New Japan Pro Wrestling announced new pre-show matches for the card of Wrestle Kingdom 14, which will take place on January 4th and 5th at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.
The new matches for the January 4th event are:
– Yuya Uemura, Yota Tsuji, Tomoaki Honma, & Togi Makabe vs. Alex Coughlin, Clark Connors, Karl Fredericks, & Toa Henare
– Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata
The new match for the January 5th event is a Gauntlet match for the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Championship.
Updated card for NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14:
January 4th:
- 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.