It's time for the biggest wrestling show in the Eastern hemisphere, it's NJPW's Wrestle Kingdom 19 in Tokyo Dome!
Pre Show Rumble Start Time
| Pacific USA | Eastern USA | UK | Central Europe | Japan | East Australia | Other Time Zones |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3 11PM | Jan 4 2AM | Jan 4 7AM | Jan 4 8AM | Jan 4 4PM | Jan 4 6PM | See Here |
Main Card Start Time
| Pacific USA | Eastern USA | UK | Central Europe | Japan | East Australia | Other Time Zones |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4 12AM | Jan 4 3AM | Jan 4 8AM | Jan 4 9AM | Jan 4 5PM | Jan 4 7PM | See Here |
Watch
- NJPW World costs $9.99 USD per month for new subscribers. The show will be live streamed and archived for subscribers.
- NJPW World Live Stream (English & Japanese Commentary)
- Triller: You can buy Wrestle Kingdom 19 and Wrestle Dynasty 2025 as iPPVs for $47.99 USD as a bundle or $29.99 individually.
Match Card
| # | Match | Notes | Time Limit | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre Show | ? | vs. | ? | New Japan Rumble (Winner receives an IWGP World Heavyweight title shot) | |
| 1 | Intergalactic Jet Setters (KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight) (c) vs. Ichiban Sweet Boys (Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita) | vs. | Catch 2/2 (TJP & Francesco Akira) vs. Bullet Club War Dogs (Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney) | IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship "Tokyo Terror" Four Way Ladder Match | 60 |
| 2 | Mayu Iwatani (c) | vs. | AZM | IWGP Women's Championship Match | 60 |
| 3 | Ren Narita (c) vs. Jeff Cobb | vs. | Ryohei Oiwa vs. El Phantasmo | NJPW World Television Championship Four Way Match | 15 |
| 4 | Hiroshi Tanahashi | vs. | EVIL | "Hiroshi Tanahashi Final Road" Lumberjack Match | 30 |
| 5 | Shingo Takagi [NEVER Openweight] | vs. | Konosuke Takeshita [AEW International] | NEVER Openweight & AEW International Championship Match | 60 |
| 6 | DOUKI (c) | vs. | El Desperado | IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Match | 60 |
| 7 | David Finlay (c) | vs. | Yota Tsuji | IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship Match | 60 |
| 8 | Tetsuya Naito | vs. | Hiromu Takahashi | Singles Match | 30 |
| 9 | Zack Sabre Jr. (c) | vs. | Shota Umino | IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Match | 60 |
Useful Links
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by EvanDeadlySins
26 comments
Just about to start heading over to the venue, flew 13 hours, gonna be worth it (I hope)
**IT’S RANBO TIME**
OMG, I’ve never seen Tenzan so thin…yet his head is still the same size.
My god, has anybody ever had a bigger falling down the card in njpw than Sanada?
GOTO MANIA LIVES!
2025 is gonna be the year!
I BELIEVE!!!
(Makabe still wasn’t eliminated, btw)
Based on this performance, Mayu had every right to be pissed about not being on the main card last year. Fantastic match
First time seeing a joshi match. Wow, they can go holy shit. I legit could rewatch that over and over.
This EVIL entrance fucks
Shibata in an AEW hoodie feels like watching your ex’s new sex tape
Shingo’s dropped him on his head twice, yikes
Shingo just had his “inventing the ganso bomb” moment lmao
“An AEW talent is taking a spot on the WK card”
That’s bad.
“The match is Konosuke Takeshita vs Shingo Takagi”
That’s good.
“Takeshita is winning, so we’re losing the NEVER title for a while”
That’s bad.
“We’ll get to see Takeshita back in NJPW to defend and drop the title”
That’s good
“Takeshita will only appear on the US shows”
…
“That’s bad”
Can I see Douki now?
This Douki entrance fucksssssss
Big fight feel to this one. They both deserve it.
What a bummer. Poor Douki, man. Match was off to a great start as well.
El Desperado’s reaction is heartbreaking damn.
Respect to Despe for doing what he could to salvage the situation on the mic
(Douki injury aside) Anyone else feel like we’re zooming through this? Barely two hours over and we’re into the final big three matches.
Pray for Douki 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Finlay’s entrance video giving the vibes of a Mad Max knock-off you’d buy at Dollar Tree.
Good match.
Finlay isn’t bad in-ring; it’s just everything else.
Thrilled for Tsuji to finally win a belt.
I want to watch the last two matches, but I’m getting tired to the point it’s hard to focus on the match. Night, all.
Decent show so far. Not the best WK, but given how poor it looked on paper, it’s blown away my expectstions.
This match has been amazing on a storytelling level. This is legit Shota telling us he’s the next Ace and that he belongs in the Dome Main Event and everyone else doubting the shit out of him, which is slowly frustrating him.
If this leads to him loaing and turning heel at some point this year, this will probably be the match we look as his tipping point.
Yo I’m kinda enjoying this. This is really intriguing
I was already a big fan of Shota, but he completely blew past the expectations I had for this match great performance for both men.
Amazing Main Event. The storytelling, the psychological work on Shota’s ankle, the crowd being an active participant. Can’t give it anything other than 5 Stars, tbh.
This is probably the start of a very interesting path for Shota Umino, and I’m all in for it. And what to say about Zack Sabre Jr that hasn’t been said yet? If New Japan was getting the coverage they got in the late 2010s this guy would probably be considered by the vast majority of people to be at the Ospreay/Gunther/Cody level of best in the world (which he is, but sadly isn’t known to those who only watch/follow the Western wrestling products). Amazing day for TMDK as well; one Oiwa win away from everyone in that final pic not named Hartley Jackson leaving with gold around their waist.
Overall a different but enjoyable Wrestle Kingdom. Feels a bit weird, mainly cause we have another Dome show in less than 24 hours + the Main Event seems like the continuation of a plot, rather than the culmination of one, but a very fun event nonetheless.