Last matches before Wrestle Kingdom
The last matches of 2023 take place on December 22 as the second night of our Road to Tokyo Dome double header puts us firmly on the closing stretch of the journey to Wrestle Kingdom 18
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Main event: Just Five Guys (SANADA, Yuya Uemura & Taichi) vs Los Ingobernables De Japon (Tetsuya Naito Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi)
2023 records
SANADA 56/50/2 (51.9%), 19/2 (90.5%) singles. New Japan Cup winner, IWGP World Heavyweight Champion April 8-present
Yuya Uemura 15/12/2 (51.7%), 1/0 (100%) singles (NJPW events only)
Taichi 37/61/1 (37.4% WR) 5/7 (41.7%) singles KOPW 2023 holder (April 29-September 24), November 17-time of writing
Tetsuya Naito 72/39/2 (63.7%), 15/3 (83.3%) singles. G1 Climax winner
Yota Tsuji 42/24/2 (61.8%) 4/5/1 (40%) singles (NJPW events only)
Shingo Takagi 60/53/1 (52.6%), 16/7/1 (66.7%) singles. KOPW 2023 holder (January 5- April 29), NEVER Openweight Champion October 28-present
The last stop on the road to Wrestle Kingdom gives us our final preview of a destined encounter for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship in our main event January 4. You only get one chance on a last impression of the year- as the snow falls inside Korakuen, who will have the upper hand heading into our main event and will Yuya Uemura and Yota Tsuji really get closure before the Tokyo Dome?
7th Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada vs TMDK (Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr.)
Kazuchika Okada 58/35/2 (61.1%WR), 12/4 (75%WR) singles. IWGP World Heavyweight Champion (January 4- April 8), NEVER Openweight 6 Man Champion May 3-time of writing
Hiroshi Tanahashi 62/33/1 (64.6% WR), 8/8 (50% WR) singles. NEVER Openweight 6 Man Champion May 3-time of writing
Kosei Fujita 27/62/4 (29%) 1/6/4 (9.4%) singles
Zack Sabre Jr 54/45/1 (54%) 34/6/1 (82.9%) singles. NJPW World TV Champion January 4-present
Before Hiroshi Tanahashi faces Zack SDabre Jr. for the NJPW World TV Championship January 4, a tag team meeting of ZSJ and Fujita and the Dream team sees an exciting preview. Meanwhile for Kazuchika Okada days before taking on Bryan Danielson in the Tokyo Dome, a