-Katsuya Murashima & Masatora Yasuda d. Shoma Kato & Tatsuya Matsumoto when Murashima made Matsumoto tap out to the Boston Crab.
-El Phantasmo d. "Death By Rollup" Chris Brookes after the Thunderkiss '86{flying splash from middle of top rope} to retain the T.V. Title.
-New Japan Rambo for the NEVER Openweight Trios Titles:
#1 "Roughneck" Shota Umino, "Heat Storm" Yuya Uemura, & "Rampage" Takeshi Kaisei
#2 Seiya Sanada, "Souled Out" Ren Narita, & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
#3 IWGP Tag Team Champions The Knockout Brothers(OSKAR Leube & "Yuto-Ice" Yuto Nakashima) & "100 Proof" Clark Connors(w/ "The Toxic Spider" Thekla)
#4 Zack Sabre Jr., Ryohei Oiwa, & "Big Jag" Hartley Jackson
#5 "The Unchained Gorilla" Togi Makabe, Ryusuke Taguchi, & Tiger Mask IV
Oiwa threw out OSKAR to eliminate The Knockout Brothers & Connors.
#6 Bishamon(Hirooki Goto & Yoshi-Hashi) & Oleg Boltin
Boltin pinned Tiger Mask after the Kamikaze(Finlay Roll) to eliminate Makabe/Taguchi/Tiger Mask.
#7 Satoshi Kojima, "The Stone Pitbull" Tomohiro Ishii, & Taichi Ishikari
#8 NEVER Openweight Trios Champions Toru Yano, "Master Wato" Hirai Kawato, & Yohei Komatsu
Taichi blocked a rana by Uemura and both tumbled over the top rope, eliminating both Kojima/Ishii/Taichi and Umino/Uemura/Kaisei. Sanada lowbridged Yoh over the top, leading to Narita & Kanemaru pulling him to the floor to eliminate Yano/Wato/Yohei, guaranteeing new champions. Yano took the opportunity to yank Sanada off the apron, causing the elimination of Sanada/Narita/Kanemaru as well. Sabre pinned Boltin with a bridging European Clutch to win the NEVER Openweight Trios Titles for himself, Oiwa, & Jackson.
-IWGP Women's Champion Syuri d. New Japan Strong Women's Champion Saya Kamitani after an electric chair Northern Lights Bomb to retain her title and win Kamitani's.
-"The Great O-Khan" Tomoyuki Oka, "The Mauler" Aaron Henare, "The Prince" Callum Newman, Andrade El Idolo, & Jake Lee d. "The Savage King" David Finlay, Shingo Takagi, "War Ready" Gabe Kidd, Hiromu Takahashi, & "Drilla" Dan Moloney when Lee pinned Hiromu after the Face Break Shot(corner boot). Francesco Akira joined his United Empire stablemates in the post-match celebration.
-El Desperado won a four-corner match with "The Japanese Young Punk" Kosei Fujita, "Bone Soldier" Taiji Ishimori, and IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champion Sho Tanaka when he pinned Sho after the Pinche Loco(double-underhook sitout faceplant). "The Sniper Of The Skies" Robbie Eagles, "The Xcellence Of Xecution" Robbie X, and Kuukai fought off IWGP Jr. Heavyweight/Jr. Heavyweight Champion Douki & Yoshinobu Kanemaru when they interfered.
-Aaron Wolf d. Takaaki "Evil" Watanabe via judo-style triangle hold to win the NEVER Openweight Title.
-IWGP Global Champion "Gene Blast" Yota Tsuji d. IWGP Heavyweight Champion "The Alpha" Konosuke Takeshita with the Boston Crab to retain his title and win Takeshita's. Jake Lee attacked Tsuji during his victory speech.
-"The Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada d. Hiroshi Tanahashi after the Rainmaker(ripcord lariat). Tanahashi's retirement ceremony was attended by several noteworthy guests, including "Switchblade" Jay White, "The Aerial Assassin" Will Ospreay, "The Cleaner" Kenny Omega, "The Golden Star" Kota Ibushi, "The Wrestler" Katsuyori Shibata, Keiji Muto, The Dragon" Tatsuji Fujinami, and Tetsuya Naito & Bushi.
Sunday, January 4, 2026
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20
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