NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 13: Results, Grades, and Analysis

The biggest show of the year for NJPW always kicks off the start of their year, ending stories, and starting new ones. NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 13 not only proved to be an incredible show, but it also setup many future stories that will carry NJPW for the next year. Read on for the review!

Before the main card, there is the preshow, and NJPW began the show with the gauntlet match to determine the No. 1 contender for the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Championship

The Elite (Yujiro Takahashi, Marty Scurll, & Hangman Page) w/ Chase Owens & Pieter vs. Yuji Nagata, David Finlay, Jeff Cobb – Gauntlet match to determine the #1 contender for the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Championship

The opening part of the gauntlet match saw The Elite and Nagata, Finlay, & Cobb. Marty Scurll and Nagata started the match, and suddenly I find myself wanting to see a singles match between the two. Some good chain wrestling between the two before Nagata tagged out to Cobb. Page made a hot tag and hit his shooting star off the apron and a Buckshot Lariat on Cobb. Cobb blocked a superkick and then threw Page across the ring with a fallaway slam. Yujiro hit the fisheman’s buster on Finlay, but Nagata broke it up. Chase Owens grabbed Finlay and Hangman Page tried to hit Finlay, but Finlay dodged and nailed Owens. Yujiro shoved Hangman, and Hangman shoved Yujiro right into a rollup from Finlay. Finlay pinned Takahashi!

CHAOS (Hirooki Goto, Chuck Taylor, and Trent Beretta) made their entrance next and immediately attacked. Goto and Nagata exchanged offence before Nagata went for an armbar, but Taylor and Beretta broke it up. Trent went for a crossbody to the outside on Cobb, but Cobb caught him and tried to powerbomb him. Beretta countered, landed on the apron, and ducked as Chuck Taylor flew over the tope rope with a tope con giro, taking out Cobb and Finlay. Beretta then hit a springboard moonsault to the outside on both men. Great stuff.

Taylor and Beretta worked over Nagata for the next few minutes. Cobb came in and started throwing everyone around, which is always incredible to see. Trent went for a moonsault, but Finlay dodged and rolled up Trent and got the pinfall! Finlay got the win twice!

Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki & Killer Elite Squad (Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr.) entered next, and you can hear a hush over the announcers as Suzuki came out looking to kill everyone. Nagata and Suzuki went to war right away, beating the crap out of each other, and it was awesome. Suzuki locked on a Octopus Stretch, and Nagata countered and hit an exploder suplex. While Cobb and Smith wrestled on the inside of the ring, Suzuki and Nagata brawled on the outside. KES managed to hit the Killer Bomb on Finlay to pin him.

The Most Violent Players (Togi Makabe & Toru Yano) & Ryusuke Taguchi made the entrance, and Suzuki destroyed Taguchi right away. While doing so, Suzuki took a swing at Kevin Kelly, and Kelly crashed to the floor and Don Callis ran away. Suzuki destroyed Taguchi in the ring for a bit, before Taguchi managed to hit a hip attack, and he tagged in Makabe who ran wild. Suzuki killed Makabe with a penalty kick, but Makabe kicked out. Makabe ate a forearm, but he liked it and hit back.

Yano tagged in, and immediately asked for direction from Taguchi, who tried to do his baseball signs to direct him, but Yano didn’t understand. Yano ran and untied the turnbuckle pad, looked to Taguchi, and yelled “Okay!” and swung the turnbuckle pad, but Davey Boy Smith Jr. ducked and took him out. Taguchi saved KES from killing Yano, but almost died himself. Suzuki tried to lock on the sleeper on Makabe, but Taguchi saved him and hit two hip attacks on Suzuki. Yano went for a low blow on KES, but both men blocked it. Yano threw the ref towards the corner and hit another low blow on both Archer and Smith, and he rolled up Smith to win the match!

Result: Most Violent Players & Ryusuke Taguchi 

Rating: *** (3 stars out of 5)

In the intermission between this and the main show, NJPW aired a video about their upcoming dates, and it featured some major announcements. NJPW is coming to Dallas for the first night of the G1 Climax Tournament in 2019, London, England in August 2019, and the Tokyo Dome show next year in 2020 will be a two-night show! 2019 is going to be a huge year for NJPW.

