NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20 Predictions
New Japan Pro Wrestling: Wrestle Kingdom 20 goes down this Sunday, January 4, 2026, at the iconic Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan — a night packed with high-stakes matches and unforgettable moments.
It will air on TV Asahi in Japan for the first time since 2004, and will also be broadcast live worldwide on the NJPW World streaming service. Below you'll find the confirmed final lineup, along with my match-by-match predictions.
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20 Lineup
Main Event (Retirement Match): Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada.
Double Title Match (Winner Takes All): Konosuke Takeshita (IWGP World Heavyweight Champion) vs. Yota Tsuji (IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion).
NEVER Openweight Championship: EVIL (c) vs. Aaron Wolf (Olympic Judo Gold Medalist).
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title #1 Contender’s Match: El Desperado vs. Kosei Fujita vs. Taiji Ishimori vs. SHO.
10-Man Tag Team Match: United Empire (Great-O-Khan, Callum Newman, HENARE, Andrade El Idolo, & TBA) vs. David Finlay, Shingo Takagi, Gabe Kidd, Drilla Moloney, & Hiromu Takahashi.
Double Title Match (Winner Takes All): Saya Kamitani (NJPW STRONG Women’s Champion) vs. Syuri (IWGP Women’s Champion).
NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Title Tornado Ranbo: Champions Toru Yano, YOH, & Master Wato defend against multiple teams including Bullet Club War Dogs, TMDK, and House of Torture.
Kickoff Match (NJPW World TV Championship): El Phantasmo (c) vs. Chris Brookes.
WrestleKingdom Predictions
Pre-Show NJPW World Television Championship: Chris Brookes defeats El Phantasmo to win the championship
NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Title Rambo Match: BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Clark Connors, OSKAR & Yuto-Ice) wins the Rambo match to win the NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Championship.
IWGP Women's Title / NJPW STRONG Women's Title Match: Saya Kamitani defeats Syuri to win the title vs title match and become the new IWGP Women's Champion.
United Empire (Difunto, Andrade El Idolo, Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan & HENARE) defeats BULLET CLUB War Dogs (David Finlay, Drilla Moloney & Gabe Kidd), Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi
Kosei Fujita defeats SHO, El Desperado and Taiji Ishimori to become No.1 Contender for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship.
NEVER Openweight Title Match: Aaron Wolf defeats EVIL to win the NEVER Openweight Championship
IWGP World Heavyweight Title / IWGP Global Heavyweight Title Match: Yota Tsuji defeats Konosuke Takeshita to win the title vs title match, to retain the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship and to win the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.
Hiroshi Tanahashi defeats Kazuchika Okada During the match Don Callis is ejected from ringside.
NJPW Faction Alert: CMLL's Difunto joins United Empire
