NJPW TV Title Match Confirmed and Full Field of Competitors for NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Title Ranbo Match Set for NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20

As noted before, Monday’s NJPW Road to Tokyo Dome event featured DDT Pro and indies talent Chris Brookes making a surprise appearance and accepting El Phantasmo’s open challenge for his NJPW World Television Championship match for Wrestle Kingdom 20.

New Japan Pro Wrestling announced that Brookes vs. El Phantasmo for the NJPW World TV title has been made official for Wrestle Kingdom 20, which takes place on January 4, 2026 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. It was also announced that this match will be taking place at Wrestle Kingdom’s Kickoff pre-show.

It was also confirmed that Andrade El Idolo has been officially added to United Empire’s team for their 10-Man tag team match against Shingo Takagi, David Finlay, Gabe Kidd, Drilla Moloney, & Hiromu Takahashi at the show.

The full field for the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship Ranbo match was also announced for the show. This match was announced to be featuring eight teams in total.

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