NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 Live Results | Danielson vs. Okada | Moxley vs. Ospreay vs. Finlay
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 Results
NJPW King Of Pro-Wrestling Rambo Match
The show begins with the Pre-Show NJPW King Of Pro-Wrestling Rambo Match. The four winners, Great-O-Khan, Toru Yano, Taiji Ishimori, and YOH, will go on to face off at NJPW’s New Year Dash to crown the KOPW 2024 Champion. There were two surprise entrants. Fujita Hayato and Takashi Iizuka.
Takashi Iizuka “Iron Fingers from Hell”
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— NJPW WORLD (@njpwworld) January 4, 2024
Winners:
Great-O-Khan, Toru Yano, Taiji Ishimori, and YOH
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Match
BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors) vs. Catch 2/2 (Francesco Akira & TJP)
–WRESTLE KINGDOM 18 in 東京ドーム–
第2試合NJPW WORLD認定TV選手権試合
棚橋は社長就任後初の新日マット王座奪取となるか— @zacksabrejr × @tanahashi1_100#njpwworld で配信中–
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Congratulations @tanahashi1_100!
What a @njpwworld TV Title match @zacksabrejr v Tanahashi #njwk18! What a reign for ZSJ, one of the planet’s best wrestlers who established the title defending it in so many great matches worldwide! What a win for Tana, they tore the house down
— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) January 4, 2024
Winner and New Tag-Team Champions: Catch 2/2 (Francesco Akira & TJP)
NJPW World TV Championship
Zack Sabre Jr (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
–WRESTLE KINGDOM 18 in 東京ドーム–
第2試合NJPW WORLD認定TV選手権試合
棚橋は社長就任後初の新日マット王座奪取となるか— @zacksabrejr × @tanahashi1_100#njpwworld で配信中–
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Winner and New World TV Champion: Hiroshi Tanahashi
Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura
Huge win for Yuya Uemura! A necessary one at that. I thought Tsuji was the star of the match but Yuya came on in those last few minutes, giving me hope for what’s to come in the next few months. These two are just getting started.#njwk18
— Scott E. Wrestling (@ScottEWrestling) January 4, 2024
Yuya Uemura has defeated Yota Tsuji at Wrestle Kingdom 18! #njwk18 pic.twitter.com/gvjA6Q4KsE
— Ciarán (@CiaranRH93) January 4, 2024
Winner: Yuya Uemura
Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa vs. HOUSE OF TORTURE (EVIL & Ren Narita)
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— Professor Meets World (@TGIFProfessor) January 4, 2024
–WRESTLE KINGDOM 18 in 東京ドーム–
第4試合スペシャルタッグマッチ
ゴングを待たず両軍激突–— @Shooter_us & @noah_kiyomiya × @151012EVIL & 成田蓮#njpwworld で配信中–
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Winner: HOUSE OF TORTURE (EVIL & Ren Narita)
NEVER Openweight Championship
Shingo Takagi (c) vs. Tama Tonga
Tama Tonga @1TamaTonga #njpw pic.twitter.com/tENiFj0sFq
— NBM (@NBM0802) December 30, 2023
Back-to-back bangers for Tama Tonga at Wrestle Kingdom. Shingo is goated. Great match
— Andrew Thompson (@ADThompson__) January 4, 2024
Winner: Tama Tonga
Before the Tag Team Championship match, The Nemeth Brothers appeared.
.@HEELZiggler appears in NJPW.
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IWGP Tag Team Championships and NJPW Strong Openweight Championships
Bishamon (YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto) (c) vs. Guerrillas of Destiny (Hikuleo & El Phantasmo) (c)
.@elpwrestling & @Hiku_Leo “”SUPER THUNDER KISS ’86″”
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Winners and New IWGP Tag Team Champions: Guerrillas of Destiny (Hikuleo & El Phantasmo) (c)
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs. El Desperado
2024 1.4 #新日本プロレス 東京ドーム#エル・デスペラード #ElDesperado 選手
真紅に染まったデスペさん
鳥肌立つほどカッコ良すぎませんか。。。#njpw #njwk18 pic.twitter.com/ibhHOkW88V— taiga (@taigaPhoto_pw) January 4, 2024
.@TIMEBOMB1105 “Hiromu chan Bomber”
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Winner and New IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion: El Desperado
IWGP Global Championship
Will Ospreay (c) vs. Jon Moxley vs. David Finlay
— Lopé (@washedtiktoker) January 4, 2024
OMG… FInlay is the first IWGP Global Champion…#NJPW #NJWK18 pic.twitter.com/e3x1w0qzMD
— LB • ライガーボム (@LigerBombPro) January 4, 2024
.@THEdavidfinlay × @HEELZiggler “Next Battle?”
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Winner and new IWGP Global Champion: David Finlay
Bryan Danielson vs. Kazuchika Okada
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— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) January 4, 2024
–WRESTLE KINGDOM 18 in 東京ドーム–
第10試合IWGP世界ヘビー級選手権試合
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— NJPW WORLD (@njpwworld) January 4, 2024
Kazuchika Okada Bests Bryan Danielson At NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 https://t.co/F8sAQT1f7D
— Fightful Wrestling (@Fightful) January 4, 2024
Winner: Kazuchika Okada
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
SANADA (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito
–WRESTLE KINGDOM 18 in 東京ドーム–
第10試合IWGP世界ヘビー級選手権試合
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— NJPW WORLD (@njpwworld) January 4, 2024
THE CROWD IS SO LOUD FOR THIS MAIN EVENT!!!! — — — #WK18 #NJWK18 #wrestlekingdom #NJPW
— Emily Mae —- (@emilymaeheller) January 4, 2024
.@seiyasanada “Inverted Frankensteiner Shining Wizard”
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Winner and new IWGP Heavyweight Champion: Tetsuya Naito