Opening Matches Added To NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14, Updated Cards
Three matches have been added across both nights of NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14.
On night one (Jan. 4), the action will kick off with a veterans tag team match pitting Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi against TenCozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima). Also added to night one is an eight-man tag featuring the Young Lion’s as Yuya Uemura, Yota Tsuji, Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe take on Alex Coughlin, Clark Connors, Karl Fredericks, & Toa Henare.
On night two (Jan. 5), a NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Title gauntlet has been added to open the show. Champions Ryusuke Taguchi, Togi Makabe & Toru Yano will defend against CHAOS (Robbie Eagles, YOSHI-HASHI & Tomohiro Ishii), Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & EVIL), Suzuki-gun (Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Desperado & Taichi) and Bullet Club (Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi & Bad Luck Fale).
The Jan. 4 event will be headlined by an IWGP Heavyweight Championship bout pitting Kazuchika Okada against Kota Ibushi and an IWGP Intercontinental Championship match with Jay White against Tetsuya Naito. On Jan. 5, the two champions will collide in Double Gold Dash with the winner walking away with both titles.
Here is a look at the cards for both nights.
Wrestle Kingdom 14 – Night One
IWGP Heavyweight Championship
Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Kota IbushiIWGP Intercontinental Championship
Jay White (c) vs. Tetsuya NaitoIWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
Will Ospreay (c) vs. Hiromu TakahashiIWGP United States Championship – Texas Deathmatch
Lance Archer (c) vs. Jon MoxleyIWGP Tag Team Championships
Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) (c) vs. Juice Robinson & David FinlayYOSHI-HASHI, Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto vs. Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi, Bad Luck Fale & KENTA
BUSHI, Shingo Takagi, EVIL & SANADA vs. El Desperado, Taichi, Minoru Suzuki & Zack Sabre Jr.
Jushin Liger Retirement Match
Jushin Thunder Liger, Tatsumi Fujinami, The Great Sasuke & Tiger Mask (w/ El Samurai) vs. Naoki Sano, Shinjiro Otani, Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Ryusuke Taguchi (w/ Kuniaki Kobayashi)Yuya Uemura, Yota Tsuji, Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe vs. Alex Coughlin, Clark Connors, Karl Fredericks, & Toa Henare
Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi vs. TenCozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima)
Wrestle Kingdom 14 – Night Two
Double Gold Dash – IWGP Heavyweight & Intercontinental Championships
Winner of Kazuchika Okada vs. Kota Ibushi (c) vs. Winner of Jay White vs. Tetsuya Naito (c)Chris Jericho vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
Runner Up Bout
Loser of Kazuchika Okada vs Kota Ibushi vs. Loser of Jay White vs. Tetsuya NaitoNEVER Openweight Championship
KENTA (c) vs. Hirooki GotoIWGP United States Championship
Winner of Lance Archer vs. Jon Moxley vs. Juice RobinsonRevPro British Heavyweight Championship
Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. SANADAIWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships
Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo (c) vs. SHO & YOHJushin Liger & Naoki Sano vs. Ryu Lee & Hiromu Takahashi
NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Championships – Gauntlet
Ryusuke Taguchi, Togi Makabe & Toru Yano (c) vs. Robbie Eagles, YOSHI-HASHI & Tomohiro Ishii vs. BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & EVIL vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Desperado & Taichi vs. Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi & Bad Luck Fale