NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9

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Wrestle Kingdom 9 in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) promotion, which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on January 4, 2015. It was the 24th January 4 Tokyo Dome Show and the first event on the 2015 NJPW schedule. The event featured ten professional wrestling matches and one pre-show match, six of which were for championships. In the double main event, Shinsuke Nakamura defended the IWGP Intercontinental Championship against Kota Ibushi, and Hiroshi Tanahashi defended the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Kazuchika Okada. The appearance of Pro Wrestling Noah wrestlers led to a storyline in which NJPW's Suzuki-gun group began wrestling at Noah events starting the week after Wrestle Kingdom 9. Through NJPW's partnership with Global Force Wrestling (GFW), the event was broadcast with English commentary as a GFW event.

Cast

Hiroshi Tanahashi

Hiroshi Tanahashi

Hiroshi Tanahashi
Kazuchika Okada

Kazuchika Okada

Kazuchika Okada
Shinsuke Nakamura

Shinsuke Nakamura

Shinsuke Nakamura
Kota Ibushi

Kota Ibushi

Kota Ibushi
Allen Jones

Allen Jones

AJ Styles
Tetsuya Naito

Tetsuya Naito

Tetsuya Naito
Hirooki Goto

Hirooki Goto

Hirooki Goto
Katsuyori Shibata

Katsuyori Shibata

Katsuyori Shibata
Drew Hankinson

Drew Hankinson

Doc Gallows
Chad Allegra

Chad Allegra

Karl Anderson
Ryusuke Taguchi

Ryusuke Taguchi

Ryusuke Taguchi
Tyson Smith

Tyson Smith

Kenny Omega
Tomohiro Ishii

Tomohiro Ishii

Tomohiro Ishii
Togi Makabe

Togi Makabe

Togi Makabe
Minoru Suzuki

Minoru Suzuki

Minoru Suzuki
Kazushi Sakuraba

Kazushi Sakuraba

Kazushi Sakuraba
Toru Yano

Toru Yano

Toru Yano
Harry Smith

Harry Smith

Davey Boy Smith, Jr.
Lance Hoyt

Lance Hoyt

Lance Archer
Shelton Benjamin

Shelton Benjamin

Shelton Benjamin
Takashi Iizuka

Takashi Iizuka

Takashi Iizuka
Hiroyoshi Yamamoto

Hiroyoshi Yamamoto

Hiroyoshi Tenzan
Satoshi Kojima

Satoshi Kojima

Satoshi Kojima
Tomoaki Honma

Tomoaki Honma

Tomoaki Honma
Jeffrey Jarrett

Jeffrey Jarrett

Jeff Jarrett
Patrick Martin

Patrick Martin

Alex Shelley
Jim Ross

Jim Ross

Himself (Commentary)
Matthew Kaye

Matthew Kaye

Matt Striker (Commentary)
Naomichi Marufuji

Naomichi Marufuji

Naomichi Marufuji
Shane Veryzer

Shane Veryzer

Shane Haste
Michael Nicholls

Michael Nicholls

Mikey Nicholls
Kyle Greenwood

Kyle Greenwood

Kyle O'Reilly
Alex Sherman

Alex Sherman

Alex Koslov
Matthew Massie

Matthew Massie

Matt Jackson
Nicholas Massie

Nicholas Massie

Nick Jackson
Yujiro Takahashi

Yujiro Takahashi

Yujiro Takahashi
Fale Simitaitoko

Fale Simitaitoko

Bad Luck Fale
Karen Jarrett

Karen Jarrett

Karen Jarrett

Release date

4th Jan 2015

Status

Released

Spoken languages

日本語