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

Indie / Misc
Oct 11, 2022

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.

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
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