NJPW has revealed the full card for Wrestle Kingdom 18, its biggest event of the entire year and their first of WWE WrestleMania.
Three new matches were booked for the show including Shota Umino and Kaito Kiyomiya of Pro Wrestling NOAH vs. EVIL and Ren Narita in addition to the annual New Japan Rambo where the final four of the battle royal moves onto a fatal 4-way bout the following night at New Year Dash for become the first holder of the KOPW Championship belt in 2024.
The event is slated to take place on Thursday, January 4 at the Tokyo Dome. It will stream live on NJPW World beginning at 2:30 a.m. Eastern time. Here is the latest card:
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Match:
SANADA (champion) vs. Tetsuya Naito
Singles Match:
Kazuchika Okada vs. Bryan Danielson
Inaugural IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship Match:
Will Ospreay vs. Jon Moxley vs. David Finlay
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Match:
Hiromu Takahashi (champion) vs. El Desperado
NJPW World Television Championship Match:
Zack Sabre Jr. (champion) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
NEVER Openweight Championship Match:
Shingo Takagi (champion) vs. Tama Tonga
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Match:
Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney (champion) vs. TJP & Francesco Akira
Winner Takes All Tag Team Title Match:
IWGP Tag Team Champions Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI vs. NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions Hikuleo & El Phantasmo
Singles Match:
Yuya Uemura vs. Yota Tsuji
Tag Team Match:
Kaito Kiyomiya & Shota Umino vs. Ren Narita & EVIL
New Japan Rambo (final four advance to New Year's Dash for KOPW 2024 belt):
Competitors TBA
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