NJPW recently announced that the IWGP committee, which oversees the company’s tournaments and championship matches, has been restructured. NJPW President Hiroshi Tanahashi introduced the members as “committed fully to wrestlers and officials and the operation of championship matches and tournaments in the company.”
You can check out the full announcement below:
IWGP Committee announced
Tanahashi introduces Committee members
The G1 Climax 34 press conference saw the announcement of the restructured IWGP committee, which overseas the tournaments and championship matches in NJPW.
Hiroshi Tanahashi introduced the members as ‘committed fully to wrestlers and officials, and the operation of championship matches and tournaments in NJPW’
IWGP Committee members
31st, 46th IWGP Heavyweight Champion
Yuji Nagata
9th, 11th, 13th, 15th, 18th, 21st, 26th, 29th, 32nd, 35th, 37th IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion
Jyushin Thunder Liger
Former Chief Official
Tiger Hattori
NJPW Chairman
Naoki Sugabayashi
NJPW Representative Director
Hitoshi Matsumoto
Tanahashi further explained that there was no Committee president, but rather that as a group, members will attend various events and be on hand whenever required for decisions in future.
