Chaos (professional wrestling)
Chaos | |
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Stable | |
Members | See below |
Name(s) | Chaos |
Former member(s) | See below |
Chaos is a
Since its founding, Chaos has added several new members, including Kazuchika Okada, who has held the IWGP Heavyweight Championship five times and won the G1 Climax tournament in 2012, 2014 and 2021, as well as the 2013 and 2019 New Japan Cup. Okada became the leader of Chaos after Nakamura's departure from New Japan and succeeded Hiroshi Tanahashi as the promotion's "ace," or top star. Rocky Romero, another member of Chaos, won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship a record eight times.
Chaos originally was the only villainous group in New Japan. In 2013, Chaos started feuds with two other villainous groups, Suzuki-gun and Bullet Club, which led to the stable being portrayed in a more sympathetic way. After Takashi Iizuka and Yujiro Takahashi jumped to Suzuki-gun and Bullet Club respectively, Chaos finalized its transition into full fan favorites.
History
Under Shinsuke Nakamura (2009–2016)
On April 5, 2009, Toru Yano turned on Great Bash Heel (G.B.H) leader Togi Makabe, costing Makabe his match against Shinsuke Nakamura.[1] Throughout that month, all members of G.B.H besides Tomoaki Honma turned their backs on Makabe, joining Nakamura and Yano. On April 23, the group was officially dubbed Chaos, with Nakamura and Yano positioned as its two central figures.[2]
After Chaos was formed, members
Championship success
On September 27, Nakamura defeated
On January 4, 2010, at
On April 4, Yano and Iizuka turned on Anderson and kicked him out of the stable with help from Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro Takahashi, who joined the stable in the process.[8] Giant Bernard, who was not present at the show, left Chaos alongside his tag team partner.[9] On May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2010, Yano defeating Tanahashi in a singles match while Naito and Takahashi lost the IWGP Tag Team Championship to Seigigun (Wataru Inoue and Yuji Nagata) in a match also involving Bad Intentions (Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson), and Nakamura lost the IWGP Heavyweight Championship to Togi Makabe in the main event.[10] Following the loss, Nakamura was sidelined with a shoulder injury until he returned on June 19 at Dominion 6.19, defeating Daniel Puder and being eyed up by Simon Inoki and Atsushi Sawada of Inoki Genome Federation, who appeared at the show.[11][12]
On July 19, Nakamura received a rematch for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, but was once again defeated by Makabe.
On January 4, 2011, at the
On June 18, Mitsuhide Hirasawa turned on Seigigun and its leader Yuji Nagata, renaming himself "Hideo Saito" and joining Chaos.[21][22] From August 1 to August 14, Yano, Takahashi, Saito and Nakamura participated in the 2011 G1 Climax, which Nakamura won by defeating Tetsuya Naito on August 14 and earning another shot at the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.[23] On September 19, Saito lost to Nagata in a grudge match, but attacked Nagata after the match.[24] Later that night, Nakamura went on to challenge for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, but failed to recapture the title from Hiroshi Tanahashi.[25] On October 10 at Destruction '11, Richards and Romero defeated Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship for the first time.[26] Later that night, Yano lost to Nagata in a rematch,[26] but later attacked Tanahashi after he had successfully defended the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Tetsuya Naito and then accepted Nagata as his next challenger, stealing his championship belt and renaming it the "YWGP Heavyweight Championship".[26][27] Also later that night, Tanaka defeated MVP to win the IWGP Intercontinental Championship.[28]
From October 22 to November 6, Tanaka and Takahashi, Saito and Iizuka, Nakamura and Yano (who named their team "Chaos Top Team") and Ishii with
Kazuchika Okada's rise to stardom
On January 4, 2012, at
On April 21, Low Ki returned to NJPW, aligning himself with the Chaos and teaming with Gedo, Jado and Rocky Romero in an eight-man tag team match to defeat
On June 16 at Dominion 6.16, Brian Kendrick joined the stable by teaming with Gedo and Jado in a six-man tag team match, where they defeated Jyushin Thunder Liger, Kushida and Tiger Mask when Kendrick pinned Kushida.[48] Yano's and Iizuka's first title defense, a rematch against Tenzan and Kojima, ended in a no contest[49] and were stripped of the IWGP Tag Team Championship four days later.[50] In the main event, Okada lost the IWGP Heavyweight Championship back to Tanahashi, ending his reign.[49] On July 22, Yano and Iizuka were defeated by Tenzan and Kojima in a decision match for the vacant title.[51] Koslov and Romero defeated Jyushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.[52] Also at that event, Nakamura defeated Hirooki Goto to win the IWGP Intercontinental Championship for the first time.[52] On July 29, Low Ki lost the title to Kota Ibushi in his second defense.[53][54]
