New Japan Pro Wrestling announced one new match for the card of Wrestle Kingdom 20, which takes place on January 4, 2026 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.
This new match announced was a NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship Open Challenge match of mystery opponents vs. YOH, Master Wato, & Toru Yano (c).
一体何事?🤔
— NJPW WORLD (@njpwworld) November 20, 2025
興行開始前に突如YOHがリングイン🏃♂️#njpwworld で配信中📡
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After YOH staged a sit in protest tonight in Korakuen Hall, Chairman Sugabayashi has relented: there will be a NEVER 6 Man title match at Wrestle Kingdom 20!
— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) November 20, 2025
But just what form will this match take?https://t.co/BJMgrjXkVg#njpw #njwk20 pic.twitter.com/xHs2c7sbvT
Current card for NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20:
- IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship and IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, Title vs. Title match – Yota Tsuji (IWGP Global) vs. Konosuke Takeshita (IWGP World)
- IWGP Women’s Championship and NJPW Strong Women’s Championship, Title vs. Title match – Syuri (IWGP Women) vs. Saya Kamitani (NJPW Strong Women)
- NEVER Openweight Championship – Aaron Wolf vs. EVIL (c)
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship #1 Contender Four-way match – El Desperado vs. Kosei Fujita vs. Taiji Ishimori vs. SHO
- NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship Open Challenge match – mystery opponents vs. YOH, Master Wato, & Toru Yano (c)
- Hiroshi Tanahashi Retirement match – Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada

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