New Japan Pro-Wrestling On AXS TV Schedule For 3/24 And 3/31 Announced

March 22, 2022

New Japan Pro-Wrestling has announced some changes to the lineup on AXS TV to close out the month of March.

AXS TV has unveiled the programming lineup for NJPW beginning on March 24 and ending on March 31. AXS has moved the New Year’s Golden Series finale up a week to March 24, while NJPW’s 50^TH Anniversary spectacular will air the following week.

From AXS:

LOS ANGELES (March 21, 2022) – AXS TV, a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment, Inc., announces a pair of updates to the Network’s March lineup of exclusive New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) episodes—highlighting changes to the episodes airing on March 24 and March 31 at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.

March 24 will now showcase the finale of NJPW’s New Year’s Golden Series one week early, and then, on March 31, the Network puts the spotlight on two star-studded tag-team contests featuring the semi-main event and main event from NJPW’s landmark 50^TH Anniversary spectacular.

AXS TV’s Updated NJPW Programming Lineup for March 24 and March 31 is as follows:

March 24 — New Years Golden Series, filmed live from Sapporo, Japan on 2/20/22

-The 2022 New Years Golden Series comes to a close, as IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada defends NJPW’s most coveted prize against Los Ingobernables de Japón figurehead—and longtime rival—Tetsuya Naito in this hotly-anticipated main event.

March 31 — 50^TH Anniversary Event, filmed live from Tokyo, Japan on 3/1/22

— AXS TV presents exclusive coverage from NJPW’s 50^TH Anniversary celebration, featuring a semi-main event champions vs. champions matchup that finds Heavyweight Tag Team titleholders Hirooki Gotoand YOSHI-HASHI stepping into the squared circle to face Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Ryusuke Taguchi and Master Wato.

— Then, stay tuned for a generational clash for the ages, as NJPW’s past and present collide in an epic six-man tag team main event pitting Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi, and 68-year-old NJPW legend Tatsumi Fujinami against 72-year-old fellow NJPW icon Yoshiaki Fujiwara, with Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre Jr.