Will Ospreay (CHAOS) vs. Kota Ibushi (Golden Elite) (c) – NEVER Openweight Championship

Ibushi and Ospreay started very fast, going for finisher attempts right away. Ibushi went for the Golden Triangle Moonsault to the outside, but Ospreay countered and kicked Ibushi in the face while he was upside down in midair. Ospreay then hit a Space Flying Tiger Drop, rolled Ibushi in, and Ibushi kicked out. Ospreay worked over Ibushi’s back for a little bit, and then started exchanging forearms with Ibushi.

Ospreay hit the ropes, and Ibushi hit a snap hurricanrana. Ibushi then hit a springboard corckscrew moonsault on Ospreay. Back in the ring, Ibushi rolled through and hit a German suplex, driving Ospreay to the mat. Ospreay hit a handspring kick, and both men are down. Ospreay hit a Cheeky Nandos kick, and went back to the forearms, sending Ibushi down to the mat. Ibushi fired up and ate a few shots before hitting a kick and a chop. After a wild exchange of counters, Ibushi hit a Boma Ye, honouring Shinsuke Nakamura.

Ibushi hit the Golden Star Powerbomb, and Ospreay kicked out. Ibushi went for a phoenix splash, but Ospreay cut him off, and he landed in the tree of woe. Ospreay and Ibushi started to exchange slaps with Ibushi upside down, and Ospreay killed him with some kicks to the head. Ibushi hit Ospreay with double stomp while Ospreay was sat on the middle rope, and Ibushi was on the top, sending Ospreay crashing to the apron. Ibushi went for his deadlift German suplex into the ring, but Ospreay landed on his feet! Ospreay hit a kick, went for the Os Cutter, but Ibushi caught him and hit a straight jacket suplex!

Ospreay avoided the Kamigoye and Ibushi hit a series of strikes before Ospreay destroyed him with a lariat. Ospreay went for Storm Breaker, but there was a series of counters that ended with Ibushi hitting an inverted cradle piledriver, but Ospreay kicked out. Ospreay dodged another Kamigoye, hit an elbow to the back of Ibushi’s head, and then picked up the unconscious Ibushi and hit the Storm Breaker for the 1-2-3. Will Ospreay wins.

Result: Will Ospreay 

Rating: ****1/2 (4.5 stars out of 5)

Kota Ibushi was carried out on a stretcher after this, and he may have suffered a concussion in the final sequence. We hope he is OK.

Roppongi 3k (SHO & YOH) w/ Rocky Romero (CHAOS) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Shingo & BUSHI) vs. Suzuki-gun (El Despeardo & Kanemaru) (c) – IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship

The match opened with RPG 3k taking it to the other four men, hitting stereo tope con giros. Suzuki-gun cut them off, but the action was fast and furious, seeing Shingo and SHO facing off and exchanging a series moves. BUSHI and Kanemaru both went for the poison mist and a spray of whisky, but SHO and YOH superkicked them, sending both sprays up in the air. Shingo then took out both men, and threw both SHO and YOH around the ring. Shingo hit Last of the Dragon on SHO and got the 1-2-3! We have new champions.

Result: LIJ 

Rating: ***1/4 (3.25 stars out of 5)

Zack Sabre Jr. (Suzuki-gun) vs. Tomohiro Ishii (CHAOS) (c) – RPW British Heavyweight Championship

Sabre promised to tap out Ishii right away in the promos before this show (along with refusing knighthood and fixing Brexit, which was hilarious), but Ishii survived the first minute, though it wasn’t without Sabre trying to submit him with an armbar. Sabre worked over Ishii’s arm in the early portion of the match with various submissions, and he hit a big kick to Ishii’s back. Ishii was angry and just got up and hit ZSJ hard.

Ishii continued the assault for the next few minutes, even blocking a guillotine attempt with an overhead belly to belly suplex on ZSJ. Ishii hit a huge superplex off the top, but ZSJ hung on to Ishii’s arm, and twisted Ishii’s arm after eating the suplex! That was awesome. After a series of fast counters, Sabre was able to lock on his Octopus Stretch (AKA, “Hurrah! Another Year, Surely This One Will Be Better Than the Last; The Inexorable March of Progress Will Lead Us All to Happiness”) but Ishii fought out, though it wasn’t fully locked in to begin with.

