The final shows before the big one.
Wrestle Kingdom 13 takes place on January 4th and as of this morning, the final touches on that match card were made with the addition of Cody versus Juice Robinson for the IWGP U.S. Heavyweight Championship, The Young Bucks being added to the IWGP Tag Titles match with EVIL and SANADA and the Guerrillas Of Destiny. Also announced for the Wrestle Kingdom card was a gauntlet match to determine #1 contenders to the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championships and the winners of that gauntlet match will receive their title match at New Years Dash.
But before the wrestling spectacle that is Wrestle Kingdom, there are two 'Road To Tokyo Dome' shows on December 14th and 15th. The shows will air live on NJPW World and are emanating from Korakuen Hall. On the 'Road To Tokyo Dome' shows, Teruaki Kanemitsu will return to in-ring competition after undergoing a cervical spine injury in late 2016.
(Below are the full match cards listed on NJPW1972.com):
December 14th
Hiroshi Tanahashi, Will Ospreay, Togi Makabe & Toru Yano vs. Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi, Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens
Kazuchika Okada vs. Gedo
Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, SANADA & BUSHI vs. Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Taiji Ishimori
Tomohiro Ishii, SHO & YOH vs. Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado
Hirooki Goto & Rocky Romero vs. Minoru Suzuki & Takashi Iizuka
Shingo Takagi vs. Shota Umino
Tomoaki Honma, Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask IV & KUSHIDA vs. Toa Henare, Ayato Yoshida, Ren Narita & Yuya Uemura
December 15th
Hiroshi Tanahashi & Will Ospreay vs. Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi
Kazuchika Okada, Togi Makabe, Toru Yano, Tomoaki Honma & KUSHIDA vs. Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Gedo & Taiji Ishimori
Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & Shingo Takagi vs. Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado
EVIL & SANADA vs. Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens
Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto vs. Minoru Suzuki & Takashi Iizuka
Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask IV & Toa Henare vs. Rocky Romero, SHO & YOH
Teruaki Kanemitsu & Ren Narita vs. Ayato Yoshida & Shota Umino
While getting a look at the 'Road To Tokyo Dome' cards, head over to Fightful's Wrestle Kingdom 13 "events" page to see the loaded card that is set to unfold on January 4th.
