The road to Wrestle Kingdom is drawing to a close as the event is less than two weeks away. The card is currently stacked with heavyweights such as Kenny Omega vs. Chris Jericho for IWGP United States Championship (which is now a NO DQ match) and * Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, but several matches have been added to the huge event.
First, on the pre-show New Japan will hold their annual New Japan Rumble featuring wrestlers who didn’t make it on the card, along with a few legends, and some additional surprises.
It’s also confirmed that Minoru Suzuki will be defending the NEVER Openweight Championship against Hirooki Goto in a Hair vs. Hair Deathmatch. There's an additional stipulation of nobody being allowed at ringside. Suzuki is the leader of Suzuki-gun and his stablemates frequently get involved in matches.
Also, newly crowned Never Openweight Six Man Tag Team champions Guerillas of Destiny & Bad Luck Fale will defend their title in a tag team gauntlet match against the team of Ryusuke Taguchi, Juice Robinson, and Togi Makabe, the team of Beretta, Toru Yano, and Tomohiro Ishii, the team of Hanson Raymond Rowe, and Michael Elgin, and the team of Taichi, Takashi Iizuka, and Zack Sabre Jr.
* Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito (IWGP Heavyweight Championship)
* Kenny Omega (c) vs. Chris Jericho (No DQ Match for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship)
* Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Jay White (IWGP Intercontinental Championship)
* Marty Scurll (c) vs. Hiromu Takahashi vs. KUSHIDA vs. Will Ospreay (IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship)
* Minoru Suzuki (c) vs. Hirooki Goto (Hair vs. Hair/Nobody At Ringside Deathmatch for the NEVER Openweight Championship)
* Killer Elite Squad (c) vs. SANADA and EVIL (IWGP Tag Team Championship)
* Cody vs. Kota Ibushi
* Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, and Bad Luck Fale (c) vs. Ryusuke Taguchi, Juice Robinson, and Togi Makabe vs. Beretta, Toru Yano, and Tomohiro Ishii vs. Hanson Raymond Rowe, and Michael Elgin vs. Taichi, Takashi Iizuka, and Zack Sabre Jr. (NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship Gauntlet Match)
* Roppongi 3K (SHO and YOH) (c) vs. The Young Bucks (IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship)
* New Japan Rumble