NJPW Roster in 1982: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions
On this page you find the full NJPW Roster in the year 1982. 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
Animal Hamaguchi & Rusher Kimura
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami
Golden Combi
Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami
The Texas Outlaws
Champions
WWF International Heavyweight Championship![]() | ![]() | Tatsumi Fujinami
| 123+
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Gino Brito
| 12
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Tony Parisi
The title was revived in WWF. | 64
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WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship![]() | ![]() | Tiger Mask
| 219+
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![]() | Black Tiger
Defeated Gran Hamada in a decision match for the vacant title | 20
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![]() | Vacant
The title was vacated because Tiger Mask was injured. | 6
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![]() | Tiger Mask
Defeated Dynamite Kid for the vacant title. | 110
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![]() | Vacant
The title was vacated when Fujinami entered the heavyweight division. | 40
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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. | 1474+
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NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship![]() | ![]() | Vacant
Vacated after a match against Chavo Guerrero that ended in a no decision. | 97
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![]() | Atsushi Onita
| 91
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Sangre Chicana
Additionally recognized as world champion in Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre. | 19
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![]() | Atsushi Onita
Additionally recognized as international champion in Jim Crockett Promotions. | 35
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![]() | Chavo Guerrero
| 289
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NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship![]() | ![]() | Tiger Mask
In 1983, some North American promoters declared the title vacant due to Tiger Mask wrestling for WWF, which was not a member of NWA; however, during the annual NWA convention, the NWA announced that Tiger Mask was still recognized as the official champion and ordered its territories to recognize him as champion. | 220+
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Les Thornton
| 192
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