NJPW Roster in 1988: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions
On this page you find the full NJPW Roster in the year 1988. 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.
Our complete Pro Wrestlers Database allows you to travel through time and see the NJPW Roster by Year or any specific Date in history. Simply use the filters below! You even have the option to view a breakdown of the rosters split by Face and Heel divisions.

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Junior Heavyweight
Young Lions
Teams
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami
Golden Combi
Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami
Champions
IWGP Heavyweight Championship![]() | ![]() | Tatsumi Fujinami
Defeated Riki Choshu to win the vacant title. | 190+
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IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship![]() | ![]() | Shiro Koshinaka
| 190+
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IWGP Tag Team Championship![]() | ![]() ![]() | Riki Choshu & Masa Saito
| 204+
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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. | 3666+
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Extras
Part Time Wrestler
Manager
Ring Announcer
President
Promoter
Referees
Producer
Coaches
Ambassador
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