Double Tag Team title match added to NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18
A double Tag Team title match has been added to the lineup for NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18.
IWGP Tag Team Champions and World Tag League 2023 winners Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI will face Tag League runners-up and NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions Hikuleo & El Phantasmo at Wrestle Kingdom. The company made the official announcement at a Monday press conference.
Hikuleo & ELP own a victory over Goto & YH after defeating them in the block portion of the Tag League, before dropping the tournament final to them on Sunday.
Wrestle Kingdom 18 takes place Thursday, January 4 at the Tokyo Dome and streams live on NJPW World beginning at 2:30 a.m. Eastern time. The card for the show:
- IWGP World Heavyweight Champion SANADA defends against Tetsuya Naito
- Kazuchika Okada vs. Bryan Danielson
- Inaugural IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship match: Will Ospreay vs. Jon Moxley vs. David Finlay
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi defends against El Desperado
- IWGP Tag Team Champions Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI vs. NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions Hikuleo & El Phantasmo for both titles
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney defend against TJP & Francesco Akira
- NJPW World Television Champion Zack Sabre Jr. defends against Hiroshi Tanahashi
- NEVER Openweight Champion Shingo Takagi defends against Tama Tonga
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