New Japan Pro Wrestling recently announced the updated card for Wrestle Kingdom 12 on January 4th. The card currently features seven matches with two more expected to be made official after this Sunday’s Road to Tokyo Dome event. These two matches are expected to be a NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team championship match and a Hair versus Belt match between Hirooki Goto and NEVER Openweight champion Minoru Suzuki.
NJPW also announced Wrestle Kingdom 12 will be headlined by a double main event involving the IWGP Heavyweight and IWGP United States championships.
While the event will only be shown live on New Japan World, AXS TV will have a special three hour replay of the event on January 6th at 8PM EST for North America.
The current card for Wrestle Kingdom 12:
*IWGP Heavyweight Championship – Tetsuya Naito versus champion Kazuchika Okada.
*IWGP United States Championship – Chris Jericho versus champion Kenny Omega.
*IWGP Intercontinental Championship – Jay White versus champion Hiroshi Tanahashi.
*IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Four-way – Hiromu Takahashi versus KUSHIDA versus Will Ospreay versus champion Marty Scurll.
*IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship – The Young Bucks versus champions Roppongi 3K (Sho & Yo).
*ROH World Championship – Kota Ibushi versus champion Cody Rhodes.
*IWGP Tag Team Championship – Los Ingobernables de Japon (EVIL & SANADA) versus champions The Killer Elite Squad (Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Lance Archer).