NJPW Roster in 1979: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions
On this page you find the full NJPW Roster in the year 1979. This includes the list of all NJPW Wrestlers from Heavyweight, Junior Heavyweight and Young Lions, 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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Junior Heavyweight
Young Lions
Teams
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami
Golden Combi
Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami
Power Fighters
Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda
Champions
Asia Heavyweight Championship![]() | ![]() | Tiger Jeet Singh
Defeated Seiji Sakaguchi in Asia Heavyweight League finals to become the inaugural champion. | 1250+
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NWF Heavyweight Championship![]() | ![]() | Antonio Inoki
Ordered by the NWA to stop referring to belt as a world title at annual NWA meeting on August 7, 1976. | 1649+
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NWF North American Heavyweight Championship![]() | ![]() | Tiger Jeet Singh
| 101+
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![]() | Seiji Sakaguchi
| 238
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![]() | Johnny Powers
Billed as champion for a tour of Japan. | 25
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Asia Tag Team Championship![]() | ![]() | Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda
| 899+
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NWA North American Tag Team Championship![]() | ![]() ![]() | Riki Choshu & Seiji SakaguchiRiki Choshu & Seiji Sakaguchi
| 199+
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![]() ![]() | Hiro Matsuda & Masa SaitoHiro Matsuda & Masa Saito
| 71
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![]() ![]() | Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong KobayashiSeiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi
| 616
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WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship![]() | ![]() | Tatsumi Fujinami
| 88+
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![]() | Ryuma Go
| 2
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![]() | Tatsumi Fujinami
Fujinami moved to NJPW with the title. During this reigns the title was renamed to WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship. | 617
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WWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship![]() | ![]() | Antonio Inoki
The WWWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship was created for a partnership between WWWF and NJPW, and was awarded by Vincent J. McMahon to Inoki for his achievements in matches against fighters from other combat sports. During this reigns the title changes name to WWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship. | 378+
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NWA World International Junior Heavyweight Championship![]() | ![]() | Steve Keirn
Defeated Chavo Guerrero in a decision match to be recognized as World Junior Heavyweight Champion in Florida and Los Angeles. | 21+
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