New Japan Pro-Wrestling's biggest show of the year, Wrestle Kingdom 19, is emanating out of the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan!
Welcome to The Ring Report's live coverage of this pay-per-view, wherein all the winners of the matches will be posted, along with any other highlights and information you need to know as the event is going on.
The event will begin with a pre-show at 2 a.m. ET with the main card starting at 3 a.m. You can check out the event through NJPWWorld.com (for around $10 for new subscribers) or TrillerTV (for $29.99)
Nearly all the championships in New Japan will be on the line, as well as Hiroshi Tanahashi's career. Some of the matches will have direct influences on tomorrow night's cross-promotional event Wrestle Dynasty as well, along with the annual New Year Dash!! event.
Here are your results for NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19:
— New Japan Ranbo to determine the #1 contender for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Hirooki Goto won the match by last eliminating Great-O-Khan. In entrant order, this match also featured Josh Barnett, Oleg Boltin, Yuji Nagata, Togi Makabe, KENTA, YOSHI-HASHI, Toru Yano, Hiroyozi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, Tomoaki Honma, Sanada, Taichi, Tomohiro Ishii and Alex Zayne.
— Four-Way Tokyo Terror Ladder Match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: Ichiban Sweet Boys (Robbie Eagles and Kosei Fujita) defeated Intergalactic Jet Setters (Kevin Knight and Kushida) (c), Catch 2/2 (TJP and Francesco Akira) and Bullet Club War Dogs (Clark Connors and Drilla Moloney) to become the new champions.
— Singles Match for the IWGP Women's Championship: Mayu Iwatani (c) defeated AZM by pinfall.
— Four-Way Match for the NJPW World Television Championship: El Phantasmo defeated Ren Narita (c), Jeff Cobb and Ryohei Oiwa by pinfall to win the title.
— Lumberjack Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated EVIL by pinfall. — If Tanahashi lost, he would have had to retire from in-ring competition. After the match, Tanahashi was beaten down by EVIL's crew. Katsuyori Shibata came out to help and challenged Tanahashi to a match for Wrestle Dynasty.
— Winner Takes All Match for the NEVER Openweight Championship and AEW International Championship: Konosuke Takeshita (International) defeated Shingo Takagi (Openweight) to capture the openweight title.
— Singles Match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: El Desperado defeated Douki (c) by referee stoppage to win the title due to an arm injury suffered by Douki.
— Singles Match for the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship: Yota Tsuji defeated David Finlay (c) by pinfall to win the title.
— Singles Match: Tetsuya Naito defeated Hiromu Takahashi by pinfall
— Singles Match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Zack Sabre Jr. (c) defeated Shota Umino by pinfall to retain.
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