NJPW Announces Official Sold Out Status for Wrestle Kingdom 20 Tickets

New Japan Pro Wrestling announced earlier today that tickets for their upcoming Wrestle Kingdom 20 event has officially reached sold out status.

Wrestle Kingdom 20 will be taking place on January 4, 2026 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan and will be featuring Hiroshi Tanahashi’s retirement match against Kazuchika Okada.

🎉THANK YOU!🎉

January 4 2026

Wrestle Kingdom 20

in the Tokyo Dome

We are officially…

SOLD OUT!

Join us live in English only on @njpwworld!#njpw #njwk20 pic.twitter.com/62iqhDuMu7

— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) December 12, 2025

In regards to ticket sales, Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that next year’s event has already broken the all-time attendance and gate record for a Wrestle Kingdom event in NJPW history. Meltzer also reported that Wrestle Kingdom 20 will also become the best attendance NJPW has had for an event since the Antonio Inoki retirement show in 1998.

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 Championshop #1 Contender Four-way match – El Desperado vs. Kosei Fujita vs. Taiji Ishimori vs. SHO
• NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship Tornado Ranbo match – mystery opponents vs. YOH, Master Wato, & Toru Yano (c)
• Hiroshi Tanahashi Retirement match – Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada
• Kaisei Takechi in action