From August 1 to August 12, Okada, Nakamura, Yano and Takahashi participated at the 2012 G1 Climax. During the tournament, Okada wrestled in the same block as Chaos leader Shinsuke Nakamura and on August 5 was defeated by Nakamura.[55] At the finals on August 12, Okada defeated Karl Anderson to win the 2012 G1 Climax.[56]
On October 8 at King of Pro-Wrestling, Forever Hooligans made their second successful title defense by defeating Time Splitters (Alex Shelley and Kushida).[57][58] Later that night, Low Ki regained the IWGP Junior Heavyeight title from Kota Ibushi.[59][60] Later that night, Nakamura successfully defended the IWGP Intercontinental Championship in a rematch against Hirooki Goto.[61] On November 12 at Power Struggle, Forever Hooligans lost the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship to the winners of the Super Jr. Tag Tournament, Time Splitters, ending their reign at 112 days.[62][63] Later that night, Low Ki lost the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship to Prince Devitt in his first title defense.[64][65] Takahashi received his first shot at the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, but was defeated by Hiroshi Tanahashi.[62][66] From November 15 to November 19, Takahashi, Tanaka. Hashi and Ishii participated in a tournament to crown the first NEVER Openweight Champion, but Takahashi was eliminated at the first round, Hashi was eliminated at second round by Ishii and Ishii was eliminated by Tanaka at the semifinals while Tanaka defeated Karl Anderson at the finals to become the inaugural champion.[67] On December 10, Tokyo Sports named Okada the 2012 MVP in all of puroresu.[68][69] His match with Tanahashi from June 16 was also named the Match of the Year.[68][69]
On January 4, 2013, at
From March 11 to March 23, Okada, Yano, Nakamura, Ishii and Takahashi participated at the 2013 New Japan Cup, during which Okada defeated Hirooki Goto to win the 2013 New Japan Cup. On April 5, Nakamura and Tomohiro Ishii unsuccessfully challenged Killer Elite Squad (Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer) for the IWGP Tag Team Championship.[80] Two days later at Invasion Attack, Okada defeated Tanahashi to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship for the second time.[81][82][83]
On May 3 at
On May 31, Nakamura lost the IWGP Intercontinental Championship to
On September 29 at Destruction, Tanaka lost the NEVER Openweight Championship in a rematch with Naito, ending his reign at 314 days.[100] In the main event, Okada defeated Satoshi Kojima for his fourth successful defense of the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.[100][101][102]
On October 14 at
Following a disappointing fan reaction to a confrontation between Okada and Naito, NJPW announced that fans would get to vote whether they or Shinsuke Nakamura and Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship would be the true main event of the Tokyo Dome show.[108][109] When the results were released on December 9, Okada and Naito had gotten only half the votes Nakamura and Tanahashi had gotten and as a result lost their main event spot.[110][111] That same day, Okada became the first wrestler in 25 years to win back-to-back MVP awards from Tokyo Sports.[112][113]
On January 4, 2014, at
From March 15 to March 23, Nakamura, Ishii and Takahashi participated in the
On May 25 at the Back to the Yokohama Arena, Ishii made his fourth successful title defense against Kota Ibushi, but Ishii was pulled into the rivalry between Chaos and Bullet Club, when he was attacked after the match by former stablemate Yujiro Takahashi, who appointed himself as his next challenger.[136][137][138] Later that night, Nakamura made the first successful defense of his third reign as the IWGP Intercontinental Champion against Daniel Gracie.[139][140] In the main event, Okada unsuccessfully challenged A.J Styles for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.[139][140] Also at that event, Yano and Iizuka faced off against Minoru Suzuki and Shelton X Benjamin in a tag team match, during which Iizuka turned on Yano and Chaos, helping Suzuki pin him for the win and joining Suzuki-gun.[139][140] From May 30 to June 8, Koslov and Romero took part in the 2014 Best of the Super Juniors, but after Koslov's first match against Ricochet he dislocate his left shoulder and was forced to pull out of the tournament.[141] Romero ended up finishing the tournament with 6 points being at last on his block while Kazushi Sakuraba joined the stable and formed a partnership with Yano.[142][143] On June 29, Ishii lost the NEVER Openweight Championship to Takahashi in his fifth defense, following outside interference from Bullet Club.[144][145][146] On June 21 at Dominion 6.21, Nakamura lost the title to Bad Luck Fale in his second defense.[147][148]
