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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 ------ 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) Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/postwrestling.com X: http://www.twitter.com/POSTwrestling Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/POSTwrestling Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/POSTwrestling YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/POSTwrestling Subscribe: https://postwrestling.com/subscribe Patreon: http://postwrestlingcafe.com Forum: https://forum.postwrestling.com Discord: https://postwrestling.com/discord Merch: http://Chopped-Tees.com/POSTwrestling Our Sponsors: * Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy