1 days ago
  
  @Roy They did move it
  
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  This company is corporate greed personified
  
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Lensky · 2 days ago
Apparently we're gonna get Balor vs Gunther at Crown Jewel. The original plan was Punk vs Owens, but they have no intentions on traveling to Riyadh(at least they care about their health), which explains why their match is on the SmackDown episode before Crown Jewel. Balor and Gunther will replace the two, they've already advertised the match all over Saudi.
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Eddie Sallin · 2 days ago
Dijak attacked Matt riddle during a match with Riddle vs Kross face turn maybe?
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MIAMI DOLPHINS FANS · 2 days ago
Matt Riddle Is A Face!!!
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Haunted Stories · 2 days ago
Matt Riddle is face again he got attacked by Donavon Dijak last episode of MLW
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Draysin Martin · 2 days ago
Will Ospreay vs. Kyle Fletcher for the AEW World Championship at Full Gear
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Constance Affinito · 3 days ago
Hey, guys, I'm back! I've been gone only a few days, too short for you to notice, but the reason its important is because I almost completely lost the account
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  Roy · 3 days ago
  
  @Constance Affinito Welcome back man, Havent seen you here in a while.
  
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  Lensky · 2 days ago
  
  @Constance Affinito Yo the same thing happened to me! I couldn't log into my account for two weeks, thought my stuff got deleted but I've been able to log back in. Thank goodness I wasn't the only one experiencing this
  
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DJ Aphrodite Henrys Bartholomews The Second Cometh · 3 days ago
Queen Aminata is new AEW TBS Champion
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APLDAGOAT · 3 days ago
@Chad Y’all I get it but some people make mistakes give him a second chance
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MrAicrow · 3 days ago
They moved crown jewel to a different location in Riyadh

They aren't fixing the problem, My god 🤦‍♂️
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IWGP Heavyweight Championship	Yuji Nagata Won: April 5, 2002 Tokyo, Japan \| Toukon Special	270+ days
	Tadao Yasuda Won: February 16, 2002 Tokyo, Japan \| NJPW Fighting Spirit 2002 Defeated Yuji Nagata in a tournament final to win the vacant title.	48 days
	Vacant Won: January 4, 2002 Fujita vacated the title due to an injured achilles tendon.	43 days
	Kazuyuki Fujita Won: April 9, 2001 Osaka, Japan \| NJPW Strong Style 2001	270 days

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship	Koji Kanemoto Won: July 19, 2002 Sapporo, Japan \| NJPW Summer Fight Series 2002	165+ days
	Heat Won: February 16, 2002 Tokyo, Japan \| NJPW Fighting Spirit 2002 Defeated Masahito Kakihara to win the vacant title.	153 days
	Vacant Won: February 1, 2002 Kashin left NJPW and returned the title to the IWGP Executive Committee.	15 days
	Kendo Kashin Won: October 8, 2001 Tokyo, Japan \| NJPW Indicate of Next	116 days

IWGP Tag Team Championship	Cho-TenHiroyoshi Tenzan & Masahiro Chono Won: March 24, 2002 Hyōgo, Japan \| NJPW Hyper Battle 2002 Defeated Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata in a tournament final to win the vacant title.	282+ days
	Vacant Won: February 2, 2002 The title was vacated due to Mutoh leaving NJPW.	50 days
	BATTKeiji Muto / The Great Muta & Taiyo Kea Won: October 28, 2001 Fukuoka, Japan \| NJPW Survival 2001 - Fighting Destination in Fukuoka	97 days

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship	Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi Won: August 29, 2002 Tokyo, Japan \| NJPW Cross Road	124+ days
	Jushin "Thunder" Liger & Heat Won: May 2, 2002 Tokyo, Japan \| NJPW Toukon Memorial Day - 30th Anniversary	119 days
	Gedo & Jado Won: July 20, 2001 Sapporo, Japan \| NJPW Dome-Quake	286 days

NJPW Roster in 2002: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

NJPW: All (70)

Heavyweight

Junior Heavyweight

Young Lions

Teams

Cho-Ten

Club 7

Dr. Wagner Jr. & Silver King

The Havana Pitbulls / Los Cubanitos

Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto

Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai

King of the Hills

Makai Club

Manabu Nakanishi & Yutaka Yoshie

Riki Choshu & Kensuke Sasaki

SWING-LOWS

TEAM2000

Tencozy / Ten-Koji

World Class Tag Team

Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi

Yuji Nagata & Takashi Iizuka

Champions

IWGP Heavyweight Championship

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship

IWGP Tag Team Championship

Cho-TenHiroyoshi Tenzan & Masahiro Chono

BATTKeiji Muto / The Great Muta & Taiyo Kea

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship

Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi

Jushin "Thunder" Liger & Heat

Gedo & Jado

Extras

Part Time Wrestlers

Manager

Commentators

Ring Announcer

Presidents

Chairman

CEO - Chief Executive Officer

Promoters

Referees

Producers

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