New Japan Pro Wrestling recently released the final card for Wrestle Kingdom 12 on January 4th. Three more matches and three match stipulations were the newest additions made to the card. These are a pre-show Rumble match, a NEVER Openweight Championship match featuring two stipulations, a NEVER Six-Man Tag Team Championship match, and a No DQ stipulation for the IWGP United States Championship match.
In regards to the No DQ stipulation, it was added due to Chris Jericho’s attack on Kenny Omega during the finals of the World Tag League and Omega’s revenge attack the following day during a Wrestle Kingdom 12 press conference.
In regards to the NEVER Openweight Championship match, the two stipulations added were hair versus hair and nobody being allowed at ringside during the match.
With Dalton Castle’s victory against Cody for the ROH World Championship at last Friday’s ROH Final Battle event, Cody’s match against Kota Ibushi will now be a regular singles match.
The updated card for Wrestle Kingdom 12:
* IWGP Heavyweight Championship – Tetsuya Naito versus champion Kazuchika Okada.
*IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship No DQ match – Chris Jericho versus champion Kenny Omega.
* IWGP Intercontinental Championship – Jay White versus champion Hiroshi Tanahashi.
* IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Fatal 4-Way match – Will Ospreay versus KUSHIDA versus Hiromu Takahashi versus champion Marty Scurll.
* NEVER Openweight Championship Hair vs. Hair match – Hirooki Goto versus champion Minoru Suzuki.
* IWGP Tag Team Championship – SANADA & EVIL versus champions Killer Elite Squad.
* Kota Ibushi versus Cody.
* NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Championship Gauntlet match – Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano, & Beretta versus Togi Makabe, Juice Robinson, & Ryusuke Taguchi versus Michael Elgin & War Machine versus Zack Sabre Jr., Takashi Iizuka, & Taichi versus champions Bad Luck Fale & Guerrillas of Destiny.
* IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship – The Young Bucks versus champions Sho & Yoh.
* New Japan Rumble (pre-show match).
Source: Wrestling Observer
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