NJPW Announces Two New Matches & Full Card for Wrestle Kingdom 18

New Japan Pro Wrestling announced two new official matches and the full card for their Wrestle Kingdom 18 event, which takes place on January 4, 2024 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.

The first new match announced was a tag team match of Kaito Kiyomiya & Shota Umino vs. House of Torture (EVIL & Ren Narita).

The second new match announced was a Pre-show match of New Japan Rambo. Similar to recent years, it was announced that the final four competitors in this match will advance to the Provisional King of Pro Wrestling 2024 Championship at the following night’s New Year Dash 2024 event in Tokyo.

Full card for NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18:

  • Pre-show: New Japan Rambo match
  • IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship – Catch 2/2 (Francesco Akira & TJP) vs. Bullet Club War Dogs (Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney) (c)
  • NJPW World Television Championship – Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (c)
  • Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura
  • Kaito Kiyomiya & Shota Umino vs. EVIL & Ren Narita
  • NEVER Openweight Championship – Tama Tonga vs. Shingo Takagi (c)
  • IWGP Tag Team & NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Championships, Title vs. Title match – Bishamon (YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto) (IWGP) vs. Guerrillas of Destiny (Hikuleo & El Phantasmo) (NJPW Strong)
  • IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship – El Desperado vs. Hiromu Takahashi (c)
  • IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship Three-way match – Will Ospreay vs. Jon Moxley vs. David Finlay
  • Kazuchika Okada vs. Bryan Danielson
  • IWGP World Heavyweight Championship – Tetsuya Naito vs. SANADA (c)