Stipulation added to NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19 Junior Tag title match

The first-ever ladder match at the Tokyo Dome is set.

NJPW confirmed on Monday that the four-way match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team titles will now be a Tokyo Terror ladder match. This stems from an angle that took place on the final night of the Road to Tokyo Dome event on Monday morning.

“After a tag team preview in Korakuen Hall for Ichiban Sweet Boys and the Intergalactic Jet Setters saw Clark Connors and Drilla Moloney get involved with steel chairs, Catch 2/2 joined the mix,” NJPW’s website explained. “Soon chairs were joined by tables and ladders, prompting Kosei Fujita to suggest that as Super Jr. Tag League winners, he and Robbie Eagles were willing to make use of all the hardware in the Tokyo Dome. KUSHIDA and Kevin Knight accepted, and now a Tokyo Terror Ladder Match is set for Wrestle Kingdom 19!”

Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita won this year’s Super Junior Tag League tournament. However, current champions KUSHIDA and Kevin Knight eventually agreed to defend the titles against TJP & Francesco Akira as well as Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney of the Bullet Club after both teams made claims to the titles.

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19 (Saturday, January 4) —

  • IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Zack Sabre Jr. defends against Shota Umino
  • Tetsuya Naito vs. Hiromu Takahashi
  • IWGP Global Champion David Finlay defends against Yota Tsuji
  • IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion DOUKI defends against El Desperado
  • 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
  • Four-way match: NJPW World TV Champion Ren Narita defends against Jeff Cobb, Ryohei Oiwa, and El Phantasmo
  • IWGP Women’s Champion Mayu Iwatani defends against AZM
  • Four-way Tokyo Terror ladder match: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight defend against Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita, TJP & Francesco Akira, and Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney
  • Kickoff: NJPW Ranbo battle royal for future IWGP World title shot