The Wrestle Kingdom 13 pre-show card has officially been set.
New Japan Pro Wrestling revealed that a five-team Gauntlet match will take place, with the winners receiving a future shot at the NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Championship. The current champs are Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, and Taiji Ishimori.
The teams that will compete in this Gauntlet match will be:
Marty Scurll, Hangman Page and Yujiro Takahashi
Minoru Suzuki, Lance Archer and Davey Boy Smith Jr.
Ryusuke Taguchi, Togi Makabe and Toru Yano
Hirooki Goto, Beretta and Chucky T
Michael Elgin, Jeff Cobb and David Finlay
Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa will be on the main card of
Wrestle Kingdom 13 defending their IWGP Tag Team Championships against The Young Bucks and EVIL & SANADA in a tag team triple treat match.
Meanwhile, Taiji Ishimori will be challenging KUSHIDA for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship. Wrestle Kingdom 13 takes place at the Tokyo Dome on January 4th, 2019.