NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 Full Card: AEW’s Bryan Danielson, Jon Moxley & More Set For Action

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NJPW has announced the full card for Wrestle Kingdom 18, which will emanate from the Tokyo Dome on January 4.

While normal people are counting down to the new year, wrestling fans are counting down to the first major NJPW show of 2024.

While the main event of the show will see SANADA defending his IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Tetsuya Naito, the headline match isn’t the only bout that has had fans talking.

A number of AEW stars will be in action, with Bryan Danielson set to face off against Kazuchika Okada in a Forbidden Door 2023 rematch.

The threeway to crown the inaugural IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion also has a lot of eyes on it, with Will Ospreay, David Finlay and AEW’s Jon Moxley set to face off for the new title.

This will be one of Ospreay’s final matches with New Japan ahead of him officially joining AEW.

Check out the announced card for the upcoming event below:

SANADA (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito – IWGP World Heavyweight Championship

Kazuchika Okada vs. Bryan Danielson

Will Ospreay vs. Jon Moxley vs. David Finlay – IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship

Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs. El Desperado – IWGP Jr Heavyweight Championship

Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi – NJPW World TV Championship

Shingo Takagi (c) vs. Tama Tonga – NEVER Openweight Championship

Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney (c) vs. TJP & Francesco Akira – IWGP Jr Heavyweight Tag Team Championship

Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI vs.  Hikuleo & El Phantasmo – IWGP Tag Team Title vs NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Title Winner Takes All 

Yuya Uemura vs. Yota Tsuji

Kaito Kiyomiya & Shota Umino vs. Ren Narita & EVIL

New Japan Rambo – final four to advance to KOPW 2024 title bout at New Year’s Dash

A NJPW star set to compete at Wrestle Kingdom was recently spotted training with a notable WWE name, which you can read more about right here.

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• Full Card
• Wrestle Kingdom
• Bryan Danielson
• NJPW
• Will Ospreay
• Jon Moxley

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