NJPW Roster in 2008: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions
On this page you find the full NJPW Roster in the year 2008. This includes the list of all NJPW Wrestlers from Heavyweight, Junior Heavyweight, Young Lions and STRONG, 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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2008NJPW: All (53)





















































Heavyweight



























Junior Heavyweight
Young Lions
STRONG
Teams
The Angle Alliance
Big Mountains
Caribbean Syndicate
Emblem
Giant Bernard & Travis Tomko
Great Bash Heel











Hiroshi Tanahashi & Koji Kanemoto
IRON HADES
Italy Brothers
Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai
Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask
Koji Kanemoto & Wataru Inoue
Legend
LEGEND
Most Violent Players
NO LIMIT
RISE
RISE NxG
Sword Army
Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii
Unione
World Class Tag Team
Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi
Yuji Nagata & Mitsuhide Hirasawa
Yuji Nagata & Takashi Iizuka
Yuji Nagata & Wataru Inoue
Champions
IWGP Heavyweight Championship![]() | ![]() | Keiji Muto / The Great Muta | 248+ days |
![]() | Shinsuke NakamuraDuring this reign, Nakamura defeated Kurt Angle on the Circuit2008 New Japan Ism tour to unify the NJPW and IGF versions of the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. | 114 days | |
![]() | Hiroshi Tanahashi | 88 days |
IWGP 3rd Belt![]() | ![]() | Shinsuke NakamuraThis was a match to unify IGF's IWGP Heavyweight Championship and NJPW's IWGP Heavyweight Championship. | 0 days |
![]() | Kurt Angle Won: June 29, 2007 Tokyo, Japan | IGF Toukon Bom-Ba-Ye | 233 days |
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship![]() | ![]() | Low Ki | 101+ days |
![]() | Tiger Mask (IV)Defeated Prince Devitt in a tournament final to win the vacant title. | 75 days | |
![]() | Vacant Won: June 16, 2008 The title was vacated when Inoue moved to the heavyweight division. | 22 days | |
![]() | Wataru Inoue | 191 days |
IWGP Tag Team Championship![]() | ![]() ![]() | The Most Violent PlayersTogi Makabe & Toru Yano | 318+ days |
![]() ![]() | RISEGiant Bernard & Tomko | 343 days |
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship![]() | ![]() ![]() | No LimitTetsuya Naito & Yujiro | 79+ days |
![]() ![]() | Prince PrincePrince Devitt & Minoru | 84 days | |
![]() ![]() | LEGENDJushin "Thunder" Liger & AKIRA | 155 days | |
![]() ![]() | Prince PrincePrince Devitt & Minoru | 21 days | |
![]() ![]() | Dick Togo & TAKA Michinoku | 270 days |
Extras
Part Time Wrestlers
Commentators
Presidents
Promoters
Referees
Producers
Coaches
Ambassadors
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