New Japan Professional-Wrestling has introduced extra adjustments to the behind-the-scenes working of the promotion.
Final yr, the Ace of the Universe Hiroshi Tanahashi was made president of the corporate. He’s the primary lively wrestler to helm the corporate since Tatsumi Fujinami, nineteen years in the past.
Tanahashi’s function has seen nearer ties with AEW shaped, with Wrestle Dynasty bringing them again collectively in January.
One other large change has been introduced on the NJPW web site, with a restructuring of the IWGP Committee backstage. The Worldwide Wrestling Grand Prix committee is a largely kayfabe backstage group, who oversee all of the tournaments and championships in NJPW. They’re the explanation why the principle belts for the corporate are the IWGP titles, not NJPW.
Forward of the G1 Climax, Hiroshi Tanahashi has introduced the 5 males that may comprise this new committee. It contains Japanese legends, an iconic referee and even the present New Japan Professional-Wrestling Chairman.
The five-man committee are comprised of Jyushin Thunder Liger, Yuji Nagata, Tiger Hattori, Naoki Sugabayashi and Hitoshi Matsumoto.
Tanahashi launched the lads as being “dedicated absolutely to wrestlers and officers, and the operation of championship matches and tournaments in NJPW’.
Whereas there isn’t any committee president, Tanahashi defined that committee members will attend numerous NJPW occasions and will probably be available to make choices when wanted.