NJPW Australia

More tag team action comes to COLD WAR in just 8 days as Graham Hughes & Matty Short face Bee Numan & Aragon.

Four wrestlers with decades of combined experience spanning England, Australia, Japan, the Middle East, and New Zealand, all converging under the NJPW TAMASHII banner.

Travelling from Western Sydney, Aragon makes his first TAMASHII appearance alongside the internationally experienced Bee Numan. England’s Graham Hughes teams with New Zealand independent mainstay Matty Short, with both men determined to hand the newcomer a losing start on NZ soil.

📍 TAPAC, Western Springs, Auckland
📅 Saturday, 25 July 2026
🕡 Doors: 6:30 PM | 🔔 Bell Time: 7 PM

🎟 Tickets available on iTICKET: https://www.iticket.co.nz/events/2026/jul/new-japan-tamashii-presents

Today, we remember and honour Papali'itele Max Amata Taogaga, known around the world as professional wrestler Siva Afi, who has passed away.

Born in Samoa and part of the wave of South Pacific migrants who made New Zealand home, Siva Afi was a pioneer of pro wrestling in our region.

Debuting in 1974, under the guidance of Peter Maivia and Steve Rickard, Siva Afi became a household name as a regular on the top-rated On The Mat television show. In 1979, Afi competed at the famous Western Springs event before venturing across the wrestling world.

After retiring from the ring, Siva Afi devoted his life to ministry, serving as the Pastor of Reign of Fire Ministries in Apia.

Today, the world celebrates Pacific representation like the Moana movie franchise, while the WWE's Bloodline storytelling gives fans a glimpse into our cultural values. We cannot forget the original navigators and storytellers like Siva Afi who helped make these opportunities possible.

As a proud South Pacific-owned and operated Dojo and NJPW TAMASHII brand, we are honoured to bring these opportunities into COLD WAR at Western Springs next weekend, where Siva Afi competed almost 50 years earlier.

Our roster for this event, consisting mostly of New Zealand and Australian wrestlers, will include 14 wrestlers of South Pacific heritage, a reflection of those opportunities.

Our deepest gratitude to Siva Afi for charting the course for future generations and showing that Pacific wrestlers could stand alongside the very best in the world.

"E lē galo le tautai na folau muamua."
The navigator who sailed first is never forgotten.

Fa'afetai tele lava mo lou sao.
Ia manuia lau malaga, Siva Afi

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15 DAYS TO GO ⏳

Kawa Kupa is bringing the war to TAMASHII

After two losses in tag team competition in Auckland, Kawa Kupa went back down south and returned with backup. Teaming with Christchurch newcomer Luka, with Archie Bower in their corner, the trio arrive at COLD WAR in Western Springs to launch a crusade against NJPW veteran Don Fale.

But The Don doesn't sweat challengers. Teaming with new associate Tyler Ernst, Fale has been a major player within wrestling's baddest factions, from BULLET CLUB to House of Torture.

Kawa and Luka have the numbers. But is that enough?

📍 TAPAC, Western Springs, Auckland
📅 Saturday, 25 July 2026
🕡 Doors: 6:30 PM | 🔔 Bell Time: 7:00 PM

🎟 Secure your seats via iTICKET: https://www.iticket.co.nz/events/2026/jul/new-japan-tamashii-presents

A rare Pasifika singles contest comes to Western Springs as Sean Tohi meets JL Gold for the first time at COLD WAR.

While Pasifika wrestlers have stood alongside one another in tag team and multi-man competition for generations, singles contests between them have been far less common. Representing Tonga and Vanuatu respectively, Sean Tohi and JL Gold step into the ring in a collision that echoes the South Pacific Fighting Spirit at the heart of NJPW TAMASHII.

With neither man known for taking a backwards step, Western Springs is set to witness one of the most physical contests on the COLD WAR card.

📍 TAPAC, Western Springs, Auckland
📅 Saturday, 25 July 2026
🕡 Doors: 6:30 PM | 🔔 Bell Time: 7:00 PM

🎟 Secure your seats now: https://www.iticket.co.nz/events/2026/jul/new-japan-tamashii-presents

The main event for COLD WAR is official

In their first defence of the NJPW TAMASHII Tag Team Championship, The Ungrateful 1's: TJ Illes & Trent Hooper meet the challenge of EC Brownie & Liam Erikson

Will the champions successfully defend the gold, or will new champions be crowned at Auckland's Western Springs?

COLD WAR
📍 TAPAC, Western Springs
🗓 Saturday 25 July

Ticket information coming soon.