Lucha Gauntlet match added to Wrestle Dynasty
A new match has been confirmed for Wrestle Dynasty.
An eight-person gauntlet match featuring four wrestlers from CMLL and four from NJPW has been added to the January 5, 2025, card in the Tokyo Dome. Participants will enter the match at one-minute intervals, with the first person to gain a pinfall being declared the winner.
“Also set for Wrestle Dynasty is a special NJPW vs CMLL lucha gauntlet match. In this matchup, up to eight participants, four from New Japan and four from CMLL, will enter the ring at one minute intervals, and the first pinfall will end the bout. Who will be in this dramatic and high speed encounter?”
Wrestle Dynasty (Sunday, January 5 airing live on NJPW World) —
- Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Ricochet (will be an IWGP World Heavyweight Championship match if Sabre retains against Shota Umino at Wrestle Kingdom)
- Shota Umino vs. Claudio Castagnoli (will be an IWGP World Heavyweight Championship match if Umino wins the title at Wrestle Kingdom)
- NJPW Strong Women’s Champion Mercedes Mone vs. RevPro Undisputed British Women’s Champion Mina Shirakawa in a double title match
- David Finlay vs. Brody King (will be an IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship match if Finlay retains against Yota Tsuji at Wrestle Kingdom)
- Yota Tsuji vs. Jack Perry (will be an IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship match if Tsuji wins the title at Wrestle Kingdom)
- Kenny Omega vs. Gabe Kidd
- Great-O-Khan & TBD vs. The Young Bucks for the vacant IWGP Tag Team titles
- International Women’s Cup four-way match (winner receives a title shot in the promotion of their choosing): Persephone vs. Athena vs. Willow Nightingale or Jamie Hayter vs. TBD (Stardom representative)
- Tomohiro Ishii challenges either Shingo Takagi or Konosuke Takeshita for the NEVER Openweight Championship (AEW International Championship will also be on the line if Takeshita still holds the title when he faces Takagi at Wrestle Kingdom)
- Lucha Gauntlet match featuring four wrestlers from CMLL and four from NJPW