-Shinsuke Nakamura recently made a challenge to NOAH President Mitsuharu Misawa. It'll most likely end up Nakamura and Hirooki vs. Misawa and most likely Akiyama at the Dome show.
-The team of Yujiro and Tetsuya Naito (also known as NO LIMIT) successfully defended their Jr. Heavyweight tag titles against Jado and Gedo, which means its pretty much a lock that they will be defending those titles against the Motor City Machine Guns on 1/4
-After a recent tag match, it appears that Masato Tanaka wants a rematch against Yuji Nagata for ZERO1-MAX's World Heavyweight Title, which we could see at the Dome.
-Low-Ki successfully defended his IWGP Jr. heavyweight title against Ryusuke Taguchi, and it appears that Tiger Mask is going to get a rematch for the title on 1/4
With the way this is shaping up, and if we get to see these matches, the card is really looking stacked. New Japan is going all out on this one.
The card appears to be filling up, as more matches have been announced officially:
NJPW “WRESTLE KINGDOM III IN TOKYO DOME”, 1/4/09 (WPW/PPV)
Tokyo Dome
1. Wrestle Kingdom Grand Opening VIENTO DORADO: Mistico, Ryusuke Taguchi & Prince Devitt vs. Averno, Jado & Gedo
2. Jushin Thunder Liger 20th Anniversary Match: Jushin Thunder Liger & Takuma Sano vs. Wataru Inoue & Koji Kanemoto
3. Crusade for Justice: Yuji Nagata vs. Masato Tanaka
4. Fighting Holdings Competition: Riki Choshu, Masahiro Chono, Kurt Angle & Kevin Nash vs. Giant Bernard, Takashi Iizuka, Tomohiro Ishii & Karl Anderson
5. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title ~Tread on!!~: Yujiro & Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin
6. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title ~Ballistic interception~: Low Ki (c) vs. Tiger Mask
7. IWGP Tag Team Title - 3WAY Match ~Three correct answers~: Togi Makabe & Toru Yano (c) vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs. “Team 3D” Brother Ray & Brother Devon
8. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Keiji Muto (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
Looks to be a very solid cardso far, and expect to see Nakamura and Goto vs. Misawa and a partner from NOAH. I can't wait!
According to Strong Style Spirit, Nagata still has a defense against Takaiwa in ZERO-1, and should he retain against him (which he will) odds are the match in the Tokyo Dome will be a title match.
-edit- 12/11 Final 2 matches added to the card.
NOAH's Jun Akiyama will take on New Japan's Manabu Nakinishi and the NOAH team of Mitsuharu Misawa and Takashi Suguira take on New Japan's RISE tandem of Nakamura and Goto.
NJPW “WRESTLE KINGDOM III IN TOKYO DOME”, 1/4/09 (WPW/PPV)
Tokyo Dome
1. Wrestle Kingdom Grand Opening VIENTO DORADO: Mistico, Ryusuke Taguchi & Prince Devitt vs. Averno, Jado & Gedo
2. Jushin Thunder Liger 20th Anniversary Match: Jushin Thunder Liger & Takuma Sano vs. Wataru Inoue & Koji Kanemoto
3. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title ~Tread on!!~: Yujiro & Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin
4. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title ~Ballistic interception~: Low Ki (c) vs. Tiger Mask
5. Fighting Holdings Competition: Riki Choshu, Masahiro Chono, Kurt Angle & Kevin Nash vs. Giant Bernard, Takashi Iizuka, Tomohiro Ishii & Karl Anderson
6. Crusade for Justice: Yuji Nagata vs. Masato Tanaka
7. New Japan vs. NOAH Battle Tendencies ~the invasion~: Manabu Nakanishi vs. Jun Akiyama
8. IWGP Tag Team Title - 3WAY Match ~Three correct answers~: Togi Makabe & Toru Yano (c) vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs. “Team 3D” Brother Ray & Brother Devon
9. New Japan vs. NOAH Battle Tendencies ~the encounter~: Shinsuke Nakamura & Hirooki Goto vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Takashi Sugiura
10. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Keiji Muto(c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
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