NJPW Announces Hiroshi Tanahashi Retirement Ceremony and Kenny Omega & Will Ospreay to Attend at Wrestle Kingdom 20

Indie / Misc
Dec 30, 2025

New Japan Pro Wrestling announced that they will be holding a retirement ceremony for Hiroshi Tanahashi’s in-ring career at Wrestle Kingdom 20, which takes place on January 4, 2026 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.

It was also announced that AEW talents Kenny Omega and Will Ospreay will be in attendance for this upcoming ceremony.

Current card for NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20:

  • Pre-show: NJPW World Television Championship – Chris Brookes vs. El Phantasmo (c)
  • NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship Tornado Ranbo match – Kaisei Takechi, Yuya Uemura, & Shota Umino vs. Boltin Oleg & Bishamon (YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto) vs. TMDK (Hartley Jackson, Zack Sabre Jr., & Ryohei Oiwa) vs. Ryusuke Taguchi, Tiger Mask & Togi Makabe vs. BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Clark Connors & Knockout Brothers (OSKAR & Yuto-Ice)) vs. Team 150 (Satoshi Kojima, Taichi, & Tomohiro Ishii) vs. HOUSE OF TORTURE (Yoshinobu Kanemaru, SANADAm, & Ren Narita) vs. Toru Yano, YOH, & Master Wato (c)
  • IWGP Women’s Championship and NJPW Strong Women’s Championship, Title vs. Title match – Syuri (IWGP Women) vs. Saya Kamitani (NJPW Strong Women)
  • 10-Man Tag Team match – Shingo Takagi, David Finlay, Gabe Kidd, Drilla Moloney, & Hiromu Takahashi vs United Empire (Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan, HENARE, Andrade El Idolo, & mystery partner)
  • IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championshop #1 Contender Four-way match – El Desperado vs. Kosei Fujita vs. Taiji Ishimori vs. SHO
  • NEVER Openweight Championship – Aaron Wolf vs. EVIL (c)
  • IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship and IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, Title vs. Title match – Yota Tsuji (IWGP Global) vs. Konosuke Takeshita (IWGP World)
  • Hiroshi Tanahashi Retirement match – Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada
  • Hiroshi Tanahashi wrestling career retirement ceremony
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