Axe Wang To Begin Training With NJPW This September

Indie / Misc
Jul 12, 2026

Saturday’s event for PUZZLE Pro Wrestling in Taiwan celebrating the 10th anniversary of Axe Wang’s official pro wrestling career debut, a video message was aired by NJPW President Hiroshi Tanahashi.

Tanahashi congratulated Wang on the 10 year anniversary of his wrestling career debut and invited him to train with New Japan Pro Wrestling.

“Axe Wang, congratulations on the 10th anniversary of your debut. I have one request for you. Axe, won’t you please come to NJPW and try training here? I’ll be waiting”

PUZZLE provided an update announcing that Wang will be departing from the company and traveling to Japan for his training with NJPW starting this September. It was announced that Wang’s final match in the company will be taking place at their August 15 event.

“At the conclusion of the 7/11 “AXE WANG 10th Anniversary Memorial Tournament,” New Japan Pro-Wrestling President Hiroshi Tanahashi invited Axe Wang to train with New Japan. After internal discussions within the group, competitor Axe Wang will head to New Japan Pro-Wrestling for training in September, with the 8/15 Zhongli Dojo match serving as his final bout before departing for Japan.”

Wang has been wrestling since 2016 and has been with PUZZLE since 2020.

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