Full results of NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18.
Here are the full results of NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18.
Information
Date: Thursday, January 4, 2024
Location: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
Main Event: SANADA (c) vs Tetsuya Naito – IWGP World Heavyweight championship match
Pre-Show
Taiji Ishimori, YOH, Toru Yano, and Great-O-Khan won their place to fight for the NJPW King Of Pro-Wrestling (KOPW) 2024 title at NJPW New Year Dash 2024, on January 5.
Main Card
- Catch 22 (TJP & Francesco Akira) defeated BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney) (c) via pinfall from TJP on Drilla Moloney to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team championships.
- Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Zack Sabre Jr. (c) via pinfall to win the NJPW World TV championship.
- EVIL & Ren Narita defeated Kaito Kiyomiya & Shota Umino via pinfall from Ren Narita on Shota Umino.
- Yuya Uemura defeated Yota Tsuji via pinfall.
- Tama Tonga defeated Shingo Takagi (c) via pinfall to win the NJPW NEVER Openweight championship.
Nic Nemeth (Dolph Ziggler) and his brother Ryan Nemeth (AEW) arrived in the crowd of the Tokyo Dome. It was the first time ever Nic Nemeth was seen on a NJPW show.
- El Phantasmo & Hikuleo (c) defeated Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) (c) via pinfall from Hikuleo on Hirooki Goto to win the IWGP Tag Team championships and to retain the de NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team championships.
- El Desperado defeated Hiromu Takahashi (c) via pinfall to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight championship.
- David Finlay defeated Will Ospreay and Jon Moxley via pinfall on Will Ospreay to win the inaugural IWGP Global Heavyweight championship.
After his victory, David Finlay provoked Nic Nemeth and started a fight. The two wrestlers had to be separated by members of the security crew.
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- Kazuchika Okada defeated Bryan Danielson via pinfall with the Rainmaker.
- Tetsuya Naito defeated SANADA (c) via pinfall with the Destino to win the IWGP World Heavyweight championship.
After the main event, EVIL attacked Tetsuya Naito and tried to steal his spotlight and his moment of celebration, but SANADA made sure that did not happen by hitting the member of House Of Torture with a running knee. SANADA and Naito then showed their mutual respect, and the new IWGP World Heavyweight champion finally took the microphone to speak to the audience of the Tokyo Dome. Naito thanked everyone for coming and making this moment even more special for him. He mentioned Los Ingobernables de Japon through a celebration atmosphere in the middle of the ring to end the show.