Eight matches are now official for the January 4th Tokyo Dome show, seven of them added today! The debate on who should challenge Makabe & Yano is settled - why not both candidates? Yes, it will be a 3WAY Match when TenKoji and Team 3D, both famous teams, challenge for GBH’s tag crown in what is sure to be their greatest test yet. Tiger Mask’s promise to win back the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title from the man he lost it to, Low Ki, could become a reality when he challenges the GBH man for the belt. Young lion NO LIMIT face international opposition when they make their V2 defense of the IWGP Jr. Tag Team Title against TNA Wrestling’s Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin). Legend and MEM unit! Titans from two continents go to war against GBH, when Choshu, Chono, Kurt Angle, and Kevin Nash do battle with Giant Bernard, Iizuka, Ishii & Anderson.

Masato Tanaka looks for sweet, sweet revenge when he battles World Heavyweight Champion, Yuji Nagata, in a rematch from October. Nagata’s belt is not currently on the line as he has an upcoming defense against Tatsuhito Takaiwa, but should he bypass that, his match against the ZERO1-MAX ace could be a defense. Jushin Thunder Liger celebrates his 20th anniversary year in the guise of Liger when he teams with one of his greatest rivals, Takuma “Naoki” Sano, against Wataru Inoue & Koji Kanemoto. And Mexican sensation Mistico will kick off the show when he teams with Taguchi and Devitt against Averno, Jado & Gedo. Eight matches in all, by no means complete, with probably two more to be added. What will they be? One is likely to be Nakamura & Goto vs. Misawa & X and the other may well be Manabu Nakanishi vs. Jun Akiyama if new rumours have any truth.

NJPW “WRESTLE KINGDOM III IN TOKYO DOME”, 1/4/09 (WPW/PPV)
Tokyo Dome

1. Wrestle Kingdom Grand Opening VIENTO DORADO: Mistico, Ryusuke Taguchi & Prince Devitt vs. Averno, Jado & Gedo
2. Jushin Thunder Liger 20th Anniversary Match: Jushin Thunder Liger & Takuma Sano vs. Wataru Inoue & Koji Kanemoto
3. Crusade for Justice: Yuji Nagata vs. Masato Tanaka
4. Fighting Holdings Competition: Riki Choshu, Masahiro Chono, Kurt Angle & Kevin Nash vs. Giant Bernard, Takashi Iizuka, Tomohiro Ishii & Karl Anderson
5. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title ~Tread on!!~: Yujiro & Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin
6. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title ~Ballistic interception~: Low Ki (c) vs. Tiger Mask
7. IWGP Tag Team Title - 3WAY Match ~Three correct answers~: Togi Makabe & Toru Yano (c) vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs. “Team 3D” Brother Ray & Brother Devon
8. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Keiji Muto (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi