NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15: Preview, How To Watch, WT Coverage

New Japan Pro Wrestling present their biggest event of the year, Wrestle Kingdom 15, on January 4th & 5th from the Tokyo Dome.

The event will span over two nights, similar to Wrestle Kingdom 14 in January 2020.

Wrestle Kingdom 15 will be held with a reduced capacity, due to the Covid-19 outbreak that has ripped through the world during 2020, which has halted international fans travelling to the event.

Despite Covid-19 cases rising in Japan and a state of emergency potentially being called, NJPW commentator, Kevin Kelly, has confirmed the event will definitely still go ahead.

Night One Card – January 4th 2021

Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Kota Ibushi – IWGP Heavyweight Championship and the IWGP Intercontinental Championship

Hiromu Takahashi vs. El Phantasmo – Winner will challenge for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship on Jan 5th

Dangerous Tekkers (Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr) (c) vs. Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) – IWGP Tag Team Championship

KENTA (certificate holder) vs. Satoshi Kojima – IWGP United States Championship challenge rights certificate

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Great-O-Khan

Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay

New Japan Rambo – 22-Man New Japan Rambo to determine who will challenge for the Provisional KOPW 2021 Trophy on Jan 5th

Night Two Card – January 5th 2021

Tetsuya Naito or Kota Ibushi (c) vs. Jay White –  IWGP Heavyweight Championship and IWGP Intercontinental Championship

Shingo Takagi (c) vs. Jeff Cobb –  NEVER Openweight Championship

Taiji Ishimori (c) vs. Hiromu Takahashi or El Phantasmo –  IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship

Evil vs. Sanada

Suzuki-gun (El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) (c) vs. One or Eight (Ryusuke Taguchi and Master Wato) –  IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship

TBA vs. TBA vs. TBA vs. TBA – Four way for the Provisional KOPW 2021 Trophy

Mayu Iwatani and Tam Nakano vs. Donna Del Mondo (Syuri and Giulia) – Stardom Exhibition Match

Queen’s Quest (Saya Kamitani, AZM, and Utami Hayashishita) vs. Donna Del Mondo (Maika, Natsupoi, and Himeka) – Stardom Exhibition Match

How To Watch

Both nights of Wrestle Kingdom 15 will be broadcast live and around-the-world on New Japan World and Fite TV, with English commentary live on the broadcast.

The event will start on Jan 4th 11pm PST / 2am EST / 7am GMT
The event will start on Jan 5th 12am PST / 3am EST / 8am GMT

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