Ishii was able to destroy Sabre with a long series of strikes every single time Sabre tried to get some offence. However, no matter what Ishii did, Sabre wouldn’t give up and he kept fighting for various submissions. Sabre locked on Hurrah! Another Year, Surely This One Will Be Better Than the Last; The Inexorable March of Progress Will Lead Us All to Happiness fully on his second attempt, and was able to get Ishii to tap out! We have a new champion!

Result: Zack Sabre Jr. (4/4 in my predictions)

Rating: ****1/2 (4.5 stars out of 5)

This was a technical masterpiece. Awesome match. ZSJ is one of the best in the world at the mat based wrestling style, and Ishii is Ishii, and will always be one of the best. I could watch these two wrestle all day, with how great their matches are.

The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) (The Elite) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (EVIL & SANADA) vs. Guerillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) w/ Bad Luck Fale & Jado (Bullet Club)

As expected, The Young Bucks rain wild in the early parts of this match. Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa kept almost cheating, but apparently the turned over a new leaf and stopped themselves from breaking up a submission illegally. EVIL was locked in the Sharpshooter from Matt Jackson and Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa pushed the ropes towards EVIL to help him escape. There was an incredible series of moves from all three times that was nearly impossible to keep up with, that ended with EVIL and SANADA going for a superplex on Matt Jackson, while GoD powerbombed EVIL and SANADA off the corner.

Nick Jackson hit a 450 splash on SANADA, but he was unable to pin SANADA. The ref took a bump here, and Fale ran in and stopped Jado from using the kendo stick. However, Fale attacked the Bucks, went for a Grenade, but the Bucks countered and superkicked Jado while EVIL clotheslined Fale over the top rope. After another exchange that saw the Young Bucks going for the Meltzer Driver, but Tama Tonga caught Nick Jackson with a Gun Stun as Nick tried to springboard, ended with LIJ running in and taking everyone out before hitting a Magic Killer on Matt Jackson! SANADA hit a moonsault, and got the pinfall!

Result: LIJ 

Rating: ***3/4 (3.75 stars out of 5)

Juice Robinson vs. Cody (c) w/ Brandi Rhodes (The Elite) – IWGP US Heavyweight Championship

Cody Rhodes came out wearing the Jacksonville Jaguar’s colours, clearly pointing to AEW. This match was a classic old school style match with Cody Rhodes working like an 80’s heel, and Juice being the classic babyface. Brandi Rhodes interfered multiple times, including spearing Juice while the ref’s back was turned. Tiger Hitori turned around and saw Brandi punching Juice and sent her backstage. As she was leaving, Cody hit the Cross Rhodes, but Juice kicked out.

Cody went for Din’s Fire, but Juice flipped out and went for Pulp Friction, but Cody countered. Cody went for Cross Rhodes again, but Juice countered and hit one of his own! Cody kicked out. Juice started to hit a series of jabs, to the joy of the crowd, but Cody hit a superkick. Cody went for the Disaster Kick, but Juice hit a big left hand and nailed Pulp Friction after a second left hand! Juice refused to pin Cody though, and hit a second Pulp Friction for the 1-2-3!

Result: Juice Robinson 

Rating: *** (3 stars out of 5)

Taiji Ishimori (Bullet Club) vs. KUSHIDA (c) – IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship

Ryusuke Taguchi came out with a kid dressed as a mini KUSHIDA, while Taguchi was dressed as Doc Brown. Line of the night after Taguchi activated some pyro from Don Callis: “They just blew that kid up! THAT WAS AWESOME.” He disappeared, and the real KUSHIDA appeared to a nice reaction from the crowd. Kevin Kelly said it was a reverse shrink ray. I love wrestling.

KUSHIDA locked up with Ishimori and both men had a wild exchange that ended with KUSHIDA kicking Ishimori’s elbow into the front row, where he then began working on the arm. KUSHIDA hit a dropkick to the face, then a dropkick to the arm, setting Ishimori up for the hoverboard lock. Ishimori countered and locked on the LaBelle lock, and grounded KUSHIDA quickly.

