NJPW Roster in 1997: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

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On this page you find the full NJPW Roster in the year 1997. 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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The profile of each NJPW wrestler features their Career History, Ring Names, Face / Heel Turns, Accomplishments, Pictures, Bio and more information and statistics.

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Xander Vaughn · 3 hours ago
Should Brock Lesnar return tonight
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ty eash · 18 hours ago
Hey, it's me again. (Sorry, I am being really annoying, I know) But I have even more suggestions for the ECW alumni roster.

If it's possible, can we get A.J. Petrucci & Doug Stahl (The Super Destroyers)? It would be important to get them, because they are not only 2 time ECW Tag Team Champions, but they are also the inaugural ECW Tag Team Champions as well, which would make them really important to include. Also, they look kinda cool with their black masks.

Another guy I would like to be added is Johnny Hotbody. He was the ECW Heavyweight Champion once, beating inaugural champ, Jimmy Snuka, becoming the 2nd ever ECW Heavyweight champ.

Last but not least, a while back I asked for Chubby Dudley and Dances With Dudley to be in with the rest of the Dudleys. Well I kinda forgor one member, and that is none other than Lil' Snot Dudley. He didn't have that big of a career, so getting all of his info wouldn't be that hard.

I appreciate the hard work you guys do, and I can't wait to see awesome this will play out! Keep up the good work mods!
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ty eash · 19 hours ago
Can you guys add Aerostar and Texano to the Lucha Underground alumni roster?
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ty eash · 19 hours ago
Damn. I didn't even know there were two Kamala's. Much power to the guy who suggested him to be in the ECW alumni roster!
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ty eash · 19 hours ago
Woah. They just added Mustapha Saed right in front of my eyes rn. I just checked to see if he was there. He wasn't, so I went through the website randomly for a bit, and when I came back, there he is.
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gary vaughan · 2 days ago
add the free agents to be on Smackdown Raw and NXT Brands
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gary vaughan · 2 days ago
add the wrestlers from AEW and TNA to be on Smackdown Raw and NXT brands
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Travis Smith · 3 days ago
All Time roster is having some sort of difficulty, can you see if you can fix it
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  Travis Smith · 3 days ago
  
  @Travis Smith It seems to be attempting to work, if you did something, thank you
  
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Sohyle Setaya · 5 days ago
Bianca heel😈
Bianca Belair attack Jade Cargill
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gary vaughan · 6 days ago
add cm punk to OG bloodline
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İlke Kurtlutepe · 7 days ago
Punk's return should be updated for face/heel list
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gary vaughan · 7 days ago
add the rock or Cody Rhodes to the OG bloodline Stable
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  Xander Vaughn · 3 hours ago
  
  @gary vaughan How about Brock
  
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ty eash · 9 days ago
Can you please finish the original dudley stable by adding Chubby Dudley and Dances With Dudley?
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Jota Eme · 10 days ago
Idk if someone ever asked for this before but I think you should add the feature of creating a custom roster and share on this website. No matter the year, era or company. It would be a cool thing for the fans.
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Indranil Paul · 13 days ago
Please Add WWE ID program superstar
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GHOST · 13 days ago
Braun Strowman returned to the ring in a dark match after SmackDown
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Fede Gutiérrez · 14 days ago
Nakamura just returned yesterday. Remove the inactive logo
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ty eash · 14 days ago
While we are on the discussion for ECW aluumni, could you guys also add Big Sal E. Graziano? He's like, the only FBI member that's missing here.
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Joe Limbus · 15 days ago
Mustafa Saed is missing from the ECW alumni....he was New Jacks tag team partner, they won the ECW titles together
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  @Joe Limbus He will be done soon, great suggestion!
  
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PrivatePenguin 95 · 21 days ago
Add Sami zayn to OG bloodline
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IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship	Shinjiro Otani Won: August 10, 1997 Nagoya, Japan \| NJPW The Four Heaven in Nagoya Dome 143+ days On November 5, 1997, Otani vacated all J-Crown belts but the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, effectively ending the J-Crown.	143+ days
	El Samurai Won: July 6, 1997 Sapporo, Japan \| NJPW Summer Struggle 1997 35 days	35 days
	Jushin "Thunder" Liger Won: January 4, 1997 Tokyo, Japan \| NJPW Wrestling World 1997 183 days	183 days
	Último Dragón Won: October 11, 1996 Osaka, Japan \| Osaka Crush Night 85 days	85 days

IWGP Tag Team Championship	nWo JapanThe Great Muta & Masahiro Chono Won: October 19, 1997 Kobe, Japan \| NJPW nWo Typhoon 1997 73+ days	73+ days
	Kensuke Sasaki & Kazuo Yamazaki Won: August 10, 1997 Nagoya, Japan \| NJPW The Four Heaven in Nagoya Dome 70 days	70 days
	The Bull PowersManabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima Won: May 3, 1997 Osaka, Japan \| NJPW Strong Style Evolution in Osaka Dome 99 days	99 days
	Riki Choshu & Kensuke Sasaki Won: April 12, 1997 Tokyo, Japan \| NJPW Battle Formation 1997 21 days	21 days
	Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura Won: January 4, 1997 Tokyo,Japan \| NJPW Wrestling World 1997 98 days	98 days
	Cho-TenHiroyoshi Tenzan & Masahiro Chono Won: July 16, 1996 Sapporo, Japan \| NJPW Summer Struggle 1996 - WCW World in Sapporo 172 days	172 days

WWF Light Heavyweight Championship	Vacant Won: November 5, 1997 32 days The J-Crown championships (with the except the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship) were vacated. Shinjiro Otani returned its component belts to their home promotions, including the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship. Otani was the final wrestler in NJPW to hold the title before it was returned to WWF.	32 days
	Shinjiro Otani Won: August 10, 1997 Nagoya, Japan \| NJPW The Four Heaven in Nagoya Dome 87 days	87 days
	El Samurai Won: July 6, 1997 Sapporo, Japan \| NJPW Summer Struggle 1997 35 days	35 days
	Jushin "Thunder" Liger Won: January 4, 1997 Tokyo, Japan \| NJPW Wrestling World 1997 183 days	183 days
	Último Dragón Won: October 11, 1996 Osaka, Japan \| WAR Osaka Crush Night! 85 days	85 days

NJPW Roster in 1997: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

NJPW: All (58)

Heavyweight

Junior Heavyweight

Young Lions

Teams

Bull Powers

Heisei Ishingun

Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto

Junji Hirata & Shinya Hashimoto

Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai

Kazuo Yamazaki & Takashi Iizuka

Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami

Kensuke Sasaki & Kazuo Yamazaki

Masahiro Chono & Keiji Muto

nWo Japan

Ookami Gundan

Riki Choshu & Kensuke Sasaki

Shinjiro Otani & Koji Kanemoto

Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa

Team Wolf

Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi

Champions

IWGP Heavyweight Championship

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship

IWGP Tag Team Championship

nWo JapanThe Great Muta & Masahiro Chono

Kensuke Sasaki & Kazuo Yamazaki

The Bull PowersManabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima

Riki Choshu & Kensuke Sasaki

Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura

Cho-TenHiroyoshi Tenzan & Masahiro Chono

WWF Light Heavyweight Championship

Vacant

Extras

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Director of Operation

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