NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2026 Preview: Match Card, Start Time, and Full Predictions
NJPW (New Japan Pro-Wrestling) hits Ryogoku Sumo Hall on Monday, October 12th, for King of Pro-Wrestling 2026.
The card features big title matches: Yota Tsuji vs. Ryohei Oiwa (IWGP Heavyweight), Gabe Kidd vs. Shota Umino (IWGP Global Heavyweight), and Aaron Wolf vs. Kosei Fujita (NEVER Openweight).
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NJPW KING OF PRO-WRESTLING 2026
MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2026 — RYOGOKU SUMO HALL
IWGP HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Yota Tsuji (c) vs. Ryohei Oiwa
IWGP GLOBAL HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Gabe Kidd (c) vs. Shota Umino
IWGP JUNIOR HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
YOH (c) vs. Robbie Eagles
NEVER OPENWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Aaron Wolf (c) vs. Kosei Fujita
NEVER OPENWEIGHT 6-MAN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
United Empire (Will Ospreay, Great-O-Khan & HENARE) (c) vs. Unbound Co. (Jeff Cobb, OSKAR & Yuto-Ice)
TAG TEAM MATCH
Konosuke Takeshita & Toru Yano vs. House of Torture (Ren Narita & Shun Skywalker)
TAG TEAM MATCH
Hechicero & Boltin Oleg vs. TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr. & Hartley Jackson)
SIX-MAN TAG TEAM MATCH
Yuya Uemura, Taichi & El Desperado vs. House of Torture (SANADA, Yujiro Takahashi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
TAG TEAM MATCH
Goto Revolutionary Army (Hirooki Goto and Tatsuya Matsumoto) vs. Unbound Co. (Shingo Takagi and Daiki Nagai)
PREDICTIONS
IWGP HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP PREDICTION
Yota Tsuji defeats Ryohei Oiwa to retain the title.
IWGP GLOBAL HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP PREDICTION
Shota Umino defeats Gabe Kidd thanks to Shingo Takagi.
IWGP JUNIOR HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP PREDICTION
Robbie Eagles defeats YOH to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship.
NEVER OPENWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP PREDICTION
Aaron Wolf defeats Kosei Fujita.
NEVER OPENWEIGHT 6-MAN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP PREDICTION
Unbound Co. defeats United Empire to win the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship.
TAG TEAM MATCH PREDICTION
House of Torture defeats Toru Yano and Konosuke Takeshita. Post-match, Konosuke Takeshita turns on Toru Yano to align with Don Callis.
TAG TEAM MATCH PREDICTION
TMDK defeats Hechicero and Boltin Oleg.
SIX-MAN TAG TEAM MATCH PREDICTION
Yuya Uemura, Taichi and El Desperado defeat House of Torture. Post-match, House of Torture attacks Taichi and then Kenny Omega thwarts House of Torture.
TAG TEAM MATCH PREDICTION
Goto Revolutionary Army (Hirooki Goto & Tatsuya Matsumoto) defeats Unbound Co. (Daiki Nagai & Shingo Takagi). Post-match, Shingo Takagi turns on Unbound Co. to join House of Torture.