Ishimori went for a 450 splash, but KUSHIDA countered with a hoverboard lock, then he transitioned into a LaBelle lock, then a triangle choke! Ishimori picked up KUSHIDA, onto his shoulders, but KUSHIDA counterd and locked in a hoverboard lock. Ishimori hit a tilt-a-whirl into a LaBelle lock, but KUSHIDA countered out. The counters in this were absolutely insane.

Ishimori managed to hit two knees to KUSHIDA’s face, but he only got a 2 count. KUSHIDA stopped a second attempt at this, and locked on the hoverboard lock again, but Ishimori tried to fight out. Ishimori rolled through, but KUSHIDA held on, and Ishimori wouldn’t quit. Ishimori rolled through again and hit an Attitude Adjustment on KUSHIDA, but KUSHIDA kicked out. Ishimori managed to roll through and hit a Bloody Cross for the pinfall! Ishimori is the new champion!

Result: Taiji Ishimori 

Rating: **** (4 stars out of 5)

Excellent junior heavyweight match here, but one cannot help but feel Hiromu Takahashi looming over the scene, waiting for his return from injury.

Kazuchika Okada (CHAOS) vs. Jay White (Bullet Club)

Okada came out with blonde hair, his old music, and his old ring gear, indicating that the Rainmaker is back. Okada has been reborn, and the champ, the greatest wrestler in the world, has returned to Wrestle Kingdom. So, can Jay White handle Okada at his best? His body language and eyes here told the story – Okada was not the broken Okada we have seen since losing the title. This was simple, beautiful storytelling.

Okada took it to White early, but White managed to turn it around and hurt Okada on the outside of the ring. White hit a big uppercut on Okada, then a Saito Suplex, driving Okada into the mat. White got the heat on Okada for the next few minutes before Okada fired up, hit an uppercut of his own, and a DDT, but White kicked out. White was on the top rope, but Okada leaped high into the air and dropkicked White right off the top rope to the outside of the ring.

Gedo attacked Okada from behind, and Okada sent him over the guardrail next to White. Okada that hit a flying crossbody over the guardrail onto both White and Gedo! Okada took it back to the ring, hit a flying elbow, and went for the Rainmaker, but White countered and hit a German suplex! Gedo tried to distract the referee while White grabbed a chair, but Okada sent White flying into Gedo and hit two dropkicks.

White hit a suplex that dropped Okada on his head, and then hit a Kiwi Krusher, but Okada kicked out. White went for the Blade Runner, but Okada countered and hit a tombstone! Okada went for another dropkick, but White countered. White went for another Blade Runner, but there was a series of counters that ended with another dropkick by Okada. After ducking a Rainmaker, there was another series of counters that ended with Okada hitting a spinning Rainmaker! Okada called for the Rainmaker again, but White countered and hit Blade Runner for the 1-2-3! Jay White wins, getting the biggest win of his career!

Result: Jay White 

Rating: ***** (5 stars out of 5)

This was a truly awesome match, as Jay White just beat Okada at his very best with one finishing move. Okada was pinned clean by White. The next year will be very interesting for Okada, as his redemption story begins now, and Jay White’s ascension as the top heel in NJPW begins here. Okada was carried out by the young lions, looking like he was crushed, just as he was the last time he lost to Tanahashi at Wrestle Kingdom years ago.

Tetsuya Naito (Los Ingobernables de Japon) vs. Chris Jericho (c) – No DQ Match for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship

This match was a wild brawl from the very start. Naito hit a piledriver on the ringside ramp, and went for a tope back in the ring, but Jericho nailed Naito with a kendo stick. Jericho then beat on Naito with the stick for the next few minutes, leaving welts all over Naito. Both men continued to brawl at ringside, and Jericho spiked Naito with a DDT on the announce table! It made a sickening thud as Naito hit the table, Jericho dumped him back over the guardrail, grabbed the hammer for the bell and rung it, to a shower of boos from the crowd.

Jericho brought Naito back into the ring and ate an elbow and the lionsault. Awesome stuff. Naito caught Jericho’s feet as Jericho tried to kick him in the face at the turnbuckle, and Naito begged Jericho to kick him. Naito caught the second foot, put Jericho on the middle ropes, and hit a neckbreaker. Naito stood on Jericho’s face and saluted the crowd. Naito went for his Triangle Dropkick, but Jericho caught his feet and locked on the Walls of Jericho.

