New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced a new partnership with the Costa Rica Wrestling Embassy (CWE). This collaboration will see NJPW stars making appearances for the company.
CWE, established in March 2014, has previously collaborated closely with CMLL in Mexico in 2015. CWE is based in San Jose, Costa Rica. Here is the full announcement from NJPW:
New Japan Pro-Wrestling is pleased to announce it has entered into a working relationship with Costa Rica Wrestling Embassy.
Founded in March 2014, CWE has been working closely with CMLL in Mexico in 2015, and will now see several NJPW names appearing in CWE rings in future.
Look forward to more information to come!
NJPW also collaborates with CMLL itself for its Fantastica Mania series of events, which has been ongoing since 2011. In the 2024 iteration, seven matches took place from February 12 to February 19 in various Japanese cities including Osaka, Takamatsu, Nagoya, Chiba, and Tokyo.
In June 2023, an event called Fantastica Mexico took place in Mexico City, Mexico instead, as opposed to Fantastica Mania which only takes place in Japan.
Recently, WWE was reportedly in conversation with Japanese wrestling promotion STARDOM, which resulted in a deal (via Fightful). Things were also said to be looking good with WWE and AJPW’s current arrangement.
When it comes to NJPW, WWE doesn’t have any significant involvement with them, except for some interest from the American company in maintaining at least some connection with NJPW.
On the other hand, NJPW has a healthy relationship with AEW. They do an annual event, AEWxNJPW: Forbidden Door, and last year’s event drew the biggest live gate in company history.
