Wrestle Kingdom 9: Full Match Card
By Jack Crosby
A look at the matches that you will see on Sunday as part of the Wrestle Kingdom 9 card.
With 2015 now here, it’s time get set for one of the biggest events in New Japan Pro Wrestling, Wrestle Kingdom 9. Every January some of the elite wrestling talent from around the world gather inside the Tokyo Dome to take part in what is really the equivalent to WrestleMania.
This year the card for Wrestle Kingdom 9 is stacked, and here is a look at what you will be seeing on Sunday.
IWGP Heavyweight Championship
Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada
IWGP Intercontinental Championship
Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Kota Ibusha
AJ Styles vs. Tetsuya Naito
IWGP Tag Team Championship
Bullet Club (Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows) (c) vs. Meiyu Tag (Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata)
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
Ryusuke Taguchi (c) vs. Kenny Omega
NEVER Openweight Championship
Tomohiro Ishii (c) vs. Togi Makabe
Match Can Only End By KO Or Submission
Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Minoru Suzuki
8-Man Tag
Suzukigun (Shelton X Benjamin, Lance Archer, Davey Boy Smith Jr, & Takashi Iizuka) vs. Mikey Nicholls, Naomichi Marufuji, Shane Haste & Toru Yano
Six-Man Tag
Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Jeff Jarrett & Yujiro Takahashi) vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojimo & Tomoaki Honma
Four-Way Tag Team Match
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
ReDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly) (c) vs. Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov & Rocky Romero) vs. Time Splitters (Alex Shelley & Kushida) vs. The Young Bucks
Pre-Show Match
15-Man New Japan Rumble
Jushin Thunder Liger, Manabu Nakanishi, Tiger Mask, Yuji Nagata as confirmed participants
What are your predictions for Wrestle Kingdom 9? Let us know in the comments below.
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