New Japan Pro Wrestling announced a new match for the card of Wrestle Kingdom 14, which takes place on January 4th and 5th at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.
This new match will feature talent from all-women’s promotion Stardom, which was purchased by NJPW’s parent company Bushiroad this past October. It was also announced that this match will not be aired live and instead will be a dark match for the live audience.
Night 1 of Wrestle Kingdom 14 (Jan. 4):
– Mayu Iwatani & Arisa Hoshiki vs. Hana Kimura & Giulia
Updated card for NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14:
January 4th:
- Dark match: Mayu Iwatani & Arisa Hoshiki vs. Hana Kimura & Giulia
- Pre-Show: Yuya Uemura, Yota Tsuji, Tomoaki Honma, & Togi Makabe vs. Alex Coughlin, Clark Connors, Karl Fredericks, & Toa Henare
- Pre-Show: Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata
- Tiger Mask, The Great Sasuke, Tatsumi Fujinami, & Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Ryusuke Taguchi, Tatsuhito Takaiwa, Shinjiro Otani, & Naoki Sano
- BUSHI, Shingo Takagi, EVIL, & SANADA vs. El Desperado, Taichi, Minoru Suzuki, & Zack Sabre Jr.
- YOSHI-HASHI, Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii, & Hirooki Goto vs. Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi, Bad Luck Fale, & KENTA
- IWGP Tag Team Championship – David Finlay & Juice Robinson vs. Guerrillas of Destiny (Tanga Loa & Tama Tonga) (c)
- IWGP United States Championship Texas Death match – Jox Moxley vs. Lance Archer (c)
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship – Hiromu Takahashi vs. Will Ospreay (c)
- IWGP Intercontinental Championship – Tetsuya Naito vs. Jay White (c)
- IWGP Heavyweight Championship – Kota Ibushi vs. Kazuchika Okada (c)
January 5th:
- Pre-Show: NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Championship Gauntlet match – 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 vs. Ryusuke Taguchi, Togi Makabe, & Toru Yano (c)
- Naoki Sano & Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Ryu Lee & Hiromu Takahashi
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship – Roppongi 3K (SHO & YOH) vs. El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori (c)
- RevPro British Heavyweight Championship – SANADA vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (c)
- IWGP United States Championship – Juice Robinson vs. IWGP U.S. Champion (Moxley or Archer) (c)
- NEVER Openweight Championship – Hirooki Goto vs. KENTA (c)
- Loser of Okada/Ibushi vs. Loser of White/Naito
- Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Chris Jericho
- IWGP Heavyweight and IWGP Intercontinental Double Championship – IWGP Heavyweight Champion (Okada or Ibushi) vs. IWGP Intercontinental Champion (White or Naito)
Wrestle Kingdom 14 airs live on New Japan World and FITE.TV starting at 2:00AM EST for the pre-show and 3:00AM EST for the main card for the January 4th show and at 12:00AM EST for the pre-show and 1:00AM EST for the main card for the January 5th show.