The countdown is on now…just 12 days to New Japan’s annual 1/4 year-opening spectacular at the Tokyo Dome, and the promotion has just announced the full card for the biggest Japanese pro wrestling event of the year. The full lineup is as follows (in order):
New Japan Ranbo. Battle Royal with an undetermined number of entrants. The last 4 left win and advance to a 4-way on 1/5/24 to determine the first KOPW 2024 Champion
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney vs. Francesco Akira & TJP for the titles
NJPW WORLD TV Champion Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the title
Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura
Kaito Kiyomiya (Pro Wrestling NOAH) & Shota Umino vs. Ren Narita & EVIL (*)
NEVER Openweight Champion Shingo Takagi vs. Tama Tonga for the title
IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto vs. STRONG Tag Team Champions Hikuleo & El Phantasmo for the titles (both titles)
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Taakahashi vs. El Desperado for the title
Will Ospreay vs. Jon Moxley & David Finlay in a 3-way for the IWGP Global Championship
Kazuchika Okada vs. Bryan Danielson (All Elite Wrestling)
IWGP World Heavyweight Champion SANADA vs. Tetsuya Naito for the title
(*)-New Japan’s English website says it’s Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa vs. Narita & EVIL but the match graphic and preview description says it’s Umino. I’m 100% certain it’s Kiyomiya & Umino and not Oiwa.
