It's that time of the year where New Japan Pro-Wrestling has its biggest show, Wrestle Kingdom. This year, however, instead of making it a two-night affair, it will be accompanied by a cross-promotional event dubbed Wrestle Dynasty—presented by not only New Japan, but also STARDOM, CMLL, ROH and AEW.
Both take place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on January 4, 2025, with a start time of 2 a.m. ET for the Wrestle Kingdom (main card starting at 3 a.m.) and 10 p.m. for the Wrestle Dynasty pre-show (main card starting at 11 p.m.)
Here are the lineups of both of those shows so you can see whether you're interested in the cards!
New Japan Pro-Wrestling Wrestle Kingdom 19 Card:
- New Japan Ranbo to determine the #1 contender for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: All TBA
- Four-Way Tokyo Terror Ladder Match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: Intergalactic Jet Setters (Kevin Knight and Kushida) (c) vs. Ichiban Sweet Boys (Robbie Eagles and Kosei Fujita) vs. Catch 2/2 (TJP and Francesco Akira) vs. Bullet Club War Dogs (Clark Connors and Drilla Moloney)
- Singles Match for the IWGP Women's Championship: Mayu Iwatani (c) vs. AZM
- Four-Way Match for the NJPW World Television Championship: Ren Narita (c) vs. Jeff Cobb vs. Ryohei Oiwa vs. El Phantasmo
- Lumberjack Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. EVIL — If Tanahashi loses, he must retire from in-ring competition
- Winner Takes All Match for the NEVER Openweight Championship and AEW International Championship: Shingo Takagi (Openweight) vs. Konosuke Takeshita (International)
- Singles Match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: Douki (c) vs. El Desperado
- Singles Match for the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship: David Finlay (c) vs. Yota Tsuji
- Singles Match: Tetsuya Naito vs. Hiromu Takahashi
- Singles Match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. Shota Umino
Wrestle Dynasty 2025 Card:
- International Women's Cup Final Four-Way Match: Willow Nightingale (AEW) vs. Persephone (CMLL) vs. Athena (ROH) vs. Momo Watanabe (Stardom)
- Tag Team Match for the ROH World Tag Team Championship: The Sons of Texas (Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara) (c) vs. House of Torture (Sho & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
- Singles Match: Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Ricochet
- Singles Match for the NEVER Openweight Championship and the AEW International Championship: Konosuke Takeshita (International) or Shingo Takagi (Openweight) vs. Tomohiro Ishii
- Singles Match: Yota Tsuji vs. Jack Perry
- Singles Match: Kenny Omega vs. Gabe Kidd
- Singles Match: Shota Umino vs. Claudio Castagnoli
- Singles Match: David Finlay vs. Brody King
- Tag Team Match for the Vacant IWGP Tag Team Championship: Great-O-Khan and TBA vs. The Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson & Nicholas Jackson)
- Winner Takes All Match for the Strong Women's Championship and the Undisputed British Women's Championship: Mercedes Moné (Strong) vs. Mina Shirakawa (British)
- Eight-Man Lucha Gauntlet Match: TBA (4 NJPW wrestlers and 4 CMLL wrestlers)
If that's not enough, the next day will also feature the annual NJPW New Year Dash!! event at Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo. The card for that January 6th show has yet to be revealed, though, as per usual.