From July 21 to August 10, Okada, Nakamura, Ishii and Yano participated at the 2014 G1 Climax, during which Ishii finished tied fifth in his block with a record of five wins and five losses,[149][150] working his two final matches with a separated shoulder,[151] while Yano finished with a record of four wins and six losses ( which included a win over Suzuki)[152][153][154] and Okada and Nakamura won their block both with 16 points, with both advancing to the finals won by Okada.[155][156] On September 21 at Destruction in Kobe, Yoshi-Hashi and Okada unsuccessfully challenged Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson for the IWGP Tag Team Championship.[157][158] In the main event, Nakamura regained the IWGP Intercontinental Championship from Bad Luck Fale.[159][158] Two days later at Destruction in Okayama, Yoshi-Hashi also failed to capture the NEVER Openweight Championship from Yujiro Takahashi.[160] In the main event, Okada successfully defended his IWGP Heavyweight Championship number one contender's contract against Karl Anderson.[160][161] On October 13 at King of Pro-Wrestling, Ishii regained the NEVER Openweight Championship from Yujiro Takahashi, becoming the first two-time holder of the title.[162][163][164] Later that night, Okada made another successful defense of his contract against Tetsuya Naito.[165][166] On November 8 at Power Struggle, Ishii made his first successful title defense of the NEVER Openweight Champion against Hirooki Goto.[167][168] Later in the main event, Nakamura made his first successful title defense of the IWGP Intercontinental Champion against Katsuyori Shibata.[169] From November 22 to December 7, Chaos participated in the World Tag League, having three teams to participate in the tournament, with Okada and Hashi in the block A and Nakamura and Ishii and Sakuraba and Yano in the block B.[170][171] In the block A, Okada and Hashi finished their block with a record of four wins and three losses, failing to advance to the finals.[172] In the block B, the team of Nakamura and Ishii finished second in their block with a record of four wins and three losses, narrowly missing the finals of the tournament due to losing to Hirooki Goto and Katsuyori Shibata on the final day, while the team of Sakuraba and Yano finished in the middle of their block with a record of three wins, one draw and three losses.[173][172]
On January 4, 2015, at Wrestle Kingdom 9, Tomohiro Ishii lost the Never Openweight Championship to Togi Makabe in his second defense,[174][175][176] Nakamura defeated Kota Ibushi in his second successful defense of the IWGP Intercontinental Championship[177][178] and Okada lost to Hiroshi Tanahashi in the main event of Wrestle Kingdom, failing to capture the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.[179][178] On February 14 at The New Beginning in Sendai, Ishii defeated Tomoaki Honma, a late replacement for an ill Togi Makabe, to win the now vacant NEVER Openweight Championship for the third time,[180][181][182] and Nakamura defeated Yuji Nagata, making his third successful title defense.[183] In January 2015, Forever Hooligans broke up when Koslov announced he was taking an indefinite break from professional wrestling, leaving the stable.[184] On March 1, Romero revealed he and Trent Baretta were forming a new tag team named Roppongi Vice. Through March 5 and 15, Toru Yano, Kazuchika Okada and Yoshi-Hashi took part of the 2015 New Japan Cup.[185] Toru Yano defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi in the opening round, but lost in the second round to the eventual winner Kota Ibushi while Okada and Yoshi-Hashi also lost in the opening round, with Okada being defeated by Bad Luck Fale and Yoshi-Hashi being defeated by Yujiro Takahashi. At Invasion Attack 2015 on April 5, Roppongi Vice defeated The Young Bucks for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. At Wrestling Dontaku 2015 on May 3, Roppongi Vice lost the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship to The Young Bucks in a match also involving ReDRagon Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly, while Shinsuke Nakamura lost the IWGP Intercontinental Championship to Hirooki Goto in the main event. On April 29 at Wrestling Hinokuni, Tomohiro Ishii lost the Never Openweight Championship to Togi Makabe for a second time.[186][187][188] On July 5 at Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall, Roppongi Vice failed to recapture the championship in a three-way match that also included reDRagon, while Nakamura also failed to recapture the IWGP Intercontinental Championship from Hirooki Goto[189][190] and Okada defeated AJ Styles to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship in the main event, making his third reign.[191][192]
From July 20 and August 16, Chaos participated in the
Under Okada (2016–2024)
On January 4 at Wrestle Kingdom 10 in Tokyo Dome, Roppongi Vice failed for the third time to capture the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships, Toru Yano teamed with the Ring of Honor (ROH) tag team of Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe to defeat Bullet Club's Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga and Yujiro Takahashi to become the inaugural NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions,[211] while Ishii was defeated by Katsuyori Shibata ending his fourth reign of the Never Openweight Championship,[212][213] Nakamura made his second successful defense by defeating A.J. Styles[214] and Okada defeated 2015 G1 Climax winner Hiroshi Tanahashi in the main event of Wrestle Kingdom 10 in Tokyo Dome to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.[214] Hours after the event it was reported that Nakamura had given his notice to NJPW on the morning of January 4, announcing that he was leaving the promotion for WWE.[215][216] Nakamura remained under NJPW contract and was expected to finish off his contracted dates with the promotion before leaving.[217][218] On January 12, NJPW confirmed Nakamura's upcoming departure and announced he would also be stripped of the IWGP Intercontinental Championship.[219][220] Nakamura handed in the title on January 25, officially ending his fifth reign.[221][222] Nakamura wrestled his last match under his NJPW contract on January 30, where he, Okada and Ishii defeated Hirooki Goto, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Katsuyori Shibata.[223]
Feud with Los Ingobernables de Japón
In early 2016, Chaos entered a rivalry with the
From April 21 to May 4, Yano took part in Pro Wrestling Noah's 2016 Global Tag League, where he teamed with Naomichi Marufuji.[242] The two defeated the reigning GHC Tag Team Champions, Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer, to win the tournament.[243][244] From May 21 and June 7 Chaos participated in the Best of the Super Juniors (XXIII – twenty-third), and Ospreay defeated Ryusuke Taguchi in the finals to win the tournament.[245] On May 28, Gedo and Jado made a surprise appearance for Pro Wrestling Noah, challenging Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada to a match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship,[246] and Toru Yano and Marufuji defeated Smith and Archer in a rematch to become the new GHC Tag Team Champions.[247][248] On June 19, Okada won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship for the fourth time, ending the feud with Los Ingobernables de Japón.[249][250]
Championship dominance
During the G1 Climax, Okada was defeated by Pro Wrestling Noah representative Naomichi Marufuji, starting a feud between NJPW and Pro Wrestling Noah, while Ishii finished with a record of four wins and five losses.[251] One of Ishii's wins was over Chaos stablemate and reigning IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada.[251] Yoshi-Hashi finished the tournament last in his block with a record of three wins and six losses.[252] Despite this, Yoshi-Hashi's opening match win resulted in Kenny Omega nominating him as his first challenger for the Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship match contract after winning the entire tournament.[253]
On October 8, Gedo and Jado defeated Kotoge and Harada to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.
On December 14, Okada became the second wrestler to win three consecutive Match of the Year awards from Tokyo Sports for his 2016 G1 Climax opener against Naomichi Marufuji.[260] On December 24, Jado and Gedo lost the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships back to Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada.[261] On January 4, 2017, at the Wrestle Kingdom 11 in Tokyo Dome, Roppongi Vice defeated The Young Bucks to regain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships for their third time,[262] Hirooki Goto defeated Katsuyori Shibata to win the NEVER Openweight Championship, and Kazuchika Okada successfully defended the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Kenny Omega.[263] At 46 minutes and 45 seconds, the match was the longest in the history of the January 4 Tokyo Dome Show.[264] Wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer, in his Wrestling Observer Newsletter, gave the match a six-star rating. He added that Okada and Omega "may have put on the greatest match in pro wrestling history" and that it was the best match he had ever seen.[265]
Feud with Suzuki-gun, Bullet Club, and Los Ingobernables de Japón
The next day,
On July 2 at first night of the
On January 5, Jay White teased joining the Bullet Club, only to attack Omega afterwards. The following day, White joined Chaos. White defeated Kenny Omega to become the second IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion. At
Departure of Jay White and Gedo
At the Destruction event, the team of Tanahashi and Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma) defeated the team of Jay White, Okada and Yoshi-Hashi. Also on Night 1, Omega successfully retained his IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Against Ishii. On Night 2 of Destruction, the Chaos group suffered another loss, this time in an eight-man tag team match against Tanahshi, Great Bash Heel and Juice Robinson. On Night 3, Tanahashi defeated Okada in the main event and kept his right for a contract match at Wrestle Kingdom 13 for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. After the match, Jay White attacked both Tanahashi and Okada, as well as Rocky Romero when he refused to give White a chair and Yoshi-Hashi when he tried to intervene. Gedo then attacked Okada with a chair and declared on the mic that White was the true winner of the G1 tournament and the G1 briefcase.
On October 2, Will Ospreay tweeted about the current members of the faction, not mentioning the names of White and Gedo.[269] On October 8, at King of Pro-Wrestling, Jado, along with White, Gedo and members of Bullet Club OG, attacked Okada, leaving Chaos. During the Road to Power Struggle tour, White teased in backstage interviews that there is still another member in Chaos being used as a spy for the Bullet Club.[270]
At Road to Power Struggle, after Chaos lost to Bullet Club, Hiroshi Tanahashi came out to make the save for Kazuchika Okada and the two shook hands forming a union between the two. At
In June 2019, Ospreay won his second Best of the Super Jr. tournament by defeating Shingo Takagi in the finals, Ospreay would later win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship for the third time at Dominion. At Southern Showdown, Bullet Club member Robbie Eagles turned on his stablemates and joined Chaos and since then he's been teaming with Ospreay as Birds of Prey in tag team competition. At Power Struggle, Roppongi 3K would win the Super Junior Tag Tournament for the third year in a row to earn a IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team title match and Goto would lose a IWGP Intercontinental title match against champion Jay White. On the first night of Wrestle Kingdom 14, Okada would defeat Kota Ibushi to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship in the main event meanwhile Ospreay lost the IWGP Junior Heavyweight title to Hiromu Takahashi. On the second night of Wrestle Kingdom 14, Roppongi 3K would win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team titles from Bullet Club, Goto won the NEVER Openweight title for a fifth time (tying with Ishii for most reigns) meanwhile Ishii, Yoshi-Hashi and Eagles would lose the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship Gauntlet match on the pre-show and Okada lost the IWGP Heavyweight title to Tetsuya Naito in the main event. On August 9, 2020, Yoshi-Hashi, along with his fellow stablemates, Tomohiro Ishii and Hirooki Goto, won the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship in a tournament final at Summer Struggle in Korakuen Hall by defeating fellow stablemates Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano and Sho.[271]
Betrayal of Will Ospreay
Throughout
Departure of Sho
In August 2020, Yoh would pick up an injury which would force himself and Sho to relinquish their tag team titles. Sho would compete as a singles performer until Yoh's return in 2021. After both failing to capture the junior heavyweight titles, the pair began competing as a team again, however ended up taking numerous losses in multi man tag matches. In late July, Yoh, began to undergo a large losing streak, taking the pins in three straight matches prior to Super Jr. Tag League beginning. Roppongi 3K entered the tournament, but lost their first three straight matches, immediately being eliminated from the tournament they had never failed to win in any year prior, with Yoh once again taking the falls each time out. On August 16, Roppongi 3K would lose their fourth tournament match to El Desperado and Kanemaru, after Sho chose to not help Yoh escape a submission hold from Desperado. After the match Sho would attack Yoh and claim that he was now useless to him, disbanding their team after nine years, and turning heel for the first time in his New Japan career. Sho would however remain in CHAOS until September 4, 2021, when he defeated his former tag team partner Yoh by referee stoppage at night 1 of Wrestle Grand Slam in MetLife Dome. After the match, Sho joined Bullet Club, by accepting the shirt given to him by Evil, and officially departing CHAOS.
In October 2021, Okada would win the G1 climax for the third time in his career, finishing top of his block with 16 points (a joint record for 10-man G1 blocks) and defeating Kota Ibushi in the tournament finals.[276]
Expansion into AEW
In November 2021, Chuck Taylor and Trent?, now part of All Elite Wrestling (AEW), would rejoin CHAOS along with the other members of Best Friends (Orange Cassidy, Kris Statlander and Wheeler Yuta) after being invited by Rocky Romero, thus establishing a U.S. based branch of the stable in AEW.[277][278] Romero later confirmed that this invitation was also extended to Trent?'s mom Sue, who appears in several Best Friend features on AEW, making her a member of CHAOS as well.[279]
In the Best of Super Juniors 28, Yoh would lose his opening four matches, including a 3:55 defeat to defending champion Hiromu Takahashi, leaving him on the edge of elimination early on. However, Yoh would turn things around and win his seven remaining block matches, concluding with an emotional victory over his former tag team partner Sho on the final night of blocks to finish second, and qualify for the final. In the tournament final, a rematch against Hiromu Takahashi, the pair wrestled in a record breaking 38:30 contest, with Yoh losing out after a Time Bomb 2. During the match, a bitter Sho interfered and attacked both Yoh and Hiromu, attempting to cause a no contest.[280]
In the 2021 World Tag League, Hiroko Goto and Yoshi Hashi finished top of the single block league with 18 points. In the tournament finals, they defeated House of Torture (with help from Tomohiro Ishii after Dick Togo interfered) to win the World Tag League tournament. This represented Goto's third time winning the World Tag League and eleventh overall tournament win in New Japan, but his first as a member of CHAOS. This was Yoshi-Hashi's first World Tag League win, and his first major tournament victory in New Japan. [281]
Other media
During their run in the stable together, Okada and Nakamura were featured in the Japanese music video for
Members
* | Founding member |
---|---|
I–III | Leader |
# | Representing the stable in All Elite Wrestling (AEW) |
Current
Member | Tenure | |
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Chuck Taylor[note 1] | # | October 15, 2017 – February 7, 2019 November 10, 2021 – present |
Hirooki Goto | March 12, 2016 – present | |
Kris Statlander | # | November 10, 2021 – present |
Lio Rush | November 23, 2022 – present | |
Orange Cassidy | # | November 10, 2021 – present |
Rocky Romero | # | October 12, 2010 – present |
Tomohiro Ishii | * | April 23, 2009 – present |
Toru Yano | * | April 23, 2009 – present |
Yoh | October 9, 2017 – present | |
Yoshi-Hashi | December 28, 2011 – present |
Former
Member | Tenure | |
---|---|---|
Alex Koslov | June 10, 2012 – January 5, 2015 | |
Black Tiger (V) | * | April 23, 2009 – June 20, 2009 |
Brian Kendrick | June 18, 2011 – November 6, 2013 | |
Davey Richards | October 12, 2010 – May 2, 2012 | |
Gedo | * | April 23, 2009 – October 8, 2018 |
Giant Bernard
|
* | April 23, 2009 – April 4, 2010 |
Hideo Saito | June 18, 2011 – December 4, 2011 | |
Jado
|
* | April 23, 2009 – October 8, 2018 |
Jay White | January 6, 2018 – October 8, 2018 | |
Karl Anderson | * | April 23, 2009 – April 4, 2010 |
Kazuchika Okada | II | January 4, 2012 – March 6, 2024 |
Kazushi Sakuraba | June 8, 2014 – July 3, 2016 | |
Low Ki | April 21, 2012 – January 4, 2013 | |
Masato Tanaka | August 16, 2009 – December 8, 2013 | |
Mikey Nicholls | February 25, 2019 – May 14, 2022 | |
Robbie Eagles | June 30, 2019 – March 21, 2023 | |
Shinsuke Nakamura | * I | April 23, 2009 – January 30, 2016 |
Sho
|
October 9, 2017 – September 4, 2021 | |
Takashi Iizuka | * | April 23, 2009 – May 25, 2014 |
Tetsuya Naito | April 4, 2010 – May 26, 2011 | |
Trent Beretta[note 2] | # | October 15, 2013 – February 7, 2019 November 10, 2021 – April 3, 2024 |
Yujiro Takahashi | April 4, 2010 – May 3, 2014 | |
Wheeler Yuta | # | November 10, 2021 – April 8, 2022 |