Naito got out and Jericho went for the Code Breaker, but Naito countered and hit a Tornado DDT. After Naito went for the Destino, Jericho countered, and locked in another Walls of Jericho. Naito managed to grab the kendo stick from earlier, and he just walloped Jericho with it before beating him with it for awhile, leaving welts all over Jericho.

Jericho managed to turn it around and hit the Code Breaker, but Naito kicked out. Jericho piled a ton of chairs in the ring, and started to beat Naito with them. Naito got up and hit a Code Breaker of his own, but Jericho kicked out! Naito went to the middle rope, but Jericho threw a chair at him! Jericho went for a suplex onto the chairs, but Naito floated over and German suplexed Jericho onto the chairs! Jericho then shoved Red Shoes, low blowed Naito, and hit a Code Breaker, but Naito kicked out again.

Jericho grabbed the Intercontinental championship and tried to hit Naito with it. Naito, instead, sent Jericho flying into an exposed turnbuckle then hit a Destino! Jericho kicked out. Naito rolled over, picked up the Intercontinental title and nailed Jericho with it! He then threw it to the outside, just like old times, and then hit Destino and pinned Jericho! Naito wins!

Result: Tetsuya Naito 

Rating: ***** (5 stars out of 5)

Naito, while still showing disdain for the title, walked out with in, which was uncharacteristic of him. Has Naito finally accepted his title, and redeemed it as a true main event championship?

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kenny Omega (c) (The Elite) – IWGP Heavyweight Championship

Hiroshi Tanahashi came out looking like the Ace of old, and Kenny Omega came out with new music, from the video game Undertale and dressed as a Final Fantasy type character. Truly awesome stuff from both guys. Tanahashi is here to win his belt back, and Omega wants to prove that he really is the best in the world. The stakes do not get higher in pro wrestling, and the you can feel the buzz in the crowd as the bell rang.

Omega and Tana started exchanging strikes quickly, and Omega went for the One Winged Angle, but Tanahashi countered into a cobra twist. Omega hit a hip toss to escape, but Tanahashi rolled him up, but Omega kicked out. Tanahashi attacked Omega’s knee and begin to try and tear it apart to break down the champion. Omega won’t stay down for long though, and soon there after he’s kicking the life out of Tanahashi.

Omega hit a backbreaker and drove Tanahashi to the mat. Omega continued to work over the back, and Omega’s assault was relentless. Omega hit a back suplex on apron, and both men ended up on the outside. Omega sent Tanahashi crashing into the guardrail and then Tanahashi responded with a dropkick! Omega drove Tanahashi into the apron and slammed Tanahashi over the guardrail onto the Japanese announce table! It took out Milano Collection AT, and Omega then hit a moonsault off the guardrail onto Tanahashi.

Omega mocked Milano and Tanahashi, and worked very much so as a heel here. Omega brought out a table and set it up outside of the ring. Tanahashi took control back in the ring, and hit a big dragon screw leg whip. Tanahashi slammed Omega and hit his somersault senton, but Omega kicked out. Omega hit a big chop and a Kotaro Krusher. Omega went for Rise of the Terminator, but Tanahashi countered. Omega hit a hurricanrana and Tanahashi rolled to the outside.

Omega hit Rise of the Terminator, and hit the ramp so hard, crushing Tanahashi too. Omega hit a big V-Trigger and Tanahashi went to the mat. Omega went for One Winged Angel, but Tanahashi rolled out and went for a Twist and Shout, but Omega countered and went for You Can’t Escape, but as he flipped through, he tweaked his knee, and Tanahashi immediately countered and hit a brutal dragon screw driving Omega’s knee to the mat.

Tanahashi hit a Twist and Shout and locked on the Texas Cloverleaf, making Kenny Omega scream in pain. Omega rolled over, but Tanahashi pulled Omega up and hit a Styles Clash! Tanahashi was sending a message from AJ Styles, the man Omega kicked out of the Bullet Club! Tanahashi went for the High Fly Flow, but Omega got his knees up and just killed Tanahashi.

