NJPW will be introducing a new championship at Wrestle Kingdom 18 as the winner of a three-way match between Jon Moxley, Will Ospreay, and David Finlay will become the inaugural IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion. This new title will replace the now-defunct IWGP United States/United Kingdom Heavyweight Championship.
There will also be a double Tag Team Title match at the event as The IWGP Tag Team Champions and World Tag League 2023 winners Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI will face off against NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions Hikuleo & El Phantasmo.
The show is scheduled for Thursday, January 4 at the Tokyo Dome. You can catch all the action live on NJPW World at 2:30 a.m. Eastern time. Here is the latest card for the event:
IWGP World Heavyweight Champion SANADA vs. Tetsuya Naito
Kazuchika Okada vs. Bryan Danielson
Inaugural IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship match: Will Ospreay vs. Jon Moxley vs. David Finlay
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi vs. El Desperado
IWGP Tag Team Champions Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI vs. NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions Hikuleo & El Phantasmo for both titles
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney vs. TJP & Francesco Akira
NJPW World Television Champion Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
NEVER Openweight Champion Shingo Takagi vs. Tama Tonga
For more information, you can visit the official website of NJPW at www.njpw1972.com.
Make sure to mark your calendars for this highly anticipated event that will showcase some of the best talent in the world of professional wrestling. Don’t miss out on the chance to witness history being made as the first-ever IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion is crowned.
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