NJPW Announces Match Order & Confirms Hiroshi Tanahashi’s Retirement Match to Main Event Wrestle Kingdom 20

New Japan Pro Wrestling announced the official match order and confirmed that Hiroshi Tanahashi’s retirement match will main event Wrestle Kingdom 20, which takes place on January 4, 2026 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.

Current card and match order for Wrestle Kingdom 20:

• NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship Tornado Ranbo match – Kaisei Takechi & mystery partners vs. mystery opponents vs. YOH, Master Wato, & Toru Yano (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, & two mystery partners)
• IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship #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