Will Ospreay | March 3, 2016 – October 16, 2020 |
Part-time/associates
Name | First appearance |
---|---|
Averno | January 22, 2011 |
Danhausen | February 11, 2022 |
Dick Togo | February 14, 2010 |
Flip Gordon | October 15, 2017 |
Maybach Taniguchi | February 9, 2013 |
Naomichi Marufuji | January 4, 2015 |
Negro Casas | April 17, 2010 |
Okumura | August 13, 2009 |
TAJIRI | November 30, 2009 |
Shane Haste
|
January 4, 2015 |
Sue Marasciulo | December 8, 2021 |
Val Venis | July 10, 2009 |
YAMATO | May 31, 2009 |
Timeline
Sub-groups
Current
Affiliate | Members | Tenure | Type | Promotion(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bishamon | Hirooki Goto Yoshi-Hashi |
2021–present | Tag team | NJPW
|
Best Friends | Chuck Taylor Orange Cassidy Kris Statlander |
2021–present | Stable | AEW |
LiYoh | Yoh |
2022–present | Tag team | NJPW
|
Former
Affiliate | Members | Tenure | Type | Promotion(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bad Intentions | Giant Bernard Karl Anderson |
2009–2010 | Tag team | NJPW Noah |
Best Friends | Beretta Chuckie T. |
2017–2019 2021–2024 |
Tag team | |
Birds of Prey | Will Ospreay Robbie Eagles |
2019–2020 | Tag team | NJPW |
Chaos Invincible | Shinsuke Nakamura Tomohiro Ishii |
2012–2016 | Tag team | NJPW |
Chaos Internal Mastermind | Jay White Gedo |
2018 | Tag team | NJPW |
Chaos Ride the Lightning | Kazuchika Okada Yoshi-Hashi |
2012 | Tag team | NJPW |
Chaos Top Team | Shinsuke Nakamura Toru Yano |
2009–2016 | Tag team | NJPW |
Chaos World Wrestling Warriors | Low Ki Brian Kendrick |
2012–2013 | Tag team | NJPW |
Complete Players | Masato Tanaka Gedo Jado Yujiro Takahashi |
2009–2013 | Quartet | NJPW |
Crazy Ichizoku/Bloody Chaos | Toru Yano Takashi Iizuka |
2010–2014 | Tag team | NJPW |
Forever Hooligans | Alex Koslov Rocky Romero |
2012–2015 | Tag team | NJPW Independent circuit |
Iron Hades | Takashi Iizuka | 2009-2014 | Tag team | NJPW |
Jado & Gedo | Gedo Jado |
2009–2018 | Tag team | NJPW |
No Limit | Tetsuya Naito Yujiro |
2010–2011 | Tag team | NJPW |
No Remorse Corps | Davey Richards Rocky Romero |
2010–2012 | Tag team | NJPW Noah |
Roppongi 3K | Yoh (manager)Rocky Romero |
2017–2021 | Tag team | NJPW |
Roppongi Vice | Beretta |
2015–2017 2022–2024 |
Tag team | |
Flying Tigers | Robbie Eagles | 2021-2022 | Tag team | NJPW |
Chaos of The Northern | Takashi Iizuka
Hideo Saito
|
2011 | Tag team | NJPW |
Bullet Offenders | Masato Tanaka | 2010-2012 | Tag team | NJPW |
Championships and accomplishments
- All Elite Wrestling
- 1 time) – Statlander[286]
- 2023 Casino Tag Team Royale– Cassidy and Danhausen
- Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
- NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship (1 time, current) – Rocky Romero[287]
- Dramatic Dream Team
- Guts World Pro Wrestling
- Impact Wrestling
- 1 time) – Lio Rush
- Major League Wrestling
- MLW World Middleweight Championship (1 time, current) – Rocky Romero
- Melbourne City Wrestling
- MCW Intercommonwealth Championship (1 time) – Ospreay[290]
- New Japan Pro-Wrestling
- IWGP World Heavyweight Championship (2 times) – Okada
- IWGP Heavyweight Championship (6 times) – Nakamura (1) and Okada (5)
- 6 times) – Tanaka (1) and Nakamura (5)
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (6 times) – Low Ki (2), Ospreay (3), and Eagles (1)
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (14 times) – Richards and Romero (2), Koslov and Romero (2), Beretta and Romero (4), Sho and Yoh (5), and Eagles with Tiger Mask (1)[note 3]
- IWGP Tag Team Championship (7 times, current) – Naito and Takahashi (1), Iizuka and Yano (1), Ishii and Yano (1), and Goto and Yoshi-Hashi (4, current)
- Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship (1 time) – Goto and YOSHI-HASHI (1)
- 1 time) – White
- NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship (5 times, current) – Beretta, Ishii and Yano (1), Goto, Ishii and Yoshi-Hashi (1), Goto, Yoshi-Hashi and Yoh (1), Okada and Ishii with Tanahashi (1) and Yano with Tanahashi and Oleg Boltin (1, current)
