NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20 notes: New champions, Andrade, attendance number
Notes from Wrestle Kingdom 20.
Aside from the two double title matches, the other title change on Sunday’s show saw the team of Zack Sabre Jr., Ryohei Oiwa, and Hartley Jackson emerge victorious in the annual Ranbo match, winning the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team titles. They scored the win after pinning Boltin Oleg, eliminating him and Bishimon to become the new champions. Previous champions Master Wato, SHO, and Toru Yano were eliminated by House of Torture’s SANADA, Ren Narita, and Yoshinobu Kanemaru.
During the match, the Knockout Brothers and Clark Connors were accompanied by AEW’s Thekla as a surprise.
When Andrade was introduced as a member of United Empire later in the show, the announcer also mentioned that he was a part of AEW. After being fired from WWE Andrade did make an appearance for the company, but didn’t sign after it was revealed WWE had invoked a year-long no compete clause. It was recently reported, however, that the no-compete had been waived after Andrade found a new lawyer.
The attendance for the show was announced at 46,913. The show sold out in advance, the first time the Tokyo Dome has sold out for pro wrestling in decades.
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