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NJPW has revealed the full card for Wrestle Kingdom 18.

Two more matches have been added to the card. A special tag match will see Shota Umino and Kaito Kiyomiya of Pro Wrestling NOAH take on EVIL and Ren Narita. Earlier this month, Narita turned on Umino and aligned himself with the House of Torture stable. EVIL and the rest of House of Torture recently appeared at a Pro Wrestling NOAH event targeting Kiyomiya.

In addition to the new tag match, the annual New Japan Rambo has been confirmed. The final four in the timed battle royal will move on to New Year Dash the following night in a four-way match where the winner will become the first holder of the KOPW Championship belt in 2024.

Here's the updated card for Wrestle Kingdom 18:

  • IWGP World Heavyweight Champion SANADA defends against Tetsuya Naito
  • Kazuchika Okada vs. Bryan Danielson
  • Three-way match: Will Ospreay vs. Jon Moxley vs. David Finlay to determine the inaugural IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion
  • IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi defends against El Desperado
  • NJPW World Television Champion Zack Sabre Jr. defends against Hiroshi Tanahashi
  • NEVER Openweight Champion Shingo Takagi defends against Tama Tonga
  • IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney defend against 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
  • Yuya Uemura vs. Yota Tsuji
  • Kaito Kiyomiya & Shota Umino vs. Ren Narita & EVIL
  • New Japan Rambo - final four advance to New Year's Dash for KOPW 2024 belt

This article first appeared on F4WOnline.com and was syndicated with permission.

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