- NEVER Openweight Championship (13 times) – Tanaka (1), Goto (5), Ospreay (1), and Ishii (6)
- 2 official and 3 provisional times) – Yano
- Best of the Super Juniors (2016, 2019) – Ospreay
- G1 Climax (2011) – Nakamura
- G1 Climax (2012, 2014, 2021, 2022) – Okada
- 2009) – Bernard and Anderson
- New Japan Cup (2013, 2019) – Okada
- New Japan Cup (2014) – Nakamura
- New Japan Rumble(2016) – Jado
- Super J Tag League (2010) – Gedo and Jado
- 2016) – Beretta and Romero
- Super Jr. Tag Tournament/Super Jr. Tag League (2019) – Sho and Yoh
- 2022) – Lio and Yoh
- World Tag League (2021, 2022, 2023) – Goto and Yoshi-Hashi
- Nikkan Sports
- Match of the Year Award (2009) – Nakamura vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi on November 8[292]
- Match of the Year Award (2014) – Nakamura vs. Kazuchika Okada on August 10[293]
- Technique Award (2011) – Tanaka[294]
- Technique Award (2012) – Nakamura[295]
- Pro Wrestling Australia
- PWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time) – Ospreay[296]
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Ranked Okada No. 1 in its PWI 500 ranking of the top singles wrestlers in 2017[297]
- Ranked Okada No. 1 in its
- Pro Wrestling Noah
- GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1 time) – Gedo and Jado
- GHC Tag Team Championship (2 times) – Iizuka and Yano (1), Yano and Marufuji (1)
- Global Tag League (2016) – Yano and Marufuji
- Pro Wrestling Prestige
- PWP Tag Team Championship (1 time) – Richards with Kyle O'Reilly[298]
- Pro Wrestling Zero1
- 1 time) – Tanaka with Zeus
- World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) – Tanaka
- Fire Festival (2012) – Tanaka
- Fujita Hayato
- Best Bout (2011) – Tanaka vs. Daisuke Sekimoto on August 7
- Revolution Pro Wrestling
- 1 time) – Ospreay
- 3 times) – Ishii (2) and Ospreay (1)
- Ring of Honor
- ROH World Championship (1 time) – Richards
- ROH World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – Koslov and Romero
- ROH World Television Championship (2 times) – Ishii (1) and Ospreay (1)
- ROH Pure Championship (1 time)[299][300] – Wheeler Yuta
- Tokyo Sports
- Keiji Mutoh and Kenta Kobashi on August 27[301]
- Best Bout Award (2012) Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi on June 16[301]
- Best Bout Award (2013) Nakamura vs. Kota Ibushi on August 4[301]
- Best Bout Award (2014) Nakamura vs. Okada on August 10[301]
- Best Bout Award (2015) Okada vs. Genichiro Tenryu on November 15[301]
- Best Bout Award (2016) Okada vs. Naomichi Marufuji on July 18[302]
- Best Bout Award (2017) Okada vs. Kenny Omega on January 4[303]
- Best Bout Award (2018) Okada vs. Kenny Omega on June 9[304]
- Best Bout Award (2019) Okada vs. Sanada on October 14[305]
- Best Bout Award (2022) Okada vs. Will Ospreay on August 18[306]
- MVP Award (2012, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2022) – Okada[301][305]
- Outstanding Performance Award (2014) – Ishii[301]
- Technique Award (2012) – Nakamura[301]
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- Best Brawler (2014–2019) – Ishii[307][308][309]
- Best Flying Wrestler (2016–2019) – Ospreay[309]
- Best Wrestling Maneuver (2012–2013) Okada's Rainmaker[310][311]
- Feud of the Year (2012–2013) Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi[310][311]
- Most Charismatic (2014–2015) – Nakamura[307][308]
- Most Improved (2012) – Okada[310]
- Pro Wrestling Match of the Year (2013) Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi on April 7[311]
- Pro Wrestling Match of the Year (2015) Nakamura vs. Kota Ibushi on January 4[308]
- Pro Wrestling Match of the Year (2016) Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi on January 4[309]
- Wrestler of the Year (2014) – Nakamura[307]
- Wrestler of the Year (2017) – Okada[307]
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 2015) – Nakamura[312]
Notes
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External links
- Chaos at Shop.NJPW.co.jp (in Japanese)