NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19 Review, Results & Analysis

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🗓️ 4 January 2025

⏱️ 119 minutes

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Summary

Karen Peterson and Bruce Lord review NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19 in the Tokyo Dome and its impact on Wrestle Dynasty.

Plus: Hirooki Goto wins the 2025 Rambo to snag a golden ticket for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, Mayu Iwatani defeats AZM to retain the IWGP Women’s Championship, Katsuyori Shibata returns home to challenge Hiroshi Tanahashi at Wrestle Dynasty, T.M.D.K.’s Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita survive the Tokyo Terror Ladder Match, IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship match is stopped due to injury, and El Phantasmo walks out as NJPW WORLD TV Champion.

Join the POST Wrestling Café for access to all of Karen & Bruce’s NJPW reviews and John Pollock & Wai Ting’s Wrestle Dynasty review tomorrow night: http://postwrestlingcafe.com

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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19

January 4, 2025

Tokyo Dome

IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. Shota Umino
Special Single Match: Tetsuya Naito vs. Hiromu Takahashi
IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship: David Finlay (c) vs. Yota Tsuji - Recommended
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: DOUKI (c) vs. El Desperado
Double Championship Match: Shingo Takagi (c) NEVER vs. KONOSUKE TAKESHITA © AEW International - Recommended
Lumberjack Death Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. EVIL
NJPW World Television Championship — Four-Way Match: Ren Narita (c) vs. Ryohei Oiwa vs. Jeff Cobb vs. El Phantasmo
IWGP Women’s Championship: Mayu Iwatani (c) vs. AZM - Recommended
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships — Tokyo Terror Ladder Match: Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA (c) vs. T.M.D.K. (Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita) vs. Catch 2/2 (TJP & Francesco Akira) vs. BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney)
Pre-Show: NJPW Ranbo - IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Number One Contender Match

Wrestle Dynasty

January 5, 2025

Tokyo Dome

Finalized match card below:

IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Ricochet
Special Singles Match: Kenny Omega (AEW) vs. Gabe Kidd (NJPW)
IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship: Yota Tsuji vs. Jack Perry
IWGP Tag Championships: Great O’Khan & Jeff Cobb vs. Matthew & Nicholas Jackson vs. Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi (2024 WTL Winners)
Special Double Championship Match: Tomohiro Ishii vs. KONOSUKE TAKESHITA - NEVER & AEW International Championships
Singles Match: Shota Umino vs. Claudio Castignoli
Special Singles Match: David Finlay (c) vs. Brody King
Special Double Championship Match: Mina Shirakawa (c) RPUK vs. Mercedes Moné (c) NJPW STRONG Women’s Championship
Special Singles Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Katsuyoshi Shibata
Lucha Gauntlet Match - CMLL & NJPW
Pre-Show: ROH World Tag Championships: Sammy Guevara & Dustin Rhodes (c) vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SHO
Pre-Show: International Women’s Cup: Willow Nightingale (AEW) vs. Momo Watanabe (STARDOM) vs. Athena (ROH) vs. Persephone (CMLL)

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1:17.9	Hello and welcome to post-wrest wrestling's review of Russell Kingdom 19, New Japan Pro Wrestling's
1:25.2	premier annual event coming to you earlier today from the Tokyo Dome.
1:29.7	My name is Bruce Lord, and as always, it's my honor to be joined by my partner in all things New Japan.
1:34.9	Karen Peterson, Karen, I am running on about five hours of sleep right now after having watched the show live.
1:41.7	Is it actually your first coffee?
1:43.5	If you were still drinking coffee at 2 in the morning, who's to say?
1:46.6	Do you want to maybe walk us through your plan of attack for Wrestling Kingdom this year on the East Coast?
1:51.2	My plan of attack was I set my alarm clock.
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