NJPW Wrestle Kingdom III was a Pay Per View event produced by New Japan Pro Wrestling, which took place on January 4, 2009 , at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.
It's the 18° edition of the Wrestle Kingdom / January 4 Tokyo Dome Show event series, after NJPW Wrestle Kingdom II.
The event had an attendance of 40,000 fans. The main event of the show was Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Keiji Mutoh.
Below you can find the full match card and results of NJPW Wrestle Kingdom III, and more information about the event.
Event Info
- Event Name NJPW Wrestle Kingdom III
- Promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling
- Event Type Pay Per View
- Event Date January 4, 2009
- Year 2009
- Event Series Wrestle Kingdom / January 4 Tokyo Dome Show
- Country
Japan - Location Tokyo, Japan
- Arena Tokyo Dome
- Network On-Demand
- Attendance 40,000
- Main Event Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Keiji Mutoh
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom III Results
- Místico, Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi defeat Averno, Gedo & Jado
- Jushin Thunder Liger & Takuma Sano defeat Koji Kanemoto & Wataru Inoue
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IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) defeat No Limit (Tetsuya Naito & Yujiro) (c) to win the titles -
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
Tiger Mask defeats Low Ki (c) to win the title - Legend (Kurt Angle, Kevin Nash, Masahiro Chono & Riki Choshu) defeat G.B.H. (Giant Bernard, Karl Anderson, Takashi Iizuka & Tomohiro Ishii)
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World Heavyweight Championship
Yuji Nagata (c) defeats Masato Tanaka to retain the title - Jun Akiyama defeats Manabu Nakanishi
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IWGP Tag Team Championship Hardcore Match
Team 3D (Brother Ray & Brother Devon) defeat The Most Violent Players (Togi Makabe & Toru Yano) (c) to win the titles - Shinsuke Nakamura & Hirooki Goto defeat Mitsuharu Misawa & Takashi Sugiura
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IWGP Heavyweight Championship
Hiroshi Tanahashi defeats Keiji Mutoh (c) to win the title