New Title Match Announced For NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19

An AEW wrestler will challenge for a New Japan title.

Coming up on January 4th will be New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Wrestle Kingdom 19. Coming into this past weekend six matches had been announced for the show. Now we know of a seventh match as an AEW wrestler will challenge for the NEVER Openweight Title.

This past Friday, Konosuke Takeshita defended the AEW International Title against TJP. Takeshita would then issue an open challenge to the NJPW locker room and out would come Shingo Takagi. It was then announced that Takeshita will actually challenge Takagi for the NEVER Openweight Championship at Wrestle Kingdom 19. It was also noted that if Takeshita is still the International Championship his title could also be on the line.

If we do hear anything further on Wrestle Kingdom 19, we will have it here and on the PWUnlimited YouTube Channel.

Current NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19 Card

IWGP World Heavyweight Champion
Zack Sabre Jr. defends against Shota Umino

IWGP Global Champion
David Finlay defends against Yota Tsuji

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion
DOUKI defends against El Desperado

NJPW World TV Champion
Ren Narita defends against Jeff Cobb and Ryohei Oiwa

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions
KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight defend against Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita, TJP & Francesco Akira, and Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney

NEVER Openweight Champion
Shingo Takagi defends against Konosuke Takeshita (Takeshita’s AEW International Championship will also be on the line if still champion)

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. EVIL