The biggest show of the year for NJPW, Wrestle Kingdom 20 aired live from The Tokyo Dome on Sunday, January 4.
The main event of the show will see Hiroshi Tanahashi bring his retirement tour and legendary career to an end as he faces off against one of his biggest rivals in New Japan history, Kazuchika Okada. The Ace of New Japan, and president of the company, competed all around the world in 2025 and is finally set to bring his time in the ring to an end.
Additionally, AEW star and IWGP World Champion Konosuke Takeshita will put the title on the line against IWGP Global Champion Yota Tsuji in a winner take all match, and Aaron Wolf will challenge EVIL for the NEVER Openweight Championship.
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20 Results:
Pre-Show:
- Katsuya Murashima & Masatora Yasuda defeated Shoma Kato & Tatsuya Matsumoto
- El Phantasmo (c) defeated Chris Brookes for the NJPW World Television Championship
Main card:
- TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr., Ryohei Oiwa, and Hartley Jackson) won the Ranbo to become the new NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions
- Syuri (IWGP) defeated Saya Kamitani (Strong) in a winner takes all match for the IWGP Women’s Championship and Strong Women’s Championship
- United Empire (Andrade El Ídolo, Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan, Henare, and Jake Lee defeated David Finlay, Gabe Kidd, and Drilla Moloney Shingo Takagi and Hiromu Takahashi
- El Desperado defeated Kosei Fujita, Taiji Ishimori, and Sho to become the number one contender to the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
- Aaron Wolf defeated EVIL to become the new NEVER Openweight Champion
- Yota Tsuji (Global) defeated Konosuke Takeshita (World) to win the IWGP World Heavyweight and Global Championships in a winner take all match
- Kazuchika Okada defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi in Tanahashi’s final match
Featured image: New Japan
