NJPW sets up several matches for Wrestle Kingdom 21, AEW wrestlers heavily involved in the lineup

By Sean Radican, PWTorch columnist


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NJPW set up the following matches for Wrestle Kingdom 21 on Jan. 4, 2027 during the Power Struggle PPV on Nov. 3:

  • IWGP World Hvt. Champion Yota Tsuji vs. Kenny Omega
  • Global Hvt. Champion Gabe Kidd vs. Yuya Uemura
  • Will Ospreay vs. Callum Newman
  • Jon Moxley vs. Shingo Takagi
  • MJF. vs. Ryohei Oiwa (for MJF’s “real” AEW World Championship)
  • IWGP Jr. Hvt. Champion Yoh vs. Sho (If Sho wins, Yoh’s NJPW career is over, if Yoh wins, Sho has to team with him as his tag team partner)
  • Mistico & ??? vs. TMDK (Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles) vs. Unbound Co. (Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori) – Three-way match for the vacant IWGP Jr. Hvt. Tag Team Championship

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