Gauntlet match teams for Wrestle Kingdom 13 pre-show set
The trios gauntlet match now has a list of participants.
The match, which will take place on the pre-show, will determine the number one contenders for the NEVER six man tag team titles which are currently held by Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa and Taiji Ishimori. The participants are:
- Hirooki Goto, Beretta and Chucky T
- Minoru Suzuki, Lance Archer and Davey Boy Smith Jr.
- Ryusuke Taguchi, Togi Makabe and Toru Yano
- Michael Elgin, Jeff Cobb and David Finlay
- Marty Scurll, Hangman Page and Yujiro Takahashi
Also announced were matches that will take place during the Wrestle Kingdom 13 Fan Festa event on January 3. These are being billed as Lions Gate Special bouts:
- Tiger Mask & Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Ren Narita & Yuya Uemura
- Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Tomoaki Honma & Toa Henare
- Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Ayato Yoshida & Shota Umino
The current NEVER six man champions already have high profile matches at the event. The Guerrillas of Destiny will take on The Young Bucks and EVIL & SANADA in a triple threat match for the IWGP tag team titles while Taiji Ishimori will challenge KUSHIDA for the IWGP Jr. title.