NJPW King of Pro Wrestling 2024 Results – Oct. 14, 2024 – Tetsuya Naito vs. Zack Sabre Jr.

October 14, 2024
Tokyo, Japan – Ryogoku Sumo Hall
English commentary: Walker Stewart and Chris Charlton

Quick Match Results:

1. Hiromu Takahashi defeated Mistico via Maximum The Holding (submission 8:01)
   • Following the match, Mistico and Takahashi got into a brief confrontation leading to Mistico challenging Takahashi to a Mask vs. Hair match and the two shaking hands over it.
2. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship – Intergalactic Jet Setters (Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA) defeated Bullet Club War Dogs (Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors) (c) via Jackknife Pin (pinfall 12:23)
   • Near the end of the match, Knight did a blind tag on KUSHIDA to make him legal as War Dogs were setting up the No Clip to KUSHIDA. This led to Knight getting in the ring and shoved Connors off the top rope and KUSHIDA catching Moloney in a backslide that was followed by Knight hitting a Jackknife pin to Moloney for the tag titles victory.
3. IWGP Tag Team Championship – TMDK (Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls) (c) defeated Bullet Club Rogue Army (Caveman Ugg & Bad Luck Fale) via Thunder Valley (pinfall 7:49)
   • Nicholls pinned Ugg after hitting the Thunder Valley to secure the victory for TMDK.
   • Following the match, United Empire’s Great-O-Khan & HENARE came out to the ring and first congratulated TMDK on their victory and then issued a challenge for their tag titles.
4. NEVER Openweight Championship – Shingo Takagi (c) defeated Ryohei Oiwa via Last of the Dragon (pinfall 10:42)
5. NJPW World Television Championship Three-way match – Ren Narita defeated Yota Tsuji and Jeff Cobb (c) via Double Cross (pinfall 12:27)
   • Near the end of the match, Cobb hit a Tour of the Islands to Tsuji for a near fall that was broken up by Narita on the outside who grabbed the referee’s leg and pulled him out of the ring. Narita then attempted to hit a low blow to Cobb who countered by grabbing Narita’s hand and laid him out leading to Narita grabbing the push up bar. Narita then struck Cobb with the bar laying him out and hit a Double Cross for the pinfall victory after the referee recovered.
6. Hiroshi Tanahashi’s 25th Anniversary match – El Phantasmo, Shota Umino, & Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated House of Torture (Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi, & EVIL) via High Fly Flow (pinfall 9:05)
   • Near the end of the match, HoT did their usual cheating antics that ended with the referee taking away Takahashi’s pimp stick that EVIL was about to use as a weapon leading to HoT getting laid out by Tanahashi’s team afterwards. Tanahashi then pinned Takahashi after hitting a High Fly Flow to give his team the victory.
   • Following the match, Tanahashi gave a speech to the crowd revealing that he will be retiring at Wrestle Kingdom 20 in 2026. After celebrating a bit, HoT attacked Tanahashi from behind leading to ELP trying to save Tanahashi to no avail in the end. EVIL then grabbed a microphone and stated that Tanahashi doesn’t get to retire until he says so and New Japan is his company.
7. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship – DOUKI (c) defeated Suplex De La Luna (pinfall 0:14)
   • Prior to the start of the match, SHO attacked DOUKI during his entrance leading to them brawling their way to the ring. SHO proceeded to take off DOUKI’s mask revealing an evil DOUKI who hit SHO with a mist spray attack and followed it with back-to-back Suplex De La Lunas for the pinfall victory after the ref had rang for the bell.
   • Following the match, DOUKI’s celebration was cut short by Yoshinobu Kanemaru who ran out and attacked DOUKI. This led to Master Wato making his surprise return and cleared the ring of Kanemaru. Wato then grabbed the IWGP Jr. title and issued a challenge to DOUKI for the belt, which DOUKI nodded in acceptance.
8. IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship – Hirooki Goto vs. David Finlay (c) defeated Hirooki Goto via Overkill (pinfall 16:58)
   • Following the match, Finlay mocked Goto’s kids in the front row over their father losing resulting in Goto’s little daughter crying. Goto went to consul his kids as Finlay continued taunting them in the ring. Finlay then grabbed a microphone and mockingly offered a title shot to an injured Yuya Uemura knowing he wasn’t at the venue. This led to Taichi coming out instead and challenged Finlay for his title. After a brief face-to-face confrontation, Finlay attempted to attack Taichi only for Taichi to dodge it and laid out Finlay with a Dangerous Suplex.
9. IWGP World Heavyweight Championship – Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Tetsuya Naito (c) via Cross-Legged Zack Driver (pinfall 24:41)
   • Following the match, an emotional Sabre Jr. celebrated his victory with TMDK and grabbed a microphone. Sabre Jr. thanked Naito for their hard fought match and proceeded to give a speech to the live crowd that was interrupted by SANADA coming out. SANADA and Sabe Jr. talked about their upcoming match at Royal Quest IV and SANADA asked for the IWGP World title to be on the line, which Sabre Jr. accepted. Before anything else could happen, Shota Umino came out to interrupt and issued a challenge for the title which Sabre Jr. said maybe at another time since he’s busy now. Before anything else could happen, Shingo Takagi came out to join in the interruptions fest and also issued a challenge for the title. Sabre Jr. responded saying he has SANADA first and he’d think about the others afterwards and told them all to leave the ring so that he could continue with his speech. This led to SANADA, Umino, and Takagi all leaving the ring and Sabre Jr. finishing his speech talking about this now being his era.