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The following results are from a recent New Japan Pro Wrestling event. The event took place on January 4th, 2024 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. Pre-Show New Japan Ranbo To Determine The Challengers For The Provisional KOPW 2024 Championship At NJPW New Year’s Dash!! Winners: The Great-O-Khan, Toru Yano, Taiji Ishimori and YOH.  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling crowned a new IWGP World Heavyweight Champion during today’s Wrestle Kingdom 18 event at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan as Tetsuya Naito defeated SANADA to become the new Champion. Naito’s victory brings an end to SANADA’s 271-day reign as the Champion.

New Japan Pro Wrestling crowned the inaugural IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion during today’s NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 event at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan as David Finlay defeated Jon Moxley and Will Ospreay to become the Champion. The creation of the title was announced back on November 6th, 2023 by NJPW Chairman Naoki Sugabayashi,  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling crowned a new IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion during today’s NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 event at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan as El Desperado defeated Hiromu Takahashi to become the new Champion. El Desperado’s victory brings an end to Hiromu Takahashi’s 365-day reign as the Champion.

New Japan Pro Wrestling crowned new IWGP Tag Team Champions during today’s NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 event at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan as The Guerillas Of Destiny (El Phantasmo & Hikuleo) defeated Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) to become the new Champions, in a match that also saw Guerillas Of Destiny’s NJPW STRONG  Continue Reading »

Nic Nemeth (the former Dolph Ziggler in WWE) and Ryan Nemeth made a surprise appearance during today’s NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 event at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. The duo made an appearance prior to the IWGP Tag Team Championships and NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team Championships match between Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI)  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling crowned a new NEVER Openweight Champion during today’s NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 event at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan as Tama Tonga defeated Shingo Takagi to become the new Champion. Tama Tonga’s victory brings an end to Takagi’s 68-day reign as the Champion.

New Japan Pro Wrestling crowned a new NJPW WORLD Television Champion during today’s NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 event at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan as Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Zack Sabre Jr. to become the new Champion. Tanahashi’s victory brings an end to Zack Sabre Jr’s 365-day reign as the Champion.

New Japan Pro Wrestling crowned new IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions during today’s NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 event as Catch 2/2 (Francesco Akira & TJP) defeated BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney) to become the new Champions. Catch 2/2’s victory brings an end to BULLET CLUB War Dogs’ 184-day reign as  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling sent out the following: NJPW takes over Suidobashi ahead of Wrestle Kingdom Week! Signage, banners and special offers around town up to January 4 As Wrestle Kingdom Week fast approaches, NJPW and STARDOM have combined to take over the Suidobashi area in a special campaign. If you’re already in the area,  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling sent out the following: IWGP Global Championship announced for Dome three way Ospreay, Moxley, Finlay to battle for new title January 4 The post World Tag League press conference on December 11 saw the face of January4’s three way battle between Jon Moxley, David Finlay and Will Ospreay change with the  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling sent out the following: Title For Title Tag Match official for Wrestle Kingdom NJPW STRONG, IWGP titles on the line January 4 After World Tag League 2023 saw Bishamon achieve an unprecedented threepeat with the tag trophies, and become the first champions to ever win the tournament, Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling sent out the following: Wrestle Kingdom Fan Fest January 3! On January 4, NJPW’s 2024 finally gets underway with the crown jewel of Wrestle Kingdom Week, in Wrestle Kingdom 18. The day before though, fans can get ready with a special Pre-Game Fan Fest in Tokyo’s Hikosen Theater! The Hikosen Theater  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling have confirmed that Shingo Takagi will put his NEVER Openweight Championship on the line against Tama Tonga as part of the NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 event on January 4th, 2024 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. Also announced for the event is Zack Sabre Jr. defending his NJPW WORLD Television  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling sent out the following: Important notice: Change for Wrestle Kingdom start time Wrestle Kingdom card to start earlier than originally scheduled For operational reasons, Wrestle Kingdom 18 on January 4 2024, which had been scheduled to have doors open at 3PM for a 5PM start, will now begin at the earlier  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling have announced that the following matches will take place as part of their Wrestle Kingdom 18 event on January 4th, 2024 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Match SANADA (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito. Singles Match Kazuchika Okada vs. Bryan Danielson. Triple Threat Match For The IWGP  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling released the following footage featuring Bryan Danielson making an appearance via video and issuing a challenge to Kazuchika Okada for a match between the two as part of the NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 event on January 4th, 2024, which will be a rematch from their Forbidden Door match back in June  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling announced during today’s NJPW STRONG Independence Day 2023 Day 2 event at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan that the NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 event will take place on January 4th, 2024 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. While it was announced that this will be a one-night event, there  Continue Reading »