Tanahashi managed to get up and hit a slingblade on the apron on Omega after another dragon screw. Omega was placed on the table by Tanahashi, and Tanahashi went for a High Fly Flow from the turnbuckle to the outside! Omega dodged, and Tanahashi crashed through the table! That was so brutal. Omega picked up Tanahashi instead of taking the count out and rolled him into the ring. This might come back to haunt him later. Omega hit a huge kick, draping Tanahashi over the middle rope, and he hit a flying double stomp to drive Tanahashi to the mat again.

Omega went for a powerbomb, but Tanahashi kicked out. Omega hit a second powerbomb, but Tanahashi kicked out again. Omega deadlifted him into a third powerbomb, but Tanahashi kicked out again. Omega went for another V-Trigger, but Tanahashi countered with a slingblade! Omega and Tanhashi stood up and both men started exchanging hard strikes, and Omega just started hitting massive knees to Tanahashi’s ribcage. Omega hit a deadlift German suplex, but Tanahashi shrugged it off and Omega hit a slingblade of his own!

Omega went to the top rope and went for the High Fly Flow and nailed Tanahashi! Tanahashi kicked out at 1! Omega nailed another V-Trigger, and both men were on their knees in the middle of the ring. Omega hit another killer knee, and Tana collapsed to the mat. Omega hit another V-Trigger, and went for another, but Tanahashi caught his leg and dropkicked Omega’s knee! Omega went for a dragon suplex, but Tanahashi fought out, and Omega hit a reverse hurricanrana on Tanahashi!

Tanahashi hit another V-Trigger, and went for a One Winged Angel, but Tana fought out, Omega hit a knee and went for the One Winged Angel again. Tanahashi hit a reverse rana on Omega, driving him into the mat! Tanahashi hit a dragon suplex, but Omega kicked out. Tanahashi hit a High Fly Flow, then went for a second and nailed it, but Omega kicked out again!

Tanahashi went to the top rope, but Omega hit another V-Trigger, and tried to hit a dragon suplex off the top rope! Omega sent Tanahashi crashing to the mat! Tanahashi is down, but Omega can’t quite get to him. Kenny hit another V-Trigger and went for One Winged Angel again, but Tanahashi countered and hit a slingblade! Tanahashi hit a High Fly Flow and was finally able to pin Omega! The Ace is back! However, Kenny Omega was never able to hit One Winged Angel. It feels like Tanahashi just barely won. Both men laid in the middle of the ring, completely out. Wow.

Result: Hiroshi Tanahashi 

Rating: ******1/2 (5+ stars out of 5) Unbelievable match. NJPW has seen the Ace reclaim his top position in the company. This was a very emotionally satisfying end to the story being told by NJPW here, as Kenny Omega insisted that Tanahashi was washed up (in class heel fashion). NJPW gave us a great story, and delivered huge. This was a perfect payoff to Tanahashi starting last year looking like he would have to retire due to injury, when in reality, Gedo had us believing exactly what he wanted while he planned for Tanahashi to start 2019 off being on top of NJPW again. They aren’t afraid to have more than one top star, and it benefits the whole company.

Final Thoughts

Show Rating: ***** (5/5)

Absolutely entertaining show from top to bottom. NJPW had done it again, with big announcements, major title changes, and putting over a ton of new stars. To those that complain about Okada losing, understand that they are telling a longer story here. Okada will overcome the heel eventually. NJPW is patient with their booking, and they take their time to build stars. Jay White will be the top heel going forward, and Okada will eventually be on the chase. Okada will eventually dethrone White, probably for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.

What’s next for Kenny Omega? Time will tell. However, I wouldn’t rule out him resigning with NJPW or signing with AEW and continuing to work with NJPW. NJPW protected the One Winged Angel in this main event for a reason. I don’t think he’s quite done there yet. There’s still a lot of stories they could tell going forward.

The Ace has returned to his position as the top babyface in NJPW… for now. We’ll see how long it lasts, because you can be sure Jay White, and others like Chris Jericho, are going to be gunning for him and that title. There will be no rest for Tanahashi, as NJPW moves into the new year, and their New Beginning tour. Who is next for Tanahashi I’m sure NJPW has a lot set.

How everything plays out will be very interesting, and we know for sure that NJPW will be taking us on a wild ride in 2019. The next huge show is the G1 Supercard as NJPW and ROH team up in April 2019, but we still have a few other shows before then. 2019 is going to be a big year for NJPW – and many others – and it starts here.