CMLL and New Japan Pro-Wrestling have confirmed the schedule for Fantastica Mania 2027, setting an eight-event February tour that will take the lucha libre-focused collaboration to six Japanese cities.

The tour is scheduled to open on Sunday, February 7 at Sendai Sunplaza Hall in Sendai before resuming later in the month for a concentrated run through Ikeda, Osaka, Takamatsu, Nagoya and Tokyo. The final three dates will be held at Tokyo’s Korakuen Hall on February 25, 26 and 27.

While the calendar is now in place, the participating wrestlers and individual event lineups have not yet been announced. That leaves the biggest competitive questions around the 2027 edition unanswered for now, including which CMLL representatives will make the trip to Japan, which NJPW names will be assigned to the tour, and whether any championship bouts or special attractions will be included across the eight shows.

Fantastica Mania is built around the partnership between Mexico’s Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre and New Japan Pro-Wrestling, placing CMLL’s lucha libre identity in front of NJPW audiences throughout Japan. The newly announced itinerary gives fans an early look at where the next edition will travel, even as the card details remain to be revealed.

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Fantastica Mania 2027 schedule

  • Sunday, February 7: Sendai Sunplaza Hall — Sendai
  • Saturday, February 20: Ikeda City Satsukiyama Gymnasium — Ikeda
  • Sunday, February 21: Osaka ATC Hall — Osaka
  • Monday, February 22: Takamatsu City General Gymnasium — Takamatsu
  • Tuesday, February 23: Aichi Prefectural Budokan — Nagoya
  • Thursday, February 25: Korakuen Hall — Tokyo
  • Friday, February 26: Korakuen Hall — Tokyo
  • Saturday, February 27: Korakuen Hall — Tokyo

Tour opens in Sendai before late-February stretch

The first Fantastica Mania 2027 event is set for Sendai Sunplaza Hall on February 7. After that opening date, the tour will move into its main closing stretch beginning February 20 in Ikeda.

That late-February run starts at Ikeda City Satsukiyama Gymnasium and continues the following day at Osaka ATC Hall. From there, the promotion will head to Takamatsu City General Gymnasium on February 22 and then Aichi Prefectural Budokan in Nagoya on February 23.

The schedule then concludes in Tokyo with three consecutive Korakuen Hall cards. The first is planned for Thursday, February 25, followed by events on Friday, February 26 and Saturday, February 27.

Korakuen Hall is the only venue on the announced schedule to host multiple Fantastica Mania events, making the Tokyo finale the most extended stop of the tour. Those three shows will close a run that covers a broad selection of cities and gives the collaboration a significant final weekend in one of Japanese wrestling’s most recognizable buildings.

Eight shows across six cities

The 2027 itinerary includes eight events in total. Sendai, Ikeda, Osaka, Takamatsu and Nagoya will each host one card, while Tokyo will host three.

In practical terms, the announced route gives Fantastica Mania a mix of single-night stops and a major multi-show finish. The opening event in Sendai stands on its own earlier in the month, while the remaining seven dates are scheduled between February 20 and February 27.

The sequence also sets out a clear geographical progression through the latter portion of the tour. Following the Ikeda and Osaka dates, Fantastica Mania moves to Takamatsu, then Nagoya, before arriving in Tokyo for the Korakuen Hall tripleheader.

No matches have been attached to any of the dates at this stage. There is also no announced breakdown of talent assignments by city, so it remains unknown whether the same roster will be present throughout the full schedule or whether the lineups will vary from stop to stop.

Lineups still to be confirmed

With the dates locked in, the next major development for Fantastica Mania 2027 will be the reveal of the cards. CMLL and NJPW have not yet named the wrestlers slated to compete, nor have they confirmed any matches for Sendai, the regional stops or the three Korakuen Hall events.

That information will determine the specific shape of the tour. Fantastica Mania’s appeal is centered on the meeting point of CMLL and NJPW, but the eventual lineup will establish which rivalries, tag combinations and featured attractions define this particular edition.

The absence of announced bouts also means there are no confirmed title defenses, tournament matches, main events or special stipulations to report. Fans should view the current announcement as a venue-and-date roadmap rather than a complete event card reveal.

There is time for the full picture to come together. The first show is not scheduled until February 7, 2027, and the remainder of the tour does not begin until February 20. As a result, further announcements concerning participants and matches are expected to be the central focus in the lead-up to the February events.

A key Japan showcase for the CMLL-NJPW partnership

Fantastica Mania remains a distinct event series because it brings CMLL’s presence directly into NJPW’s touring calendar in Japan. The announcement of the 2027 dates confirms that the collaboration will again receive a dedicated February presentation rather than being limited to a single special event.

For CMLL, the tour offers a prominent Japanese platform for its wrestlers and its style. For NJPW audiences, it provides a chance to see the lucha libre influence of CMLL presented across a full run of shows in multiple markets. The format also gives the partnership room to build momentum from the opening show through the Tokyo finale.

This year’s route puts particular emphasis on the final Korakuen Hall stretch. Three nights in the venue provide the clearest opportunity for the tour to build toward its closing attractions once lineups are released. Whether those events will feature escalating matches, separate major attractions, or a different structure entirely has not been announced.

The regional dates will be just as important in establishing the identity of the tour. Sendai receives the opening night, while Ikeda, Osaka, Takamatsu and Nagoya form the path toward Tokyo. Each stop is currently listed as part of the same overall Fantastica Mania 2027 schedule, with no distinctions yet announced regarding branding or card scale.

What is confirmed and what remains unknown

The confirmed details are straightforward: Fantastica Mania 2027 will run across eight dates in February, beginning in Sendai on February 7 and ending at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on February 27. The tour will also visit Ikeda, Osaka, Takamatsu and Nagoya during its late-month run.

The important details still to come concern the wrestlers and matches. No full talent list has been released, and no event-specific cards are currently official. Until those announcements arrive, it is not possible to identify featured bouts, participating CMLL stars, NJPW opponents, title implications or the likely main events for the final three Tokyo shows.

For now, the announcement provides the first major framework for CMLL x NJPW Fantastica Mania 2027. The February schedule is set, the venues are known, and the road ends with three straight nights at Korakuen Hall. The focus now shifts to the lineup reveals that will turn that itinerary into a complete tour.

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