Supercards: NJPW Anniversary
May 19, 2022
4 minutes
TEXT BY GEOFFREY D. WESSEL
PHOTOS ©2022 NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING, LTD.
PROMOTION: NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING
DATE: 03.01.22
LOCATION: TOKYO, JAPAN
day of March this year, New Japan Pro-Wrestling held its 50th Anniversary Show at Tokyo Nippon Budokan. The actual date of the first NJPW event was March 6, 1972; however, its observed date has been moved a few times over the years. Despite three ownership changes, countless shifts to the business of pro wrestling since its inception, and a global pandemic, NJPW has weathered the storms—even when it did not look like the promotion would—to be around for a half-century of thrills, drama, and
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