NJPW Roster in 1984: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions
On this page you find the full NJPW Roster in the year 1984. 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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1984NJPW: All (59)
Abdullah the Butcher
Akira Maeda
Akira Nogami
André the Giant
Animal Hamaguchi
Antonio Inoki
Bad News Allen
Big John Studd
Black Cat
Black Tiger
Bob Backlund
Bret Hart
Buddy Rose
The Cobra
"Cowboy" Bob Orton
Davey Boy Smith
Dick Murdoch
Dizzy Hogan
Don Arakawa
Dynamite Kid
Greg "The Hammer" Valentine
Haruka Eigen
Hidekazu Tanaka
Hiro Matsuda
Hiro Saito
Hisashi Shinma
Hulk Hogan
Isamu Teranishi
Kantaro Hoshino
Karl Gotch
Kazuo Yamazaki
Keiichi Yamada
Keiji Muto
Ken Patera
Kengo Kimura
Kuniaki Kobayashi
KY Wakamatsu
Masahiro Chono
Masanobu Kurisu
The Masked Superstar
Naoki Sano
Nobuhiko Takada
Norio Honaga
Osamu Kido
Otto Wanz
Pat Tanaka
Riki Choshu
Rusher Kimura
Ryuma Go
Samula
Seiji Sakaguchi
Shinya Hashimoto
Shunji Takano
Strong Machine #1
Tatsumi Fujinami
Tatsutoshi Goto
Tiger Chung Lee
Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Yoshiaki Yatsu
Heavyweight
Abdullah the Butcher
Akira Maeda
André the Giant
Animal Hamaguchi
Antonio Inoki
Bad News Allen
Big John Studd
Bob Backlund
Bret Hart
Buddy Rose
"Cowboy" Bob Orton
Dick Murdoch
Dizzy Hogan
Don Arakawa
Greg "The Hammer" Valentine
Haruka Eigen
Hulk Hogan
Ken Patera
Kengo Kimura
KY Wakamatsu
Masanobu Kurisu
The Masked Superstar
Osamu Kido
Otto Wanz
Riki Choshu
Rusher Kimura
Samula
Seiji Sakaguchi
Shunji Takano
Strong Machine #1
Tatsumi Fujinami
Tiger Chung Lee
Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Yoshiaki Yatsu
Junior Heavyweight
Young Lions
Teams
Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami
The British Bulldogs
Golden Combi
Ishin Gundan
Ishin Gundan / New Wolves
Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami
Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu
Champions
WWF International Heavyweight Championship | | Tatsumi Fujinami
Fujinami regained recognition from the WWF on July 5, 1984, though NJPW recognized his second reign as uninterrupted. | 179+
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| Akira Maeda
This title change was recognized by the WWF but ignored by NJPW. Maeda departed from the WWF during this reign and defended the title as the "UWF Heavyweight Championship" in the Universal Wrestling Federation before vacating the title on July 23, 1984. | 120
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| Tatsumi Fujinami
| 234
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IWGP Heavyweight Championship | | Antonio Inoki
| 200+
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| Hulk Hogan
Defeated Antonio Inoki in the IWGP League 1983 final to become the first champion. | 378
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WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship | | The Cobra
Defeated Black Tiger to win the vacant title. | 3+
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 | Vacant
The title was vacated when the Dynamite Kid left Japan to join WWF full time. | 52
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| Dynamite Kid
Defeated The Cobra in a tournament final for the vacant title. | 273
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| Vacant
The title was vacated because Tiger Mask retired. | 179
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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. | 2205+
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NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship | | The Cobra
Defeated Davey Boy Smith to win the vacant title. During this reign, Les Thornton was recognized by some promoters in the USA as champion due to The Cobra working for WWF. On 1943-11-14, GCW announced that Les Thornton won a fictitious tournament to become champion (unofficial). Then, on 1984-06-02, American promoters vacated their version of the title after Les Thornton joined WWF; Thornton continued to bill himself as champion, defending the title on WWF events as the "WWF Lt. Hvywt Championship". Then, on 1984-07-13, JCP announced that Hector Guerrero won a fictitious tournament to become champion (unofficial). Then, on 1984-10-02, Mike Davis defeated Guerrero to win this unofficial version of the title; then, on 1984-11-22, Denny Brown defeated Davis to win this unofficial version of the title. | 424+
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