New Japan Pro Wrestling has confirmed the opening matches for Wrestle Kingdom 14.
On night one (January 4), which will be headlined with Kazuchika Okada defending the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Kota Ibushi, Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi will take on TenCozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima) in a tag team match.
For night two (January 5), a huge NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team title gauntlet match will start off the event, as champions Ryusuke Taguchi, Togi Makabe & Toru Yano will defend against CHAOS (Robbie Eagles, YOSHI-HASHI & Tomohiro Ishii), Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & EVIL), Suzuki-gun (Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Desperado & Taichi) and Bullet Club (Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi & Bad Luck Fale).
A Double Gold Dash match between the winners of the IWGP Intercontinental and Heavyweight Championship matches will headline the final night. Check out the updated match-card below:
Wrestle Kingdom 14 - Night One
IWGP Heavyweight Championship
Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Kota Ibushi
IWGP Intercontinental Championship
Jay White (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
Will Ospreay (c) vs. Hiromu Takahashi
IWGP United States Championship - Texas Deathmatch
Lance Archer (c) vs. Jon Moxley
IWGP Tag Team Championships
Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) (c) vs. Juice Robinson & David Finlay
YOSHI-HASHI, Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto vs. Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi, Bad Luck Fale & KENTA
BUSHI, Shingo Takagi, EVIL & SANADA vs. El Desperado, Taichi, Minoru Suzuki & Zack Sabre Jr.
Jushin Thunder Liger, Tatsumi Fujinami, The Great Sasuke & Tiger Mask (w/ El Samurai) vs. Naoki Sano, Shinjiro Otani, Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Ryusuke Taguchi (w/ Kuniaki Kobayashi)
Yuya Uemura, Yota Tsuji, Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe vs. Alex Coughlin, Clark Connors, Karl Fredericks, & Toa Henare
Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi vs. TenCozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima)
Wrestle Kingdom 14 - Night Two
Double Gold Dash - IWGP Heavyweight & Intercontinental Championships
Winner of Kazuchika Okada vs. Kota Ibushi (c) vs. Winner of Jay White vs. Tetsuya Naito (c)
Chris Jericho vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
Runner Up Bout
Loser of Kazuchika Okada vs Kota Ibushi vs. Loser of Jay White vs. Tetsuya Naito
NEVER Openweight Championship
KENTA (c) vs. Hirooki Goto
IWGP United States Championship
Winner of Lance Archer vs. Jon Moxley vs. Juice Robinson
RevPro British Heavyweight Championship
Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. SANADA
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships
Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo (c) vs. SHO & YOH
Jushin Liger & Naoki Sano vs. Ryu Lee & Hiromu Takahashi
NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Championships - Gauntlet
Ryusuke Taguchi, Togi Makabe & Toru Yano (c) vs. Robbie Eagles, YOSHI-HASHI & Tomohiro Ishii vs. BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & EVIL vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Desperado & Taichi vs. Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi & Bad Luck Fale