NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9 was a Pay Per View event produced by New Japan Pro Wrestling, which took place on January 4, 2015, at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.
It's the 24° edition of the Wrestle Kingdom / January 4 Tokyo Dome Show event series, after NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8.
Through NJPW's partnership with Global Force Wrestling (GFW), the event was also broadcast on American PPV as a GFW event.
The event had an attendance of 36,000 fans. The main event of the show was Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada.
Below you can find the full match card and results of NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9, and more information about the event.
Event Info
- Event Name NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9
- Promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling
- Event Type Pay Per View
- Event Date January 4, 2015
- Year 2015
- Event Series Wrestle Kingdom / January 4 Tokyo Dome Show
- Country
Japan - Location Tokyo, Japan
- Arena Tokyo Dome
- Network NJPW World; On-Demand (in USA promoted by GFW)
- Attendance 36,000
- Main Event Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada
- Notes Through NJPW's partnership with Global Force Wrestling (GFW), the event was also broadcast on American PPV as a GFW event.
JapanNJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9 Results
- [PPV Pre-show]
15-man New Japan Rumble
Winner: Yuji Nagata
Participants: Tiger Mask, Yuji Nagata, Taichi, Taka Michinoku, El Desperado, Jushin Thunder Liger, Sho Tanaka, Hiro Saito, Yohei Komatsu, Captain New Japan, Tama Tonga, Yoshi-Hashi, Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, The Great Kabuki -
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship 4-Way Match
reDRagon (Bobby Fish & Kyle O'Reilly) (c) defeat Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov & Rocky Romero), Time Splitters (Alex Shelley & Kushida) and The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) to retain the titles - Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Tomoaki Honma defeated Bullet Club (Jeff Jarrett, Bad Luck Fale & Yujiro Takahashi)
- Naomichi Marufuji, Toru Yano & TMDK (Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste) defeat Suzuki-gun (Davey Boy Smith Jr., Lance Archer, Shelton X Benjamin & Takashi Iizuka)
- "Match can only end by KO, Submission or Referee stoppage"
Minoru Suzuki defeats Kazushi Sakuraba -
NEVER Openweight Championship
Togi Makabe defeats Tomohiro Ishii (c) to win the title -
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
Kenny Omega defeats Ryusuke Taguchi (c) to win the title -
IWGP Tag Team Championship
Meiyu Tag (Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata) defeat Bullet Club (Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson) (c) to win the titles - AJ Styles defeats Tetsuya Naito
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IWGP Intercontinental Championship
Shinsuke Nakamura (c) defeats Kota Ibushi to retain the title -
IWGP Heavyweight Championship
Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) defeats Kazuchika Okada to retain the title