El Desperado vs. Kosei Fujita vs. Taiji Ishimori vs. SHO for IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title #1 Contender Match Set for NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20

Indie / Misc
Nov 9, 2025

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 an IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship #1 Contender Four-way match of El Desperado vs. Kosei Fujita vs. Taiji Ishimori vs. SHO.

NJPW also confirmed that Hiroshi Tanahashi will be facing off against Kazuchika Okada for his retirement match at Wrestle Kingdom 20. This match was initially setup at Saturday’s New Japan Road in Anjo event.

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
  • Hiroshi Tanahashi Retirement match – Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada
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