Source: PWInsider

By Matthew Macklin on 2015-11-09 08:46:29

NJPW officially announced four matches for Wrestle Kingdom this morning at a press conference:

*IWGP Jr Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: ReDRagon vs. The Young Bucks vs. Matt Sydal & Ricochet vs RPG Vice

*IWGP Jr Heavyweight Championship: Kenny Omega vs. KUSHIDA

*IWGP Intercontinental Championship: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. AJ Styles

*IWGP Heavyweight Championship: Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi

NJPW have also announced the competitors and blocks for the 2015 World Tag League that kicks off on November 21st with the final on December 9th.

Block A:
Hiroshi Tanahashi & Michael Elgin
Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma
Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi
Kauchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI
Toru Yano & Kazushi Sakuraba
Bad Luck Fale & Tama Tonga
Christopher Daniels & Kazarian

Block B:
Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata
Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima
Tetsuya Naito & EVIL
Shinsuke Nakamura & Tomohiro Ishii
AJ Styles & Yujiro Takahashi
Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows
Matt Taven & Michael Bennett w/Maria Kanellis

NJPW World lists all shows on their schedule. The opening show and Korakuen Hall & the final will most likely be the only complete shows, with the tournament matches from the other shows uploaded on demand.

The full card for Night One at Korakuen Hall on November 21st features:
*BUSHI (making his return to action after injury) & Mascara Dorada vs Yohei Komatsu & Sho Tanaka
*Tiger Mask IV & Juice Robinson vs Christopher Daniels & Kazarian
*KUSHIDA, Ryusuke Taguchi & Captain New Japan vs. Matt Taven, Michael Bennett & Gedo w/Maria Kanellis
*Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi & Jay White vs. AJ Styles, Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi, Tama Tonga & Cody Hall

Block A: *Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma vs. Toru Yano & Kazushi Sakuraba
Block B: *Tetsuya Naito & EVIL vs. Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows
Block B: Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata vs. Shinsuke Nakamura & Tomohiro Ishii
Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Michael Elgin vs. Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI

The Genichiro Tenryu retirement show will also be live on NJPW World on November 15th.

Big Red Machine wrote:Source: PWInsider


*IWGP Jr Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: ReDRagon vs. The Young Bucks vs. Matt Sydal & Ricochet vs RPG Vice

Didn't the Sydal & Ricochet win the tournament? Why are these other teams in here?

Big Red Machine wrote:Source: PWInsider

*IWGP Intercontinental Championship: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. AJ Styles

Well... that will make ROH's booking pretty interesting.

Big Red Machine wrote:

Big Red Machine wrote:Source: PWInsider


*IWGP Jr Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: ReDRagon vs. The Young Bucks vs. Matt Sydal & Ricochet vs RPG Vice

Didn't the Sydal & Ricochet win the tournament? Why are these other teams in here?

reDragon are champs.
Bucks are former champs and haven't received their rematch
RPG defeated the champs during the tournament.

that was the build up that they had after the finals at Power Struggle

cero2k wrote:

Big Red Machine wrote:

Big Red Machine wrote:Source: PWInsider


*IWGP Jr Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: ReDRagon vs. The Young Bucks vs. Matt Sydal & Ricochet vs RPG Vice

Didn't the Sydal & Ricochet win the tournament? Why are these other teams in here?

reDragon are champs.
Bucks are former champs and haven't received their rematch
RPG defeated the champs during the tournament.

that was the build up that they had after the finals at Power Struggle

Well... that all makes sense then, but I still don't like it. It seems to devalue the tournament.