Various: Stardom to Hold Jan. 4th Show Prior to NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18, Full Card for NJPW Royal Quest III, Indies

Oct 11, 2023

Stardom to Hold January 4th Show Prior to NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18

New Japan Pro Wrestling and Stardom held a joint business strategy press conference on Tuesday in Japan.

During the press conference, Stardom announced that they will be holding an event on January 4, 2024 at the Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo, Japan. It was also announced that this event will be taking place prior to NJPW’s Wrestle Kingdom 18 event that same day at the Tokyo Dome.

It was also announced that the main event of this upcoming event will feature the IWGP Women’s Championship. It was also announced that no Stardom talent will be making an appearance at Wrestle Kingdom 18.

January 4, 2024 at Tokyo Dome City Hall, Stardom will run a big show before Wrestle Kingdom. Belltime is noon, so you can go to Stardom and Wrestle Kingdom without missing a thing!
— We Are Stardom (@we_are_stardom) October 10, 2023

The main event of the Tokyo Dome City Hall show on January 4 will be an IWGP Women’s Title Match.

*Stardom will not appear on the Tokyo Dome show.
— We Are Stardom (@we_are_stardom) October 10, 2023

NJPW Announces Full Card for Royal Quest III

New Japan Pro Wrestling recently announced the full card for Royal Quest III, which takes place on October 14th at the Copper Box Arena in London, England.

Robbie X vs. Taiji Ishimori
El Desperado vs. Trent Seven
Yota Tsuji vs. Luke Jacobs
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship – Leon Slater & Cameron Khai vs. Bullet Club War Dogs (Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors) (c)
El Phantasmo & Guerillas of Destiny (Tanga Loa & Tama Tonga) vs. Bullet Club (Alex Coughlin, David Finlay, & Gabe Kidd)
Ren Narita & Shota Umino vs. United Empire (Francesco Akira & Great-O-Khan)
SANADA & DOUKI vs. Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI
Hiroshi Tanahashi, Eddie Kingston, & Michael Oku vs. United Empire (HENARE, Jeff Cobb, & TJP)
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Shingo Takagi
IWGP United States (UK) Heavyweight Championship – Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Will Ospreay (c)

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

GLEAT recently announced that AEW’s Colt Cabana and Brandon Culter will be making an appearance for the company at their December 30th event in Tokyo, Japan. It was also announced that Cabana and Cutler will be competing as a tag team at the event.

This past Monday’s Destruction in Ryogoku 2023 event for New Japan Pro Wrestling in Tokyo, Japan featured Yuya Uemura making his surprise return to the company. Uemura was officially revealed as the newest member of Just Five Guys group. Prior to his return, Uemura had been on excursion and working in Impact Wrestling.

This past Monday’s Destruction in Ryogoku 2023 event for NJPW in Tokyo also featured Taiji Ishimori making his surprise return from injury. Following the Three-way match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, Ishimori made his surprise return and attacked Hiromu Takahashi and challenged him to a match for his belt. Prior to his return, Ishimori had been out of action for NJPW since this past May due to a cervical spinal injury.

NJPW recently announced the official main event match for the card of their Wrestle Kingdom 18 event on January 4, 2024 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan:

IWGP World Heavyweight Championship – Tetsuya Naito vs. SANADA (c)

Tuesday’s NWA Powerrr show featured Mims defeating Zicky Dice to be crowned the new NWA World’s Television Champion.

The National Wrestling Alliance recently announced that Matt Cardona will be making an appearance for the company at their NWA Samhain event on October 28th in Cleveland, Ohio.

The NWA also recently announced one new match for the card of theur NWA Samhain event on October 28th in Cleveland: