IWGP Tag Titles Match Set and Full Bracket Reveled for AEW Qualifiers Tournament for International Women’s Cup for NJPW x AEW Wrestle Dynasty

Young Bucks vs. United Empire for IWGP Tag Titles Announced for NJPW x AEW Wrestle Dynasty

New Japan Pro Wrestling announced one new match for the card of their co-promoted NJPW x AEW Wrestle Dynasty event on January 5, 2025 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.

This new match announced was an IWGP Tag Team Championship match of The Young Bucks (Matthew & Nicholas Jackson) vs. United Empire (Great-O-Khan & HENARE) (c).

It was also announced that should another team win the IWGP Tag titles at Wrestle Kingdom 19, then they will be defending the titles instead of United Empire at Wrestle Dynasty.

NJPW’s official website:

Young Bucks challenge for IWGP Tag Team Championships at Wrestle Dynasty

Matthew and Nicholas Jackson to face HENARE and Great-O-Khan

November 26 saw a surprise video message from Nicholas and Matthew Jackson, as they addressed their return to an NJPW ring at Wrestle Dynasty January 5.

World Tag League is currently continuing, and the winners of the tournament will have a claim to the IWGP Tag Team Championship gold in the next year. Over the last 12 years, that title shot has come January 4 at Wrestle Kingdom, but in 2024, a good number of teams already have their dance card set for the first night in the Tokyo Dome, and discussion of a winning team biding their time has been rife.

Amidst all this, the Young Bucks are hardly ones to stand on ceremony. Record seven time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag team Champions, three time AEW Tag team Champions and only the second team after No Limit to win both junior and heavyweight tag team gold in NJPW, the Bucks declared that they would once again win the IWGP heavyweight tag gold, and that they wanted to do so in the Tokyo Dome.

Angry at the disrespectful timing, but full of confidence that they would win World Tag League this year, Great-O-Khan and HENARE accepted the challenge, and we have another match set for the Tokyo Dome. Yet other teams, most notably WTL threepeat winners Bishamon, have talked of other plans. With Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI having made their own promise to capture trophies, IWGP Tag gold and this match with the Bucks on January 5, this announcement is sure to send angry shockwaves through the WTL field, as this story continues to develop.

Current card for NJPW x AEW Wrestle Dynasty:

• IWGP Tag Team Championship – IWGP Tag Team Championship match of The Young Bucks (Matthew & Nicholas Jackson) vs. United Empire (Great-O-Khan & HENARE) (c)
• International Women’s Cup Four-way match – TBD (AEW) vs. TBD (ROH) vs. TBD (CMLL) vs. TBD (Stardom)
• NEVER Openweight Championship match – Tomohiro Ishii vs. Winner of Konosuke Takeshita/Shingo Takagi (c)
• Kenny Omega vs. Gabe Kidd
• Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Ricochet
• Yota Tusji vs. Jack Perry
• Shota Umino vs. Claudio Castagnoli

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AEW Reveals Full Field & Bracket for AEW Qualifiers for International Women’s Cup Match at Wrestle Dynasty

AEW recently announced the full field and bracket for the qualifying tournament for their side of the International Women’s Cup at Wrestle Dynasty.

It was announced that Jamie Hayter will be facing off against Queen Aminata on the November 27th AEW Dynamite show and Serena Deeb will be facing off against Willow Nightingale on the December 7th AEW Collision show in first round qualifying matches.

It was also announced that the winners of those two matches will face off against each other at this year’s Dynamite Winter Is Coming special on December 14th with the winner advancing to the International Women’s Cup match.

WrestleDynasty International Women’s Cup Qualifier@jmehytr vs @amisylle
TOMORROW, Wed 11/27
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8pm ET/5pm PT, TBS@SerenaDeeb vs @willowwrestles
12/7 #AEWCollision
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— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) November 27, 2024