NJPW Announces New World Television Title & Tournament to Crown First Champion

This past Sunday’s Declaration of Power event for New Japan Pro Wrestling featured NJPW officially debuting a new championship for the company called the NJPW World Television Championship.

✨🆕NJPW WORLD TV Championship🆕✨

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It was announced that World TV title matches will be held under a 15-minute time limit and will be be focused on “high-paced matches” and the company’s younger talent.

It was also announced that they will be holding a tournament to crown an inaugural champion throughout their upcoming Battle Autumn 2022 tour, which takes place from October 14th to November 5th.

Full bracket and first round matchups:

• David Finlay vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru – Oct. 14th
• Alex Zayne vs. Zack Sabre Jr. – Oct. 14th
• YOSHI-HASHI vs. Jeff Cobb – Oct. 15th
• Aaron Henare vs. EVIL – Oct. 15th
• SANADA vs. Taichi – Oct. 16th
• Hirooki Goto vs. KENTA – Oct. 16th
• Ren Narita vs. Tomohiro Ishii – Oct. 26th
• Toru Yano vs. Great-O-Khan – Oct. 26th

Here’s the bracket for the @njpwworld TV Championship Tournament!

15 minutes to win it! Time limit draws will be decided via coin toss!

It all kicks off LIVE, ENGLISH and FREE! Friday October 14 in Korakuen Hall!https://t.co/mw3TewWvdw#njpw #njautumn pic.twitter.com/ldoyaP6ClS

— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) October 11, 2022